Editorial View: Arizona Legislature Faces Growing Challenges
The first session of the 31st Arizona Legislature did some reforms but left much undone. The editorial urges tightening election finance rules, conflicts of interest, lobbying limits, open meeting laws, and creating a child welfare department. It calls for better aging, welfare, day care standards, crime rehabilitation, long term planning, pollution controls, transit, bike trails, developer regulation, consumer protection, and tax reform. It warns optimism is lacking and bipartisanship is needed.
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Tower Plan Sparks Battle Over Gettysburg Battlefield
A Maryland developer seeks a 307 foot tower overlook of the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield to draw tourists and earn money. The Interior Department granted access to the site, raising concerns about preserving national shrines from commercial encroachment. Pennsylvania courts say no adverse effect, but local patriots appeal the decision to protect history from commercialization.
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On the Line Remembrances of Three Notable Americans
Remembrance sketches honor FDR Douglas MacArthur and Bill Hearst Jr detailing their temperaments, humor, and public personas. The piece notes FDR’s calm humor during wartime, MacArthur’s admired leadership in postwar Japan, and Hearst’s fearless candor with world leaders and reporters.
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Cake contest row sparks parent anger at Cub Scout pack
A Cub Scout Pack 547 cake bake contest drew parent outrage over a bikini torso entry described as in poor taste. The writer called the judging inappropriate and urged disqualification to avoid a sex oriented impression at a meeting with many young boys.
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Thorougly
Fashion page praise for Pat McElfresh feature
Muriel Ross’s fashion reporting gets strong praise from a Scottsdale shop owner after Pat McElfresh’s Jan 2, 1974 feature. The writer’s accuracy and intelligent style, plus Yal Conaway’s photography, are credited with boosting the Fashion Page’s reputation and teamwork.
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Muriel Ross
Yal Conaway
Suzy the cat prefers the Progress as her dining mat
A pet cat named Suzy favors the Scottsdale Daily Progress as a dining mat, appreciating the newspaper's format, columns, and community awareness. Her owner notes Suzy’s past loyalties to other papers and mentions a dog, Scrappy, sharing the same sentiment.
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Alternative Energy Dreams From the Oil Crisis
In a winter of discontent the column argues public outrage exposes oil industry hypocrisy and progress toward substitutes. It cites Exxon profits, a mid 1970s revenue surge, and a shift to nonpetroleum fuels like Eon Eli and Eco-fuel from recycled plastics and garbage processing efforts in East Bridgewater Massachusetts.
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William Simon
Ralph Nader
Exxon
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National Observer
Houston
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Getty
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Type Slips Appropriate Warning Signs On Bride
Warning signs were placed on the bride to deter possible lawsuits from people injured or survivors of those who died, as reported by Manatee Time.
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Scottsdale Daily Progress credits and publication info
Editor Jerry McElfresh and staff listed with roles. Managing Editor W. B. Doc Wright assists. Published Monday through Saturday evenings by Scottsdale Publishing Inc. Address and contact details provided in Arizona newspaper note. AB circulation member.
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