Basics in Education and Parental Role in Learning
An editorial argues for basic education focusing on the three R s while urging schools to teach information literacy and critical thinking. It stresses home influence, early childhood reading, parental engagement, and the need to motivate children to learn in a changing world.
Freeway Fight Persists Amid Environmental Clash
A broad coalition opposes new freeways in the Phoenix metro area led by Phoenix and county officials, business leaders, labor, and builders. ASU professor Gordon M. Weiner warns the Papago Squaw Peak interchange would destroy Hohokam ruins, while opponents favor rerouting along the Salt River as part of Rio Salado plans.
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Phoenix
Arizona State University
Gordon M. Weiner
Papago
Squaw Peak
Weiner
ASU
Frederick Plog
Scottsdale
Salt River
Rio Salado
Carter avoids party politics as he faces a rocky start
Washington observers say President Carter, absorbed by presidency issues, has kept Democrats at arm's length, alienating lawmakers with aloofness and anti pork barrel stance. Hamilton Jordan pushes outreach while White House staff turnover fuels early missteps and patronage tensions.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Oval Office
Capitol Hill
Carter
Hamilton Jordan
White House
Democratic National Committee
Jordan
Herman Badillo
D-N.y
South Bronx
Mailbag endorses Good Samaritan Hospital plan as regional asset
The letter argues Good Samaritan is a specialty hospital not competing with community centers and will anchor Phoenix as a regional medical referral hub. It notes CAHSA allows for specialty beds, with 0 new general beds and 0.25 bed reallocation to the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center, and contends the project lowers costs per patient day after 1984 while updating facilities and boosting Phoenix’s medical standing.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Central Arizona Health Systems Agency
Good Samaritan
Phoenix
Houston
Los Angeles
CAHSA
Samaritan
Soviets face self made pressure at Belgrade conference
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report at Belgrade's European Security Conference the Soviet delegation led by Yuri Vorontsov resists Western human rights critiques of Charter 77 and a looming Shcharansky trial. Western delegates applaud Moscow's embarrassment while fearing Kremlin pressure tactics and possible splits with Western Europe.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Belgrade
Yuri Vorontsov
Prague
Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Helsinki
U.S
Canada
West
Congress of Vienna
Vorontsov
Moscow
Anatoli Shcharansky
Shcharansky
Charter 77
Kremlin
Yuri Orlov
Alexander Ginzburg
Arthur Goldberg
Europe
Soviet Union
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Goldberg
Valentin Lipatti
Buddy
United States
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