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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1972
Page
2
The 16 day Arizona State Prison strike ended without violence but leaves unresolved issues. Prisoners gained uncensored mail to attorneys and in person visits, while facilities will see improvements. Officials must heed Town Hall critiques and allow an impartial study to guide reforms to prevent further unrest.
The piece condemns riders without lights or reflectors on Camelback and Indian School Roads in Maricopa County. It notes near misses and urges action from parents and police, inviting reader suggestions to prevent fatal accidents and safeguard night riders.
In Anaheim Humphrey delivers a stark anti McGovern speech stressing unilateral defense cuts as dangerous to national security. He rails against McGovern’s positions while defending his own liberal program and warns the party faces a deep schism over U S world role.
Leonard Gordon reports that ASU students in 1969 echoed earlier Princeton studies, replacing negative views of Jews and Negroes with positive traits such as intelligent and ambitious. The change suggests major obstacles to positive minority relations are gradually being removed, though tensions may persist.
Readers note activists claim the National Hurricane Center favors male names for storms in 1972. They demand a return to place based naming or at least use Ms prefixes like Ms Agnes Ms Betty and Ms Carrie for storms this season.
A humorous letter from Joe Sikspak invites the U S President to visit his American town to iron grievances. He jokes about Moscow and Beijing, mentions local sights such as a slag heap and Millard Fillmore High School play, and contrasts safety among Americans versus foreigners. The tone satirizes Cold War politics and civic pride.
A citizen weighs the contrast between prisons as dehumanizing institutions and the need for public safety. The piece cites race, class and brutality issues, compares Attica and Buchenwald, and argues for humane reform without dismantling police or courts. It stresses tackling root causes and humane, corrective incarceration.
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