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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1971
Page
2
The piece notes rising traffic on the Black Canyon and Maricopa freeways beyond 1975 projections and questions the cost effectiveness of the Papago route. It urges shifting decisions to an impartial authority, favoring mass transit if it proves practical and funded, arguing ecological and economic concerns with freeway expansion.
Deseret News argues for milder riot control methods using rubber and air weapons to disperse crowds and avoid Kent State style tragedies. It notes Belfast use of armored vehicles and limited anti riot guns in Salt Lake City and warns weapons shortages hinder safer responses.
Senate liberal Charles Mathias antagonizes President Nixon by backing a tax checkoff plan and clashing with White House strategy. The article notes Mathias's 1970 Carswell vote, possible 1972 purge, and mentions Agnew's stance, with broader discussion of Thurmond and McNair potential challenges and wage price control politics.
In a column by Dick West, Republican leader Robert Dole calls out the Democratic National Committee over a $1.5 million phone bill from the 1968 convention. The piece mocks timing errors and jokes about mischarges, suggesting a broader political backlash mood for next year.
The article critiques how agencies like the Corps of Engineers SCS Interior and FPC delay or fragment environmental impact statements under NEPA. It notes combined plans in Four Corners and multiple project drafts that hide full ecological effects, urging CEQ to require early disclosure before formal statements.
A fragmentary item notes a locally owned store damaged by Bob who will act as an interior designer in Newport News Virginia. It mentions a casual line about Fox and a terse aside about a family and a birthday. The source mixes unrelated voices and dates.
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