Phoenix billboard ordinance debate and amotized signs
Editorial recalls Milt Graham era zoning for billboards in Phoenix. The measure allowed 25 ft high signs up to 640 sq ft, 768 with embellishments, in commercial and industrial districts. A phaseout of non conforming signs over 15 years was added, but the city still shows heavy billboard blight on Camelback Van Buren and McDowell roads with downtown clutter.
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Milt Graham
Phoenix
Camelback
van Buren
McDowell Roads
Arizona billboard clash spurs election issue in Phoenix
The piece contrasts Phoenix and Scottsdale sign rules, urging reform of large garish billboards. It implores independent Phoenix council candidates to make billboard cleanup a campaign issue and proposes amortizing non conforming signs within five years.
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Phoenix
Council
Nixon busing program creates clash with Supreme Court
President Nixon’s inconsistent stance on school busing stirs Southern school boards, fuels Wallace’s campaign momentum, and triggers internal White House confusion. The administration battles to balance anti busing rhetoric with court-ordered desegregation while Wallac e capitalizes on the rift.
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Washington
South
Nixon
George Wallace
Alabama
Supreme Court
Eee
Wallace
White House
Dixie
Edward Ly Morgan
John Mitchell
Morgan
Columbia
S.C
Deep South
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Stanley Pottinger
HEW
Sen
John Tower
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Austin
Shultz
Congress
Justice Department
Mitchell
Cancer Cure Realities and Congressional Action
The text argues a new Conquest of Cancer Agency may delay progress by narrowing focus. Scientists warn broader basic research is needed to address cancer and related degenerative diseases. It critiques NIH’s role and cautions against new bureaucratic structures while stressing time and continued basic science.
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Congress
National Institute of Health
The Dol Lar Cult and a World Bank Rescue
A satirical anthropology tale follows Ugulap tribes obsessed with the Dol Lar a coconut rind token linked to Glod a yellow rock. Rival tribes set Dol Lar prices trading gems and goods until King Nik Son bans Dol Lars for Glod. Trade collapses. experts from the World Bank arrive to teach a modern monetary system.
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Glod
Nik
Agulaps
Dol Lars
World Bank
Repossession Law Tightens as Creditors Face Punitive Damages
A court case recounts a stove seizure from Mrs. Olson and punitive damages awarded to deter aggressive repossession tactics. It notes judges increasingly penalize rough methods and uphold repossession as lawful when conducted properly.
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Perso
Mailbag complains of Scottsdale growth and transport gaps
A reader bets Scottsdale will lose its quaintness as McCormick Ranch expands with apartments townhouses and lakes. They criticize car dependence and note rising humidity and disappearing animal life as Phoenix grows into the West’s Western Town. They threaten to sell and move north.
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McCormick Ranch
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Hit and run cruelty to a Siamese cat spurs call for compassion
A bereaved speaker describes a hit and run that killed a Siamese cat, pleading for accountability and empathy. The author laments drivers who do not stop to help or apologize, notes other incidents of animals struck on Granite Reef Road, and questions societal indifference toward animal suffering.
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Pepy
Granite Reef Road
Views on SST and tax dollars draw letter to Star
The Star letter condemns government promotion of supersonic transport for school indoctrination. It urges Congress to cut SST funding and focus on reducing travel time to airports rather than ferried transatlantic flights. The writer criticizes the Department of Transportation as wasting taxpayer money.
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Department of Transportation
Congress
New York
Paris
Star
Minneapolis
Minn
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Inside Report
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Hoppe
American Bar Association
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
Wand
W. B
Doc” Wright
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Neve Abs Association
Arizona
Newspapers Association
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