What if Dewey Had Won in 1948 A World Rewritten
The reminiscence recalls the 1948 Dewey campaign and the night of defeat with Truman’s upset victory. It speculates how Dewey's win might have altered Eisenhower Nixon Johnson Kennedy Vietnam Korea and global balance, pondering a very different U S political history.
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Thomas E
Dewey
Harry ‘Truman
York
Atig
Coldmsey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Richard ‘Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Lyndon. Johnson
Senate
John F. Kennedy
United States
Vietnam
Europe
Korea
Valley transit debates minibus trial for future
The Valley considers a minibus concept as a stop gap until funds allow a full system. Scottsdale discussed a sales tax hike last fall for minibuses, backed by Charles Montooth of Taliesin Associates. Clearwater Florida reports a successful 25-bus minibus trial feeding main routes with door to door service via computer control.
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Valley
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Charles Montooth
Taliesin Associates
Clearwater
Fla
Montooth
Nixon refuses to meet New York mayor and United States mayors over revenue sharing
The White House resents mayors chiefly for not pressing Congress on revenue sharing while President Nixon delays meetings with the US Conference of Mayors. Tate and Lindsay face a partisan dynamic as HUD data show urban funds being cut. cities like Boston and Des Moines face reductions under the new plan.
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Washington
Nixon
John V. Lindsay
New York
White” House
Congress
Tate
Philadelphia
US. Conference. of Mayors
Legislative Action Committee
White House
Lind
Lindsay
Charles
Goodell
Jarre
Bugh
Sloan
Dwight Chapin
Ible
Scherle
Council Bluffs
Housing and Urban Development Department
Boston
New Haven
Dés Moines
Deriver
Scottsdale Water Responsibility Call to Halt Overdevelopment
A reader urges Scottsdale City Council to curb underground water use amid a drought and CAP delays. The letter warns that high density, lakes, and golf courses threaten scarce aquifer reserves and questions CAP water timing and adequacy for future growth.
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Abbut
Scottsdale
Central Arizona
Hoorg
Scottsdale City
Salt River
Raids on Vietnam POWs Fail Again with No Publicity
Washington reports a second bold raid near Bong Son in South Vietnam aimed at recapturing U S prisoners. About 40 Rangers plus artillery and helicopter support landed, found tracks and fires but no prisoners, and withdrew unscathed. Public attention cooled after the Son Tay operation, while POW families push for Geneva conventions and renewed efforts to free captives.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Sqn Tay
Bong Son
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
Son Tay
Pentagon
Son’ Tay
National League of Families of American
Southeast Asia
Paris
United States
Youthful Courage Shapes Honest Generations on Sex and Change
A reflective piece argues today’s young people led social shifts by bold honesty about sex and civil rights. It credits prior generations for reshaping attitudes while noting the current youth must still sift inherited beliefs and mistakes.
Small Claims Division Opens In US Tax Court
The Portland Oregonian notes a new Small Claims Division in the US Tax Court for disputes under $1000. Taxpayers may self represent or hire counsel, aiming for quick settlement but choosing small claims bars an appeal of the division’s decision. The $999.99 threshold reflects inflation in defining small claims.
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Tax Court
Portland
Oregonian
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Inside’ Report
Rowland
Robert
Novak
U. S
Robert ‘Allen
John Goldsmith
Ward
Mary
McGrath
Jonathan
Marshall
Wright
Jerry’McElfresh
Progress
Scottsdale Publishing, Inc
E. Earil
Arizona
Ariz
Audit Bureau of
This Newspaper
Arizona, Newspaper’s Association: For Greater Public Service
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