Mail Still Gets Through and Urban Renewal Critique
A long column of assorted quotes and observations notes health life expectancy, pollution, premature births, polio, and the healthier life found in activity. It cites a 3,000 longshoremen study linking sedentary work to higher heart-attack death rates and highlights 24 million Americans classified as handicapped. The piece closes with a discussion of urban renewal flaws from a Ford Foundation report, detailing displaced poor, empty houses, and misused federal funds.
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Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
Henry David Thoreau
Renewal Troubles Highlight Urban Renewal Evictions
Renewal turns poor to homeless as 4,000 residents near Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco face eviction. Four thousand ordered out. 20 hotels listed for relocation yield only two rooms that are vacant and meet code. The order is under appeal amid a nationwide relocation crisis and reports of racial disparities in displacements.
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Yerba Buena Center Project
San Francisco
Human Rights Commission
Alabama
Equality and the Equal Rights Amendment debated in state legislatures
A columnist argues that Congress may not vote against the Equal Rights Amendment yet urges careful state consideration. The piece weighs risks of equal rights versus protections for women, cites Rep. Leonor Sullivan and reactions to civil rights precedents, and notes broader implications for employment and social policy. It also touches on savings interest rates and consumer finance dynamics in the same era.
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United States
Leonor Sullivan
D-Mo
Competition For Savings Goes On
The article discusses discrimination against small investors by brokers, the rising appeal of small savers amid falling volume, and the impact of a congressional raise of government savings bond interest to 5 percent. It notes long redemptions outpacing purchases, payroll deductions redeeming early, and government finance costs. It also mentions savings and loan institutions moving toward bill paying and potential checking-like services.
In Our Opinion Heat Up Our Rhetoric About Yippie Attack
The piece condemns Yippie violence at Disneyland, calling it a foolish blitz against American values. It argues the act exposed dissenters as against the moral fabric of the nation and urges a sharper, clearer response.
Corry News Briefs from August 1900 and 1980
Plans were announced to build a 2 million dollar modern one level plant by the Detroit subsidiary of Associated Spring Corp after a directors meeting in Corry. A large prize muskellunge from Chautauqua Lake was entered by Charles Skinner of East Columbus Ave. A rubbish fire near the North Center Street Traction building was discovered just as it spread, spotted by James Taylor, Charles Weston and A M Spencer while moving mail at the Pennsylvania Railroad platform. 40 years ago the August 18 1980 note reports concrete work starting on Hare Creek bridge, as golf teams from Corry Country Club beat Lake Shore 21 to 18 on a local course.
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Jane
Detroit
Associated Spring Corp
Chautauqua Lake
Charles Skinner
East Columbus Avenue
Collins
North Center Street
James Taylor
Charles Weston
A.M. Spencer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hare Creek
What Is The Law Social Security Widow Rights
Q and A explain how a wife is treated when a husband dies before reaching eligibility for Social Security. The widow would not receive her husband’s funds unless specific survivor rules apply. Benefits may begin upon reaching age 60 or immediately for certain survivor payments, with a small burial allowance still possible.
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Allerin
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