Editorial Page Calls Tax System Reform Essential
The editorial argues April 15 tax day sparks national mourning and taxpayer resentment due to government waste and loopholes. It notes President’s low IRS payments, oil profits amid shortages, and a record budget deficit. It urges tax fairness, efficiency, and honest governance while acknowledging benefits of national prosperity.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Chaparral High Funds Poet in Residence Program
Chaparral High School’s booster club financed a three day poet in residence project with Rita Garitano from the University of Arizona joining the English faculty. Students and teachers gained a unique look into a field often overlooked in schools and the program may inspire broader artist in residence efforts across the district.
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Chaparral High School
Rita Garitano
University of Arizona
Wattenberg book could steer Democratic strategy in 1976
The Wattenberg manuscript, drawn from The Real America to be published by Doubleday, urges Centrists in the Democratic Party to frame a hopeful, confident message. It parallels The Real Majority playbook of 1970, arguing that liberalism built a better country and that public opinion shows Americans feel improving conditions.
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Washington
Doubleday
Ben F. Wattenberg
Wattenberg
Richard Scammon
Coalition For A Democratic Majority
CDM
Henry M. Jackson
United States
George McGovern
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic Party
Sen
Edmund Muskie
New York
Liberal Party
Muskie
Edward M. Kennedy
Walter Mondale
Kennnedy
Ted Kennedy
Fritz Mondale
Scammon
Nixon
Easter lore and legends through history
A compact meditation on Easter origins and symbols. It traces the holiday date rule, the egg customs, the Easter hare and rabbit myths, and traditional British rites. The piece notes Easter cards, Easter Island's discovery, and the 1916 Rising as a historical echo.
Lighter Side Advocates Public Funds For Campaigns
Dick West argues that straight public financing would curb undisclosed contributions. He cites Nixon era disclosures and urges a law requiring donors to reveal their gifts to candidates, claiming transparency ends abuses quickly.
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Dick West -Washington
UPH
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Sam Undertable
Undertable
Editorial questions Shakespeare and mythology course cuts
A Scottsdale reader argues Arcadia High School should not drop Shakespeare and mythology courses. She says education must challenge inquisitive students and that budgeting should avoid shelving literature to a narrow middle-of-the-road approach.
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Arcadia High School
Vada Jean Scott
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