Power and reform in a fresh constitutional era
The editorial recalls Madison and The Federalist on auxiliary precautions to curb presidential power. It cites Watergate abuses, endorses Prof. Philip Kurland’s proposals for a public attorney and stricter executive privilege limits, reallocating powers, and senatorial confirmation to ensure government accountability. Safeguards are urged to prevent future abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Madison
Congress
Madison
Philip Kurland
University of Chicago Law School
Kurland
Van Winkle Returns Eight Years After Auto Crash
Gene Tipps, in a semi coma for eight years after a 1967 accident, awakens to a world of Vietnam protests, Nixon era, rising prices, womens rights advances, and rapid space age progress. He previews 1983 as an age of further astonishing change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Tipps
Rip van Winkle
Lyndon Johnson
On the Line Hospital Exit In Quizzical Form
Bob Considine recalls a hospital patient survey, noting burdens of formality and memory. He jokes about name, title, and medical questions while describing nurses informally revealing small truths and the irritations of hospital routines.
Pity the underpaid MCCCD administrators and deans
A letter criticizes MCCCD salary levels and urges community aid. It highlights Dr. John Prince earning about 42 000 rising to 46 000 with benefits, claims many campus deans face poverty, and calls for a charity drive to raise administrator salaries for dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maricopa County Community College
John Prince
MCCCD
SCC
Fred Crowley
Scottsdale
Press expresses gratitude for coverage of greyhounds welfare
The Animal Welfare League thanks the press for coverage of the greyhounds issue and hopes for a humane solution for retired and nonearning dogs. It cites de compression chambers used on dogs at $3 per head and concerns about live-animal use in training, stressing humane treatment and responsible behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegeggleston Animal.Welfare League
AARP praises Liz Coup for newspaper achievement
The Scottsdale Chapter of AARP commends Liz Coup for her recent success in the newspaper world and for the favorable treatment of the Scottsdale chapter in an article in the Progress. President Scottsdale Chapter AARP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liz Coup
Newspaper World
Scottsdale
American Association of Retired Persons
Progress
Weinberger warns welfare growth risks freedoms and budget
In a San Francisco farewell address Caspar Weinberger warns the expanding welfare state threatens personal freedoms and national solvency. He cites an 83 percent federal budget rise and urges limiting social programs to preserve free enterprise and capital for private investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Lofton JR
Washington
Commonwealth Club of
San Francisco
Caspar Weinberger
United States
Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
Thomas Jefferson
Cap Weinberger
Commentary Magazine
Robert Nisbet
Nishet
America
Alexis de Tocqueville
Murray Wiedenbaum
Center For the Study of American Business
Washington University
Congress
Caspar
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Bob Considine
Pye Haa
Aarp
Liz
Chapter
Conservative
Jonathan Marshall
W.B
Doc’ Wright
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Earl
Arizona
Ariz
Audit Bureau of Circulatio
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