Inflation’s Threat Persists and Calls for Controls
The article notes inflation remains high, with food costs up about 60 billion over three years and energy, medical, and housing prices rising. It warns that wage hikes, large union contracts, and a higher minimum wage could trigger another price surge, urging production growth and possible price wage controls as a preventive measure.
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Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve System
Burns
Nixon's bad trip reflects on Nixon and China visit
Harriet Van Horne argues the Nixon China trip is a calculated political act by both sides and questions motives behind the high profile rendezvous. The piece warns of ongoing moral judgments in election campaigns and critiques Ford's CIA reform as insufficient.
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Harriet van Horne
Washington
Richard Nixon
Mao
California
State Department
New Hampshire
Nixon
China
Patty Hearst
Miss Hearst
Lord Acton
Ford
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Call to expand Scottsdale court jurisdiction and visits
Long plea for broader Scottsdale court powers urges adding criminal matters to the court and regular superior court judge sittings locally. Advocates argue savings to taxpayers and faster, more efficient justice while acknowledging current travel burdens for defendants witnesses and officials.
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Scottsdale
Phoenix
Scottsdale Court
Maricopa County
Mailbag argues for middle school plan amid enrollment decline
A reader defends a two year junior high style middle school for seventh and eighth graders, noting the need for full staffing and enrichment. The letter questions Baumgart’s view on services and bus impacts, warns of shrinking funds with fewer students, and urges flexibility as enrollment falls and some neighborhoods may need busing or school closures.
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Sally Baumgart
Traffic speed limits and planning reforms urged by reader
Thomas E Regan argues for strict center lane speed limits, banning left turns into private drives, and better signal coordination to reduce freeway needs. He cites Tempe roads and ASU enrollment issues, advocating higher entrance standards and user pay for unqualified students.
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ASU
Community spirit of paper lauded in Scottsdale Progress
Reader commends Scottsdale's Daily Progress for its community focus and policy of distributing issues to every household. He praises city election coverage and history inserts and requests features on more than 100 local organizations detailing history, accomplishments, goals, and membership.
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Scottsdale
Unsigned Picasso Paintings Taken in Avignon Robbery
Three hooded gunmen seized 119 unsigned Picasso paintings in Avignon. Police say the thieves fled the scene and remain at large while authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
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Picasso
Avignon
Chattanooga Times
Red tape hinders US narcotics crackdown and aid efforts
The State Department's bureaucratic delays hamper narcotics control as heroin, cocaine, and marijuana flow into the United States from Asia and the Americas. Congressmen Wolff and Gilman push for reforms, revealing bribery probes in Hermosillo and calls for joint commissions with Mexico to curb drug trafficking.
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Mexico
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Congress
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Rio Grande
Benjamin Gilman
Echeverria
Wolff and Gilman
Hermosillo
Sonora
Henry Kissinger
Murphy Commission
Kissinger
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