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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1969
Page
2
Editorial warns the Scottsdale Council approved an eight story hotel on one acre in downtown. It questions parking and traffic impacts and warns the decision sets a precedent for future tall buildings, potentially changing the city’s relaxed character.
The piece argues against wholesale reductions in federal spending, noting the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke with a $103 million budget relies on its own work and grants to fuel vital research. It cites Nixon’s proposed cuts and House approval amid rising costs, warning such cuts risk progress against cancer, heart disease, hepatitis, muscular dystrophy and other diseases.
President Nixon names Evans Nocak Dent to oversee day to day Congressional lobbying and relation efforts. Dent, ally of Strom Thurmond, is seen as imperfect for winning liberal Republican support while Eugene Cowen will handle lobbying duties alongside Harlow’s cabinet level role. Collado argues depletion allowance reductions won’t collapse oil output, forecasting modest production drops by 1980.
Harvey Grosscup struggles with supporting President Nixon's Vietnam withdrawal proposal while smoking cessation runs parallel at home. Hermine presses for a timetable as the couple weighs gradual troop withdrawal and its domestic impact.
A fragmented column notes global phonograph record sales approaching one billion. The text shifts to a diary style dialogue about social withdrawal, nerves, and plans amid a Nixon peace plan discussion, interleaved with family tensions and personal addictions.
Arizona figures led opposition to Clement Haynsworth's Supreme Court nomination with Senator Griffin reversing course to oppose. Senator Fannin defended Haynsworth while Goldwater supported, as Udall and Rhodes-Steiger votes shaped committee delays and bill actions on civil rights and mining safety.
Virginia Payette discusses the president's Vietnam and welfare speech fallout. She notes hawks and doves remain entrenched, students stay stirred, and even Catholic leaders like Hesburgh challenge federal desegregation plans. The piece ends with a wary view of presidential influence and private frustration.
Scottsdale Daily Progress provides publication details and subscription rates. The notice lists editor Jerry McElfresh and assistant W B Wright, with address Scottsdale Publishing Co and contact info. It presents inexact rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, includes territorial scope and publication schedule, dated November 12 1969.
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