Springf ield Flower Show Breath of Spring Theme
The 16th Connecticut Valley flower show opened in West Springfield with the Melodies of Spring theme. Exhibits include You ger Than Spring Time winning the Frank Stanley Beverage cup, a bride and bridesmaids display on Stairway to the Stars, and 13 large gardens. Ward's Nursery Three Coins in the Fountain earned second prize. April Showers and April in Paris displays attract visitors. The show, smaller than Boston and New York, is easy to reach at the Better Living building on the exhibition grounds.
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Paris
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Great Barrington
Matthew Tomich
Smith College
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Mexico
Choren
Ward’s Nursery of
Alliance for Progress ignites Latin American change
Washington reports that the Alliance for Progress aims to guide a nonviolent revolution in Latin America. It plans a $100 billion 10 year program with the U.S. contributing about $10 billion and Latin America the remainder, while nations work to modernize economies and political systems amid unrest and reform. Leaders like Teodoro Moscoso and Walt Rostow weigh achievements and challenges.
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Johnson
State of the Union
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
John S. Kennedy
Europe
U.S
United States
Alliance
Teodoro Moscoso
Kennedy
Moscoso
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Alliance Agency
Mann
Puerto Rico
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
Inter- American Committee
CIAP
Walt Whitman Rostow
State Department
Carlos Sanz de Santamaria
Inter-American Development Bank
Japan
Canada
Felipe Herrera
Chile
Mexico
Venezuela
Brazil
Argentina
Juan Peron
Conflicting Rules Posed On Billboards
Washington faces two proposals on billboard control linked to President Johnson s highway goals The first would require a mandatory bill to abolish all commercial signs except on business premises and push back sign distances from highways The second, backed by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, seeks to retain some signs and press for looser rules The 1958 law grants states a 0 5 percent federal bonus for signing agreements with BPR and extending control The Cotton and Kerr amendments created major loopholes exempting pre-1956 roads and city zoned areas from sign controls
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Connor
Bureau of Public Roads
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Commerce Department
Frank Blake
Chicago
BPR
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Robert 8. Kerr
D-Okla
U.S
Berkshire Peace Corps Couple Share African Experience
Elaine and Gordon Rondeau of Berkshire County describe their two year Peace Corps service in Ibadan Nigeria. Elaine built women’s training centers and community programs while Gordon taught math and physics and served as games master. They discuss contrasts with U S schooling, discipline, and motivation, noting an international experience and their two births in Africa. Gordon will become a U S government systems engineer in Washington.
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Africa
Berkshire County
Peace Corps
Ibadan
Nigeria
Elaine Rondeau
Anthony C. Gwordz
Cheshire
Gordon
Lawrence P. Rondeau
Adams
Elaine
Searles High School
Great Barrington
Ministry of
Unicef
Tion
Tanganyika
Lisa
Renee
United Nations
Food and Agriculture
Europe
General Electric Co
U.S
Washington, D.C
Sign Control Debate Changes Borough Billboard Rules
A proposed Kerr amendment would redefine sign controls by allowing larger billboards in areas outside city limits and in commercial zones. It would exempt incorporated municipalities with local zoning from federal rules, arguing this saves federal funds by excluding residential zones.
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Blake
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