Editorial demands action on Scottsdale flood crossings
The editorial urges immediate flood-control action after a weekend flood halved Scottsdale. It warns emergency services would be overwhelmed without crossings from Thomas Road and Salt River, calls for a Scottsdale Tempe bridge, and urges county and Corps of Engineers to stop bickering and act to prevent loss of life.
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Salt River
Tempe
Mesa
Country Club Drive
Scottsdale
Corps of Engineers
Indian Bend
America the Our Family Safari Across Western States
A family of six took a three week 3 500 mile road trip through California Oregon Nevada and Arizona. They visited Sequoias Mount Shasta Willamette Valley Oregon Coast Reno Lake Tahoe Death Valley Las Vegas Hoover Dam and the desert scenery. The journey proved exhausting yet wonderful with diverse landscapes and major landmarks.
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Oregon
Nevada
Mount Shasta
Cascade Mountains
Willamette Valley
Oregon Coast
Reno
Magic Lake Tahoe
Death Valley
Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Arizona
Lowenstein Faces Bitter Suburban Reelect Challenge
Rep. Allard Lowenstein endures hostile picket lines and rumors while campaigning in a Democratic Long Island district. Norman Lent, a moderate Republican ally, challenges him as ethnic gerrymandering and anti leftist labels frame the race.
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Freeport N.Y
Allard K. Lowenstein
Massapequa
The
Cancer Society
Congress
Long Island
Lowenstein
Commie
Hanoi
Nassau County
Democratic Party
al Lowenstein
Albany
Five Towns
Norman Lent
Lent
New Left
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Letter Signed by 24 Faulty Members at Spaugh Junior High
A letter signed by 24 faulty members at Herbert Spaugh Junior High School was reported by the Charlotte Observer in Charlotte North Carolina.
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Herbert Spaugh
Charlotte
N.C
America the Beautiful and Ecology Unite in Reflective Drive
The speaker recalls singing during a journey and feeling a renewed humility. The experience deepens appreciation for the nation’s natural heritage and links preserving the landscape to core ecological values.
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America
Our Man Hoppe The generation gap widened by McCall plan
Arthur Hoppe mocks a Portland plan to calm protests by a free rock concert 30 miles away. He praises Gov. McCall for spreading the generation gap while lampooning police and veterans reactions and mockingly endorsing counterculture chaos.
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Our Man
Hoppe
Clausewitz
Tim McCall
Legion
Gov. McCall
Paradise Valley Residents Oppose Zoning Density Change
Gay Taylor warns Paradise Valley residents that Sept 1 1970 planning and zoning recommendation to cut acreage to 7 percent and permit 15 units per acre could triple density and sprawl. The letter urges residents to contact Town Hall to defeat the proposal and preserve one house per acre.
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Paradise Valley
Scottsdale Rd
Jackrabbit Rd
Scottsdale Road
Jackrabbit
van Buren St
Scottsdale
MacDonald Dr
Tatum Blvd
Phoenix
Détroit
Gay Taylor
Help urged for Alaska natives land rights settlement
A call to action urges Congress to pass legislation confirming 40 million acres of ancestral lands to Alaska Natives, arguing the Senate bill 1830 grants only 10 million acres and cash compensation, harming subsistence livelihoods and cultural foundations. The appeal targets Representatives Steiger and Udall and notes Steiger's Interior committee role.
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House of Representatives
Alaska
Senate
Steiger
Udall
House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Upward mobility and storage on kitchen cabinets
A humorous look at how clutter on top of kitchen cabinets drives housewives to climb chairs to reach items. The piece notes hidden clippings, letters, maps, and other odds ends, and jokes that out of sight may tempt some to rise above their station.
Highrise opposition voiced by Scottsdale resident
Scottsdale resident JOAN BURTNETT opposes highrise development arguing increased density worsens traffic and smog. She cites Rural Fire Department limits and references a 1969 Saturday Review quote about city costs rising with population, urging caution on urban density.
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Lonyra
Scottsdale
Saturday Review
Joan Burtnett
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