LA zoning plan hints at population cap by 4 million
A Los Angeles mayoral candidate Tom Bradley proposed downzoning to limit density and cap city growth at four million. The idea raises questions about where people would live if many large cities adopt population limits and how states or Congress might allocate newcomers.
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Man powered flight prize sparks race for first 1 mile figure eight
In 1967 Henry Kremer offered 10000 pounds to the first team to complete a one mile figure eight at ten feet altitude using only human muscle. Despite historic failed attempts since Da Vinci, advances in materials and design suggest a sustained human powered flight may soon occur. Several teams aim for flights this summer. The prospect fuels experimental sport hopes amid technical progress.
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da Vinci
Globe circling is a drag EN ROUTE BOMBAY
The writer critiques modern long haul air travel from New York to Bombay noting security checks in London Paris Rome and New Delhi the forced seating during flights the jet age lifestyle clash and the rapid growth of global hotel ventures like the Oberoi Sheraton in Bombay opening with American tourism support. A local columnist complains about water scarcity despite the luxury hotel boom.
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Bombay
Oberoi Sheraton
Ustad
Isa
Taj Mahal
United Nations
Nixon Meany clash over labor power and public unions
The piece argues Nixon’s admin may oppose broad union demands yet shows sympathy to Meany on some issues. It notes Brennan’s teen wage exemption, Klassen’s agency shop stance, and Wilson’s Taft Hartley applications, warning that public employee union power could threaten citizen control of government services.
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Brennan
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Charles Wilson
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Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
Jimmy Durante
Mrs. Calabash
Neighborhood rights clash over Middletown planning plans
Letters from Blue Ball residents argue the Middletown Planning Commission oversteps, pushing development onto Jefferson Road and ignoring Lemon Township rights. They urge protection of Blue Ball and Lemon Township roads amid traffic and annexation concerns.
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Saybrooke
Lefferson
Blue Ball Area
Benny R. Goff
Watergate and Pinto Beans: A Bore to All Politics
A columnist compares Watergate fever to a Pinto Beans column by a rural Texas writer. He argues politics is a dirty, self preserving game with mudslinging as normal and questions why the uproar continues. He ends urging Mabel to keep recipes coming.
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Jim Fiebig
America
Mabel Ratchet
West Texas
Mabel
Watergate
Raquel Welch
Martha Mitchell
Mississippi
Middletown Journal Basic Subscription Rates and Info
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal Inc Middletown Ohio lists delivery options and prices for home delivery motor route and mail. Rates include 15c daily 25c Sunday with annual and installment plans and a 15c service charge for placing the paper in a Journal tube. Founded in 1857.
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