Fort Sill Boulevard Widening Debate Reaches City Council
The Fort Sill Boulevard widening plan faces a council deadlock over how much to expand the six block stretch from Gore Boulevard to Ferris Avenue. Proposals split between a three foot west side widening and a 23 foot east side addition, prompting protests from east side property owners over tree removal while residents push for a modest six foot overall expansion and full resurfacing to improve safety and traffic flow.
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Fort Sill Boulevard
Gore Boulevard
Ferris Avenue
Technical Services Department
Fort Sill
Brown’s blimp shipping plan faces wage cost hurdle
Rep George E Brown proposes returning blimps and sailing ships to cut energy use in cargo transport. The idea reduces fuel costs but may raise wages since crew are paid by the hour rather than per trip, risking higher overall costs and undermining economics.
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George E. Brown
California
Democrat
China
Spokane
Brown
Adelaide Seer Fails as City Evacuates and Celebrates
Self styled clairvoyant warned of a city destroying quake and tidal wave in Adelaide Australia and residents reacted with fear or celebration. The forecast proved false yet raises questions about collective panic and the wider dangers of hunger resource strain and inflation facing the world.
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Adelaide
Australia
The Durants Have Each Other
Will and Ariel Durant, both in their nineties, live on Briarcliff Road in Los Angeles and continue their lifelong work on The Story of Civilization. Volume 11, The Age of Napoleon, stands as their recent triumph and enduring monument as two scholars aged together.
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Briarcliff Road
Los Angeles
Will
Ariel Durant
Durants
Dr. Durant
Ariel Kaufman
Kearny
N.J
Will and Ariel Durant Write Four More Books
Jim Bishop portrays Will Durant and Ariel Durant as a devoted scholarly pair whose collaboration spans over six decades. Ariel describes their intimate bond and shared writing process while Durant recalls the longhand workflow. The piece notes their marriage ring omission and hints at critics who question their blend of imagery with history.
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Durant
Will
Ariel
Judge Nielsen Ruling on Union Campaign Funds Shocks AFL-CIO
The article reports Judge Leland Nielsen of a southern California district court ruling in the Ellis Fails case that forcibly raised union funds may be used only for collective bargaining. It bars using dues for political activity, organizing, publications, or conventions without express member permission. The decision, an interlocutory summary judgment, could reach the Supreme Court, influencing the 1976 political campaigns and Figures like AFL-CIO President George Meany.
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Afl-Cio
Bal Harbour
Fla
U.S
California
Leland Nielsen
Florida
Nielsen
Ellis
Western Air Lines
Brotherhood of Railway
Judge Nielsen
Washington
George Meany
Air Line
COPE
Committee On
Ford
Reagan
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Hannah
Meany
Samuel Gompers
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
International Association of Machinists
Justice Black
Devotees Of Truth and the JFK Watergate Skepticism
A critical essay examines doubt about the JFK assassination and Warren Commission findings. It cites Robert Anson and David Belin, recounts Johnny Calvin Brewer's testimony, and argues con men pose as truth seekers to profit from controversy.
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Davis
California
Tonkin Gulf
God
JFK
Robert Sam Anson
National Review
David Belin
Warren Commission
Anson
Tippit
Dallas
Tippitt
Oswald
Kennedy
MR. Belin
Johnny Calvin Brewer
Oak Cliff
Brewer
Neil Armstrong
Hubert Humphrey
CBS
60 Minutes
CIA
Quote on patience from Henry Ward Beecher
The remark asserts that patience is learned only by facing life’s rough blows in the world, attributed to Henry Ward Beecher.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Woman in Rowboat Laughs Through Rainy Fishing Trip
In Aplington Iowa a woman fishing from a rowboat jokes to her husband that she has not had so much fun since she last cleaned the oven. The scene unfolds in a steady downpour as editors describe the moment from the local News Eclipse column.
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Texas Theatre
Brewer
Aplington
News Eclipse
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Lawton
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Rep. Brown
Temple Labor School
New York
Harlem
Poland
Jim Bishop
Raffles Union
John Chamberlain
Dunagin
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