Former deputy city manager resigns amid performing arts center clashes
Former deputy city manager Ben Montijo resigns after a demotion by acting city manager Walter Nemetz. The piece notes Montijo fired Brad Fry, amid rumors of a rift with the Fine Arts Commission over control of the Scottsdale performing arts center slated to open in the fall. The article urges independent control of performing arts, and a review of Fry's firing.
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Ben Montijo
Walter Nemetz
Montijo
Dale Carter
Brad Fry
Fry
City Hall
Patricia Hartwell
The
Fine Arts Commission
Scottsdale
Performing
Tide rises in Texas town with voluntary power blackout
Former Progress editor Jack Blalock now runs Tide in Little Elm in the northeast corner of Texas. The twice monthly paper details Little Elm residents 24 hour blackout protesting high power costs. The fuel hike prompted the protest with help from the local co op showing citizens can cut costs and save fuel.
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Progress Wire
Jack Blalock
Little Elm
Tex
Tide
Silence the Great Guns From Cambodia to Vietnam
Harriet Van Horne laments the loss of pride in citizenship amid U S guilt over Southeast Asia and cites public opinion and the Nixon Ford eras. She highlights Richard West's Victory in Vietnam and details Lon Nol's alleged wealth while urging an end to American military involvement.
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Harriet van Horne
Uncle Sam
Chile
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Ford
Congress
Vietnam
Nixon
West
Lon Nol
Paris
Student sues university over course not teaching anything
Irene Ianniello, a University of Bridgeport student, files a small claims suit seeking $150 tuition for a course titled Methods and Materials in Teaching Basic Business Subjects that allegedly taught nothing beyond operating an overhead projector. She says all 14 students received As and the only requirement was a book report. The case could impact higher education and consumer protection.
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University of Bridgeport
Irene Ianniello
Miss Tanniello
Congress
Chicago
George Stigler
Wall Street Journal
On the Line Couple Aims to Adopt 400 Vietnamese Orphans
Betty and Pat Tisdale, a Columbus Georgia couple with 11 children and several pets, plan to adopt 400 Vietnamese orphans from Saigon as Saigon falls. Betty, longtime guardian of An Loc Orphanage, appeals for shelter and adoption alliances in the U.S. to save the children, citing airline and State Department help.
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Bob Considine
Betty Tisdale
Pat Tisdale
Columbus
Whitesville Rd
Tisdales
Patrick Jr
Danny
Joe
Sean
James
Neal
Xuan Lien
Mai Lara
Thuvan
Kim Lan
Alice
Betty
Sen
Jacob Javits
Saigon
An Loc
U.S
Tom Dooley
Madam Ngai
Hanoi
Madam
Pat
State Department
Florida
Castro
United States
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of China
Rosemary
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Phi Truong
Cuong
Jonathan Marshall
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Jerry McElfresh
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