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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1970
Page
2
The editorial argues Arizona faced the nation's highest crime increase in early year and calls for prison, mental health, and welfare reform. It weighs denying bail to habitual offenders, upholds presumption of innocence, proposes faster trials and special bail courts, and cautions against punitive or capricious bail decisions.
Town experiments with in pavement reflectors to aid nighttime driving show success and have inspired a few nearby communities. Most county intersections still lack reflectors despite low cost and potential to reduce vehicular carnage.
The White House faced Southern Republicans led by Clarke Reed and Sen. Thurmond after Secretary Thrower’s school tax exemption ruling. They pressed Nixon to take a clear stand on desegregation as Southern figures warned of harming the party in 1972. The piece also notes Gen. Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer’s deaths and roles in the atomic era.
The article portrays General Groves as the driving force behind the Manhattan Project. It credits him with assembling a vast team of physicists, mathematicians, and metallurgists, overcoming FBI and security resistance, and making pivotal decisions such as abandoning failed methods and sourcing silver for magnets.
Senator William Proxmire alleges the Pentagon’s electronic battlefield is a costly, unvetted weapons program. He argues contractors and insiders control data, while criticizing lack of hearings and authorization and noting available but undisclosed information to committee members.
A reflection on Irish women driving action during the Troubles noting 3000 women delivering supplies to save children while men faltered. The piece praises practical, steadfast labor of Irish females and their shift from waiting to leading, portraying a quiet revolution led by women.
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