Making criminals pay for jail stays in San Diego
Our Opinion argues Supervisor Paul Eckert’s plan to charge user fees for jail housing reflects a growing trend to shift costs from taxpayers to offenders. It questions pricing by room type, whether weekend inmates could pay more for private accommodations, and the practicality of collecting such fees. The piece supports restitution for crimes and suggests the idea could spread from the West to Texas.
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San Diego
Calif
Paul Eckert
Eckert
Sheriff's
San Diego County
Mr. Eckert
Texas
Postal rate debate shifts to nine digit Zip plan
The article surveys rising postal rates with 18 and 20 cent options, the push for moderation in spring contract talks led by Postmaster General Bolger, and the Zip Code initiative aimed at speeding mail sorting. It notes the Cost comparisons with telephone calls and nostalgia for the three cent stamp, framing letters against phone convenience.
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William F. Bolger
Postal Service
Bolger
Postal Rate Commission
George Washington
United States
Johnny
Airline baggage plan sparks legal clash over Pan Am changes
A Miami attorney Donald Pevsner challenges Pan American Airlines baggage policy shifts pending CAB approval. The plan would charge for extra bags and count heavy luggage as excess, with rules varying by fare class and potential delays in delivery. The columnist supports airline flexibility, cites recent Pan Am service failures, and questions regulatory authority and passenger impact.
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Miami
Donald Pevsner
Pevsner
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan American Airlines
CAB
Pan Am
Nairobi
Rostow offered top arms control post by Reagan
Reagan telephoned Yale law professor Rostow to offer him director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Rostow, 67, has delayed decision. close friends expect a polite rejection for personal and family reasons. Reagan aims to add a Democrat with credentials to shape U.S. nuclear policy amid Soviet gains.
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Washington
Reagan
Eugene V. Debs Rostow
Yale Law School
Johnson
Rostow
Stirling
Soviet Union
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA
Walt Whitman Rostow
Lyndon Johnson
Committee On
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Carter
Moscow
Save Our Aquarium and the Reagan Budget Debate
The author lampoons public outcry over federal spending, notably targeting the National Aquarium in Washington as a symbol. He links budget cuts to broader proposals by the Reagan administration, including milk price supports, aviation fuel taxes, seamen's hospitals, NIH grants, and Indian medical facilities, arguing restraint is necessary to curb spending while warning of growing public alarm.
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Washington
Reagan
Capitol Hill
Aquarium
Commerce Department
National Aquarium
San Diego
Washington Monument
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Merchant Marine
National Institutes of Health
Carter
Public letter urges restraint on Ector County T hangar rents
Wally Scott of Odessa writes to the Editor urging county officials to delay any increases in T-hangar rentals at Schlemeyer Field. He notes past repeated hikes from 35 to 50 to 60 dollars and argues Midland privately financed airports set higher norms. He urges research comparing regional机场 rates and invites aviators to speak at the March 23 Commissioners Court.
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Ector County
Schlemeyer Field
Midland
Odessa
Andrews
Snyder
Amarillo
Lubbock
Roswell
Clovis
Artesia
Seminole
Big Spring
Monahans
Crane
Paris
Texarkana
Sky Ranch
County Commissioners Court
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Permian Basin
David F. Lyons
Jim Welsh
Auckland
Mr. Pevsner
General Motors
William J. Buckley
Egypt
Spain
Sudan
Ethiopia
Laos
Beirut
Holiday Inn
White House
John D. Rockefeller III
Johann Friedrich Schiller
Star
James J. Kilpatrick
Wally Scott
R.E. Austin Odessa
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