City Row Over West River Street Widening Plan
Local officials push a four lane widening to relieve congestion after Midway Mall drew heavy traffic. A cost share debate centers on a one eighth assessment for area property owners while mall area businesses and the city would pay the majority. Residents off the street fear little benefit and seek city absorption of residential costs to move the project forward.
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West River Street
Kennedy Memorial Parkway
Griswold Road
Midway Mall
West River
West River Road
Marguerite Bowman
No one can write hardly anytime in this school issue
A national concern over student writing emerges from a survey of 436 colleges showing widespread weaknesses in grammar and composition. Remedial courses at UC Berkeley hint at deepening problems. educators blame limited reading, television, and shifts in English classes since the 1960s.
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Association of Departments of English
University of California In Berkeley
The
Modern Language Association
Lack of vision in Washington
The piece argues President Ford faces pressure to quickly address fears by noon while long-term planning falters. It critiques the WIN program and oil policy, noting oil oversupply and milder winter undercut inflation fears. It calls for long-term energy strategy, higher gas tax to fund transit and new energy, and protection from unemployment during transitions.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
Congress
United States
White House
Ford
U.S
North America
Europe
Endangered species protection blocked by bureaucrats
A Washington bureau report charges the Endangered Species Act administration with delay and political pressure. It accuses Keith Schreiner of stalling listings like the green sea turtle and American crocodile to appease hunting and commercial interests while biologists urge timely protection.
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Washington
Congress
Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife
Council On Environmental Quality
Keith Schremer
Endangered Species Office
Keith
Schreiner
Ed Tropeano
United States
Sweeping airline travel changes urged in candid report
A firsthand column blasts airline travel woes from check in to seating, cites blocky parking, slow clerks, overbooked flights, and frayed tickets. It argues passenger greed and high fuel costs stall progress, notes FAA resistance, and calls for faster ticketing and affordable meals, urging broad reforms.
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Amin
Toa
Joseph C. Harsch
U. S
Jack Anderson
Les Whiffen
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AC Hudnutt
Elyrio, C
Sun
Arthur D. Hudnutt
Arnold Miller
Charles J. Hostetter
Jack E. Weaver
George Miller
Mer
Arlo McCully
Lorain County
Fat Henry
Jim Bishop
Bud Maytag
National Airlines
Ares
New York
Miami
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Alexander Butterfield
Senate
Watergate
Roger
Teconomo
Yomic Advisers
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