Chinese progress impresses a local resident
Scottsdale physician Dr. Niels Madsen recalls his China visit and cites wide access to medical care, the barefoot doctor program, family planning, and an education system emphasizing early career training and literacy. He warns Western judgments miss nuances amid Communist Party struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niels Madsen
Madsen
People’s Republic of China
U.S
Bonnie Foster
Scottsdale
E. Osborn
Republic
China
United States
Communist Party
Brown urges solar energy over nuclear plants after Santa Barbara fire
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. tells 300 at a solar energy workshop that officials should favor solarized rebuilding over nuclear plants. He plans to ask President Carter to reexamine designating burned Santa Barbara areas as emergency zones and backs a 1978 ballot measure to tax offset solar unit costs against home values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
State Energy Commission
Carter
State Office of Emergency Services
Nazi war criminal Kappler found in West Germany after hospital escape
Convicted Gestapo official Herbert Kappler, treated for cancer in Rome, reportedly returned to West Germany after vanishing from a military hospital. A government spokesman confirmed a call from Kappler’s wife but gave no exact location. An anonymous claim from the Red Morning group alleging kidnapping circulates alongside notes of Germany’s court ruling against his release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
West Germany
Herbert Kappler
Rome
Armin Gruenewald
Kappler
Gruenewald
Gestapo
ANSA
Red Morning
Jurgen Ponto
Germany
Italy
Celio
Ardeatine
Catacombs
Via Rasella
Gaeta
Naples
AMA Attack on Laetrile prompts renewed medical alarm
The AMA denounces Laetrile as unproven and dangerous while noting political moves to legalize its use in several states. Editor Dr. William R. Barclay warns the programmatic appeal of modern medicine shows and media pitches could threaten public health. He cites past medicine shows and warns of a high price for public belief in unproven cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Medical Association
AMA
William R. Barclay
Barclay
Food and Drug Administration
America
Flood study launched for Colorado River flood control plan
The U S Bureau of Reclamation and the U S Army Corps of Engineers start a two year flood control study of the Colorado River to determine Hoover Dam operations under current conditions. Officials cite potential risk to lowland areas from releases and local runoff along the river from Davis Dam to Yuma with several high risk zones identified near Needles Parker and Bullhead City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colorado River
Manuel Lopez Jr
Bureau of Reclamation
Hoover Dam
Robert D. Mason
Bureau
Davis Dam
Yuma
Lopez
Needles
Calif
Parker Dam
Parker
Bullhead City
Blythe
Civitan of Year named for Houston in Arizona district
Stuart Houston of Scottsdale Civitan Club named Civitan of the Year by the Arizona district. The article lists his address at 7023 E Camelback Rd and notes Civitan work with the mentally handicapped. Also covered are a World Softball Tournament fundraiser, Sertoma honors for J R Sanderson, Bryn Mawr orientation for Dang Leibsohn, and local officers for Business and Professional Women/Desert Noontimers. The piece rounds out with a Scottsdale task force on school bidding and two ice skating juniors placing second in the Junior Olympics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Houston
E. Camelback Rd
Civitan
Arizona
Civitan International
Houston
Scottsdale
Civitan Club
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Williams
J.R. Sanderson
E. Lewis Sr
Sertoma International
Vancouver
B.C
Sanderson
Sertoma Club
Board of Realtors
Chamber of Commerce
Scottsdale Board of Realtors
Dang Leibsohn
Eugene Leibsohn
N. 41St Place
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Leibsohn
Arcadia High School
Mary Ellen McKenney
Marty Almon Rozelle
Gretchen Denniger
Marianne Reitan
Roseanne Carter
Melanie Fox
Donald Swanson
Scottsdale School Board
John Barron
Jack Glen
Alexander Smith Carpet Co
Jack Hellman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Lynwood Evans
Walter Paul Passolt III
E. Roma
Nancy Jean Parks
E. Elm
Phoenix
San Diego
Passolt
Scottsdale High School
Parks
Camelback High School
Sandrats as Diabetes Study Model at Arizona State University
An ASU graduate student studies sand rats from Egypt to explain why Pima Indians have a high diabetes rate. He notes half of Pimas develop diabetes between ages 20 and 50 and argues feast famine survival traits may cause fat storage that leads to diabetes when food is constant. Fifty of 80 rats survived the trip amid bureaucratic delays and rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tempe
Arizona State University
Egypt
Larry Mandarino
Mandarino
CB Radio Ownership Guide Offer Makes Informative Kits
A promotional offer details two pamphlets and a 10-code slide card for CB radio users. The 32 page booklet covers origins equipment language and operation while the 16 page booklet explains rules and obligations. A large 10-33 driver emergency sign is included with a mail order coupon.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jim Thomson
Laetrile
Colorado
Carolyn Warner
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Alexandria
North Scottsdale
Chiropractic Center
Stephen L. Nielson
Palmer
Insi
N. Scottsdale
Scottsdale Rd
Windmill Plaza
Ed Post Realty
CB Radio Kit
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Teaneck
N.J
STATE
Associated Press
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