Scottsdale's Hot Summer Pitch Draws Conventions
The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce promotes a creative summer push inviting national conventions to Scottsdale by showcasing a multimedia presentation titled Scottsdale's Hot. The campaign highlights hotel, restaurant, recreation, and convention facilities and stresses a friendly, ready-to-serve image to lure visitors during the off-peak season.
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Millard Fillmore Birthday Crowd Noted At Grave
A January crowd of 30 gathered at Millard Fillmore’s grave for the anniversary of his birth. The piece recalls his presidency as modest with a disputed claim about the White House bathtub and notes his administration cut postal rates from five to three cents.
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Hoover’s dual legacy as reformer and rights bowlderizer
Washington memoir retrospects on J Edgar Hoover's career highlighting his brave, reformist acts against mass internment of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor and his aggressive defense of civil liberties, alongside his wartime excesses. It also notes an IRS “Operation Bird-Dog” during the 1970 Ali Quarry fight, detailing agents tracking spectators' tax compliance.
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Elliott Levitas
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Budget ex pares council
President Ford cuts the Council on Environmental Quality from 57 to 40 staff by September 1977. The move risks reducing CEQ oversight of ERDA and environmental impact statements, threatening 800 to 300 page annual reports and limiting studies on energy costs and urban sprawl.
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Carter supporters rebut Evans and Novak critique
Arizona Steering Committee for Carter condemns the Evans and Novak column Color Carter Grey as lacking substance. Coordinators assert Carter’s record includes early campaign reform efforts and timely income disclosures, denying anonymous Leaks about a deathbed wish by Sen. Russell.
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Gaskins Criticized by Supporters in Local Mayoral Campaign
A local editorial targets Jay Gaskins as a mayoral candidate for missing council sessions and offering only negative, nonconstructive suggestions. The piece urges voters on February 17 to back continued good government and praises Jenkins, Campana, and Smith as excellent public servants and the strongest team.
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