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Stalled Highway

Last year the city planners
attempted to put through a highway
extension that would have cut
a path through the fraternity area,
eliminating several houses, but this
effort has not yet succeeded.

The City's government consists
of a council of five men, a
secretary, a treasurer, a city manager
and a city attorney.

The council is made up of three
Republicans and two Democrats. G.
A. Vogt, the Republican mayor, is a
retired electronics executive. Kenneth
Davis, a real estate salesman
and Joseph Wright, an ex-State
Police officer and insurance salesman
are the other Republicans.
Mitchell Van Heures and William
Rinehart are the two Democrats.
Mr. Van Hueres was the only
Councilman to be elected on a fair
housing platform.