Urban renewal woes curb Cleveland projects in size and scope
In Our Opinion, cities rush into renewal funds with little planning. Cleveland is cited as a cautionary example, with 6000 acres developed and only a fraction completed. Garden Valley deteriorates, while federal support tightens and tax rolls shrink as communities face displacement and overextension.
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Washington
Cleveland
Garden Valley
Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs
Coveland
War on Poverty Focus Calls for Washington Aid
Impassioned column urges Congressmen Powell and Dodd to start poverty relief at a $30 000 income level in D C, arguing upper echelon officials face harsh costs and private charity won t suffice. It laments cost of living in Washington and notes potential need for public support and incentives to keep capable civil servants.
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Adam Clayton Powell
N.Y
Thomas J. Dodd
Conn
Washington, D.C
Dodd
Powell
Washington
Joneses
Kennedys
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Senator Dodd
Representative Powell
Congress
Navy case under wraps on Arnheiter Vance controversy
Navy reviews Commander Arnheiter over alleged misconduct aboard the U S S Vance in Vietnamese waters. Charges include improper gunfire and odd shipboard practices, with Baumberger’s assessment leaning mixed but suggesting reassignment to another destroyer. Vice President Humphrey warns of potential food shortages without higher farm subsidies as drought tightens grain supplies and raises meat prices.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Navy
Marcus Arnheiter
Herman Wouk
Vance
Arnheiter
Walter M. Baumberger
Cruiser
Destroyer Force
Pacific
Baumberger
Admiral Baumberger
Thomas S. King Jr
Donald G. Irvine
King
Humphrey
White House
U.S
Southwest
Odd Vietnam War notes stain on war logic
In a provocative take on Vietnam, the column notes HAiphong attacks and shifting targets, cites Rear Admiral Richardson on photos of a small street, discusses public health loss estimates, and questions strategic aims. It contrasts bombing South Vietnam with destruction abroad, while predicting political fallout for Nixon and pondering Romney as Johnson's unlikely ally.
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New York
Vietnam
U.S
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Carrier Task Force
David C. Richardson
Hamburg
Berlin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
James W. Humphreys
Office of Public Health
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Harrison Salisbury
Italy
Germany
Japan
Kitty Hawk
Dick Nixon
Percy’s housing bill aims to boost urban home ownership
Senator Charles Percy proposes a National Home Ownership Foundation to fund low cost housing ownership in poor urban areas. Federally guaranteed bonds up to 2 billion would back construction seeds of 3 million and 10 million subsidies for interest costs, with local associations screening applicants and offering sweat equity.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Illinois
Charles Percy
U.S
Percy
GOP
Wallace Bennett
Utah
John Tower
Texas
House
Gerald Ford
New Jersey
William Widnall
Senate
Widnall
UAW
Walter Reuther
National Home Ownership Foundation
Civil rights crusade loses steam as politics shift
A skeptical overview argues that the era of broad civil rights agitation is waning. It notes white and black leaders grow wary, Democratic allies sour on King and his allies, Powell faces court trouble, and open housing laws roll back as public appetite wanes.
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Russell Kirk
Associated Press
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
South
Reublicans
George Wallace
Maddox
Martin Luther King
Stokely Carmichael
Fisk University
Floyd McKissick
Bayard Rusin
Whitney Young
Carl Rowan
Roy Wilkins
Ralph Bunche
King
Vietnam
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Harlem
House of Representatives
United Staes
House
Department of Justice
Powell
Singing to hens boosts egg yield claims a Stoneleigh farmer
A 30-year-old poultry farm owner in Stoneleigh England says singing to her 6000 hens raises daily egg production to about 90 eggs per 100 birds. She cites cows and hens responding to music and urges kindness to all living beings.
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Stoneleigh
England
Britain
The Needle by Harold Coffin Notes Timing of Invest in America Week
Harold Coffin argues Invest in America Week should start April 17 to match public interest. He defines investment as savings remaining after taxes installments and rent. He quips that many view investing as buying on installments and warns prices strain next month’s paycheck.
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Harold Coffin
America
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