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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1971
Page
2
The editorial laments impersonal charge systems from department stores and critique high interest, slow mail, and delayed billing. It cites late payment penalties, a lawyer’s threat against a firm, and slow delivery of checks. It urges fair terms for good customers and possible cash payment discounts.
A columnist argues divorce hits both sexes and cites a government study showing divorced men suffer five times the fatal accident rate of the national average. The piece questions motives and urges efforts to preserve marriages while suggesting men may be more to be pitied than censured.
In Saigon a shift from guarded optimism to foreboding follows a political charade around President Nguyen Van Thieu’s uncontested bid for re election on October 3. Officials warn that Thieu’s isolation risks undermining the war effort, while Ky and Minh are blamed for pulling out.
A New York Times reviewer savages the Walter Winchell biography by Bob Thomas while praising the old New York Mirror writers once in its pages. The piece notes Runyon Fund’s cancer research support and recalls the Moon mission’s triumphant return to Houston with Apollo 15 crew.
In Houston area five painters have enlarged works shown on 14 by 48 foot billboards as a bold take on Highway Beautification. The display aims to blend art with the landscape and challenge views of roadside scenery.
Mrs. Carolyn Mattaino writes that four families share a single trash container and asks for more bins or pickups after two days of accumulating waste. She notes polite but ineffective responses from the Scottsdale Sanitation Department and urges action to prevent overflowing, flies, and poor sanitation.
A reader questions the $15,000 cost cited for two ill children Lance Blade and David Murphy. The letter challenges hospital charges for families with small means, asks why such sums are pressurised for fundraising, and links the issue to socialized medicine.
Community leader Monte Winter calls for demolition of the old Red Brick Schoolhouse, urging swift action to remove the derelict eyesore and clear the lot for redevelopment. Local officials weigh safety and historical concerns while residents express mixed opinions.
Washington satire suggests reclassifying farmers as endangered species. Nixon era policy critique notes 6.2 percent farm population drop and 600,000 annual losses, proposing commuter trains and a farm belt subway to keep rural workers.
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