Move to 'burbs stresses state's old highways          Leaving the city and heading for the Cape Early skirmish in battle over Narragansett Bay Long exodus of jobs accelerates Preservationists begin to halt wrecking ball of urban renewal Politically, machines were in gear         Speaker of the House: Joe Martin of N. Attleboro

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Road Map: A highway plan gets a look from Pawtucket councilman Albert E. Noelte, left, Pawtucket Mayor Charles F. Reynolds, center, and Wilbur S. Smith, a Yale University traffic expert, in 1953.

Row Housing: These homes, priced at $8,750, were sold to returning war veterans.

—Journal files