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...latest addition to the shelf is JFK: Conspiracy of Silence (Signet; 205 pages; $4.99 paper) by Charles A. Crenshaw. It is the first account written by a doctor who was part of the Parkland Memorial Hospital trauma team that tried to save Kennedy and, two days later, his assassin (sorry, alleged assassin), Lee Harvey Oswald...
...while homes were the issue of the sixties, today's protesters are looking at the decade's hip new issue--the environment. And it is here that Scheme Z opponents strike, pointing to air pollution, noise and destruction of parkland environmental groups have raised serious concerns about the plan...
...CENTRAL ARTERY project's replacement of downtown Boston's prematurely-aged elevated highway with a depressed underground version will be a boon for traffic-weary commuters, expansion-minded businesses and city residents who will enjoy Boston's newly created parkland...
...face facts. Notwithstanding the indignant cries of environmental destruction and destroyed parkland, most of the outrage boils down to the fact that opponents don't want something big and ugly in Cambridge. A "not in my backyard" attitude may score political points, but it does not accomplish solutions or work toward a meaningful compromise...
...amount of parkland can offset a tangle of ramps and roads the size of Boston Common. What person can relax, play or enjoy a park while thousand of cars circle above their head? No new housing can be built in the shadow of a colossal series of ramps and roads pooring soot and noise down on the land below. As Scheme Z opponent Gladys P. Gifford says, "You can't mitigate a monster...