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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1972
Page
2
Editorial weighs Arizona air rules with stricter limits than federal law. Hearings consider softening smelter standards to boost copper production and jobs, risking pollution of air and tourism. Governor’s commission favors keeping strict limits despite mining and power industry opposition.
The piece argues that Herbert Hoover’s legacy includes effective wartime relief and postwar reform ideas that are underappreciated. It contends the federal bureaucracy is oversized, wasteful, and redundant, with overlapping agencies and endless forms. It urges resuming Hoover Commission style reforms to streamline government and control costs.
Washington reports say John B. Connally quit as Treasury secretary due to boredom and weariness after 18 months of staff friction. He told Nixon in December he would resign after one year, with Nixon persuading him to stay for Phase Two of economic policy.
The Progress requests letters to the editor be limited to 350 words and to include the writer’s name and home address for verification. Preference is given to typewritten submissions to ease processing and authenticity.
Classified ad notes a purebred horned Dorset ram with papers in Oneonta New York. The United States Air Force reportedly dismantled a church complete with pews organ confessionals crosses and altar and moved it to a base in Spain.
The May 17 Mailbag notes William Donaldson hired as consultant at 175 a day plus travel. A Seattle trip costs 165 for coach, totaling at least 518 per visit, prompting a taxpayer backlash and calls for lower costs. The writer, a 13 year Scottsdale resident, pledges continued support for bonds but condemns the current expenditure. A tax revolt is foreshadowed at the next referendum.
The writer questions who will pay for bicycle paths and a proposed bicycle law. They argue taxpayers are overburdened, fear highway changes and extra costs to working people, and warn of broader demands like horse bridle paths if bicycles gain support. The piece frames costs as a threat to family budgets.
The writer describes roving street gangs in New York and cites international examples from Northern Ireland to Uruguay. He argues gangs reflect societal failure, call for poverty reduction and education, and contrasts ruthless youths with the Young Lords' charitable efforts.
Ruby Laverne Code, a Seattle go go dancer known for topless performances, had convictions for indecent exposure overturned by the Superior Court. The court ruled her dancing is a form of communication protected by the First Amendment and allowed her to resume her act.
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