Scottsdale Budget Priorities Focus On Roads Not Human Needs
City long term budget priorities emphasize physical infrastructure like roads drainage and buildings while lacking focus on human services such as alcohol and drug treatment youth programs and dial a ride transportation for elderly handicapped and nondrivers Staff plan to present dial a ride alternatives after talks with Urban and Mass Transit Administration officials Glendale already uses a dial a ride system Minneapolis started a dial a bus service for the disabled and elderly The author urges equal emphasis on human services to preserve quality of life in this community.
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Scottsdale
Glendale
Urban and
Mass Transit Administration
Computerized tyranny targets Edward Spencer in car theft case
Edward H. Spencer, a Wall Street lawyer, had his stolen car issue escalated by a computer that issued 28 parking summonses and 12 final notices after the theft. The car was recovered and sold at auction, but the computer branded him a scofflaw, prompting talk of a lawsuit against the machine and a campaign against bureaucratic error. The piece blames system glitches more than Spencer and the ducks who fed the data, urging support for his battle.
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Edward H. Spencer
Wall Street
New York
Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Beacon Journal
Akron
Ohio
Reader salutes Scottsdale smells and citizens in 1977 note
Chester V. Clark offers a reflective column applauding Scottsdale Road’s improvements and critiquing pollution. He condemns billboards and pornography while praising city staff, STEP service clubs, and volunteers for keeping the town clean and progressing toward a better 1977.
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Scottsdale Road
Oak Street
Fifth Avenue
America
Chester V. Clark
Scottsdale Board backs Paperback Power poll results
The Scottsdale School Board discussed a December 7 meeting on Paperback Power. A survey of parents of young adults showed 94.6 percent favor continuing the program as before censorship, with 3.6 percent seeking specific title permissions. Larry Williams urged action.
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Scottsdale School Board
Larry Williams
IRS eyes 50 large firms for tax evasion probe
Secret IRS inquiry targets major corporations, including General Tire and Rubber Gulf Oil McDonnell Douglas Phillips Petroleum Revion Schlitz Brewing and 3M. Commissioner Donald Alexander says the large case audit program reviews 1,230 firms with assets over 250 million.
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Jack Anderson
Les
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Donald Alexander
General Tire and Rubber
Gulf Oil
McDonnell Douglas
Phillips Petroleum
Revion
Schlitz Brewing
3M Company
Fruehaus Trialer Co
Charles Vanik
D-Ohio
Vanik
House
Ways and Means Oversight
Alexander
Grizzly bear habitat plan draws strong local opposition
Edward Flatta reports months of mobilization against a federal plan to designate 20,000 square miles as grizzly bear critical habitat in Montana Idaho Wyoming and Washington. Conservationists say the area is only half what’s needed while opponents fear economic impact and argue the bears may already be protected by parks.
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Edward Flatta
Fish and Wile Ife Service
FWS
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Washington
Igi
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Frank
John Craigheads
Congress
Toby Cooper
Defenders of Wildlife
Feds
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Tun. Timer
Mrs. Onassis
Dodge
Justice Dept
U.S
TRS
THE
Wilderness
Grizzly Bear Preserve
Fund For Animals
Cecil Andrus
Progress
Jonathan Marshall
Hal’ Metcalf
Jerry McElfresh
Sconsdale Fubus
Arizona
Ariz
Moll (Arie
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