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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1972
Page
2
The piece critiques Arizona leaders for missing Earth Week cosponsorships led by Sen. Gaylord Nelson and urges Governor Williams to declare April 17-23 Earth Week in Arizona. It argues Earth Week is a starting step to address pollution and ecological damage and calls for public action and governmental support.
A Las Vegas item notes a doctors union forming, while urging professionalism and better patient relations. It argues doctors may resist joining, cites patient frustration with impersonal care, and calls for improved public image and receptionist conduct.
Washington reports fault lines over funding for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty as supporters warn detente weakens press freedom. President Nixon backs continued broadcasts, but Sen. Fulbright campaigns to silence them, while West Germany links renewal to Brandt’s Ostpolitik and USIA faces White House resistance.
ARTHUR HOPPE mocks a Nixon impersonation by Fu Man Chou in a satirical Washington column. The piece riffs on a secret mission, a brain laundry analogy, and playful digs at politics, media and public figures with tongue in cheek dialogue and exaggerated scenarios.
A reader praises the editorial “Leo, You're Bush League” and notes Durocher’s frequent rudeness to fans, while arguing he can also be warm. The letter suggests players like Santo Banks Hickman and Williams hold seminars on attitude and cites Larry Gura and Joe Pepitone as examples of on-field behavior.
A Chicago letter writer questions Leo Durocher's managerial talent while praising his career, noting his 260 batting, fame, and past Cubs tenure. The author laments modern players, recalls autograph booths, and shares a lifelong view of Cubs history from 1923 to the present.
A friendly note from Mrs Grace Seaver of Chicago Illinois sends congratulations on a columnist's editorial about a leader. The writer humorously hopes the piece prompts the subject to notice others exist on Earth.
In 1971 the Customs Bureau seized heroin opium marijuana hashish and other narcotics valued at 691 million. The haul included over 1300 pounds of pure heroin triple the prior year. Expanded enforcement offset by larger Congress funding, yet drug traffic remains strong and elusive.
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