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Town Column Reflects On Politics Housing And Local News
In a reflective town column the writer derides heavy metropolitan coverage of the Republican convention while praising country readers for their voting seriousness. He argues Forest Park faces a housing shortage with many inquiries for rentals and notes rent practices and landlord tensions under the New Deal era. The piece laments low local civic turnout at a school board meeting and urges citizens to attend board sessions to influence spending.
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MacArthur
Taft
Eisenhower
E. M. Haug
Forest Park
Truman New Deal Administration