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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1972
Page
2
The piece argues Nixon and McGovern face a rare crisis of public trust. Harris Polls show falling confidence among students and adults in Congress, the presidency, and financial institutions since the late 1960s. The survey is cited as a reliable measure of this mood.
The speaker argues that recent findings show deeper flaws in national institutions and call for urgent presidential leadership. The president should challenge all sectors to act with integrity, urging Congress, bureaucracy, business, educators, and media to respond. The crisis demands vision across government before the forthcoming election.
Voters turnout was under 40 percent in the Arizona primary. The League of Women Voters distributed a 20 page guide with candidate biographies and Q and A responses to inform readers. Observers note illegal signs by losers may persist and discuss voting technology from old machines to computer tabulation and late night TV coverage.
Clifton Daniel analyzes a Finance Committee to Re elect the President mailer filled with questions on war on drugs world peace and other items. He notes the questionnaire nudges favorable responses and aims to attract contributors, while comparing it with a McGovern club invitation and questioning mailing lists.
Arthur Hoppe notes a League for Planned Litters session lampooning dog overpopulation. Dr Paul Horlick warns New York faces 50 million dogs by 2000, urging zero dog households and proposing The Pill and other sharp quips.
July 22 1972 a fire trapped nine miners at Blacksville No 1 Coal mine Consol subsidiary of Continental Oil Co. Rescue crews press on though the atmosphere is lethal with carbon monoxide and hope fades as explosions follow. Public safety violations and industry fines are cited in a broader critique of mine safety.
The Scottsdale Community College case centers on Executive Dean Marion Donaldson voiding a student poll selecting an artichoke mascot and pink and white colors. A court later found student governing body decisions on ASB budgets invalid while detailing funding discrepancies and campus enrollment issues.
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