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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Orange's Local President If an essentially rootless man like Richard Nixon can be said to have a home at all, it is Orange County, Calif. There he was born. Nearby he was educated through college and elected to Congress. In Orange, he bought the residence he retreats to now. He is out to prove that you can go home again. Last week, on the day before his 57th birthday, the President, Pat and Tricia registered as California voters in the Orange County courthouse. One young well-wisher carried a sign saying SUPPORT OUR LOCAL PRESIDENT...
...Supreme Court is expected this week to order the immediate desegregation of public schools serving some 300,000 white and black children in five Southern states. This will bring an end to the federal phase of the school desegregation fight. The battle will now be fought at the local level, as individual Southerners, both white and black, struggle with their own fears and prejudices to decide what kind of school system and, ultimately, what kind of community they are going to have...
Perhaps we can best understand this renaissance by thinking over the experiences of Elliot Cahn, the group's musical director from Chappaqua, N.Y., which borders Mr. Kisco. Elliot was introduced to rock 'n' roll by his older brother and quickly became the prime patron of a local malt shop. He listened intently to the juke box for hours and watched the neighborhood toughs guzzle birch beer and carve their initials on the booths. At night, he would lie in his bed as rock hits echoed through his mind and visions of fan clubs danced in his head. "Someday," Elliot...
...Venture Fund (assets: $170 million) and Investment Properties International, a real estate development concern that is starting a chain of luxury resort hotels in Jamaica, Mexico and Portugal. He spread into Australia, France and Sweden with "national" mutual funds -funds that invest some or all of their assets in local projects in order to overcome government reluctance to let their citizens send money abroad. Last week, in another precedent-breaking move, I.O.S. began offering its mutual-fund clients insurance against the possibility that in a stock market slump the value of their shares may drop below what they paid...
...hunt. He also solved the family cat and dog problem. Chirring fiercely, he fixed them with a furious yellow stare and threw a hex on them. "The animal which looks back at you with two eyes at once," maintains Service, "tends to stand high in the local food chain, i.e., not one of nature's victims...