Fening urges urgent rethink of Middletown downtown mall
Ray Fening, a Middletown mayoral candidate and former Planning Commission chair, labels the downtown mall the top race issue. He warns the project lacks urgency, cites $300,000 yearly city tax spend, and proposes options from private development to city offices inside the mall and high rise housing above it. He urges a broad citizen panel to craft development strategies.
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Middletown Candidate Fening Promotes Fiscal Caution and Safety Upgrades
Middletown candidate Fening urges a community policy for federal grants to avoid overextension. He criticizes the city commission as a rubber stamp and calls for stronger police and fire services, new stations, a six cadet corps, and a plan linking to I-75. He notes a $5,000 monthly private mall contract and favors economical development. He is married with four children.
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Crawford Street
Yankee Road
East End
Planning Commission
R. Paul Christiansen
Bachmann
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Middletown
Have licenses, will not drive
Tennessee distributes driver licenses to 10000 blind individuals who may not use them to drive. Applications go to those on the Register of the Blind in the Department of Human Services. The program, funded by the legislature, aims to let blind people identify themselves like sighted citizens.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Department of Human Services
Human Services
Horace Bass
Violence Erupts in Argentina as Security Forces Battle Guerrillas
In Buenos Aires region, eight hours of gunfire pitted security forces against the ultraleft Peronist guerrilla group toneros. One guerrilla died, a policeman was seriously wounded, and a 46 year old man perished in the Melchor Romero house wreckage. Fiat closed its Cordoba railroad equipment plant amid labor action.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Melchor Romero
Fiat
Cordoba
Recreation lands State Issue I on Ohio ballot
Ohio legal change, State Issue 1, would amend the constitution to protect and preserve recreational lands. Rep. Kenneth R. Cox says the measure aims to safeguard areas from urban sprawl, amid Rhodes administration campaigning for a broader economic package.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Kenneth R. Cox
Barberton
Ohio considers tax break for recreation lands in use based plan
The legislature debated Issue 1 allowing future laws to tax recreational land like golf courses and parks by current use rather than market value. Supporters cited minimal long term losses. opponents warned of eroding the property tax base for schools and local governments. Final votes: Senate 24 5 House 73 19.
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Franco Recovers From Mild Flu At Home Near Madrid
Local press reports say Gen Francisco Franco the 82 year old head of state has recovered from a mild flu attack. He fell ill Saturday after a cabinet session and was described as resting at his home outside Madrid on Sunday.
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Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Prosecutor Faults Nixon Pardon Timing On Watergate
Former Watergate Special Prosecutor Henry S. Ruth told CBS that Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, issued a month before the Watergate trial, had an atrocious timing and could have influenced the case. He said he hoped the pardon would have conditioned on some admission of guilt, but he did not state whether Nixon deserved pardoning or would have been convicted.
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Watergate
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Ruth
Nixon
Jazz Singer premiers marking talking film era on Oct 6 1927
The age of talking pictures began with the first showing of The Jazz Singer on October 6 1927 featuring Al Jolson in the title role.
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