Kennedy Center Funding Backed
From Times Wire Reports
Congress would support paying $170 million over the next decade to modernize the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a national treasure that needs renovation, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in Roswell. “It’s one of those rare national institutions, and we’ll be talking about spending something on the order of 8 cents or 7 cents a person every year for the next 10 years,” he said on a visit to a senior citizens center in his district.
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