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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1975
Page
3
Scottsdale faces urgent need for a city manager with broad experience in local government and strong leadership to guide a growing, diverse community. The council aims to move quickly, screening candidates despite a challenging economy, to avoid inefficiency from interim leadership.
A volunteer group launches a Scottsdale YMCA fund raising drive to raise about 25000 beyond memberships and United Way funds. The Y offers programs for nearly 5000 youths including Indian Guides church leagues swim training and day camps. It trains handicapped swimmers and pairs fatherless boys with high school Big Brothers. The drive emphasizes civic strength and continued community service.
The piece argues President Ford yields to auto-industry pleas to weaken emissions rules despite evidence that public health and fuel economy would benefit from stricter standards. It cites Army fuel injection tech meeting 0.4 NOX and 16.2 mpg, Honda and Texaco developments, and costs of pollution compared with industry profits. It urges Ford to back stronger measures like horsepower tax and mandatory performance standards to push toward smaller cleaner cars.
AWARE International Valley of the Sun Chapter clarifies that the against ERA list includes an unrelated organization with the same acronym. The author reports no stance on ERA and seeks removal from pamphlets while noting STOP ERA contact efforts and a national source could not identify the full name.
A speaker questions claims against the Equal Rights Amendment arguing it ensures equal treatment under law for men and women. The note invites support and provides contact for Shirley Odegaard of the Arizona Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment at 307 West McDowell.
A Scottsdale reader argues that Arizona State University students should pay a small fare for the Bug-line bus service, criticizing subsidies and noting taxpayers already fund other student aid. He questions the responsibility of parents and taxpayers, urging fiscal responsibility.
Scottsdale Daily Progress operating evenings Monday through Saturday under Scottsdale Publishing Inc. with editors and publishers listed. The notice includes mailing address, contact number, pricing by mail, and volume and issue information for January 29, 1975.
A humorous dialogue features Milton Haberdash hawking rebates as a product, arguing their tax free appeal and undercutting auto makers while the narrator critiques the scheme. The piece ends with a note on letters to the editor policies for the Progress newspaper.
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