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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1970
Page
2
The piece warns oil driven wealth harms nature and cites Alaska pipeline plans and Mobil Oil leases on Florida Seminole lands draining toward Everglades National Park. It calls for federal court action to protect wildlife and suggests protests like abandoning credit cards to voice citizen disapproval.
Arcadia High School star Mavis Laing won the 220 yard dash in the US-Soviet track meet. The young sprinter is hailed as one of the world’s great runners and brings credit to her family, coaches, and school. The piece criticizes UPI for explanations about the US score.
The Justice Department quietly sent a bill to Congress to bar imprisoned James Hoffa from seeking re election as Teamsters president, signaling a possible parole route. The measure adds felonies including kidnapping and perjury to disqualify union officers, aimed at Hoffa’s release prospects while hearings are not yet scheduled.
State Representative Peter Kay argues that precinct committeemen are a vital pillar of representative government. He defends the law requiring party officers to be precinct committeemen, noting their influence on voter registration, turnout, information, and election boards, plus their role in selecting state and national party leaders and presidential candidates.
Edward Thierry Baumgart, president of the United Nations Association of Greater Phoenix, thanks the Post Dispatch and Kansan for publishing a UNA story and the Ghost of Peace editorial. He notes appreciation and agrees with the editorial closing that the anniversary is worth the effort.
President Nixon told Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott that the economy should improve by late September as indicators like a rising GNP and active bond markets support optimism. Officials discuss accelerating military construction and highway funding to spur job gains, with politics shaping the push.
The column compares Jules Verne fantasies in From the Earth to the Moon with Apollo 11 designs. It notes pressure vessels, crew capacity, and engine thrust, citing TRW Space Log and NASA data while musing on Canaveral and a termite update from David Watson of Velsicol.
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