Word: downtowner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...televised address, Sargent announced his decision to oppose the construction of say new expressways within Rte. 128, a commuter highway which forms a semi-circle to the west of Boston. He proposed instead, "a series of (mass) transit lines from downtown Boston to Rte. 128, where the parking facilities will allow a motorist to leave his car and speed into the city...
Sargent's proposals also included provisions designed to discourage the use of private automobiles during rush-hours, such as prohibiting the construction of additional parking facilities in downtown Boston and at Logan Airport...
West Point is a world unto itself. Approaching it, New York State Highway 9W winds through the sleepy town of Highland Falls, perhaps 60 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. Downtown Highland Falls consists of a lot of bars, a few little stores, and signs directing visitors to the West Point entrance 200 yards to the right...
...bomb exploded inside the crowded National Bank of Agriculture in downtown Milan. Thirteen people were killed and four died later of injuries. A few minutes later in Rome, another bomb damaged the main office of the National Bank of Labor, injuring 14 persons. That same afternoon, two bombs blew pieces of marble off Rome's Victor Emmanuel monument; three pedestrians were hurt. Police in the two cities promptly went into action. Three days later in Milan, they arrested Pietro Valpreda, 37, a sometime ballet dancer and member of an anarchist group called "March 22" (after the 1968 rebellion...
...family retailers that have not sold out to a bigger national chain. Sakowitz Inc. bought the two White & Kirk stores in Amarillo three years ago; it will soon open a store in Scottsdale, Ariz., and is building a $4,000,000 store that will start business next year in downtown Dallas...