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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1973
Page
2
The piece argues the US dollar decline worsens the trade deficit and warns devaluation is only a temporary fix. It calls for three steps: reforming international money systems, cutting US spending abroad, and boosting productivity, with wage and price controls to be extended to curb inflation.
Voters rejected a pay raise last November but the House approved boosting daily allowances from 20 to 30 dollars for members coming from outside Maricopa County. The piece argues for full-time service due to long hours, high responsibility, and potential conflicts of interest among legislators. It cites several lawmakers with outside jobs and notes the need for compensation to attract capable representatives.
The piece reflects on how more than 500 released prisoners of war will be welcomed in military hospitals and homes across the country. It explores the emotional reunions, the long road to reintegration, and the challenge POWs face adapting to peacetime life after years of captivity. It cites Russell Braddon on the POWs’ perspective and warns of the gap between prison codes and free society.
A reader disputes an editorial asserting reporters serve as agents for the public. He argues editors are not his agents and objects to protections for crime, university hiring, and education policy linked to Starsky and Shofstal.
Washington column by Dick West describes a private think tank The Future Is Yesterday exploring energy crisis driven weapon concepts. engineers show a stone tied to a stick with a leather thong as a potential primitive weapon while another lab tests bamboo poles corks and barbs for a poisonous dart propulsion problem remains unsolved.
Virginia Nash questions why state city school and property taxes rise when recent profit sharing and tax revenues seem higher. She argues government spending should follow projected budgets and not demand all available funds, urging attention to local fiscal restraint and inflation.
A shooting in Pompano Beach Florida leaves one person dead and another injured as authorities investigate. Detectives are collecting witness statements and reviewing surveillance footage to establish a motive and identify suspects.
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