Word: road
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...keenly disappointed at his failure to win G.M.'s presidency last fall. Instead, his only obvious rival, Edward N. Cole, 58, won the job that Knudsen had coveted and courted for most of his life. Cole's ascension meant not only that Knudsen's road to promotion was blocked for at least another four years; it also meant that even if Knudsen did follow Cole to the top at G.M., he would have so few years to serve before mandatory retirement at 65 that his age might deny him the chance...
...times, some Cambridge residents must feel that Harvard is the only problem which has bothered the City for longer than the proposed Inner Belt highway. The City has fought the Belt ever since it was first designed in 1948. during those 20 years, the road has been subjected to so many studies that all but the most avid Belt-watcher have lost count...
Last week, the City won another victory of sorts in the battle, as Federal Roads Commissioner Lowell K. Bridwell agreed to postpone the final decision on the Belt until the completion of a two-part review of the highway. The new study would determine whether a Belt is still needed, and also find ways to case the road's impact on Cambridge...
...costly study. The state Department of Public Works (DPW) and allies such as the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce wanted an immediate decision to build the Belt. Agt one point, Bridwell reportedly told the assembled factions that he has spent more time on the Belt than on any other road since he entered office in 1966. He used the threat of an immediate decision against the City, and reminded the DPW that 90 per cent of the road's financing comes from the Fedral government. The commissioner got his compromise...
...second part of the review may be more fruitful for the City. During the 20 years rhetoric have been spent fighting "any and all Inner Belts." The City preferred not to study ways of minimizing the impact of a road; they regarded such efforts as an admission of the Belt's inevitability. Now, for the first time, an intensive effort may be made to help Cambridge come to terms with an Inner Belt...