865 HOUSTON GJ 618.04 MLY 72 lA: b. Houston. House painter; Baptist; 7th gr. Merchant Marine 4 yr., truck driver in E Tex. Travel to Ala., Ga., N.C., Tenn. Mother: b. Germany; literate; hw., grocery store owner. MGP: Germany; farmers. Father: b. Germany; truck driver. PGP: no information. Wife: b. Itasca, Tex.; d.; Baptist; mother from Ala., father from Ga. Self-educated and less provincial than the average Type I. Some German influence in phonology. Grammar is distinctly folk. Urban Supplement included. BR/75:LP/77 10 hr.