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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1970
Page
2
The editorial argues that tough enforcement fails to reduce crime and calls for prevention through new approaches. It highlights New York City experiments including methadone treatment, pretrial job counseling, and summonses for lesser offenses, noting police days saved and the need for preventive strategies nationwide.
The Renegotiation Board, created in 1951, saved taxpayers about 39 million in defense and space contracts in fiscal 1969 and more than 1 billion overall while spending under 60 million. Congress almost abolished it in 1968 but kept it only through the next year. The editor calls for making the board permanent to curb excess government spending.
President Nixon faced a split veto plan after leaders drafted a strategy to veto housing while letting the education bill become law. With Ed and Hill-Burton funding amounts exceeding requests, aides warned a double veto could erode presidential stature if Congress overrode both measures.
Councilman William Jenkins and colleagues commend efforts to require approved landscaping on all site plans for residential and commercial properties along public thoroughfares. Proposals urge automatic sprinkler systems for commercial rentals and condos and curb paving to avoid parking on yard fronts. A city official would enforce standards and assist maintenance district formation. Willard T. Carter.
The letter argues for Floyd McCracken in the District 21 Republican primary against incumbent John Conlan. It accuses Conlan of obstructing state aid to kindergartens and welfare reform while praising McCracken for crime control, education, clean air and water, better mental health and prisons, and strong universities.
An international London seminar urged young scientists to drop what they called irrelevant research and concentrate on solvable global problems such as famine pollution and the population explosion. The push followed a U S Transportation Department announcement of a 27.6 million investment in Minneapolis.
The Tribune questions whether investing in Supersonic Transport research is warranted if the country does not proceed with SSTs. It suggests funds could instead target hunger, pollution control, or population control, noting the debate over prioritizing research funding.
Washington lawmakers debate television exposure for the President with Fulbright warning that exclusive access to TV is dangerous. He argues Congress should legislate a measure to balance power and control over broadcast access amid partisan responses to presidential telecasts.
Senate subcommittee chairman Sen. John O Pastore allies with Fulbright push to cut Pentagon funded film crews in Vietnam and curb public relations operations costing over 40 million dollars last year. He argues staged news and propaganda undermine democratic judgment while fairness doctrine sparks renewed congressional scrutiny of TV treatment of Vietnam and responses to paid political spots.
The piece details how North Vietnam rebuffed appeals for prisoners of war and missing servicemen. It cites international bodies and a Pottsville Mercury appeal with a Vietnamese page urging Hanoi to reveal fates, plus letters from the daughters of missing Lt. Col. A S Mearns.
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