Arizona Supreme Court okays secret tax board meetings
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled the Board of Tax Appeals may meet and decide in secret, arguing tax matters fit a judicial capacity. Critics say the open meeting law exclusions do not cover tax hearings, risking favoritism and hidden penalties, and urge legislative clarity.
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Arizona State Supreme Court
Board of Tax Appeals
Tax Board
Appeals Board
Beall Attacks Postal Costs and Management
Retired Washington DC Postmaster Carlton G Beall criticizes the Postal Service for rising mail costs and inefficiency. He argues Congress created a one way labor deal, notes high executive salaries, overstaffing and idle hours, and says supervisors are hamstrung by a restrictive labor agreement. He urges Congress to consider alternatives.
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Washington, D.C
Carlton G. Beall
Beall
Congress
Labor
Postal Service
Censorship clash over Arcadia High School paperback course
Arcadia High senior Scott Oliver argues against parental censorship of the school’s paperback literature course. He criticizes critics led by Charles Summers and Charles Jones who label many titles as smut, noting the elective offers 1 600 titles and protects free speech under the Constitution.
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Arcadia High School
Arcadia
Charles Summers
United States
Jones
Commission On
Thomas
Scott Oliver Arcadia High School
Lame ducks head to Moscow on farewell embassy junket
Treasury Secretary William Simon leads a Washington delegation to Moscow for a U S USSR Trade and Economic Council conference with wives and Simon's two sons. The embassy debates entertainment options for the women and a separate schedule for the sons as first snows bless the Kremlin.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Treasury
William Simon
Moscow
Treasury and Commerce
Soviet Union
Simon
Billy
Peter
U.S
Sovietskaya
Sokolniki Park
Kremlin
Overhaul urged for 1980 presidential process
Carter spent years pushing for change after winning the 1976 race amid calls to fix federal campaign financing and the primary system. Mondale, later vice president, observes flaws in the electoral college and the campaign-finance rules, urging reform as Udall and Bayh push bills to curb marathon primaries and abolish the electoral college.
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Walter Mondale
Carter
Mondale
Federal Treasury
National Committee
George McGovern
Nixon
Ford
Morris Udall
Arizona
Udall
New Hampshire
Electoral College
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Long
Bayh
Ohio
Hawaii
Scottsdale Progress Publication Details and Dates 1976
The Scottsdale Progress published Monday through Saturday evenings by Scottsdale Publishing Inc. at 7302 E Bard Dr Scottsdale AZ 65251. It lists Jonathan Marshall as editor and publisher and notes awards 1975 1974 1973 Arizona General Excellence. Rates shown include $2.25 monthly and $26.60 annual out of state. Page4 Vol XVI No 243 November 29 1976.
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Army
Joseph M. Holshen
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Bard
Scottsdale
Arizona
Scottadale
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Matos Raven Oy Mail
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