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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1972
Page
2
Editorial urges Sceattsdale Memorial Hospital to place assets in an irrevocable trust to protect funds for medical services and safeguard against sale to a profit group. It also calls for a broader board representing diverse community and professional backgrounds to ensure a true community hospital.
A satirical piece follows Worthington Thripp Jr. once a dashing smoker whose life unravelled after the 1964 Surgeon General report. As family, colleagues, and friends quit, his social and career standing crumbles. Driven by cigarette habit and public backlash, Thripp faces disinheritance and public scorn while non smokers celebrate the gains of quitting.
A mail campaign from Sauter Laboratories sent a cough medicine sample labeled Romilar Ill to residents with risk to children. The packet claimed ingredients including chloroform and alcohol. The writer urges medicines be sold through drug stores and doctors not via the post and asks postal authorities to curb such mailings.
Labor members clash with non-labor members in the Pay Board as it votes to void an aerospace wage increase. AFL-CIO economist Nat Colts and others berate opponents while Brookings’ Kermit Gordon and William Caples confront harsh language. The board, starting Oct 27, faced walkout fears and staff gaps shaping its early decisions.
New York report notes President Nixon presents an eight point peace plan to Indochina critics, Hanoi and Viet Cong, while Americans fear POWs remain unreleased. The piece highlights cultural gaps in negotiation expectations and Hanoi’s denial of sending troops to South Vietnam.
The article argues that many women resist liberation because independence demands self direction and hard work. It suggests fear of failure is less powerful than fear of a life without familiar constraints and a challenge to traditional identity.
A Scottsdale reader critiques editorial on building a high mountain residence atop Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley. The letter urges halting road construction and preserving natural beauty, warning of private ownership and long term impact on Arizona mountains.
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