Word: highway
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people are at the bridge over the Alabama River; they have to walk double file. A group of state troopers, plus white people, plus Sheriff Clark and his posse, plus Al Lingo, head of the state highway patrol, are on the other side of the bridge...
...This is the climax. It will be the most expensive highway. It will displace more people. Picture in your mind an eight-lane expressway running through the city, blighting everything on either side...
What they oppose is an eight-lane highway that would pass through Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline and Boston. In Cambridge it would probably run through the heart of Central Square and displace about 950 families...
...with such subsidies in Washington Park as "a federal pilot project." If the President's proposal is approved, the subsidy system will be extended to other parts of the city. Logue suggested that first priority for subsidies be given to families who have been displaced by urban renewal or highway construction...
...Hinds County jailer refused to explain the charges against the students and had no idea when they would be arraigned. "If you're talkin' about them civil rights workers, the Highway Patrol just brought 'em in 25 minutes ago and told me to lock 'em up. I can't tell you nothin' about it," he said...