Rockford architects push for livable downtown renewal
Four young Rockford architects form Earth Works to influence the urban renewal in Rockford Illinois. They aim to balance growth with beauty by urging green space riverfront walkways fountains benches and tree planting while rallying public opinion and encouraging an awards program for architectural and environmental contributions.
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Rockford
Ill
Rockford Register-Star
Earth Works
Bank
West State Street
Register-Star
Chicago
McCormick Place
Lake Michigan
Junior League
Long Beach
Coca-Cola comes to Poland as a political and advertising symbol
In Poland the real thing appears as a rare capitalist phenomenon. Coca-Cola ads feature a blond model and a global slogan, priced at 25 cents, while local papers note its coexistence with vodka and humorously warn editors about proper capitalization to avoid Coca-Cola legal trouble.
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Poland
Warsaw
Zycie Warszawy
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Legal Department
Coca-Cola
U.S. State Department
Letters expose hospital access disputes in Long Beach
Harrold MUFARDAN of the Downtown Neighborhood Center argues MediCal barriers and hospital contracts deny care. He cites a pregnant alcoholic denied admission at Memorial Hospital, amid calls for a new county hospital in Long Beach.
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Memorial Hospital
Lomita
Memorial
Long Beach General
Harbor
Torrance
General
Long Beach
Harrold Mufardan
The Great Catastrophe prompts cat birth control push
A reader from Cerritos urges stronger public awareness and action on animal birth control after recounting personal experience with adopting, spaying, and supporting a shelter retirement home for cats. The letter stresses homelessness among felines and calls for sustained efforts nationwide.
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Southland
National Cat Protection Society
Cerritos
Ann BE
Cat Protection Society featured in heartening letter
Long Beach reader Thomas Hose thanks for printing a story about Mr. C Richard Calore and the National Cat Protection Society. He notes the group helped twice, rescuing a cat from a tree and arranging half‑price spaying at a veterinary clinic.
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C. Richard Calore
National Cat Protection Society
Long Beach
MES
Thomas Hose
Agnew Neglects Push to Build National Power Base
Washington commentary notes Spiro Agnew has majored in campaigning yet shown little zeal to expand his national influence. Despite favorable assignments and a poised image, he shuns large events, relies on a small staff, and avoids broad outreach, keeping Maryland loyalty intact while deferring mass appeal for 1976.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
White House
Maryland
Baltimore
Ray Gold
McGovern and Shriver
Spiro
John Connally
Death Penalty Proposition Urged to override court ruling
The document argues that California should restore the death penalty through a voter approved initiative and allow revisions to align state law with the U S Supreme Court. It cites deterrence, public safety, and victims, noting 107 condemned on death row and urging a yes vote to protect innocent citizens.
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California Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Los Angeles
California
Charles Manson
Richard Speck
Stanford Law Review
Supreme Court
United States
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