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...Hutton Boca Raton...
Attorney General Griffin Bell managed to shoehorn an energy pitch into a speech to the National Security Traders Association in Boca Raton, Fla. Speaking at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in Norfolk, Va., Defense Secretary Harold Brown found a way to deplore the fact that the nation "relies on overseas sources for half the oil we consume." On a swing through Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano strayed from his talks on welfare problems to argue that the poor would suffer most if the Senate failed to approve Carter...
Carl Swanson Raton...
Similar growth-limiting measures have been adopted by other communities, including Boca Raton, Fla., and Ramapo, N. Y., as well as a handful of other California towns. The motive may be healthy-to conserve resources, including simple living and breathing space, that are becoming scarcer all the time. In a country where migration remains a major avenue of social change, it still seems disturbing to throw up barriers against growth and, by extension, the freedom of people to move and change their lives. In several cases the courts have tried to defend this freedom while also approving rationally regulated, nondiscriminatory...
...biggest problem was the shortage of natural gas. Utilities Director Tom Smith in Tallahassee suggested that residents should take a bath only every other day. Frostproof (pop. 2,814) belied its name, recording 27°. But the real novelty was snow-snow as far south as Miami and Boca Raton. "I feel sorry for these people working on a $100-a-day suntan," said Alex Ballora, pool manager at Key Biscayne's Sonesta Hotel. "What do you say when a guest comes up and asks you for an electric blanket...