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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1974
Page
5
At Bucharest the UPI report notes a U.N. led plan urges birth rate reductions by 1985, expanded family planning on request, and aide to poorer nations. The 149 nation talks claim formal approval, while critics call the document limited and filled with compromises.
A Phoenix Superior Court judge halted a suit challenging the validity of initiative petitions for an ethics in government measure. The recess, until Sept 9, lets opponents argue that Common Cause did not collect enough valid signatures to reach the November ballot.
The State Fair in Phoenix selects free Coliseum performances costing 198 500 dollars for the October 25 to November 10 run. Rex Allen will host, earning 17 000 dollars, with more than a dozen stars including Rick Nelson, Phyllis Diller, Frank Gorshin, John Davidson, the Lennon Sisters, Diahann Carroll, Hank Williams Jr and Flash Cadillac among others scheduled across the fair period.
The Scottsdale Public Library screens Dick Whittington and His Cat at 2 p.m. Saturday in the library auditorium. The program also includes Winter of the Witch with a mother and son in a haunted house where the witch aims to do good. A desert animals feature accompanies the lineup. The same program plays at Vista del Camino branch library at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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