Four Billion People Prompt Global Reflections
Editorial weighs the four billion world population milestone. It questions crowded cities, resource strain, hunger, and nuclear risk while urging peace and humane progress. It probes future growth to five six or seven billion and whether freedom justice and decency can endure.
Our Man Hoppe Too honest to lose
Arthur Hoppe portrays a luckless hero up to being the honest president whose colleagues tire of kindness and openness. Promoted for image, he faces a brutal chairman and public distrust as ruthless rivals prevail. The tale ends with the irony that honesty may lead to power but not favor.
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Arthur Hoppe
Horatio Alger
Boy Scouts
Plate
Wasteful Bicentennial Publications Highlight Public Funds
A newspaper laments government waste from the Bicentennial era citing bulky volumes from the American Bicentennial Administration and multiple state publications. It notes calendars of events and national listings, plus lengthy Arizona vocational education reports that seem to serve little public purpose.
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Arizona Department of Education
Education
Swindles in oil and gas wells target investors
Washington investigative report based on SEC sources describes drilling fund schemes as a major scam. Promoters promise tax shelters and high returns, sometimes fake drilling or pipe tricks, and rely on Schedule D loopholes under $250 000 to mislead investors. The SEC probes involve hundreds of millions. warnings stress disclosure gaps and boiler room marketing.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
America
Internal Revenue
Oil and Gas Branch
APS never allowed to halt gas connections
A Phoenix area gas dispute recounts Arizona Public Service Company history with the FCC and ACC over moratoriums on new gas connections. The sequence shows failed efforts, penalties looming, and continued connections to fulfill prior commitments while awaiting final orders amid El Paso Natural Gas shortages.
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APS
Patricia J. Mikus
Youngtown
Arizona Public Service Co
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Arizona Corporation Commission
ACC
FEI Paso Natural Gas Co
el Paso
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Commission
Outraged Visitors Call $30 Phone Hookup Fee Excessive
A Champaign Illinois reader protests a $30 phone hookup charge for visitors in a desert winter retreat. She notes the fee imposes on fixed incomes in a 24 unit complex and cites an extra $4 for a different model phone. She calls for an investigation into the telephone company practices.
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Midwest
Arizona
Marian
Ingersoll
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