Word: san
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...visions that convinced him that the Los Angeles area would soon be torn apart by an earthquake. In his graphic revelations, Abernathy said, "buildings crumbled, freeways buckled, water gushed up from cracks in the ground and volcanoes erupted in the nearby mountains. Then the destruction moved north toward San Francisco." In two subsequent visions, Abernathy saw an airplane ticket stamped with the word "Atlanta." Taking this as divine direction, he led 180 members of his congregation on a migration to Atlanta last month. They traveled not by airplane, however, but in cars with trailers...
...that Southern California has only itself to blame for the imminent disaster. Pastor Theobold despairingly cites "the amount of wickedness here: Hollywood, big business, prosperity, homosexuality, topless places." If the horrible event happens, seismologists will not be surprised. They have repeatedly warned that, because of the stresses along the San Andreas fault extending through the state, California is overdue for a disastrous earthquake...
...Bertha Hecht, a 66-year-old widow in San Mateo, Calif., turned over her inherited portfolio of blue-chip stocks worth $533,161 to a representative of Wall Street's venerable Harris, Upham & Co. Seven years later, she found her fortune cut in half. She is still fighting to recoup her losses...
Last week, after four years of legal battles, a "conduct committee" of the National Association of Securities Dealers found the brokerage house guilty of failing to "exercise proper and adequate supervision" over its San Francisco branch. The committee ruled that Harris, Upham be fined $50,000 and that the San Francisco office manager, Arthur R. Mejia, be suspended for five days and fined $5,000. In addition, Asa V. Wilder, the broker who handled Mrs. Hecht's account and who has since left the firm, was fined $10,000 and had his registration revoked. Harris, Upham has 30 days...
...event, Mrs. Hecht paid Harris, Upham a total of $232,000 in commissions and interest on margin loans. Not surprisingly, the California widow was one of Harris, Upham's best customers in that state; in fact, for seven years she accounted for 4.7% of the San Francisco office's revenue...