Air Pollution Crisis Urges Controls and Mass Transit
An editorial from the county Air Pollution Control Bureau notes carbon monoxide limits exceeded in Phoenix. It blames climate factors and dust from construction, urges dust control enforcement, and supports limits on single occupancy cars, express bus lanes, expanded outlying parking, and car pooling projects like Project Pool It to reduce smog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Pollution Control Bureau
Phoenix
Department of Transportation
Phoenix Group
Giants in business face leadership churn and doubt
A Michigan State University study by Eugene Jennings finds executive turnover at its highest since World War II as giants like General Motors, AT&T, and General Electric struggle to find stable leadership amid rising pressure for profits. It suggests diminishing returns from ever larger corporate structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State University
Eugene Jennings
Jennings
General Motors
At&t
General Electric
Torrijos assassination plot rumors gain new traction
Washington column notes revived claims that Nixon era operatives discussed killing Omar Torrijos of Panama. Memoist accounts cite Howard Hunt and Bernard Barker, with Artime naming a Panama plan to target Torrijos. Observers say Carter’s White House seeks to suppress the tale while facing internal criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Omar Torrijos
Torrijos
Carter
White House
Richard Nixon
Newsweek Magazine
John Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
E. Howard Hunt
Newsweek
United States
Dean
Senate
Hunt
Plumbers
Secet
Boston
Panama
Watergate
Dade County
Fla
Martin Dardis
Dardis
Manuel Artime
Artime
Howard Hunt
Nixon
Bernard) Barker
Barker
Michael Ewing
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Senate Intelligence Committee
Miami
Gordon Liddy
President Carter
Georgia
Environmental abuse tied to past civilizations' collapse
Environmental historians argue that resource depletion and ecological mismanagement drove the fall of civilizations from Harappa to Rome. They warn modern societies face similar risks without curbing population growth, disease, and environmental destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Flattau
The
Conservation Foundation
Ricé Odell
Vernon Gill Carter
Tom Dale
Odell
Pakistan
India
University of Denver
J. Donald Hughes
Rome
Doctors say diabetic advice misleading
Doctors and diabetes experts protest a Nov 23 article claiming that diabetics could stop insulin with diet changes. They argue the piece generalizes from obese patients and omits risks, insulin use rationale, and that nutritionists are not physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley News Service
Jon N
Leonard
Publisher and staff list from December 16 1977 issue
The page shows staff names including Jonathan Marshall editor and publisher H E Hal Metcalf advertising director and Jerry McElfresh managing editor with page and issue details. It identifies the paper as volume 17 number 257 dated December 16 1977.
Readers urged to keep letters under 300 words
The Progress invites readers to send signed letters to the editor, emphasizing brevity for space constraints. Typed letters will be preferred, ensuring clarity and legibility for publication.
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Arizona Diabetes Association
Tain
Laurence B. Nilsen, M.D
Arizona Society of Internal Medicine
John P. Heileman, M
Scottsdale Progress
Jonathan Marshall
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earls
Scottsdale
Arizona
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of
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