Editorial urges action to ease Scottsdale traffic crisis downtown
The editorial warns that piecemeal fixes fail to relieve the Scottsdale Road bottleneck and threaten blight. It urges a downtown plan, realigned routes, and Hayden Road as a northward arterial to Bell Road, with alternatives across the canal east and west of Scottsdale Road.
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Scottsdale
Simon Eisner & Associates
Scottsdale Road
Stetson Drive
Fifth Avenue
Canal
Hayden Road
Bell Road
City plans push road widening and traffic boosts
The proposal to widen Pima Road to Bell and extend Brown Avenue northward gains support. Cutting 70th Street from Camelback to Fifth Avenue troubles Fifth Avenue merchants, while planners urge expert consultants and a larger department to address both current issues and future traffic needs promptly.
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Pima Road
Bell
70Th Street
Camelback Road
Fifth Avenue
Brown Avenue
Canal
Training Brazilian Officers and U S Aid Debated
Opinion argues U S military training for Brazil favors showy tours of Las Vegas Disneyland and Hollywood clubs over combat readiness. It notes over three years more than 1 million dollars spent inspecting facilities, suggesting funds could better educate people and raise economic levels for lasting stability.
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United States
Brazil
Las Vegas
Disneyland
Hollywood
Ment
Space junk and satellites loom over Apollo era era
A panoramic look at Earth orbit notes Apollo 15 among 2350 satellites with 459 spying and weather craft and 1899 junk pieces. COL Stanton G Davies explains collision odds while satellite tracking expands from Sputnik to Mars and Venus. Also covers Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon plans and MDAA fundraising totals, plus refugee relief groups and charitable stars.
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New York
New York Times
Earth
U.S
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Stanton G. Davies
Inglewood
Calif
P.S
United States
Mars
Venus
Moon
Jerry Lewis
Monogrammed Towels Jeer at Valued Buyers and Utility
A humorous letter questions who buys elaborately monogrammed towels as manufacturers cater to niche markets. The writer notes their own towel collection spans four decor styles and serves dozens of odd uses, from headrests to improvised sheets, while suggesting practical, inexpensive towels work best. The piece ends with a note about The Progress inviting letters to the editor within 400 words and with home addresses for verification.
VA grapples with generation gap in VA hospital care
Veterans Administration officials told lawmakers that younger Vietnam veterans in separate wards clash with older World War II and Korean veterans over music and lifestyle. The VA plans to reduce daily patient numbers and train staff to manage the new generation while denying waiting lists for service connected cases.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Donald Johnson
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Edward Boland
D-Mass
Johnson
Glenn Miller
Congress
Appropriations “Subcommittee
Boland
Veterans ‘Administration
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
White House
Burt Talcott
Calif
Nixon loss could help Muskie in Chicago suburb
In LaGrange Highlands Illinois a surveyed white middle income suburb shows strong concern over inflation and economy. Voters prefer Nixon to Humphrey or Kennedy for now but Muskie has notable strength as a possible Democratic nominee.
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Lagrange
Highlands
Chicago
Nixon
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Oliver Quayle
Mr. Nixon
Hubert H.humphrey
Minnesota
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Muskie
Ixon
Quayle
Ilene Evins
Reneé Tunick
Richard Scammon
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Humphrey
George Wallace
Alabama
LaGrange Highlands
Ilinois
Wallace
Kennedy
Vietnam
China
Init’ Real
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Indochina
United States Committee For Refugees
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Agricultural Cooperative Development International
K Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
World Vision Relief Organization, Inc
West Huntington Drive
Monrovia
American Friends Service Committee
North-15th St
Philadelphia
CARE
First Avenue
New York City
Catholic Relief Services
MNEMP
Robert S
Inside ‘Report
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Jonathan Marshall Difor
Jerry McElfresh
W. B. “Doc’.Wright
Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earl Or
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