Fight for Freedom Over Red Tape Delays Polish Family
John Olejniczak and his wife, Polish refugees in the United States, face deportation while seeking permanent residence. They need Department of Labor clearance to prove Olejniczak will not displace citizens from work, a process stalled despite intervention by Rep. John Rhodes, Sen. Dennis DeConcini, and Sen. Barry Goldwater. Their older son has reached Canada and risks deportation back to Poland unless the family gains proper permits, creating a Catch-22 with weeks of potential delay.
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Dennis DeConcini
Department of Labor
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Panama Canal Rent Debate Stirs U.S. Opinion
A reader criticizes an editorial on the Panama Canal, arguing the United States owns the canal outright and that rent concepts are misapplied. The letter accuses Torrijos of Soviet influence, warns of canal modernization under foreign control, and questions oil pipeline plans and national defense.
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Arizona Governor Mansion Becomes Burden Amid Shortfalls
The article notes Arizona gifted an official governor mansion in Clearwater Hills for future leaders. Raul Castro and his wife faced furnishing and upkeep gaps after a fundraising effort fell short. Without staff funds, the mansion sits unused during key trips, highlighting legislative penny pinching.
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Raul Castro
Arizona
Rug gift stirs ethics clash as Albert mourns rug swap
Former Speaker Carl Albert objects after his prized 59 by 91 inch Persian rug, a sentimental gift from an Iranian ally, ends up on Cyrus Vance's floor in the State Department. Officials note gifts over fifty dollars must be surrendered, but Albert hopes for a display solution or a replacement rug to cover floor holes in Vance's carpet.
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Oklahoma
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Laser trick solves front page photo identity mystery
The writer explains using a laser to reveal roofs of the World Trade Center in a New York blackout image and a back page note that Scottsdale was printed on the reverse. A physicist friend helps uncover the misidentified negatives and the paper plans to file the correct morgue photos.
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Scottsdale
World Trade Center
Chester A. Church
Mr. Church
Night of the blackout reveals city divided and resilient
It recounts a 1960s style NYC power outage affecting 10 million, with looting in Harlem and the Bronx, acts of communal aid, and a suggestion for a coast-to-coast transmission grid to prevent future calamities. The piece blends social critique with personal anecdotes and reflections on resilience.
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Harriet van Horne
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New York
East Harlem
Bronx
Plato
Republic
Gun critic remark a call for jurisdiction over gun auctions
Thomas R. Foltz Jr. argues a sheriff critic overgun auctions is misplaced. He says immigrants in Arizona do not seek to remake the state in their homelands and suggests the Scotland Yard complaint belongs under its jurisdiction.
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