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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1974
Page
3
United States motorists face a 2 cent per gallon rise starting March 1 with a 1 cent wholesale increase also allowed. Odd-even rationing reduces lines in many areas though some places still see long waits. Commuter traffic drops and ferry use rises as drivers cut car use.
Former priest Charles Sullivan heads Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants CURE to win voting rights for felons after release. The group funds bus trips for inmate visits and lobbies delegates at the Constitutional Convention. About 1500 members, many prisoners, write to legislators. Sullivan notes rural and conservative lawmakers are key targets as debate continues.
SRP to release water from Saguaro Lake starting Friday at 500 cfs rising to 1500 cfs by weekend. Verde River below Bartlett Dam to drop from 1500 cfs to 50 cfs, while Horseshoe Dam releases resume to Bartlett Lake. Bartlett Lake level expected to rise about 35 feet over three weeks.
Memorial Hospital officials told the Maricopa County Health Planning Council they cannot survive without a 16.25 per cent rate increase. Administrator Reginald Ballantyne III said the facility serves the generally medically underserved population of South Phoenix and projects a deficit of 544,642 dollars this year without higher rates. The proposal goes to county and State councils and the federal Cost of Living Council due to the size of the increase, with a hearing set by the State authority.
Honolulu reports Hawaii is piloting metric education in public schools with a goal of full elementary coverage by 1978 79. Dr Irvin King leads a University of Hawaii team developing teacher workshops and a new curriculum after testing in kindergarten through third grade this year.
Mariner 10 data show Venus atmosphere rotates about 60 times faster than the surface, with a unique gas mass facing the sun. Scientists note ultraviolet features reveal atmospheric behavior while temperature variation suggests layered air. The craft, en route to Mercury for a March 29 rendezvous, also confirms a rapid equatorial spin with faster motion toward the poles.
Officials from Arizona Public Service Salt River Project Tucson Gas Electric Co and the Arizona Electric Power Cooperative will meet to discuss the cause of a power outage that darkened much of southern Arizona for up to an hour. A joint APS Bureau of Reclamation statement cites two simultaneous failures. In one incident a lead burned off a circuit breaker at the Mesa substation.
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