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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1974
Page
1
Food prices again lead wholesale price gains with a 2.3 percent October jump and a 4.7 percent rise in food costs from September. Higher wholesale costs suggest continued higher retail prices in the weeks ahead.
Nelson Rockefeller agreed during Senate hearings to refrain from giving large sums of money to government employees if confirmed. He pledged to give only nominal gifts on special occasions such as weddings and birthdays and in medical emergencies.
In Washington a former Nixon campaign aide Frederick Larue testified he believed funds given to Watergate burglars were meant to buy their silence. Larue has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and was the first witness in the coverup trial to describe the payments as hush money.
General Motors will shut the Lordstown Vega plant for two weeks starting Monday. The closure affects about 5,000 production workers at the plant that builds the compact Chevrolet Vega and the Pontiac Astre amid falling auto sales.
Lawyers for Richard Nixon call the administration agreement letting Watergate prosecutors review his White House files a flagrant intrusion on rights. Lawyer Herbert Miller calls it search and seizure. Judge Charles Richey schedules a Friday hearing.
Former President Nixon went home from the hospital today after a 23 day confinement and a close brush. He appeared weak and pale as he was helped from a wheelchair into a black limousine. He was driven off toward their home in San Clemente.
State Department notes a PLO guard who traveled with Yasser Arafat to New York was in Khartoum last year during Arab guerrillas killing two American and one Belgian diplomat. No evidence the man participated in the March 1973 Saudi Embassy slayings.
President Ford announced 300 million in government funds to stimulate mortgages on existing homes, drawing from a 3 billion earmark. He spoke to the National Association of Realtors in Las Vegas urging prudent purchases and sacrifice, and outlined plans to redirect 10 percent of the Home Purchase Assistance Act toward housing.
President Ford backs a proposed Financial Institutions Act to stabilize in house credit and boost competition among banks and savings and loan institutions during high interest periods. He also pledges to tell Congress soon how federal spending must be cut to fight inflation. Uncle Sam must slim down for the battles ahead.
President Ford visited Arizona for the second time in a month to view the Air Force's new F5 Eagle at Luke Air Force Base and address reporters in Phoenix. He met with Arizona and Nevada congressional delegations at Camelback Inn amid security and about 500 guests. the Sigma Delta Chi convention drew over 1,000 journalists.
The Phoenix Planning Commission voted 4-3 to defer a high density rezoning request for 1200 dwelling units 28.8 acres shopping center on 40 acres and 10.5 acres of offices at Scottsdale and Thunderbird Roads opposite Scottsdale Municipal Airport. Scottsdale opposes the plan citing safety and noise concerns and seeks a joint land use plan with Phoenix.
City officials asked Arizona's congressional delegation to protect more than 550000 in Indian Bend Wash flood control funds held back by President Ford as part of a broad delay of nearly 44 million in public works spending. The Corps plans to award the outlet work next April, but the remaining appropriation may be at risk before July 1.
Bruce Jameson reports on a State Environmental Planning Commission member urging local land use planning. The commission stresses local control, with safeguards for private property and compensation for restricted use, amid calls for regional coordination among cities like Scottsdale.
Kevin Steen, a 14 year old Coronado High freshman in Scottsdale, battling cancer after kidney tumor removal, was punched in the stomach by teens on Miller Road. Doctors warned abdominal blows could reactivate cancer. family awaits medical guidance in three months.
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