Ten years of Public Broadcasting Act impact on KAET Channel 8
Editorial notes a decade since the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 shaping non commercial radio and television. Arizona State University’s KAET Channel 8 seeks donations through Dec 6 to fund quality programming like Sesame Street Nova Masterpiece Theater and The Best of Families.
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Lyndon Johnson
Public Broadcasting Act
Public Broadcasting
Arizona‘'State University
KAET
Masterpiece Theater
Nova
Channel 8
Helmet law repeal spurs rise in head injuries
Since 1975 Congress stopped withholding highway funds over helmet laws, enabling 23 states to permit helmetless riding. NHTSA study in Kansas shows a 70 percent rise in head injuries, 81 percent higher risk without a helmet, 56 percent more severe injuries, and a 310 percent higher death rate for helmetless riders.
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Congress
American Motorcyclist Association
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Kansas
Sadat Faces Test Back Home After Jerusalem Visit
Anwar Sadat returns to Cairo after a landmark trip to Jerusalem as Begin offers limited concessions. Analysts warn that without tangible gains for Egypt, Sadat risks domestic and Arab discontent while distancing Cairo from U.S. mediation notes. Jordan signals cautious support amid regional strains and rising external pressure.
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Rowland.evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Menahem Begin
Sadat
Jerusalem
Begin
Israel
Mideast
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Damascus
Carter
Geneva
U.S
Mailbag expresses PVHA forum reactions and local politics
Readers question Lincoln Expressway measurements and traffic plans in Paradise Valley. Mayor Barbara von Ammon defends widened streets while residents and officials debate votes on Lincoln Drive, duplexes, and Bonnell Plan traffic changes. The letter names Geiser, Beroza, Lash, and MacLean amid community contention.
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PVHA
Barbara von Ammon
Lincoln
Tempe
Barbara
Alice
J. Duncan Brock
Robert Lash
Paradise Valley
Brock
John V. Long
Peter S. Wainwright
Responsive Government Association
Bonnell
Jeffrey Timbanard
Voltaire
Timbanard
Geiser
Beroza
Lash
MacLean
Vigilante accusations refuted as Judge Roth cleared
A reader vents about David Connor and vigilantes who accused Magistrate Roth, praising Roth’s ruling clearing him of charges. The letter complains of political motives, animal shelter efforts hindered by false claims, and questions Connor’s public ambitions in Scottsdale.
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Dan Roth
David Connor
Connor
Pet Aid League
Roth
Scottsdale
Nuclear bookkeeping gaps alarm federal regulators
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports 700 discrepancies in nuclear material records across 50 private companies with more than 1,000 tons of bomb ingredients unaccounted. The data shows misentries between two federal data banks in Washington and Oak Ridge, with outside help sought to eliminate inconsistencies. Footnotes mention a potential freedom of information suit by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
U.S
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Tee
Westinghouse
General Electric
General Atomics
Babcock and Wilcox
Nuclear Fuel Services
Atomics International
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Commission
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
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