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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1973
Page
2
The piece argues readers must curb selfish demands as oil and other resources dwindle. It stresses Americans enjoy high living standards but face limits and volatile politics from oil producers. It urges embracing rationing or alternatives and accepting limits on individual desires.
A large parcel at 36th Street and McDowell Road, repurchased from Brigham Young University, was set aside for a home and training facility for the mentally retarded in Maricopa County. The State Department of Mental Retardation moves slowly, prompting calls for urgent progress and accountability from legislators and concerned parties.
The excerpt surveys expected changes in marijuana norms, retirement ages, and work forces, with rising female employment and evolving intimate relationships. It cites Experts like Herbert Otto and Helen Colton predicting diverse family structures, career collaborations, and new life choices, plus notes on star systems and interstellar civilizations.
A letter from Sam Archer of Scottsdale argues the school board members are doing their job and deserve support. He criticizes business critics and urges backing the current superintendent to improve the Scottsdale School District and plan for future growth.
The piece notes Soviet leaders treat Watergate as a minor matter while pursuing larger aims of easing Cold War tensions and expanding trade with the United States. Brezhnev signals continued plans to meet Nixon, framing Watergate as not derailing diplomacy and warning of back doors in case of failure.
A letter to the editor from Lois Christensen Hoult in Phoenix argues the Watergate affair stems from Nixon’s conduct and campaign practices. She cites phone smears against Jerry Voorhis and Helen Gehagan Douglas, the Checkers speech, Cambodia invasion support, and fake telegrams as evidence of a pattern from the White House.
A Scottsdale Memorial Hospital bed expansion faces delay as the State Board of Health and the Maricopa County Planning Council clash over bed needs and Hill Burton calculations. The dispute hinders a $3 million expansion and draws public support for urgent construction to alleviate local bed shortages. The hearing followed depositions, with recommendations due at the State Board of Health meeting.
Arthur Hoppe compares biblical creation to political administration in a satirical tale. The piece traces fiscal battles, reforms, scandal, and the Watergate era, naming figures such as Mitchell and Spiro among a prophetic ark story. The parody culminates with a thunderous rebuke and a departing voice.
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