Word: conservationism
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T.R.'s Start. The idea of beauty preservation in the U.S. did not always carry such weight. In the beginning there was so much untamed territory that early Americans could hardly imagine getting through it all, much less ruining it. President Grant, who established the first national park at...
Ghetto to Suburb. The President was trying to be just that. In a speech to a White House Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity, he spoke of his efforts to improve the lot of "Americans of every color." Said he: "In education, in housing, in health, in conservation, in poverty, in...
The Administration, meanwhile, declared the hardest-hit sections of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware a disaster area, making them eligible for immediate federal aid−mostly in the form of well-digging and construction of new pumping and pipeline facilities. Northern New Jersey, which had been expected to...
Lally outlined the three ways in which urban renewal operates; demolition and development, conservation of existing neighborhoods, and "the most important aspect," rehabilitation.
Died. T. Ashton Thompson, 49, Democratic Congressman from Louisiana's 7th District (Lake Charles) since 1952, champion of wildlife conservation; of injuries sustained when he was struck by a swerving tractor-trailer while standing on a parking strip off a 4-lane highway talking to a patrolman who had...