Scottsdale City Manager resigns amid severance and benefit payout
Dale Carter stepped down under pressure and received 32539 in severance and 2282 in insurance. Officials also faced 631 hours sick and 525 hours vacation pay uncaptured due to unsigned weekly time reports. Mayor Jenkins admitted a big goof amid Scottsdale’s financial strain and called for policy review and staff feedback improvements.
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Scottsdale
Dale Carter
Carter
Jenkins
Sperry Flight Systems saves fuel through car pooling effort
An employee at Sperry Flight Systems in Phoenix helped save an estimated 350000 gallons of gas in the past year by using a computerized car pooling system with Valley Forward Association. The program cuts fuel use and pollution, boosting workplace efficiency and community cooperation.
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Sperry Flight Systems
Phoenix
Valley Forward Association
Sperry
Do You Know Your Signs and Signals Figuratively Quiz
A columnist praises federal efforts to standardize traffic signals via the Federal Highway Administration and Consumer News. He recalls a quiz about red yellow green lights and pedestrian signals, noting correct answers and a final misstep, praising bureaucrats for preventing traffic jams nationwide.
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Washington
Consumer News
Office of Consumer Affairs
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Federal Highway Administration
New England
California
Tenure protects teachers from unfair firings argues a critic
Rodman H. Kemmer defends tenure in a Mailbag letter, arguing that bad or contentious actions deserve a fair hearing. He cautions against judging teachers on hearsay, stresses the need for due process, and notes tenure safeguards against arbitrary layoffs for financial or personal reasons.
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Jesse Pogue
Elaine Coggin
Pogue
Rodman H. Kemmer
Scottsdale
Kennedy as 1976 Democratic front runner unsettles party
Inside Report outlines a private Democratic consensus that Edward M. Kennedy will be drafted for the 1976 presidential nomination. It notes Kennedy’s potential electability risks, the chance he may reject the nomination again, and how his surge could hinder fresh party talent amid post Watergate politics.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Chicago
Miami Beach
Chappaquiddick
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Morris Udall
Arizona
Henry M. Jackson
Paul Kirk
Paul
Richard Drayne
David Burke
Hugh Carey
New York
California
Massachusetts
Senate
Scoop Jackson
Pogue's strict teaching stance sparks defense from former student
Willard T. Wheeler, Airman First Class, USAF and Coronado High School class of '72, writes to defend Jesse Pogue, a science teacher accused in an assault case. Wheeler asserts Pogue enforces discipline, rejects idleness, and tolerates no insolence, while noting he does not judge the case facts.
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Elaine M. Coggin
Scottsdale
Jesse Pogue
Coronado High School
Willard T. Wheeler
USAF
Coronado
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Conservative
John D. Lofton JR
Inside Report
Jonathan Marshall
W.B. 'Doc' Wright
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earll Or
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of
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