Crime and Punishment in Arizona Prisons
The piece argues Florence’s Arizona State Prison faces overcrowding and aging facilities. Corrections chief Moran and warden Cardwell are criticized, but the root cause is systemic and population growth. It notes nationwide prison crowding, high costs of new cells, and calls for addressing poverty and unemployment to reduce crime.
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Arizona State Prison
Florence
John Moran
Harold Cardwell
Moran
Cardwell
Inflation hits the elderly as taxes rise and costs soar
The piece argues that rising prices and especially property valuations hit older people hard. It notes many seniors live on fixed incomes, with Social Security often insufficient, and cites cases of valuations increasing by 10 to over 22 percent. A proposed solution is a law preventing valuation hikes for those over 65 to prevent forced sales.
City weighs airport expansion amid growth and secrecy concerns
Scottsdale residents question five expansion plans and the council's responsiveness. The letter argues public input, environmental studies, and quality of life for North Scottsdale and Paradise Valley should guide decisions, not FAA data alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lagasse
Start
Scottsdale
Deer Valley
Phoenix
Paradise Valley
Los Angeles
Burbank
Water myths and farming impact in Arizona debate
Letter from CCAP criticizes editors and claims about water use and agriculture in Arizona. Highlights Jim Ingalls death and advocacy for learning disabled children. Argues farms use 64 percent of farmland for forage crops and that most Arizona crops are shipped out of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ingalls
Scottsdale
Arizona Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
Margretta Wellman
AACLD
Arizona
Agricultural Reporting Service
John Rhodes
Dave Campbell
CCAP
Our Man Hoppe Klan Reacts to Roots Parody
A satirical piece mocks an imagined Ku Klux Klan rebuttal to Roots. It depicts a white plan to present “the other side” and comically reimagines Kunta Kinte’s voyage and employment pivot, ending with a jab at track star stereotypes.
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Hoppe
Arthur Hoppe
Ku Klux Klan
America
Africa
Kinte Kunta
Asner
Fun Times Travel Service
Kinte
Atlantic City
S.S
Tax plan pleases corporations with double taxation end proposal
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Carter administration tax ideas aim to end corporate tax double taxation and cut top individual rates from 70 to 50 percent. The plan, still secret and in early stages, faces liberal opposition and business cautious optimism as Treasury weighs tax shelters and revenue effects.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak Washington
Treasury
William Simon
Congress
al Altman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
Simon
Laurence Woodworth
the Treasury
Democratic Congress
Carter
Joseph Pechman
Brookings Institution
Stanley Surrey
Harvard
Pechman
Surrey
Woodworth
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Scottsdale Progress
Jim Swanson
Association For
Copley News Service
Denver
Gambia
Annapolis
Massa Lorne Greene
Massa Greene
Jonathan Marshall
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earls
Ariz
Audit Bureau of
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