Portland’s Plaza Fountain Draws Diverse crowds
In Portland Oregon the Civic Auditorium Forecourt fountain complex draws locals and visitors alike on a hot day. Designed by Lawrence Halprin the $500000 plaza features 13 000 gallons of water per minute, and remains a downtown gathering spot with both critics and families praising its urban oasis.
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Portland
Ore
Civic Auditorium
Lawrence Halprin
San Francisco
Halprin
Illinois House Grapples With Voting Age and Transportation Debates
Springfield reports House Speaker Blair and Rep. Choate are weaving 18-year-old voting rights with CTA subsidies and a $900 million highway and mass transit bond plan. Negotiations focus on reapportionment and transportation in the closing days of the session as partisan tensions rise over the youth suffrage issue.
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Springfield
Ill
House
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Illinois
Chicago
Blair
Clyde Choate
Anna
CTA
Total Transportation
Senate
Choate
Charles Clabaugh
Champaign
Costly university computers idle in Illinois study
A Bureau of the Budget report notes University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and Northern and Southern Illinois campuses use computer time only about half the hours possible, highlighting wasteful taxpayer costs as lawmakers prepare fiscal 1972 funding decisions.
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Springfield
Ill
Bureau of the Budget
David Regner
R-Mt. Prospect
House Appropriations Committee
John W. McCarter Jr
University of Illinois
Digital Computer Laboratory
Champaign-Urbana
Supreme Court weighs Ali draft case amid church college aid debate
The court nears end of term with a ruling possible on Muhammad Ali's eligibility for pacifist exemption and challenges to federal grants for church related colleges. Justices also review state salary supplements and lay teacher pay while upholding church-state separation issues. A note adds that a flea can live up to 72 days without eating.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Muhammad Ali
Ali
Cassius Clay
Houston
Astrodome
Jimmy Ellis
Pensylvania
Rhode Island
Food Stamp Theft Down Says Local Program Director
The director cites tighter local handling rules that reduced thefts thought to top $1 million over six years. He notes burglaries and other thefts from local offices are tapering off, with national losses exceeding $1.3 million since 1965 and 10.6 million people now receiving stamps. The fiscal year budget nears $1.8 billion, rising to about $2 billion next year.
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Washington
James E. Springfield
Springfield
Department
Food and Nutrition Service
Bristol School addition costs trimmed by Yorkville board
Bristol School renovation bids were cut from 89474 to 86043 after options were deleted. The plan includes roof replacement with possible insulation repair. The board also addressed bus driver pay increases, new staff hires, resignations, coach appointment, and meeting time limits.
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Yorkville
Bristol School
Charles Garrison
LaVerne Borneman
Thelma Bridge
Special Education Cooperative
Charlotte Perry
Norma Turner
Jan Choate
LaVonne Hopkins
Circle Center School
Beverly Rissman
Doris Stevenson
Donald Davidson
Wes Christian
Conduct charge on local woman
Morris police filed two complaints over the weekend. A Joliet resident, Miss Donna Knippenbert, faced a disorderly conduct charge for using abusive language in the presence of five minor children. She posted a $25 cash bond for a 1:30 p.m. Wednesday court appearance.
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Morris
Joliet
Joetta Roseland
Washington St
Donna Knippenbert
Model Finance Mini loan offer from Morris office
Dave Daugherty of Model Finance invites callers at 302 Liberty St Morris Indiana to obtain a Mini-Loan of $100 with two weeks term for a $1.40 fee. No red tape, no embarrassment, phone 942-3403 for immediate access.
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Dave Daugherty
Model Finance
Liberty St
Morris
Inl
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Vernon Degrush
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All Sang America
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