Babbitt, Hattie

Scope and Content Note From the collection:

This collection houses 36 images showing damage done by the 1979 Salt River flood; such Arizona politicians as Rose Mofford, Bruce Babbitt, and Carolyn Warner; and copper mining.

Scope and Contents Election Switch-Off Package, Jack Taylor and Don Strauch In-Studio (Shelton); Foreign Adoption Package, Mike Sullivan In-Studio (Bloom); Hattie Babbitt Commentary Package (Wong). Segments on Seoul, South Korea, as a major adoption site, legal problems regarding adoption, the possibility of legislative seat swapping during the election, and guest commentary (Hattie Babbitt, how Arizona should help Mexico). There is a silent pre-show take for the first 30 seconds; the title card is then shown...

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Pre-recorded Election Eve Edition. Voter Turnout Package, Earl De Berge Interview, Steve Benson Interview, Gary Markstein Interview (Shelton); Hattie Babbitt Commentary (Babbitt). Segments on the election (voter turnout and its impact on key races), an interview with Benson and Markstein on how political cartoonists prepare for election years, and Hattie Babbitt's guest commentary (the importance of voting). The video is blank for the first 30 seconds.

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Pre-recorded. Segments on next week's opening of the 39th Arizona Legislature and issues that will be addressed (overcrowding in the prison system, increasing enrollment in the AHCCCS program, a proposal to double mental health funding, and an effort to revoke property tax breaks for ranchers and farmers), Hattie Babbitt's guest commentary (a sales tax-funded mass transit project), and the economic impact of the 1989 Fiesta Bowl.