Editorial urges route rethink for Papago Freeway McDowell plan
The editorial opposes the Senate committee current favoring the McDowell Road path for the Papago Freeway. It questions whether alternatives were studied, arguing McDowell would bisect Scottsdale and harm commerce and neighborhoods while suggesting a southern route or Salt River bank site. It advocates mass transit as a better long term solution and minimal residential impact if a freeway must be built.
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Senate
McDowell Road
Papago
Oia
Tempe
Ising McKellips Road
Salt River Bank
Scottsdale
McDowell
Equal justice for the poor in the Great Society era
President Johnson's Great Society aimed to aid the poor but funding and planning flaws limited success. Urban woes persist while some programs, notably Legal Services under the OEO, offered crucial aid. The piece urges preserving legal aid via an independent agency if OEO is dismantled.
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Lyndon Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Congress
Nixon weighs direct US aid to Hanoi amid liberal resistance
The article reports President Nixon pressing Congress for direct reconstruction aid to North Vietnam, seeking political leverage and influence in Hanoi. Loyalists like Sen. George McGovern waver, while hard-line conservatives oppose multilateral routes. Passman signals openness to direct grants or loans if no third country involvement.
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Congress
North Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
World Bank
George McGovern
South Dakota
Senate
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Hanoi
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Arkansas
McGovern
State Department
White House
Asian Bank
New International Consortium
America
USA
Otto Passman
Louisiana
House
Appropriations
Passman
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Japan
Germany
Paris
Caid
Eck
Vietnam
Eddie Fuckpobacker
Red Baron Richthofen
Terry
Cape Kennedy
Buck Rogers
Flash Gordon
Eee
Lansky and Costello era fades as mobs lose power
The article recalls Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello once wielding vast influence in Miami and the Eastern seaboard, now challenged by city and state advances into casinos and numbers operations. It notes Lansky's exile, failed citizenship, and a changing era where gangster power wanes amid modern policing and global politics.
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Meyer Lansky
Miami
Lansky
Frank Costello
Seaboard
Costello
America
Sey
al Capone
Lucky Luciano
Frank
New York
Mailbag Letter Urges Action Over Meat Short-Weighting
JOAN H. HOGAN of Scottsdale writes angrily about meat short-weighting in Valley supermarkets. She questions why the public cannot learn the offenders’ names and asks why prosecutions seem unlikely, urging enforcement and accountability by the Department of Weights & Measures led by Mr. Helmick.
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Scottsdale
Department of Weights & Measures
Helmick
Pollock Recall Campaign Draws Questioning Remarks at District Meeting
A Legislative District 27 meeting heard recall candidate Jerry Pollock discuss his bid for governor. A precinct committeewoman questioned Pollock’s qualifications after he claimed Judge Raul Castro no longer commanded Democratic support and suggested concerns about party stance and marijuana.
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Jerry Pollock
Raul Castro
Democratic Party
Arizona
Pollock
Judge Castro
Jerry Pollock Seen Varying on Vietnam and Abortion Stance
Linda Albanez of Tempe notes the candidate Jerry Pollock has shifted positions on Vietnam withdrawal and Southeast Asia freedom, while also supporting abortion legalization. The piece frames him as a potential gubernatorial candidate amid policy pivots.
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Jerry Pollock
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Jerry
Leave in street clothes Sir for guards after duty
The writer argues guards should discard uniforms after work to avoid revealing home locations. He warns criminals could tail guards from banks to their homes, then kidnap family to coerce compliance. He concedes it won’t stop robberies but would close a security gap.
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Scottsdale Publishing Inc
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