Entrapment Critique of Phoenix Prostitution Sting Tactics
An Arizona legislator and several other men were arrested for soliciting prostitutes in Phoenix, with charges often reduced. The column argues entrapment wastes resources, harms non criminals, and shifts focus from violent crime and organized prostitution. It notes multiple cases in Tempe and Van Buren Street, calling for police to protect residents and business instead.
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Arizona
Phoenix
van Buren Street
City of Tempe
van Buren
Veterans critiques of Vietnam War echo turn against conflict
Former Brig. Gen. Douglas Kinnard reports that a majority of responding Vietnam era generals believe the United States should have avoided involvement and that the war was not worth the casualties and societal disruption. They condemn tactics like search and destroy and criticize body counts as often exaggerated.
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Douglas Kinnard
University of Vermont
United States
Kinnard
Carter shifts to push Mideast toward Geneva settlement
After days of behind the scenes diplomacy President Carter seeks to limit Arab world split by keeping Assad from fully aligning with the Soviet Union. Cyrus Vance will tour the region including Lebanon Jordan Egypt Israel Saudi Arabia and Syria to press a Geneva course while keeping U S options open for an Arab Israeli peace.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Carter
U.S
Middle East
Lebanon
Jordan
Egypt
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Anwar
Sadat
Jerusalem
Syria
Assad
White House
Mr. Carter
Mideast
Soviet Union
Anwar Sadat
Kremlin
Cairo
Damascus
Riyadh
Amman
Geneva
Menahem Begin
Moscow
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Corporate social index may track firms public duties
U S Commerce Secretary Kreps proposes a voluntary corporate social index. Firms would report environmental, consumer, minority hiring and other social activities to the Commerce Department, which would publish raw data to inform performance without rating. The plan seeks to avert mandatory disclosures and gains support from the Business Round Table.
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Kreps
Commerce Department
Business Round Table
Round Table
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commission
No pedestal for teachers
A reader argues that respect must be earned not granted and cautions that cultural shifts since Plymouth Rock have weakened courtesy. He says the student teacher dynamic is adversarial when intellect is at stake and links respect for learning to societal values and salaries. Rex L. Orme discusses dignity in intellectual pursuits.
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Plymouth Rock
Academe
Rex L. Orme
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
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