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...October devouring grass and tree bark; a college student went berserk on an airliner bound from Los Angeles to San Francisco, tried to force his way into the pilot's cockpit before being subdued, a young male user in Los Angeles tried to stop a car on Wilshire Boulevard by saying "Halt," was hit and killed...
Chicago, which already has 15 miles of paths along the lake front stretching from one end of the city to the other, is considering putting bikeways down the median strips of its entire boulevard system. States are finally taking action too. Last month, Wisconsin's Governor Warren P. Knowles opened a 297-mile-long bikeway that meanders across the entire state, from La Crosse in the west to Kenosha in the east, the first of its kind in the nation...
Bucharest lay stunned under the sticky assault of an 85° heat wave. Couples lounged inertly in the lilac-scented shade of the parks along Boulevard Magheru, sipped raspberry soda out of communal glasses, or took in the desultory lake breeze at the Pescarus Restaurant. Then, with an electric crackle, loudspeakers began to blare, and a tingle ran through the crowd...
...been hampered by a low budget and the obvious indifference of local and state officialdom. Commission Director Elmer C. Jacobsen, 49, a hard-bitten veteran of 16 years in the FBI, riled Governor Roger Branigin this month when he publicly protested the relicensing of Gary's Boulevard Tap, which he called a "notorious B-girl joint," and complained about a "wave of outlawry unmatched in the memory of living men." Though that may have been overstating the case, Jacobsen is hardly exaggerating when he says that the county has been "abandoned" by the Governor. "No reformer," adds the crime...
...Prince, place festive flags all over the city and pour fresh concrete along part of the route so that the Lion of Judah would not be overcome by dust. The high point of Selassie's crowded, one-day visit was the naming of the just-completed airport road "Boulevard Haile Selassie." Such are conditions in Haiti, however, that road dedications can be dubious honors. As he drives toward Port-au-Prince, Selassie can get a good look at Harry Truman Boulevard along the waterfront. It is now six inches deep in mud and completely impassable...