Middletown Road Contracts Bid Scene Raises Tensions
City beat examines why Middletown's $12 million boulevard program attracts few bidders. Local and out of town contractors fault engineers for demanding high standards and tough inspections, claiming profits drain away. Some say fewer firms remain, others blame rigid bidding rules and market conditions.
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Middletown
Dan Rothe
Public Service
C.A. Boeke
Kothe
Boeke
Four Trees in Appleton Foreshadow Duplicates Vision
Norman Vincent Peale reflects on a Wisconsin garden where four cloned aspen plugs grow into exact duplicates of their parent trees. He ponders the moral implications of duplicating not just timber but human greatness, urging appreciation for diversity in life and cautioning against erasing individual variety.
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Appleton
Wis
Einstein
Beethoven
Lesie Weatherhead
WISHING WELL ERE A PLEASANT NUMERICAL PUZZLE
A short puzzle from King Features Syndicate 1969 describes a game to derive a key number from the letters of a first name. It instructs subtracting four if the name has six or more letters or adding three if fewer than six, then reading a message from checked figures to reveal daily fortune.
Kremlin Says All Calm On China Border
Moscow reports calm on the Soviet Chinese frontier amid Beijing charges of repeated Soviet incursions. Peking alleged hundreds of armored Soviet vehicles crossed into Sinkiang and claimed casualties, in a note to the Soviet Embassy relayed by New China News Agency.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Peking
Foreign Ministry
China
Sinkiang
Red
New China News Agency
Replacement trend boosts tire replacements nationwide
Akron sources report car owners are replacing tires more often due to safety concerns, new tread depth indicators, and state inspection rules. Authorities note the shift spans about one in forty states, reflecting stricter regulation and consumer awareness.
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Akron
Ohio
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Journal
Cincinnati
Dayton
Weatherhead
King Features Syndicate, Inc
U. S
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Ssede
Sas
Wamsutta Border
Dacron
France
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