Arizona groups launch 76 per cent for 76 voter turnout drive
Editorial notes low turnout in 1975 with 40 percent voting and aims to raise participation to 76 percent as a Bicentennial project. The Arizona Newspapers Association spearheads the campaign with cosponsors including the League of Women Voters AFL-CIO and the Democratic Party. It invites Republicans to join as momentum builds across constituencies.
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France
England
Italy
Free Nations
Arizona
Arizona Newspapers Association
League of Women Voters
Afl-Cio
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Save the money says cut foreign military aid in 1976
The Cleveland Plain Dealer urges President Ford and Congress to reduce the Defense Department's fiscal year 1976 foreign aid request from about $800 million. It notes Cambodia’s Communist takeover and the shift of $425 million to other countries, arguing taxpayers deserve restraint.
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U.S. Department of Defense
Ford
Congress
Pentagon
Cambodia
Defense Department
Apollo Soyuz talk on the line space mission barrier
The piece notes the Apollo Soyuz mission faces a major challenge of mutual language and jargon. It cites misunderstandings over slang and acronyms as potential threats to the mission and humorously explains terms from both sides.
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Bob Considine
New York
Nixon
Lapland
Deke Slayton
Aleksei A. Leonov
Deke
Hawaii
Hawaii Spaceflight
Vance D. Brand
Vance
The Progress Requests Letters to Editor Bound by Space
The Progress invites readers to send letters up to 350 words and asks contributors to provide their name and home address for verification if needed. The policy aims to manage space while ensuring authenticity of submissions.
Paradise Valley approves Alamos Village despite protests
A Paradise Valley town council vote 4 to 1 backed the Alamos Village resort hotel project amid strong opposition. Residents claimed 98 percent favored against the project, citing petitions and concerns over zoning, public welfare, and overbuilding. The letter critiques Mayor Tribken and Barbara von Ammen for absence and urges accountability at the next election ending with a nudge toward a recall slogan.
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Paradise Valley
E. Robert Tribken
Barbara von Ammen
Our environment Jaws could help dolphins cause
Jeff Stansbury and Edward Flatta u describe how the film Jaws raises public awareness of dolphin welfare. They note dolphin rescues of swimmers and theorize on dolphin shark dynamics while condemning tuna industry slaughter and NMFS enforcement failures. They urge public support for dolphin research funding.
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Jeff Stansbury
Edward Flattau
Long Island
Fach
South Africa
Jacques Cousteau
Sarasota
Fla
Kenneth S. Norris
U.S. Marine Mammal Commission
Norris
Man
NMFS
Marine Mammal Commission
Congress
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Roger
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Babel Life Insurance Co
Walter Cronkite
Wernher von Braun
John Noble Wilford
Everglades
Houston
Onie
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Barry Palmer
Bennie Gonzales
Scottsdale
Jonathan Marshall
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Jerry McElfresh
Scotlsdale
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