Threaten Bowery's Cold Peace 600 agaqed Multi Million Dollar Slum Clearance Project Planned
A 20 million dollar slum clearance plan targets The Bowery 14 block skid row in New York as Third Avenue elevated dismantling brings daylight to a long sheltered area. City officials foresee housing, industry, parks, and renewed development within ten years, while welfare leaders warn of eroded shelter networks for the homeless.
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Third Avenue
Eliy
Lie Duwety Kuindin
Cooper Square
Cooper Union
Chatham Square
Salvation Army
Olive McKeown
Bowery Station
Saiment
Camp LaGuardia
Chester
Third Street
Chase
Bowery Mission
George Bolton
New York City
New York
Welfare Department
Dead Drunk Still Driving in France
French medical experts report that over 500 drivers survived after being in a state described as dead drunk, with tests showing 22.4 percent of 2,850 drivers involved in crashes had blood alcohol levels above 2.5 grams. The condition is linked to fatal heart failure in normal scientific terms.
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Paris
Ins
France
Week Left to Get Permanent Govt Insurance
Veterans Administration official John M. Pont of Cedar Rapids warns that men discharged from service have until December 3 to apply for permanent government life insurance. The current program offers 120 days to file, but after December the rules change and fees apply for new applications.
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Veterans Administration
John M. Pont
Cedar Rapids
Venezuela
Pant
Cakefest delayed by postal fee notices in Birmingham
Information from Cedar Rapids post office hints at changes for a local event. A special Christmas program titled EMPEROR'S NIGHT IN GALE will air Monday at 9 30 on channel 9.
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Cedar Rapids
Cabinet members optimistic on 1957 outlook
Washington UP reports Secretary Weeks, Mitchell, and Benson foresee better times for business labor and farming in 1957 with tempered inflation risks. Weeks cites signs of continued good times barring abroad emergencies, Mitchell expects higher employment and purchasing power, Benson foresees higher farm prices and reduced surpluses.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Commerce
Labor and Agriculture
Joleholder
Farmer
Sinclair Weeks
United Press
Lador
James P. Mitchell
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Labor leaders tout prosperity and wage gains for 1957
Weeks stressed widespread prosperity while Mitchell linked rising employment and purchasing power to all time highs. Freedid Mote Joba noted wage increases expected in 1957, with about five million workers under contracts granting five to eleven cents more per hour. Labor peace rests on many major contracts negotiated in 1956.
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Weeks
Mitchell
Liquor Stolen From Cabin Near Rabbit Creek Inn
Anchorage police recount a burglary at a cabin near Rabbit Creek Inn where Leroy Johnson kept three cases of gin and whisky and an uncounted wine supply. The breach exposed a cache of liquor ripe for thieves.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Leroy Johnson
Rabbit Creek Inn
Oldest Mules Could Be In Milbank Country
Henry Lind a farmer west of Milbank believes his mules Maud and Jennie born in 1918 may be the oldest in the country. The pair retired ten years ago at the age of 28.
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Milbank
M. D
Henry Lind
Here
Lind
Maud
Jennie
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