Downtown Mall Plan Earns Backing From City Leaders
A petition circulated by the Central City Development Commission urges Portsmouth City Council to develop the downtown core. Proposal covers a Gallia Street pedestrian mall with Phase I parking, Phases II and III narrowing streets and closing Chillicothe to traffic, with costs split among property owners the city and the Federal Housing and Urban Renewal Department. Alexander Moskowitz of New York-backed planners forecast a $100000 start, $50,000 from owners and $50,000 from public sources. traffic would reroute to ease access to parking while a Sixth Street diagonal was dropped due to real estate hurdles.
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L. W. Burns
Gallia St
Central City Development Commission
Larry Alexander
Alexander Moskowitz
New York
Central City
Alexander
Commission
Federal Housing and Urban Renewal Department
Seventh and
Chillicothe St
Fourth St
Gay St
Marting Bros.Co
Seventh St
Chillicothe Sts
Fourth and Gay Sts
Gay
Fourth
Sixth Sts
Fifth St
Washington St
Sixth St
Avid A. Vetter
Sed St
Vetter
Fifth, Gallia and
Portsmouth
Lindsay Unseated In GOP NYC Mayoral Primary
In a Republican race seen as a bellwether for urban GOP clout conservatives toppled Mayor John Lindsay. State Senator John J. Marchi won the GOP and Conservative nominations defeating Lindsay by a tight margin as Procaccino claimed the Democratic line with a strong showing.
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Lindsay
GOP
New York
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
John V. Lindsay
Robert F. Wagner
Staten Island
John J. Marchi
Wagner
Mario A. Procaccino
Bronx
Herman Badillo
Puerto Rico
Norman Mailer
James H. Scheuer
Procaccino
Badillo
Mailer
Scheuer
Sam Yorty
Thomas Bradey
Charles Stenvig
Dan Cohen
Stenvig
Marchi
Harlem
City College
Fordham Law School
City Service
Senate Eyes 191 Billion Dollar Spending Ceiling
The Senate moves toward a 191 billion dollar federal spending ceiling, about 1.9 billion below Nixon’s budget and the House figure. The plan, led by Byrd, is flexible and faces several amendments as Congress aims to finish action by June 30 on a supplemental appropriations bill.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
John J. Williams
R-Del
Williams
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Alan Cranston
Calif
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Appropriations Committee
Federal Judiciary
Scientists Approve CBW Study To Reassess Arms Program
President Nixon orders a full review of all CBW programs by the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the State and Defense departments. Yale biologist Arthur W. Galston praises the move amid public outcry after nerve gas tests and plans to ship 27 000 tons of obsolete chemical bombs overseas.
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John M. Pearce
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Yale University
Arthur W. Galston
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
State and Defense Departments
Utah
Richard D. McCarthy
Buffalo
N.Y
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ziegler
Committee Backs Surtax Extension
Nixon wins gains for a full year extension of the 10 percent income surtax with a six month half rate for 1969, plus tax relief for low income taxpayers and other tax changes. Opponents push to shorten or block the extension in the Senate and Rules Committee.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Hale Boggs
D-La
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
Rules Committee
Fire Chief Staker to Retire After 37 Years
Anton W. Staker of 1637 Offnere Street will retire August 31 after 37 years in the city fire department. He entered in 1932 and served as chief mechanic before becoming chief. Three assistant chiefs James Pendleton, John Rudity, and Lee Troutman will be eligible for civil service examinations to succeed him.
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Anton W. Staker
Offnere St
Huxley Kennedy
Staker
Kennedy
James Pendleton
John Rudity
Lee Troutman
Senate restricts sale of glasses with nitro Frames
Ohio Senate approved a bill to ban sale manufacturing or distribution of sunglasses and eyeglasses containing cellulose nitrate in frames, citing fire and poisoning risks. Violators face fines up to 100 dollars for first offenses and higher for subsequent violations. Senator John H Weeks said most frames are imported from overseas and urged action after noting past incidents.
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Diana Stover
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Senate
Sen
John H. Weeks
R - 25
Lakewood
Ohio
Weeks
United States
Japan
Italy
France
Austria
West Germany
Senate
Mansfield
Federal Workers To Get Salary Boost In July
Nearly 5 million federal workers and military personnel will receive a pay raise starting in July totaling about 3.3 billion dollars annually. President Nixon ordered the increase under the 1967 Pay Reform Act to align federal salaries with private industry. White collar staff Foreign Service and VA medical personnel gain about 9.1 percent on average. Postal workers receive 4.1 percent more.
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Washington
Nixon
Foreign Service
Veterans Administration
Drunken Driving Arrests In Ohio Soar With Implied Consent Law
Ohio State Patrol reports 15 126 arrests for driving under the influence in 1967 before the implied consent law. Breath tests became common by 1968 with 3 853 motorists tested between 1968 and 1969 and 80 percent registering .15 percent or higher. If lowered to .10 percent, more drivers would be deemed intoxicated.
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Ohio
Saul Daniels
Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Institution of Ohio
State Patrol
Ohio Senate
House
William Brancher
Utah
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Leo Blackburn
Citizens Savings & Loan Association Co
Plaine Des Jarres
Vietiane
Pathet Lao
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Elena Woolridge
Inside the Times
Anton Staker
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