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Billionaires in San Antonio

Posted 09-16-2014 at 02:02 AM by Basse Bud

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Has anyone heard of this person?

Carlos Slim...he owns the Mexican telecommunications system(s). As of 2014, he's the worlds wealthiest man!
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House on Blanco Road

Posted 09-16-2014 at 01:42 AM by Basse Bud

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Does anyone remember the big house on Blanco Road next the Dairy Queen near LaManda? I used to play baseball there on a little field someone scratched out of the back of that property. I've always wondered who owned that house. Does anyone have info on that? I don't know when it was built but it was razed in the late 1960s. Thanks.
TL Fan,

As was mentioned in DM, the house you are speaking of was the Perkins mansion. An impressive place in its (even late) day. It was...
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Memories of Early San Antonio 1950's 70's

Posted 09-16-2014 at 01:27 AM by Basse Bud

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does anyone remember a nite club on Houston st. near flores st. in the early 1950s I would like to know the name
Are you thinking of the Tiffany Lounge on the north side of Houston?
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Why bushmeat is best for Africa

Posted 09-16-2014 at 12:33 AM by pbmaise

The more likely reason Africans are told not to eat bushmeat. The Western world largely believes Africans are out hunting every last animal to extinction, and eating great apes and gorillas. To a point they are partly correct. However, most hunters know, if they shoot too many animals today, that they will starve tomorrow.

The African plains are big and provide an abundant resource to enjoy properly. Destroying animal natural habitat is not in Africa's long term best interests....
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How Ebola virus disease jumped from Liberia into Nigeria

Posted 09-15-2014 at 11:07 PM by pbmaise

Please forward. All cities need two 300-500 room hotels that can be commandeered instantly to place a jumbo jet load of passengers in secure armed guard isolation.

On July 20, 2014 a group of 7 Liberians arrived at Lagos airport. The trip from Monrovia involved 2 flights and 1 stopover. One of the 7 in this group should not have been there. He was supposed to be in isolation. He was infected with the Ebola virus. His name was Patrick Oliver Sawyer and he had a dual Liberian-American...
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