Carter Nomination of Griffin Bell as Attorney General Sparks Criticism
The piece argues Bell’s civil rights record is problematic and accuses him of bigotry and desegregation opposition. It criticizes Carter for the nomination as his first major error and warns it could alienate black leaders, requiring careful outreach to regain trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Griffin Bell
United States
Bell
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Washington
Park Gift Divides City and Paradise Valley
The Fowler McCormicks donated 100 acres for a Scottsdale park split by Scottsdale Road with the western half in Paradise Valley. The eastern portion became McCormick Railroad Park but budget limits halted western development. A reader urged keeping the land as an oasis to offer quiet and open space amid sprawl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler McCormicks
Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
McCormick Railroad Park
Metcalf Advertising Manager Leads Jan 24 1977 Page
H E Hal Metcalf serves as advertising manager and Jerry McElfresh as managing editor on page four of Vol XVI No 289 dated January 24 1977. The brief note identifies key staff at the publication.
Take a Junkie to Lunch
Arthur Hoppe recounts Drebbing Bunge a once successful chiropractor now crushed by heroin addiction. Drebbing details his slide from casual experimenting to nightly cravings, escalating crime, loss of wife and children, and ruin as he begs for help over a coffee offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hopper
Drebbing
Hubertine
Thad
Arcadia Book Class Sparks Debate Over Obscenity Law
A reader argues that the obscenity law targets the wrong audience as Arcadia High School seniors enroll in Paperback Power. The letter asserts most minors access books through stores and libraries, not school courses, and urges addressing adult access rather than the school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia Books
Lamaieyearld
Arcadia High School
Arcadia
U.S
Robert Usdane
The
Oak
Memoir from Washington Doorkeeper Fishbait Miller
William Miller known as Fishbait, longtime House Doorkeeper, writes a tell all memoir with ghostwriter Frances Spatz Leighton. He claims lunches with Richard Nixon, reveals alleged affairs of Sam Rayburn and Frank Boykin, hints at covert lives of several senators, and recounts his own role as a Capitol Hill tipster while facing legal pushback over names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William “Fishbait” Miller
Frances Spatz Leighton
Atlanta
Fishball
Prentice-Hall
Richard Nixon
White House
Capitol Hill
Fishbait
Secret Service
Capitol
Rayburn
Frank Boykin
Ala
Fishibait
Boykin
Young
Jackie Bouvier
Times-Herald
John F. Kennedy
D.-Mass
Kennedy
Cost
Hubert’ Humphrey
W. Preside
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Frank Chelf
Moon Denounced by Catholic Jewish and Protestant Leaders
Washington Post reports that leaders from three major faiths denounced Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. They critiqued Divine Principle as lacking inspiration and noted anti-Semitic and anti-Christian statements. The ecumenical critique questions Moon’s motives and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Myung Moon
America
Moon
Unification Church
Marc Tannenbaum
American Jewish Committee
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Jonathan Marshall
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earll
Arizona
Scottsdale, Ariz
Audit Bureau of
Ariz
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Sam Rayburn
Lord’s Vineyard
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