Bureaucrats under fire over Scottsdale sign rules and delays
An editorial criticizes Scottsdale city staff and the Board of Adjustment for inconsistent sign enforcement and slow plan approvals. It cites a fish store and a restaurant facing delays and legal hurdles, urges cooperative guidance over punitive actions, and notes staff efforts to be helpful but power abuses incur public resentment.
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Scottsdale
Board of Adjustment
Ilegal
Change the law on superintendent interviews
A school board seeks a way around a state ban on bringing candidates from outside for interviews. After screening about 100 applicants, it argues private search methods are costly and time consuming. It urges legislative change to allow in person visits to hire the best superintendent.
Washington Ladies of State wage war of nasty notes
Two top women at the State Department clash in a yearslong feud. Barbara Watson leads the S&C Bureau while Frances Knight heads the Passport Office. Communication blocks extend from data requests to budget hearings as Knight limits information and rejects staff meetings as unproductive.
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Washington
State Department
Barbara Watson
Bureau of Security and ‘Consular’ “Affairs
Frances Knight
Passport Office
Miss Watson
S&c Bureau
Miss Knight
Eisenhower
Johnson
Nixon
New York City
Court of Appeals
Miss " Watson
Miss. Knight
Knight
Capitol Hill
John Rooney
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Mailbag Corrects AA Birthday Count and Policies
Letter from a Phoenix reader argues AA will celebrate its 36th birthday next month not over 40. It clarifies AA is not allied with sects or funding buildings and notes the Guidepost rehabilitation house is run by individual members, not AA.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Fellowship of AA
Phoenix
Dave W
Guidepost Rehabilitation House
Speaking Frankly Divorce Gets His Attention
Mary McGrath analyzes how some women use money and status to refocus a husband’s attention. She argues escalating demands for house funds clothes tuition and ultimately alimony divorce as a weapon to shock pride and reclaim control leaving the woman financially better off but emotionally worn.
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Mary McGrath
East Pakistani refugees flood India as cholera spreads
Dermot Doran of Catholic Relief Services reports millions of East Pakistanis flee into India. CBS journalist Robert Walsh describes dire camps, disease and hunger amid monsoon rains. Cardinal Dearden urges American Catholic support for CRS relief efforts at 350 Fifth Avenue New York.
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New York
Biafra
Dermot Doran
Catholic Relief Services
India
Vietnam
East Pakistan
East Bengal
U.S
Ganges
John Cardinal Dearden
Detroit
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
CRS
Edward E. Swanstrom
Fifth Avenue
N.Y. City
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