Moslem Leaders Call For Religious War In Lebanon
Analysis of the Lebanon crisis notes a shift in the conflict with Moslem and Christian factions, Palestinians backed by Syria and the Soviet Union seeking greater power. It warns of world involvement risks, calls for UN condemnation, and notes heavy destruction in Beirut and potential regional expansion.
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Lebanon
Syria
Beirut
Middle East
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United Nations
Valley Echoes on Parking Nuisance and Cleanup Efforts
A reader cites drivers abusing handicap spaces and flags a hazardous sloping wall near Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. The letter laments decline in community cleanups and urges renewed effort to curb litter, beautify the valley, and prevent safety hazards.
Brutal Confinement Across U S Prisons and Homes
Harriet Van Horne condemns systemic neglect in prisons jails mental hospitals nursing homes and reformatories highlighting starvation inmate abuse and murder by neglect. She cites Alabama prisons under George Wallace era conditions with 14 hour days 25 cents weekly pay and scarce medical care plus Patty Hearst treatment and a California case of psychiatric examination.
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Harriet van Horne
New York City
Haverstraw
N.Y
William Maltzman
Maltzman
Hi-Tor Manor
San Francisco
Patty Hearst
Miss Hearst
Patty
Steven Weed
Weed
George Wallace
Alabama
Philip Crass
Atmore State Prison Farm
Airport bomber case for death penalty in opinion piece
Washington columnist John D. Lofton argues that the LaGuardia Airport bombing which killed 11 and wounded over 50 supports capital punishment. He cites Gov. Dukakis’s anti death penalty stance, debates deterrence with Ernest Van Den Haag, and invokes police chief Ed Davis on decisive punishment.
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John D. Lofton
Washington
New York
LaGuardia
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Supreme Court
Gov. Dukakis
Teddy Kennedy
Senate
Basic
Ernest van den Haag
van den Haag
Dukakis
No canned music at Scottsdale Mall, says Rebecca Allison
A Scottsdale resident objects to canned music at the Scottsdale Mall while praising the mall as a pleasant community space. She suggests live bands or strolling performers on weekends could enhance the ambiance, but she opposes canned music.
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Rebecca P. Allison
VocTech applauded by Scottsdale district supporters
A reader praises the Scottsdale School District for proposing vocational and technical programs. He notes the district’s vision for relevant classes and says many current offerings did not exist when he graduated six years ago. He commends the district’s effort to make learning more meaningful.
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Scottsdale
Editorial on tasteless Christmas cards praised by reader
Rives Matthews of Paradise Valley thanks the paper for an editorial condemning tasteless Christmas cards. He recalls a local TV ad from Christmas Day featuring a Mormon Tabernacle Choir program and a commercial with people claiming they no longer use toilet paper, arguing cleanliness is next to godliness.
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Rives Matthews
Paradise Valley
Bravo editorial on Donna Carlson bill to abolish arts commission
Opinion piece applauds maintaining the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Humanities in light of proposed legislation by Donna Carlson. The editorial argues the bill is ill advised and unlikely to pass, urging readers to oppose the measure and support continued arts funding and governance.
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Bravo
Donna Carlson
Arizona Commission On the Arts and Humanities
Avis
Scottsdale
Progress withholds names of letter writers
The Progress states it will not publish writer names if not needed while ensuring letters sent to the newspaper include a verifiable signature and a telephone number for staff confirmation.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Prof. van den Haag
Los Angeles
Ed Davis
Chile
Machismo
Scottsdale Mall
Voc-tech
Wnh
Keep the Arts Commission
Jonathan Marshall
W. B
Doc’ Wright
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Earl
Arizona
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Civcl
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