Mao Mao Tse-tung: Peasant to Modern China Leader
Summary of Mao Zedong's rise from peasant roots to leading China through revolution and unification. The text highlights the Long March, defeat of Chiang Kai-shek, peasant support, and the transformation of China into a modern power, while noting limits on freedom and repressive methods.
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Mao Tse-tung
Mao
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Edgar Snow
Chiang
United States
Soviet Union
Asia
Taxes Rise in Scottsdale School District Amid Enrollment Dip
The Scottsdale School District faces higher taxes due to increased costs for salaries utilities and supplies while first week enrollment falls 600 below projections and 1300 below last year. The editorial urges revisiting the budget to trim portable classrooms busing equipment and admin payroll to show taxpayers government can spend less.
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Scottsdale
Carter Relies on Brookings for Defense Policy Support
Evans and Novak report Ford aides seek to limit Carter debate to defense after Brookings influence. Carter’s plan calls for 5 to 7 billion in cuts, with proposed saves from longer tours and higher teacher pupil ratios, while critics urge broader advisory input beyond Brookings to avoid overreliance on a single think tank.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Brookings Institution
Vietnam
Carter
American Legion
Brookings
Navy
George McGovern
Ronald Reagan
Dark Horse
Legionnaires
Seattle
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Paul Nitze
Defense
Nitze
Carter High Command
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Jimmy
Georgia
CIA tied Castro to Kennedy killing in withheld evidence
The 1960s CIA suppressed evidence linking Fidel Castro to Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. Sources say the CIA hid this Cuba plot to avoid inflaming Americans and to cover its Mafia involvement, while Robert Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover were briefed but not wired to the Warren Commission.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
CIA
Warren Commission
Castro
Kennedy
Robert
Robert Kennedy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Okene
Cha Artetnts
Allen Dulles
U.S
Mexico City
John McCone
McLean
McCone
Lyndon Johnson
William Harvey
John Roselli
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Cuba
Johnson
Nuclear power debate echoed in Arizona concerns
Letter argues against nuclear plants citing abundant coal and solar potential in the region. It notes NRC moratorium on new licenses after Buckeye approval and questions earthquake risk insurance. Public utilities sue to block Nuclear Safeguard Initiative over petition validity and costs to consumers are highlighted.
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United States
OPEC
Arizona
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Phoenix-area
New Mexico
California
Arizona Public Service
Salt River Project
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