Toll roads endure despite ups and downs across the nation
An AP survey finds twelve toll highways now span 1,846 miles across New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Colorado and Oklahoma with more planned. Costs and boycotts aside, experts foresee a nationwide toll network within 15 years.
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Iowa Toll Road Authority Plans 300 Mile Pike
Iowa creates a Toll Road Authority to build a 300 mile turnpike from Davenport to Council Bluffs at a cost of 180 million dollars. The state cannot issue bonds until Illinois completes a Chicago to Iowa line toll road, which is not currently planned.
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Answers on page 11 test score logic prompt
The article explains a scoring system based on ten questions with ten points per correct answer. It suggests a six yes four no result for the ideal score and notes a 100 percent score is possible for thrifty readers, while a 40 indicates needing attitude change.
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Linn Bar Making Junior Speakers Available to All
The Linn County Bar Association Speakers Bureau offers free talks to organizations. Chairman William R. Shuttleworth said a topic list was mailed to 350 groups and arrangements can be made by calling 48161 or visiting 1120 Merchants National Bank Building.
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Mayor Brooks Discusses 13 1313 Plate Superstition
Mayor Ray Brooks dismisses superstition over his 1956 automobile license plate 13 1313. The note highlights the plate as a quirky personal detail tied to his public profile.
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Correction on St Patrick's Day dancers identified
Three young ladies corrected for a YMCA Spring Fair dance routine at the party for physically handicapped children. The performers were Janet Smith Leah Rae Nolan and Shirley Eden, wrongly named in last Sunday's Gazette.
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Cigaret Economics Questioned in Mackinaw City
Leonard McGraw, 44, a non smoker in Mackinaw City Michigan argues that the length of discarded cigarette butts reflects the economy. He notes long butts now signal better times after wartime rationing left people burning their hands during lean periods.
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Woman Cured of Leprosy Wars On Superstition By Jack Lotto
North Bellmore New York residents Gertrude Hornbostel and her husband Hans fought stigma around Hansen's disease since 1946. She was declared cured in 1952 and they advocate education to end fear, prejudice, and secrecy surrounding leprosy.
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Weather shifts toward cooler, wetter seasons say MIT expert
Prof Hurd C Willett of MIT forecasts a long term reversal from 1915 to now toward cooler, wetter climates, with fewer hurricanes and tornadoes along the East Coast though data on tornado frequency remains uncertain. He notes past warming trends and changing wind patterns drive seasonality and storm paths.
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Florist Truck Sign Leaves Bowling Green Laughing
In Bowling Green Kentucky a florist's truck carries a witty sign reading Drive carefully. The next load may be yours. The humorous roadside message draws smiles from passersby.
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Installment Plan Expands in Communist China Products
Tokyo dispatch says Peiping radio reports installment buying spreads to China with large consignments of bicycles radios record players and sewing machines to be sold to agricultural cooperatives under installment terms.
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