Word: laurell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Emil H. Levine Laurel...
That strategy will no longer work in one state. The New Jersey Supreme Court last week banned restrictive zoning throughout the state. The ruling resulted from a suit brought by the N.A.A.C.P., CORE and nine individuals against the town of Mount Laurel, N.J., a well-to-do suburb of Philadelphia. The plaintiffs had argued that the state constitution guarantees all citizens equal protection under law, but that some people, specifically Mount Laurel's 20,000 residents, were more protected than others. The opposition did not deny that the zoning was restrictive but insisted that remedy should come through legislation...
Going even further, the court demanded that the towns devise land plans that will attract families of all social and economic levels. Though Mount Laurel will take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, most experts feel that the justices will not consider the case because it is based exclusively on New Jersey law. The precedent it sets, however, is likely to influence other suits against restrictive zoning in states across the land...
Full many a laurel tree in Brooklyn grows...
With the decline of the heavy metal San Francisco sound, the creative center of rock shifted to Los Angeles. By 1968 Joni had moved west, settling into a funky Laurel Canyon cottage. It was a time of unrest on campuses and growing resistance to Viet Nam. Musically, the canyon was an exciting place to be. Los Angeles bands like the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield played a softer music crafted for the ear instead of the viscera. A new generation was "getting it together," and Joni Mitchell wrote its anthem, Woodstock...