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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1971
Page
2
An editorial critiques President Nixon’s admitted need for drastic change arguing the wage and price freeze and 10 percent import tax may help short term but risk fair implementation and long term retaliation. It warns postponing revenue sharing and welfare reforms could hurt urban residents while boosting business, urging more logical, equitable details.
Health officials warn against complacency as polio risks persist despite vaccines. In 1964 a high share of young children were immunized, but many urban slum children still remain unvaccinated, calling for a continuing national program.
Mary McGrath notes that mentioning God provokes heated reactions and fractures in families and groups. She argues spiritual talk is useful only as abstractions and has little place in practical, wartime life. The Progress invites 400 word letters with home addresses for verification.
Washington columnist notes gossip of a possible Dump Agnew campaign for 1972 but says it remains unlikely without a strong national leader like Harold Stassen. It recalls Stassen fueling the 1956 Nixon dumping effort and suggests he could rally the anti Agnew forces if he reemerges.
A letter to the Progress thanks reporters for highlighting a neighborhood recycling project run by youths from Saguaro High Conservations Club member David Byrn. The group sorts metal and donates proceeds to Aravaipa Canyon preservation with Eldorado Collection Center involved.
The Washington Star notes that federal workers failing to perform could paralyze government. The Fargo Forum reports ongoing gloom in Republican cloakrooms on Capitol Hill as nationwide confidential surveys show continued decline in President Nixon and Vice President Agnew.
A nine member YPSL delegation visited Sen. Henry M. Jackson in Washington and came away impressed though noncommittal. They also favor Humphrey and Muskie but privately view Jackson as a preferable liberal candidate with strong labor ties and antiwar restraint.
Milwaukee Mayor Maier and Cleveland Mayor Stokes are named as possible vice presidents by Chicago Mayor Daley who also hints at Nicholas Katzenbach or Adlai Stevenson III. The juggling act amuses Daley as party bigwigs await the final pick.
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