Downtown Renewal Tugs at Mid-Sized Cities
Urban renewal projects aim to revive downtowns as suburbs lure shoppers away. Cities like Louisville Dayton Mobile and Portland push cultural centers parking garages and civic facilities while facing mixed success and rising concerns about crime and sprawl.
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Reverson Imuseum
Syracuse
By & Performing Arts
Cen
Iter
Church Street
Mobile
Ala
Sarns-Jackson
Dayton
Ohio
Louisville
Inc
Des Moines Tribune
Olitan
James Ward
Retail Merchants Bureau
Pedestrans
Jess
Civic Center-Coliseum
Reading
Stages
Richmond Met
Propolitan Authority
Charlotte
N.C
Martin B. Rockbinder
Merhew
Penn
Will Rogers Cherokee humorist and cattle-trade figure
The article chronicles Will Rogers from cowhand days and vaudeville beginnings to national fame. It notes his early rope tricks in Claremore, rodeos and Western fairs, time in Argentina and South Africa, vaudeville success, and his widely read newspaper columns. It mentions ties to West Texas, Muleshoe, and formative experiences shaping his folksy humor.
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Amarin
Teddy Roosevelt
Claremore
Ehead
Rogers
West Stieam
Argentina
Cathe
South
Afia
PCO
Will Bowers
Selvin Coolides
Will Rogers
West Texas
Hassell
Lamb County
Muleshoe
Tex
Earl Lockhart Srr
Lubbork
Plainvian
Stamp Price Hike Debate Shapes New Postal Service
Discussion centers on two Senate House plans for a new service with a 1 year start, veto risks on mail rate changes, and subsidies tapering to near self pay by 1978. Proposals include union membership terms and grandfather exemptions for current workers. Nixon proposed large stamp and rate increases to cover a 2.5 billion annual deficit.
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Congressional
House
Senate
Nixon
Nixon grant funds study of disaster aid formulas
A $50,000 Nixon Administration grant to the Council of State Governments will study how states and the federal government handle disaster relief. Texas alone faced a $3.8 million figure under the federal formula, with costs rising as disasters mount. The piece notes political influence in aid decisions and outlines recent Texas disaster spending and declaration actions tied to the Lubbock tornado and South Plains floods.
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Glen Castlebury
Avanche-Journal
Austin
Texas
Nixon Administration
Council of State
California
Lubbock
Nixon
South Plains
Usu
Barnes
Harry Dent
White House
Gov. Smith
George Lincoln
Cief
Office of Emergency Preparedness
U.S
John Tower
Dent
Governor
San Matcos
Toures Ag
Tan
Sen. Tower
Lubbock Lions Club
Legislative Coaneys
Fon-Partis
Pat Comany
Historic Half War Ad Campaign By Congressmen Looms
Washington officials report Congress members plan a half million dollar ad push to back the end the war amendment by Sen McGovern and others. The bid would require Nixon to withdraw U S troops by June 30 1971 unless Congress extends the deadline. Ads run in prime time for three weeks along with letters to Congress urging support. Sponsors include Eagleton Gravel Hart Kennedy Mansfield Mondale Muskie Ribicoff and others.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
West Sumuer
Congress
George S. McGovern
Des
Mark
Hatfield
More
Nixon
U.S
Vila Videnteer
New York
Otape Werth
Beeper
Uf Itas
McGovern
Oer
Thomas F Eagleton
Man
Mike Gravel
Atska
Fred R. Harris
Okla
Philip A. Hart
Mich
Vance Hartke
Ind
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minn
Lee Metcalf
Walter F ‘Mondale
Edmund ’ iMuskie
Maine
Gaylord Nelson
Wis
Abraham Ribicoff
Conn
Joseph Z. Tydings
Harrison A, Williams Jr
Ralph Yarborough
Tex
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Navy pier thefts prompt criticism of cargo guards
A commission faulted a pier operation for lax cargo protection noting reduced guard numbers, failure to file criminal complaints, poor facilities, unreported losses, and lack of support for diligent watchmen. An agent testified radios were said to be worth less than a guard’s salary and that insurance would cover higher value losses.
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Commission
Nixon Welcome of Julie and David Eisenhower
President and Mrs Nixon welcomed Julie and David Eisenhower home from a four day trip to Japan. The president called the trip effective and successful noting Japanese officials especially wanted the young pair to visit since his grandfather could not come on a prior 1960 trip canceled amid demonstrations.
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EL Toro
Marine Astistation
Calif
Nixon
Julie
David Eisenhower
Japan
Presiden
David
Eisenhower
Canada Airlines Jet Crashes Near Barcelona Killing 12
Canadian Airlines flight plunges into a mountain near Barcelona on a Friday night killing all 12 aboard. The flight recorder was recovered and sent to Montreal for analysis while witnesses recalled a red and white burning descent.
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E Mountain
Barcelona
Spain
Ted Morris
Toronto
Allies Press Immediate Aid for Cambodia and Vietnam Peace Talks
Allied ministers urged urgent aid to Cambodia to build a defense system as South Vietnam keeps forces in Cambodia after the U.S. troop pullout. The communique noted progress against North Vietnamese forces, denied expanding the war, and called for continued pressure on Hanoi and support for Korea amid regional tensions. Talks between Rogers and Thieu were described as preliminary with no immediate peace decision.
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Nist
Cambodia
South Vietnam
United
Cambextia
Vietnam
North Viet‘Nam
Laos
Vietam
Ain Tha
South ‘Vietnam
Yaters
North Vietnam
Korea
South Keeeam Navy
Korean Peninsula
Republic of Korea
Sauisis
Corumunigqe
South Korea
Minis Lter
Choi Kyu-hah
Rogers
Norea
Choi
China
North Korea
Moscow
Peking
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Cambodian fighting pace quickens as Red units hit towns
Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces clash in the Parrot's Beak region as Communist assaults near Phnom Penh intensify. Officials report civilian deaths and multiple injuries amid shelling and ground attacks on Saun Ades Sotheast of Phnom Penh and other towns, with Vietnamese casualties cited at eight killed and multiple wounded.
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Phnom
Hie
Cambodia
Phnom Peni
Testis
Othe Town
Ccross
Phoorm Peat
Saun
Mostar
Cer
Charen
Cuumbodia
TaGes
Phy
Penh Ih
Saigon
Blisiy
South Vietnam
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Chamber of ‘Commerce
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Woodsmen of the World Life Insurance
Union Pacific Railroad
Richmond
Wayne Davis
Stanley Davis
Lavder
Scurry County
San’ Wayne
Orman
London
Light Knight
Will
Stamford
Prac
Alaska
Wiley Post
Wiley
North Pole
Hittie
Will Joners
Richmond City Hall
Vireginia
U.S. Supreme Court Act
Tom Moore
Waco
Nixons
Canada Airlines
Ari Ma Ai
Walter
Morris
Tobemeet Dai Ever
Costa Bravas
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