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Tokyo being Tokyo and gadget-minded Japanese being gadget-minded Japanese, some campaigner for municipal quiet has dreamed up the idea of erecting an electronic billboard to measure Nishi-Ginza's sound level, translate it into phons (decibels), and transmit it in illuminated numbers to a populace presumably shamed...
With civil rights on the way to enactment, the year-long legislative logjam began to break. Last week the Congress also: > Approved, by a 212-to-189 House vote, an Administration-backed $375 million urban-transit bill designed to aid cities in improving their municipal and suburban public-transport systems...
The Apple Orchard. When they took off from Washington, the skies were clear. But warnings of heavy weather to the north had already been posted. Their destination was Barnes Municipal Airport, Westfield, Mass., about seven miles west of Springfield. There, fog and drizzle had socked in the runways.
Ostensibly inspired by his own experiences with municipal corruption, Flicker soon wraps his hero in red tape and delivers him to a greedy pack of policemen, firemen, city inspectors and hotshot racketeers, all seeking payoffs. The cop is a half-witted movie monster, obviously put together by graft. The fireman...
Governments are investing heavily for the long term too. The Greek government has financed 60 hotels and rest houses in the last ten years, and West German castle owners who convert their properties to sight-seeing attractions can get state assistance. Ireland has budgeted $30 million for hotel development. Egypt...