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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1975
Page
3
An editorial describes migrant workers’ hardships and the poverty cycle. It praises Florida’s mobile high school program teaching job skills in three hour sessions via vans to migrant centers, enabling continued work. It suggests Arizona could implement a similar approach.
Arizona case involves Ned Warren Sr. and three associates facing bribery and perjury indictments. Judge Charles Hardy calls county attorney Moise Berger's conduct deplorable after leaked grand jury information, amid a historic land fraud investigation with key witnesses killed. County Supervisor Robert Stark had urged Berger's resignation weeks earlier.
A Filipino priest in Times Square helps a drunken man to assist police who arrest him as a thief. In Los Angeles, a decoy ad lures 45 women, who are charged as prostitutes. Judge Brickley condemns entrapment while authorities deny wrongdoing. A narcotics sting ensnares a young man, and a Wodehouse quip caps off the column with humor.
AFL-CIO President George Meany announces a nonintervention stance for the federation while allowing unions to remain partisan in their own affairs. He stresses 14.3 million members and 110 national unions cannot be controlled from Washington and notes COPE activity will shift under new rules. Meany rejects direct influence over party delegations but signals continued aggressive labor involvement at the local and individual union levels.
The snippet lists staff roles for a Scottsdale publication with W B Doc Wright as assistant publisher and references a circulation bureau. It shows pricing details for out of state subscriptions and a page reference, dated March 7 1975.
Letters from Rev. Zoellner and Rev. Stewart condemn vandalism by youths bounded by Camelback Road Hayden Road Osborn Road and Granite Reef. They urge action by police and parents amid property damage car break ins and obscene graffiti and ask what can be done to restore order in Scottsdale and Northeast Phoenix.
Readers criticize the Scottsdale School District for barring elementary trophies in the parade while praising Deer Valley Elementary and Scottsdale Beavers for prepared performances. The Arcadia High and Phoenix Beavers are noted as less polished.
A reader argues the Scottsdale officer must pursue at high speed to avoid losing a suspect and to enable radio communication and roadblocks. The writer also questions Mr Younger’s method for locating a suspect via license checks, noting proximity would be needed to read a license.
Rosemarie Green argues one Phoenix dog pound cannot serve Maricopa County and urges Scottsdale to maintain a local humane shelter. She cites overpopulation, growth, need for neutering education, and emergency protection, asserting regional coverage and local accountability would improve enforcement of beash laws and animal welfare.
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