Word: overcrowdedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rumors spread that the Federal Government, through FHA-insured loans, was going to turn the town into a haven for poor blacks. Opponents of the project raised fears of overcrowded schools and crime on the poorly lit streets. In March of 1970, "improvement associations" in the Black Jack area invited...
Nixon listed the problems of ramshackle judicial machinery: unconscionable delays in criminal cases, overcrowded prisons, court calendars clogged with trivial cases. "All this," he said, "sends everyone in the system of justice home at night feeling as if they have been trying to brush back a flood with a broom...
Despite its problems, East Orange has quite a bit going for it. It is compact, if overcrowded. Unlike neighboring Newark, it has a history of capable, efficient government. It has a stable white and black middle class. There are some extreme views on both sides of the racial fence, but...
In a letter sent by Waterman to District I coaches, the director explained the rules which will guide this first year NCAA procedure of district qualifying before the Nationals. In the past schools have been able to send teams or individuals directly to the Nationals, but last year's overcrowded...
Civil rights lawyers have already filed a new suit which seems certain to be bolstered by Shaw; it attacks all sorts of alleged inequalities (overcrowded schools, unfair zoning, sparse middle-income housing) in the Anacostia area of Washington, D.C. If that suit prevails, U.S. cities may face drastic changes. In...