Plunge program puts nine students in San Francisco poverty
Nine midwestern urban planning students spend a week in San Francisco with only two dollars, Social Security cards, and the clothes on their backs to experience inner city poverty. They work for meals and shelter, largely failing to find steady employment, with reports from Prof. H. Roger Smith that the project broadens future city planners perspectives.
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San Francisco
H. Roger Smith
Urban Studies Institute
Mankato State College
Mankato
Smith
Boston
Mobile
Ala
Family Housed In Tent After Flood Wrecks Home
Wilkes-Barre report: the Murphy family and five children live in a tent behind their flood damaged home after the Susquehanna River overflowed during Tropical Storm Agnes. 20 000 in the area are homeless awaiting federal mobile homes, while 24 000 remain in temporary housing.
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Wilkes-Barre
Joseph
John Murphy
Charlotte
Susquehanna
Agnes
Murphys
Wyoming Valley
Dallas
Karen
Gale
John Jr
Drew
Brian
Hobby Club Drop Miles Indoor Rainy Day Game
Cappy Dick explains Drop Miles a rainy day indoor game. It uses a target ring, three strings and 12 books as weights to hold the ring in place. A cluster of four marbles, all touching, is placed as part of the setup.
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Cappy Dick
Miles
Furlongs to Fleetness How measurement changed with machines
The article explains furlongs as 220 yard furrows from oxen days, then traces evolution to horses, tractors, and faster travel. It contrasts old racing distances with modern speed, and describes a marble shooter game where four marbles yield points toward a 250 point win. It ends with a teaser about tomorrow's feature.
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Ear
Diedre Garland
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Marian Rucker
Dave Garbish
Garbish
Brownsville
Minn
Liceman
Garden City Telegram
Nova Scotia
Garden City, KS
HOBBY
Garnand
Plaza
Minin Prige
White
Walla
Alce
Wells-Discount Furniture
Great Bend
Wells-Dick Furniture
Dodge City
KFC
Chen
Colonel Sanders
Kansas
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