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Newspaper
Newton Kansan
Location
Newton, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1975
Page
4
The piece discusses holiday traffic statistics and warns drivers to be cautious. It notes experts debate whether deaths per mile drop with more traffic, but emphasizes the human cost of fatal and non fatal crashes. The central message urges obedience to safety laws and vigilant driving for Christmas travel.
The article discusses a 1965 CIA project producing Where's What a manual enabling federal investigators to locate personal data from public and private sources. It notes government snooping across Selective Service tax records census utility files and even newspaper accreditations while warning of privacy erosion. It mentions EPA cost overruns and pollution claims tied to two plants with Sen Proxmire criticizing funding.
The author recalls Wally, a mentally challenged youth who faced daily mistreatment in Everett. A Christmas incident reveals Wally’s isolation and eventual tragedy, contrasted with a statistic about U S manufacturing jobs and capital investment.
The piece links Ford vetoing the 1975 tax cut and Congress not overriding it to a broad shift in American politics driven by pocketbook concerns. It notes unemployment around eight million, inflation awareness, and a 1976 as a critical year for a new economic direction and a presidential election.
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