Courage on the Scottsdale council backs hotel room tax for sports complex
The Scottsdale City Council signals support for a hotel room tax to fund a new sports complex costing over 2 million dollars. Authority cites precedent in Phoenix and nearby states while acknowledging merchant opposition and possible visitor impact. The majority argues the tax would attract tourism, business, and residents despite unpopularity.
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Scottsdale Council
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Phoenix
Oregon
California
Colorado
Nevada
Living trees bring Scottsdale holiday cheer to parks
The living tree program began years ago through council member Billie Gentry the Chamber of Commerce and the Progress. Hundreds of trees have been donated to the city and now grace the parks. Living trees support the environment by reducing lumber use and aiding soil wind barriers and air purification. Plan to buy a tree and donate it to the city or plant it yourself to celebrate the season.
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Scottsdale
Billie Gentry
Chamber of Commerce and
the Progress
Scottish independence threat from oil fuels UK split
Scotland's rising oil revenues and a devolution debate threaten to fracture the United Kingdom. SNP leadership pushes toward sovereignty while Labour fears loss of Scottish seats and oil wealth, with nationalists arguing devolution is a step toward full independence.
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London
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Labor Party
Margot McDonald
James Callaghan
Scottish Nationalist Party
SNP
Conservatives
Nationalists
Labor
Edinburgh
Rich Moneychangers and The Poor Captain Eagles Digest
A digest of a prime time epic recounts Luigi Ashe fleeing Hamburg to America 1851, marrying Katherine Suckle then colliding with Melanie Plantagenet. The saga follows slave markets, railroads, a Passaic plantation, a familial empire, and a Titanic voyage with battles and deaths.
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Arthur Hoppe
Captain Eagles
Luigi Ashe
Hamburg
Frankfurt
America
Wall Street
Katherine Suckle
Anne Baxter
Ann Sheridan
Suckle
Melanie Plantagenet
Luigi
Passaic
N.J
Melanie
Debate over Arcadia High School paperback course
A letter argues the core issue is the school system’s right to introduce the "Paperback Power" course rather than censorship. The writer says schools should teach thinking, not what to think, and urges examining how the system operates and serves unmet educational needs.
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Arcadia High School
A.G. Wallace
Thief harms a child this Christmas a letter to the thief
A parent writes to an unknown thief who stole a bicycle on December 2, describing a child s injuries and tears from the loss. The note expresses hope the reader finds meaning this Christmas and reflects on the boy s struggle to master the bike.
Five tragedies listed for top US history
The note asserts candidates for major US tragedies, naming Earl Warren’s Supreme Court appointment, television, airplanes, Harry Hopkins, and a world power claim about Communists. It criticizes media for not investigating and alleges a hidden one world order controlled by the wealthy.
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Associated Press
United States
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Harry Hopkins
E. J. Peskay
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