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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1973
Page
5
United Press International reports a broad conservation push as cities and states curb energy use for winter. Actions include reduced garbage pickup, banning neon signs, cycling to work, and delaying or rerouting travel to save fuel.
Las Vegas quiets after energy shortage cuts the citys famous neon art. Neon camels cowboys sultans and starbursts that lit the strip for decades are off to reveal the downtowns dark silhouette. The three block area housed 45 miles of tubing two million bulbs with a monthly bill around 70000. The outage used about 2 percent of metro area electricity.
Senate Interior Committee Chairman Sen. Henry M. Jackson moves to strike a provision allowing Navy drilling of Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve. The White House warns such production could destroy Elk Hills as a reserve and trigger losses of at least 24 million dollars to the government along with possible tax windfalls to Standard Oil.
Tonalea area PTA runs complex study groups to track state school financing bills at the Legislature. The group includes three parents and the principal from each elementary school. The October PTA meeting featured a Snoopy award tie between Shirley Greer’s fifth grade and John Klus’ sixth grade, with decorations and gifts to teachers. Girl Scout Troop 456 led the flag ceremony. The group seeks 44 100 Campbell Soup labels for a sound movie projector, with 4 666 collected so far. Membership drives and class sports achievements are also noted, plus a Tonalea family fun night and upcoming holidays and citizenship honor passes for select students.
Rep Howard Adams outlined legislation to allow paramedics to provide first aid resuscitation and medications at accident scenes under physician supervision via radio. Paramedics would operate from hospital based emergency receiving facilities, a system credited in California with saving lives and reducing disabilities.
Ralph Nader told the American Nuclear Society energy shortages are overstated and up to 40 percent of U.S. energy is wasted. He warned nuclear plants are too dangerous to expand and projected a five year halt. He blamed industry and Nixon for rising energy paranoia and criticized overconsumption and mispriced power.
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