To strike or not to Government employees across the country
Public employee unions grow stronger as cities face fiscal strain. Tucson police and firemen strike after demands for 30 percent pay rise. Court order to return to work ignored. Debate centers on public safety rights to strike and need for grievance machinery to prevent chaos.
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Tucson
Don’t harbor extremist actors in Libya
The Tribune urges global action against Libya for harboring extremist groups such as the Japanese Red Army after their members were aided to escape to Libya. The piece cites past patient nations like Algeria and Kuwait and calls for pressure on Col. Muammar Khadafy to stop aiding fugitives and uphold international law.
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Libya
Red Army
Malaysia
Japan
Algeria
Kuwait
Muammar Khadafy
Tribune
Albuquerque
N-M
Gov Brown challenges sacred cows in California reforms
Sacramento insiders view Gov Edmund Brown Jr as transforming the Democratic Party with limited long range planning and a focus on repealing costly programs including veterans benefits. He clashes with liberal leadership yet wins broad support for fiscal conservatism and anti-bureaucratic rhetoric while courting national influence.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund.g. Brown,Jr
Brown
Jerry
Pat Brown
Jerry Brown
California
Democratic Party
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
U.S
George McGovern
Jerry Ford
Reagan
United States
Assembly
Howard Berman
National Young Democrats
McGovernite
Patty Hearst captured at last in San Francisco affair
The FBI drums up the arrest of Patty Hearst and her SLA affiliates William and Emily Harris and Wendy Yoshimura ending a bizarre kidnapping saga. Reporters sympathize with Hearst while questions linger about her fate and possible imprisonment.
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Harriet van Horne
New York City
FBI
Patty Hearst
Miss Hearst
William
Emily Harris
Wendy Yoshimura
SLA
Patty
Los Angeles
Willie Wolfe
Tania
Catherine
Randolph Hearst
Mrs. Hearst
Bay Area
Marilyn Baker
Hearst
KQED
San Francisco
Charles Bates
Baker
Patricia Hearst
Letter argues against xenophobia and universal rights in America
William L. Abrahams of Scottsdale critiques patriotic slogans that breed disdain for outsiders and hypocrisy in U S policies. He recalls past racial terror and religious persecution, urging reflection on liberty and equality without national security excuses, and warns against demanding conformity.
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Sharon Watson
America
William L. Abrahams
Scottsdale
Miller says tax evasion intent denied scrambled records
During the trial Miller contends he did not intend to evade taxes and says he merely scrambled his financial records to confuse predators, as reported by the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
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Miller
Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner
Letters to the editor must include signature and phone number
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