Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hyden and the rest of Leslie County had reason to think well of Richard Nixon. His revenue-sharing program had, among other things, helped to build a new $2.5 million recreation center (gymnasium, swimming pool, community center and tennis courts). Gerald Ford was invited to dedicate the center, but his schedule was full. To Hyden's surprise, Nixon accepted. Flying into a tiny nearby airport in an executive jet, Nixon may have imagined himself in a time warp, transported back ten years to an old campaign. He found a crowd of 1,000; some of them had waited...
...year Cambridge building moratorium expired on July 3 and Radcliffe officials are again preparing to face community, opposition. Officials said yesterday they will move ahead with construction of the planned Observatory Hill gymnasium, even if they have to bring legal action against the city...
...decision by the University to construct a gymnasium for Radcliffe on the site of Observatory Hill began more than a year ago when Radcliffe officials planned to begin construction of the facility that will include basketball and tennis courts...
...Radcliffe administration staged a running battle with residents of Cambridge's Observatory Hill neighborhood, the proposed site of a new Radcliffe gymnasium. The residents lobbied the City Council to change the zoning regulations on the area, in an attempt to halt the planned expansion. Radcliffe, meanwhile, pushed for completion of the project, as the residents' delaying tactics pushed projected costs up through the gym roof...
...that time, the council passed a one-year moratorium on construction in a limited part of Observatory Hill that excluded the area in which Harvard planned to build a gymnasium. It did, however, temporarily halt construction...