December 15, 1969

delegates of Harlem community orgns vote in favor of asking that construction on state office bldg site be stopped so that land area can be purchased by residents for low-income housing and other services

The city escaped what the Weather Bureau feared might be the season's first major snowstorm yesterday. The total snowfall amounted to only a trace, or just enough to make the streets slushy and to set into premature motion the "maiden mobilization effort" of the new municipal snow-emergency plan.

article discusses 'hippies' and reactions to them as arrests focus new attention on them; Manson illus at age of 14

Times survey shows that long-awaited model cities program is being hampered in number of cities throughout nation by disputes over hew much control residents of model neighborhoods will have ever how money is spent; repts from 16 major cities that received early model cities grants show that little visible progress has been made and that there is considerable disillusionment within neighborhoods about program's future; examples outlined; some optimism noted; illus