New York Times: "President Signs Scenic Road Bill", 23 October, 1965.
Title
New York Times: "President Signs Scenic Road Bill", 23 October, 1965.
Subject
Environmental Legislation
Description
President Johnson signs into act the Highway Beautification Act, and "promised that 'as long as I am President, what has been divinely given by nature will not be recklessly taken away by man.'" Under this new law, states needed to "control billboards and junkyards" along the interstate and primary highways, or lose 20 percent of their federal highway grants.
Creator
John D. Pomfret
Publisher
New York Times
Date
1965-10-23
Files
Collection
Citation
John D. Pomfret, “New York Times: "President Signs Scenic Road Bill", 23 October, 1965.,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed July 7, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/238.