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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1971
Page
2
An editorial urges Maricopa County to adopt a county building code now that enabling law exists. It condemns the current lack as a scandal, notes pay-for-fee loopholes, and calls for the Board of Supervisors to prepare and implement a code immediately to protect home buyers from shoddy construction and unscrupulous developers.
Inside Washington reports growing White House concern over a Rogers mission to Taiwan to explain U.S. policy toward Red China and to reassure Chiang Kai-shek of continued U S defense commitments. The piece notes debates over inviting Chiang to Washington, Rogers prior Taiwan visit, and links to Taiwan UN fate and 1955 defense treaty. It cites Kissinger–Chou En-lai talks and U S support for Nationalist Chinese UN membership.
The piece highlights Lee Trevino as a refreshing, ambitious golfer who rose from a poor Mexican American background. He lacked formal advantages but earned success through self taught practice, thousands of hours on the greens, and a rising tour presence this year, while remaining humble and joyful.
Rory Shor the son of Toots discusses opening an oyster bar with a May to August closing sign image. The piece then profiles Victor Boesen’s They Said It Couldn’t Be Done about Bill Lear, his jet creations, a new steam engine concept, and Lear’s bravado in aviation history.
An appellate court orders a new trial after a judge mocked a defendant at three in the morning saying honest people are in bed. The court warns jurors can be swayed by judicial cues and criticizes the remark as prejudicial though tempers may flare in trial. The Supreme Court notes a fair but not perfect trial is the standard.
A humorous letter by Mary McGrath argues that children conspire with big business to keep families in debt through electricity and heat use. She lampoons constant lighting, door and window behavior, free lunches, and water consumption as motives powering the local economy.
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