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...thus curbing population density. Sanbornton, N.H., has zoned half its land against tract developers, ruling that new houses can be built only on six-acre lots. Livermore, Calif, issues building permits on the basis of the availability of water, sewage facilities and schools. Carson City, Nev., has chosen Boca Raton's route, and will cut off any further growth when its population hits...
...think he committed these crimes." Schaefer's psychological history is indeed long, going back to 1968, when he was a student at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and was found to have "impairment in reality testing." He got a degree in geography in 1968, but because he loved firearms, he wanted to go into police work...
...auction in Boca Raton, Fla., recently, a man from Lake George, N.Y., bought his daughter an unusual present for $37,000: the "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang" car, complete with wings and propeller, used in the 1968 Walt Disney movie. In Indianapolis last year, Greta Garbo's old Duesenberg brought $95,000. In Hollywood, TV Producer Burt Sugarman recently picked up a unique addition to his collection of classic cars: a 1927 Brewster Stratford Rolls. The price...
Died. Buford Ellington, 64, former Governor of Tennessee; of a heart attack; in Boca Raton, Fla. A country boy whose ambition was the Methodist ministry, Ellington became an ally of Governor Frank Clement and a power in conservative Democratic politics. After successfully managing two of Clement's campaigns, Ellington in 1959 succeeded his friend in the Governor's chair. In 1965 Lyndon Johnson appointed him Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, but Ellington served less than a year before quitting to run again, successfully, for Governor. As a favorite-son presidential candidate, he promoted Southern support...
...squad to hard competition by sending his charges against a combination team consisting of members from the Cosmos and Hots, two of New York's best pro teams. After the game, the team will fly to Florida, spending a week practicing at St. Andrews, a prep school in Boca Raton, before checking in at the championship's headquarters in Miami's McAllister Hotel...