Savings losses loom over Lincoln Thrift investors
The article notes 22,000 Lincoln Thrift investors face bleak odds as officials allegedly misled them about insurance and used new investments to pay old interest. It urges prosecution of managers, calls for state action, and asks why state laws and audits failed to prevent the collapse. It also urges Attorney General Bruce Babbitt to probe potential public official negligence.
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Lincoln Thrift
Gary Nelson
The
Corporation Commission
Attorney General and Corporation Commission
Bruce Babbitt
America
Middle East
Army Kicking Back to Front Lines Still Sticks With Me
Pvt. Thomas Perry, 18, stood guard at a road junction in West Germany during maneuvers. His unit left him behind for nine days until a German farmer brought him food. MPs arrested him for being AWOL but later released him, accepting he followed orders.
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Pvt
Thomas Perry
West
Germany
Perry
M.A.S.H
Army
EPA report on solid waste cites big problem and mild solutions
The EPA third report to Congress warns solid waste will rise 30 million tons by 1985 at current rates, despite heavy recycling. It suggests modest source reduction, returnable containers, durable tires, larger packaging, longer lasting products, and possible taxes, but favors voluntary cutbacks over mandates.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Congress
United States
Guests at the White House or a Bum
In a humorous column Arthur Hoppe mocks presidential campaign style by recounting a candidate visiting strangers’ homes to “get to know the people.” The impersonation blends critiques of campaign tactics with a joke about distinguishing a real candidate from a con artist.
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Jimmy Carter
Fred Harris
Carter
United Press
Harris
Humphrey
Ford
Reagan
White House
Mailbag Bidding Critique of Scottsdale School District
A taxpayer argues that the district’s bid specifications effectively favored a railroad solution over a bus or computer based system. He notes costs exceed benefits, with over 1 million spent for a solution delivering only a third of the required transport capability and high annual operating costs. He urges bidding to solve a problem rather than purchase a specific machine.
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Scottsdale
Point A
Point B
Public school film options spark moral debate in Scottsdale
Betty Reedy argues that a Planned Parenthood sex film belongs to pornography and should not be shown to Coronado students. She contends abortion is murder and requests Arizona Right-to-Life be allowed to show a film in the same Human Relations classes.
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Coronado
Arizona
Betty Reedy
Scottsdale
Coronado High School Parents Urged to Let Students Decide
A former Coronado High School student defends the Human Relations Child Development elective and the film About Sex. He praises teachers Alta Landes and Frances Hamrick as qualified and questions parental interference claiming it risks the teachers’ jobs.
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Coronado High School
Alta Landes
Frances Hamrick
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