Downtown renewal possible after Fourth Ward project
The City Council is likely to quietly probe downtown urban renewal feasibility following the Fourth Ward project. Renewal could focus on drawing shoppers back to retail areas, aided by expert Virginia Nuzzo who is leading the Fourth Ward effort. A downtown renewal would push the city toward the 20th century.
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Fourth Ward
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
Virginia Nuzzo
Justice to fund GOP convention security in San Diego
A rigged tale claims the Justice Department will spend up to 500000 to train and equip San Diego police for the Republican convention, with funds earmarked for security gear including pepper gas and knee knockers, while Democrats receive a smaller grant. The piece alleges misused funds, GSA favors, and ties to Nixon associates amid broader tax exemption debates.
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Washington
Justice Department
International Telephone and Telegraph
U.S. Treasury
San Diego
Justices Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Consumer Forecaster Claims Consumers Drive Stock Market
New York based Sindlinger & Co argues that ordinary consumers, through confidence and spending, determine profits and thus stock prices. By surveying thousands of consumers via frequent calls, he claims his sentiment index forecasts the S&P 500 eight weeks ahead within a 4.1 point margin, shaping market movements as consumer behavior translates to profits and dividends.
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New York
Morever
Albert Sindlinger
Sindlinger & Co
Sindlinger
Standard & Poor
S&p Index
S&p
Paper avalanche of tax forms and permits drains small store owner
Paul Harvey notes a Tunica Times Democrat front page blank column about the flood of tax and licensing forms. The piece imagines a small store owner and spouse filing multiple state and federal returns, payroll taxes, sales taxes, licenses for beer and wine, seed sales, shotgun shells, and census reports, illustrating bureaucratic overload and its impact on personal business. New York AP briefs then report: red hair is prized, as many with red hair see it as a distinction rather than an affliction, while blondes often look alike.
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Margaret Phillips
Tunica, Miss
Times-Democrat
New York
Pecan Pie and Word Loss Echo Dietor Dread
A humorous contrast links dieting panic to craving pie at a restaurant counter and the idea that words, like endangered species, struggle to survive as forms grow scarce.
Corry events recall school play and local notes from 20 years past
A March 7 1952 item recalls the Corry Senior High School Junior Class play If Mother Only Knew directed by Phillip Segal drawing an enthusiastic crowd at the auditorium. Gerald Proctor set a VFW Men's C League record with a 255 game amid bowling circles. The Key Club met at Phoenix Hotel with a dinner by Mrs. Charles Graham and guest speaker George Reed.
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Corry Senior High School
Phillip Segal
Bo'clock
Gerald Proctor
VFW
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Ralph Nader
General Motors’ Board
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John Perry
Elmer Bobst
Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co
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Labor Department
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State Employment Security Commission
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Hal Boyle
Corry
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George Reed
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Culligan Soft Water Service
Frank Cole
Weigel Chevrolet Motor Company
Thomas Motor Company
West Main Street
Mary Elizabeth Fetterolf
Clarence Fetteroff
Fifth Avenue
Spring Street
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Subcommittee On Government Regulations
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