McCulloch Wins Round in Scottsdale Irrigation Battle
McCulloch Corp won initial approval to form an irrigation district east of Scottsdale, enabling tax exempt bonds for land development. City officials and Arizona League of Cities oppose using public credit for private gain, while neighboring landowners and the city consider legal action. County supervisors stress need for better planning and law review as a larger land war unfolds.
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County Board of Supervisors
McCulloch
Arizona League of Cities and Towns
Jack Senini
League
Hink Named to Scottsdale City Council Vacancy
After weeks of searching the Scottsdale City Council selected ASU Professor Heinz Hink to fill the vacancy created by Doris McCauley’s resignation. Hink is a non political pick, an expert in municipal government with roles in the State Legislature and state government groups. Mayor Tims praised the community’s commitment to capable leadership.
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Heinz Hink
Doris McCauley
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Council On Organization of State Government
Scottsdale
Tims
Council
Mississippi Democrats face seating clash at national convention
Ralph McGill notes Mississippi stage battle over seating delegates at the Democratic convention. Gov John Bell Williams threatens a party split over states rights, Wallace support, and Negro representation. Carter and Evers lead a competing delegation poised to challenge seating attempts.
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George Wallace
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Mississippi
Evers
Hodding Carter III
Greenville
Charles Evers
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National Party
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Congress
Sen
Barry Goldwater
John Bell Williams
the Nations Credentials Committee
Wallace
Auto theft costs soar as NATB adopts computers
The piece notes auto theft hit a record 650000 across the nation with high economic and safety losses. NATB leader Michael Murphy cites NCIC computerization and LETS access for real time license and VIN data. FBI Director Hoover cites cases where computers helped break rings near Atlanta and New York.
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Key West
Fla
Bangor
Maine
NCIC
Murphy
Chicago
Law Enforcement Teletype Service
LETS
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Magnificent Millennium talk and Soviet five day week woes
Observations note politicians must promise grand social visions to rival major leaders. Reports claim Russia struggles with the five day work week and citizens complain about crowded bathhouses and barber lines. Laundries close two days a week driving up vodka consumption as leisure culture grows. A London driving school markets a Crash Course for Wives amid post parking dilemmas.
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Soviet Union
Nixon faces uncertain path as uncommitted governors hold firm
Cincinnati reporters note that Nixon's first ballot chances wobble as Ohio Maryland and Michigan governors keep their delegations uncommitted. Spiro Agnew proposes a coalition but Rhodes and Romney resist binding commitments. Reagan's Southern delegation strategy adds pressure while Nixon seeks a majority on the initial ballot.
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Rhodes
Romney
Maryland
Ohio
Michigan
Miami
Nixon
Reagan
South
Rockefeller
Cleveland
John V. Lindsay
New York
Be Your Own Censor Kept Busy By Mintmoss
Min ton Mintmoss visits the post office to complain about mail he finds sexually provocative. He requests removal from mailing lists for gas and water bills doctors offices and government communications. He cites erotically arousing envelopes and envisions various obscene possibilities as he insists on keeping his mind pure.
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