Word: suburbanity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both the Gladstone Report and the Planning Department's evaluation are dubious about the economic feasibility of manufacturing on the Kendall site. The Planning Department states, "Cambridge cannot compete for firms whose land cost and access priorities require a suburban location...
...divide the money among homeowners and landlords. A few country hamlets, suspecting some dastardly Washington plot either to curtail their liberties or buy their allegiance, have sent back their checks uncashed. None of these answers was quite right, though, for the residents of St. Louis County, a wealthy suburban area outside St. Louis. The county council has decided to spend most of the federal money on a recreational complex. For the main attraction, it has allocated $757,000 to build a new golf course...
...federal court ordered the predominantly black city school system in Richmond, Va., to merge with mainly white suburban schools. A court of appeals reversed the order, and the Supreme Court then agreed to decide the controversial issue. But when it finally acted last week, the court left the basic question unanswered. Justice Lewis Powell, as a former member of the Richmond school board, disqualified himself, and the remaining Justices split 4-4, which had the effect of leaving the appeals court reversal in force. The Richmond non-decision was the first time since Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that...
Students of labor markets point to several reasons for the mismatch between discouraged job hunters and empty jobs. Low wages make some jobs (domestic work, light manufacturing) less attractive than the dole. Lack of good public transportation effectively prevents city workers from reaching suburban jobs. Many vocational schools have equipped students with outmoded skills. The heavy burden of employee fringe benefits and employer contributions to Social Security and unemployment-compensation funds prompts some big employers, like those in the auto industry, to work their labor forces overtime instead of hiring. The Nixon Administration has sharply reduced funds to hire ghetto...
...sports a mustache and aviator glasses now, and lives in a comfortable adobe house in suburban Albuquerque. On the dining room wall hangs the coat of arms that indicates that James P. Shannon (TIME cover, Feb. 23, 1970) used to be a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Shannon, 52, was named outstanding graduate of his class and gave the commencement speech when he graduated from the University of New Mexico law school this week. He will join a prominent Albuquerque law firm, where he may handle suits to protect the water rights of the poor in the Southwest. Shannon...