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...whether all local school districts have been using federal funds for their intended purpose. Nixon's Commissioner of Education, James Allen Jr., announced that a study he had conducted confirmed that in some cases money meant to aid special "enrichment" programs was used for ordinary operating purposes in slum schools...
...known as the Temple of Serapide, standing in the midst of a small waterfront lagoon created by ancient sinking, now is higher out of the water than ever before in the memory of Pozzuolians. The hardest-hit area has been the town's oldest and toughest section, a slum of narrow winding alleyways called La Terra, or the earth. Told that they would have to move to emergency shelters outside town, many of its residents refused to budge. They were finally evicted after some scuffles with police. Said one fishmonger, a father of nine: "I will stay...
...populations, economic squeeze and the American propensity to waste. Nearly all of today's abandoned houses are in ghettos or neighborhoods in transition as the white population departs. But it is far too simplistic to blame only the influx of black families for the decay and abandonments. Most slum neighborhoods were near-slums long before their white residents moved away...
...houses are left empty partly because the role of slum landlord has become less and less profitable. New York City landlords cite the abandoned buildings as proof of a financial squeeze, and reason enough for the city to repeal its rent-control law, which has frozen rents at below-market levels since...
...Born in a Catholic slum, McCann began his movement for civil rights in March, 1968. "I am presenting an alternative to the Catholic-Protestant struggle. I am offering a socialist solution." he said...