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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1973
Page
2
The piece argues Watergate must not be forgotten and urges continued congressional hearings to craft laws reducing corruption in elections and limiting influence by large contributors. It warns against using federal agencies for political ends and stresses safeguarding democracy against executive overreach.
Noted Arizona figure Paul Marston proposes shifting the primary from September to June to cut mechanical voting issues. He argues recorders, boards, and printers can manage the change. critics warn longer campaigns raise costs and question the benefit.
Harriet Van Horne critiques a year of ethical lapses from a cheating derby winner to copied poems and a bank fraud case. She questions how schools teach morals amid Watergate and shifts to character education and its reliance on foundational ethics. The piece laments erosion of virtue and warns democracy depends on solid public education.
In a satirical scene from 1953, J Lawrence Liberal wakes from a 20 year coma after a punch at a Joe McCarthy rally. He and wife Ernestine argue over Nixon's foreign policy, wheat deals with Russia and China, price controls, and liberal isolationist stances while accusing Nixon of communist ties.
Paradise Valley reader Mrs. Robert Follett questions district costs including two superintendents and a $12 000 starting salary for a statistician. She cites promotions of home economics teachers to assist a vocational director and a rehired temporary teacher with no assignment, urging focus on students over bureaucracy.
A Scottsdale reader argues that major oil companies profit highly and press retailers to raise prices, squeezing consumers. He urges readers to contact their congressman to push for price rollback and fair retailer margins to save a dollar on gas.
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