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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1974
Page
3
The fall special session cost taxpayers about a half million dollars and produced no laws. The editorial laments failed tax equalization for schools and realignment of school funding. It criticizes backroom dealing and warns of possible future sales tax impact and continued influence by big business.
University of Massachusetts engineer William Heronemus argues wind power could meet growing eastern Wisconsin energy needs. In a Wisconsin Legislature paper he and colleagues say wind turbines would be cheaper and nonpolluting compared with conventional generators.
Conservative Side examines the GAO findings on Nixon homes at Key Biscayne and San Clemente, contrasting media narratives with actual government costs. The piece lists LBJ library purchases from 1968 to 1973 and notes the October 11 1973 public disclosure by GSA head Arthur Sampson.
In 1974 the nation faces an ethics shortage blamed on Vietnam era policies and Washington, with proposed measures from the President, a People’s boycott, and an Ethics Czar. Bagley Boodle implements a distribution scheme as shortages persist. A movement named Operation Independence seeks new domestic ethical sources amid parallel oil shortages.
The diary of Orville Wright recalls the December 17 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina as a 12 second test with 57 second longest time and 175 to 800 feet distance. John T Daniels photographed the event as wind gusts and control issues challenged the machine before the craft turned over. The piece links the historic event to modern air travel and future aviation goals.
Hobbs New Mexico Daily News Sun sketches a column by Miss N W about world government and a personal belief in gold in the ear as a symbolic notion. The piece reads as a quirky opinion column reflecting era attitudes.
A note from the Arizona Newspapers Association in the January 7, 1974 issue notes W. B. Doc Wright as Assistant Publisher and lists the publication as Vol XIII No 263 on page 6.
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