Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wednesday, October 22 GOODBYE, CITY HALL (NET, 9-10 p.m.).* Outgoing Mayors Jerome Cavanagh, Detroit, Joseph Barr, Pittsburgh, Arthur Na-talin. Minneapolis, and Allen Thompson, Jackson, Miss., discuss municipal pressures, problems and palliatives at the executive residence in Detroit...
...type of work being done, Kirp said, is the drafting of a model decentralization statute now going on, with specific recommendations for decentralizing the decision-making process in school boards. The group is concentrating its legal research on the current laws in New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Detroit...
Other critics claim that terrorism would "antagonize" people. Does that mean that it would antagonize them more than, say, a peaceful march or even a long-haired college kid? Or is it that white people finally noticed the problems of black people only after the blacks burned down Watts, Detroit, and Newark? Blowing up buildings can show that you're serious...
Despite these advantages, Detroit is skeptical. Though General Motors has offered conversion units for the past year, it has sold only a few-mainly to truckers in the South, where natural gas is plentiful. For motorists, the Pacific Lighting system has not solved a key problem: the bulky gas cylinders require most of a car's trunk space. The $300 charge for converting a car to natural gas is also likely,to deter all but ardent conservationists.'Still, the prospect of greater operating economy could attract fleet owners, start mass production, and eventually lower the conversion charge...
...make movies which entertain us, even if supercially. The little sense of community which came through in The Secret of Santa Vittoria was encouraging. But I suspect we are doing all we can to preserve a sense of humor. The problem is that some things-like Chicago, Washington, Watts, Detroit, Birmingham, and Dallas-just aren't funny...