Call for alternatives to Papago Freeway amid budget approval
Citizens and officials critique Arizona Highway Commission choices after approving a 12.5 million inner loop budget for the Papago Freeway. Environmentalists fear smog and air pollution while skeptics urge feasibility studies for mass transit and safer routes like Brenda cutoff or Tucson-Nogales road renovations.
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Arizona Highway Commission
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Scottsdale
Commission
Rudy Campbell
Arizona
Tucson
Nogales
The War on Big Game Hunting and Wildlife Peril
A retrospective on dwindling Bengal tigers and other species, noting fewer than 2000 Bengal tigers remain and big game hunting persists worldwide. It critiques hunting promotion by travel and tourism businesses and cites a House bill to ban aerial hunting, with opposition from the Administration and many senators. The piece argues for universal protections for threatened species.
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House of Representatives
Parents oppose Course A health education in Scottsdale schools
Elaine Schnekser of Scottsdale blasts the districts health education course for discussing sex topics including deviation and homosexuality. She urges action to curb the program and invites others to join a meeting to organize countermeasures.
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Scottsdale
Elaine Schnekser
Foot Confession by Brooks Darlington in Paradise Valley Editorial
The writer known as Big Man declares his critique of urban development biases and calls out vested interests delaying major construction. He apologizes for tart phrasing and imprecision in language while signaling accountability.
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Brooks
Darlington
Paradise Valley
Pressure grows for emergency tax cut in Nixon plan
Washington reports split outlook inside Nixon economic team as bugs buzz over an emergency package. A speeded personal tax cut and revived investment credit vie with liberalized depreciation plans, with Shultz opposing cuts and Burns pushing for broader relief.
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Washington
Nixon
George Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Shultz
White House
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Vietnam
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Paul McCracken
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Democratic Congress
McCracken
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Soviet VIP tour at Paris air show features Tupolev Tu-144
At Paris, Soviet officials gave Volpe and Goldwater a VIP tour of the Tu-144 SST. Kozlov presented Goldwater with memorabilia and urged him to pass extras to Proxmire. The scene underscores Cold War era aviation diplomacy and satire on denim aside from a tangential memoir anecdote.
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New York
Aviation Week
Space Technology
Paris
Senator Goldwater
Washington
Senator Proxmire
Our Man Hoppe For Good Citizens
A critique of press freedom and government secrecy centers on General Maxwell Taylor's CBS remarks about what citizens need to know. The piece argues publishing a secret Vietnam report harms good citizenship while alleging the Times presses for subverting law and order.
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Maxwell Taylor
Saigon
Johnson
CBS
Taylor
New York Times
The
Vietnam
Times
New Jersey
New York
Appalachia
Russia
China
Tricia
Progress Letters Policy Limits and Preferences
The Progress asks letter writers to keep submissions under 400 words and include a home address for verification if needed. Typewritten letters are preferred to speed publication and ensure legibility.
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Doc” Wright
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