Word: civic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several features of the proposed new Cambridge zoning ordinance might "seriously hamper the normal growth" of the University, Charles P. Whitlock, Administrative Assistant to the President for Civic Affairs, stated last night...
...between racial rights and wrongs: ¶In Pittsburgh's Beechview section, where Negro Charles Miller's new home was smeared and smashed by race baiters, white neighbors finished a repair and repaint job with materials bought by the Board of Trade, Lions Club, American Legion and other civic groups. ¶ Georgia's Governor-elect Ernest Vandiver warned that he would close Atlanta schools if they were integrated by pending court cases, was met by Atlanta Mayor William Berry Hartsfield's demand that the city have the option between integration or no school...
...Boston society, and moved around in it a little faster than anyone else. Limiting himself to what he could get out of a thing, he made few forays into the more creative spheres of machine building or organized social planning. Like his social security (the ten dollar handouts), his civic improvements were piecemeal affairs where he made sure that the recipient knew about the donor, and where the donor was himself a recipient...
Other speakers at the discussion, sponsored by the Cambridge Civic Association, cited the need for a comprehensive professional study of Cambridge's traffic problems. The heavy pressure of commuter traffic through the city could eventually make Cambridge a "paved wilderness," unless coordinated action is taken to expand highway and mass transportation facilities...
...panel discussion on Cambridge's traffic and transportation problems will be sponsored by the Cambridge Civic Association tonight at 8 p.m. at the Hotel Continental. The meeting is open to the public...