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4. AMfERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN: My. John R. Kagel, Executive Director, Downtown South Bend Council, s id at one of the previous meetings, this Commission had placed ar action on the table in reference to the American Freedom Train, as it relates to the City's Bicentennial Commission and provided o fice space for their use. Miss "Ralph" Carol Snyder is here from t4 American Freedom Train, Washington, D.C.; and was introduced- - p eferring "Ralph ", as part of the Women's Lib. ti Ni al Ri fc ur fc 1 52 8: Jc Mr wa ar Tr th th s an on al to 5. NE a. ss Snyder said, "Actually, I would like to take this opportunity thank everyone for the office space, and the town has been just solutely fantastic working with me the whole way. ThC unbelievable operation of the River Bend Plaza area is something I have not seer; fore in any other City I have been in, and I think that you are ing a fantastic job here in South Bend and I would just like to ank you now." . Kagel advised the Freedom Train is going to be parked at its arest point to the downtown South Bend's River Bend Plaza, at the rner of Angela and Michigan Street. There are some 24 cars. It is ite a historic occasion for our community. Miss Snyder said the ckets are being sold at the Montgomery Ward Stores in South Bend, les, Elkhart, Plymouth and LaPorte; all the Burger Dairy Stores; 1 branches of the American National Bank & Trust Company; and our ver Bend Plaza office. The tickets are $2.00 for adults; $1.00 r persons 18 and under, and all adults 65 and over; and children der three will be admitted free. The tickets must be purchased r a particular day. If there is a weather problem or anything ke that, the tickets will be accepted for another day. They have ,620 tickets for three days. The Freedom Train will be open from DO a.m. to 10:00 p.m., July 14 through 16, on the tracks behind St. seph's High School. Kagel added the citizens of Off community of SOUth Bend and Misha- a that are served by the South Bend Public Transporation Corporation going to be urged, if at all possible, to ride buses to the: Freedom in. They will be providing bias service, as the parking situation re will be critical to a point. The public will be able to ride South Bend Public Transporation Corporation's buses right to the e with very little walking and there will be frequent service back forth. The buses can be boarded on the main arteries and transfer regular express buses. The 'details are being worked out and are o trying to get an overflow parking facility at Notre Dame -- hoping have shuttle buses. BUSINESS Receipt of sealed offers for purchase of parcel designated as Disposition Parcel No. 6 -1, situated in the Central Downtown Project, R -66: The hour of 10:30 a.m. arrived - -the time set for the receipt of sealed offers for the purchase of said parcel of land, and legally advertised in The South Bend Tribune and Tri- County News, on May 30 and June 6, 1975. The advertisements and certifications were duly noted. - 4 -