Valley Smog Outlook: Population Drive vs Pollution Controls
In the Phoenix metro area air quality has improved compared with years past but experts warn against complacency. Growth and more cars may worsen smog unless new engines and bus networks cut emissions, with neighborhood planning offering a potential to hold pollution steady.
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Why help Idi Amin and the U S stance
A critical column questions U S policy toward Idi Amin citing a State Department visa case in Iowa and reports that Amin’s flying police are being trained in Texas. The piece urges cutting economic aid and severing contact with Amin’s regime amid embassy closures and refugee entry barriers.
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Federal plan would require used car disclosures on window stickers
FTC staff proposes mandatory inspections and disclosure of prior use mileage mechanical condition safety defects and key components for all used cars sold. The plan aims to curb deceptive sales practices called ghetto rip offs and appearance recon ditioning while noting Wisconsin savings from disclosures. The full commission will weigh the proposal in January.
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Les Whitten
Washington
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Resident protests truck convoy on Doubletree Ranch Road
Bonnie Lee Mooreman objects to an eight hour diesel truck convoy carrying dirt on Doubletree Ranch Road, arguing the noise and dust will affect Paradise Valley residents for six months. She questions the town officials' handling and suggests digging a flood channel to reuse excess dirt as a dike.
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Artist Praise and Medal Call For Cowboy Show Team
William V. OBrien of OBrien's Art Emporium congratulates Barbara Perlman for her Phoenix Art Museum Cowboy Artists show coverage and joins Paul Love in urging a medal for Jonathan Marshall and his staff.
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Hebert Hospital in New Orleans Aids Boondoggle Debate
The $21 million F Edward Hebert Naval Hospital in New Orleans drew politics into a boondoggle debate. Critics say Hebert pressed for Navy shifts to the city, while supporters note the hospital opened with limited patients and discuss repurposing it as a Public Health Service facility or VA use to save taxpayers money.
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Moscow tries to split West on rights at Belgrade talks
Belgrade conference sees a U S led push to name countries categories and cases of rights violations while Soviet diplomats push discreet diplomacy. Western allies wrestle with unity and SALT II limits as France and West Germany favor caution.
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Alfred Friendly Jr
Martin Sletzinger
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