In a conciliatory speech to the packed house of the United Nations General Assembly, Reagan said: "We are ready for constructive negotiations with the Soviet Union." Feeling an increase in social problems, three small Manitoba towns blocked provincial efforts to build additional low-rental public housing in their communities. 50 years ago: The Globe and Mail reported that Nikita Khrushchev indicated in a farmyard conference with Adlai Stevenson in Coon Rapids, Iowa, that there were prospects for fruitful negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Full Article at Globe and Mail