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Difference of Views on Model Cities
The piece contrasts Model Cities projects in Eagle Pass and Alma with major U S cities under Johnson’s program. HUD figures show about 1.275 million in funding through February 1972, with over 1 billion total spent. Leaders debate citizen participation and the evolving role of the poor in city planning.
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Washington
Eagle Pass
Texas
Alma
Georgia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Robert C. Wood
HUD
Johnson
Vietnam
Floyd H. Hyde
Fresno
Calif
Munity
Hyde
Wood
Dennis Keating
VISTA
National Center For Housing and Economic Development
Berkeley
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Indianapolis
Near East Side Community Organization
Duane Etienne
Robert R. Hawkins
Sa'ch
Congress