Action grant program reshapes ailing cities debate
In Kankakee and Toledo, HUD action grants fund land prep for an aluminum plant and a downtown renewal project while St. Louis receives federal backing for a $125 million shopping, housing, and hotel complex. City leaders defend the program as revival aid, but critics push for more neighborhood focus and equitable urban renewal.
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Martin Donsky
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Kankakee
Ill
Toledo
St. Louis
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Congress
Northeast
Midwest
Carter
America
National urban policy seen as sham by critic
William Serrin argues the Carter era plan is a hollow national urban policy, echoing 1930s debates about housing. He contends true reform must focus on preserving open land, protecting farms, and directing development into cities, not suburban sprawl. He cites bankers and developers, calling them out for private interests shaping policy.
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William Serrin
Detroit
Robert Wagner
Carter
Wagner
Washington
William E. Leary
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston
Philip Kozloff
Citicorp Real Estate Inc
New York
South Bronx
Vietnam
United States Army Officers Club
Saigon
George Julian
Indiana
Atlantic Monthly
Sunbelt and Frostbelt Rivalry Shapes Federal Aid Debate
Northern and Southern leaders clash over how federal funds are distributed amid a decades‑long Sunbelt Frostbelt rivalry. The debate centers on urban aid, manufacturing decline, and poverty, with media fueling tensions while advocates warn joint reforms are needed for national growth.
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Neal R. Peirce
Washington
Mason-Dixon Line
Business Week
National Journal
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Southern Growth Policies Board
U.S
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Dixie
Northeast-Midwest Coalition
Southern Growth Policy Board
New doctor McNish’s vow to heal after Hanoi hell
Thomas McNish, once an F-105 pilot shot down near Hanoi, spent years in North Vietnamese prison camps before earning a medical degree at Emory University. He aims to practice family medicine, treat children, and help others, drawing strength from his imprisonment and a life of service.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Atlanta
Tom McNish
North Vietnam
Emory University
Hanoi
Thomas McNish
Miles
Air Force Academy
McNish
Thailand
Tom
Yona
Nixon
White House
Associated Press
Air Force
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Joseph F. Timility
National Commission On Neighborhoods
Patricia Roberts Harris
David Patterson
Miami
Birmingham
Charleston
Greenville
S.C
Gadsden
Ala
San Antonio
Louisville
William Proximire
Dwisc
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
NEA, Inc
New York City
Jimmy
Gan
North
Neal Peirce
Heartbreak Hotel
Franklin
N.C
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