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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1977
Page
3
The court, by five to four, allows corporal punishment in schools, stating the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment applies to criminals, not students. Critics warn it undermines justice, fosters cruelty, and hurts education.
The piece notes Europe protects historic structures while the US neglects old buildings for land value. It cites a torn down Indian School Road house and urges federal tax incentives to encourage renovation, suggesting states and locals follow. This would boost tourism and preserve architectural heritage.
Washington column notes oil interests still dominate policymaking. Nixon and Ford holdovers at the Federal Energy Administration and Federal Power Commission resist reforms, with figures like Gorman Smith and Richard Dunham steering actions to favor Big Oil, despite Carter's sweeping changes.
Editor Frank A. Ives notes Scottsdale's shrinking school age population and rising elderly share, arguing the district faces budget pressure as personnel costs dominate. He suggests enrollment decline could lead to about 20 fewer teachers via normal turnover, though no formal revision has been reported.
A letter to the editor advocates silencing noise polluters and supports H R 2206 now before the Legislature. The writers praise mufflers on motorcycles boats and cars and thank A D White for trimming hazardous tree limbs on Miller Road in Scottsdale.
Delegation of reporters toured the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters and critiqued its overseas media practices. After a three hour session they reflected on the openness of America versus secret police like the KGB.
The Scottsdale Progress issue dated April 25 1977 features editor and publisher Jonathan Marshall and advertising manager H E Hal Metcalf in its masthead. This record notes the paper's citation as Vol XVII No 59.
A breakthrough nears in the fight to accept human waste as a resource. For the first time rural residents approach a proposal to ship urban sewage sludge for field fertilization. Historically farmers welcomed sludge rarely, while most residents feared disease and cesspools from spreading treated waste.
The Lake County Board of Commissioners weighs accepting Detroit’s half million gallons of daily sewage sludge for land treatment. Detroit would pay the rural area, aiding crop nitrogen needs, boosting hybrid poplar growth, and potentially reviving the Ann Arbor Line railroad and producing methane fuel. If a six month study supports it, sludge could begin arriving within a year, though full facilities would take years to complete and some toxic waste might not be suitable for land use.
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