Government May Step In To Save Redwoods
A National Park Service report urges federal purchase of up to 53 000 acres in Humboldt Del Norte and Mendocino counties to expand parks for California redwoods. It argues the trees are a priceless national asset and would boost tourism while costing federal funds and affecting local timber tax rolls.
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Redwoods
Derek Schoen
San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt
Muir Woods
California
National Park Service
Johnson
The
National Park ‘Service
Humboldt
del Norte
Mendocino
Redwood Empire Association
The Greatest Comedian Election Sparks Club Talk
Earl Wilson surveys a playful field of contenders for “The Greatest Comedian” including Red Skelton Charlie Chaplin and Bob Hope while Jackie Gleason and others offer opinions. Separated couple Dorothy and Raymond Scott and various Hollywood figures surface in light gossip as well.
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York
Red Skelton
Jim Menzer
Associated Newspapers of Australia
N.Y
Menzer
Jackie Gleason
Charlie Chaplin
Gleason
Chaplin
Orothy Collins
Raymond Scott
Dorothy
Dhrs
Beverly Hills
Raymond
Manhasset
Goldwater
Chateau Madrid
Il Mio
Violet Welles
Montefiore Hospital
Art Carney
Eddie Foy
Bob Hope
Hollywood
John Mills
el Morocco
Nieuw Amsterdam
Cancer Society
Anita Louise
Joan
Constance Bennett
Laurance Rockefeller
Sibyl Burton
Jane Pickens
Zachary Scott
Tony Randall
Jerome Kandell
Florida
Patsy
City Police Create Division Headed by Capt Bill Lamb
Lubbock Police announce a new Division of Planning and Services with Capt Bill Lamb as chief. Lamb, a 1942 veteran who twice led the department, will oversee records, personnel, planning, training and budget control. The move follows two years of internal restructuring by the department. Lima Peru firm seeks U S financing to expand farm machinery operations.
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J. T. Alley Jr
Lubbock
Lamb
Alley
Lima
Peru
U. S
Wink Texas Faces Decline From Urban Renewal Blunder
A critical look at Wink Texas shows government handouts and questionable planning shrink the town population by about 16 percent. The piece argues that federal urban renewal policies favored insiders in Washington and wasted taxpayer money.
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Wink
Texas
Washington
October Reader’s Digest
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