Scottsdale board defends late meeting over Arcadia High course
The Scottsdale School Board member Donald Swanson defends the 1:15 a.m. adjournment of a heated Arcadia High School discussion on the Paperback Power course. He argues the board tried to hear all speakers while acknowledging some citizens left before the end. He urged earlier meetings or a special session to avoid excluding the public.
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Scottsdale School Board
Donald Swanson
Arcadia High School
Carter to showcase solar energy at inauguration parade
In Washington Carter plans a solar heated review stand if weather permits. A 10,000 square foot solar panel would heat water stored in a tank and pumped through coils to the stand, with electric heaters as backup. He backs coal short term and solar long term, marking a first ERDA test.
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Jimmy Carter
Washington
Carter
America
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Ohio
Sleepy Scottsdale School Board Meeting Draws Fire
A Scottsdale Daily Progress letter dissects a late night school board session that extended to 1:15 a.m. The writer argues no agenda item related to Paperback Power was on the docket and urges thorough, premeeting fact checking to preserve public trust and newsroom accountability.
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Edi
Education Center
Scottsdale
Family night suggestion to boost solidarity weekly
A reader praises the editorial on family togetherness and urges more in paper to promote family solidarity. She emphasizes Latter-day Saint values, training children to respect elders and society, and proposes a recurring Monday notice reminding parents to spend evenings with their kids.
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America
City signs cooperation aids feature story view
A Scottsdale resident thanked the City of Scottsdale Signs Department for promptly resolving a sign obstruction. An official removed the needed sign from a pole, relocated it to a clearer spot, allowed completion of a magazine assignment, then returned the sign to its proper location.
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Scottsdale
Sign Department
Scottia mine disaster exposes lax federal safety enforcement
A grim memorial marks 26 miners killed at Scottia mine last spring. An investigation finds underpaid, overworked inspectors facing violence, poor pay, and routine delays as fines total 66 million since 1970 butOnly 29 million collected. Interior Dept. staff report heavy caseloads and weak penalties.
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Scottia
Hal Bernton
Appalachia
Congress
Bernton
Interior Dept
Debunking a Death Penalty Deterrence Tale in History
A Washington memo argues that the 18th century claim of pickpockets being hanged to deter crime is dubious. It cites Hugo Bedau and Leon Radzinowicz via the Library of Congress, noting the capital sentence for pocketing was rarely enforced and likely did not deter crime.
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Washington
England
Wall Street Journal
P.donald Shapiro
New York Law School
Samuel Johnson
London
Dr. Johnson
Library of Congress
America
Hugo Adam Bedau
Bedau
Leon Radzinowicz
Radzinowicz
Sir Samuel Romilly
Romilly
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