76 Percent for 76 Month Seeks Voter Registration Drive
Governor Raul Castro promotes April 76 per cent for ’76 as an Arizona Bicentennial project aimed at boosting registration and turnout for the 1976 election. Sponsored by the Arizona Newspapers Association, Arizona Broadcasters and the League of Women Voters, the effort urges citizens to register and vote, offering contact points with League, county registrars, and local party leaders.
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Raul Castro
Arizona
Arizona Newspapers Association
Arizona Broadcasters
The
League of Women Voters
America
Mail cuts in Eastern cities spark debate on service
The piece argues service cuts save millions yet the Postal Service stays in the red. A local businessman suggests eliminating all service to end the deficit. It praises postal workers, notes calls for decentralization and budget cuts, and cites Postmaster General Bailor urging congressional aid to avoid bankruptcy.
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Postal Service
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
Benjamin Bailor
Congress
Carterism Means Just Plain Winning In Wisconsin
In Wisconsin Jimmy Carter rises as the defining winner, as liberal veterans desert to back his campaign. Carter is seen as the path to ending Republican rule, with key defections by state leaders and liberals fueling the surge.
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Roland Evans
Robert Novak
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Jimmy
Morris Udall
Daily Farmer
Carter
Vietnam
George McGovern
Eugene McCarthy
Jeff Sykes
Quaker Sykes
John
Lindsay
McGoveren
Donald C. Peterson
Peterson
Hubert H. Humphrey _ Peterson
Jimmy Carter
Timothy Cullen
Les Aspin
Udall
Cullen
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Massachusetts
Mo Udall
William Gerrard
Patrick J. Lucey
Richard Cudahy
Athens
Georgia
White House
North Carolina
Illinois
Letters to editor require signature and phone number
The Progress notes it has received unsigned letters and pseudonymous items in recent weeks. It will withhold writer names if needed, but letters sent to the paper must include a verifiable signature and a telephone number.
Eagles May Hinder Indians In Orme Dam Debate
A letter cites an Arizona Daily Star editorial arguing that stopping Orme Dam due to eagles would aid Ft. McDowell Reservation Indians. It urges the Indians to control their land’s future against federal habitat rules and mentions the CMA voting against the dam.
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Arizona Daily Star
Orme Dam
Ft. McDowell Reservation
Star
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Rich Johnson
Central Arizona Project
Bureau of Reclamation
Litter clean up praise and environmental airm
Letter thanks residents for a Scottsdale litter sweep along East Shea Boulevard on March 13 collecting about 100 sacks of trash. The sender praises the editorial An Inalienable Right of March 15 for its bold environmental stance and warns of threats to the human race.
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Scottsdale
East Shea Boulevard
Rumsfeld Drives Pentagon Shakeup in Early Move
Washington reports Donald Rumsfeld moves quickly to solidify control at the Pentagon. He replaces aides, shifts Ellsworth to deputy secretary, and pressures Schlesinger era figures. Several top officials depart or are reassigned as budget fights with McClellan unfold.
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Washington
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Pentagon
James Schlesinger
Rumsfeld
Secretariat
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Robert Ellsworth
Schlesinger
Ellsworth
Ford
Leonard Sullivan
Sullivan
Sen
McClellan
Senate Appropriations
PAE
James Cowan
Joseph Laitin
John Maury
Albert Hall
Adm
Earl Redanus
John Christie
Navy
D.S. Potter
Malcolm Currie
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Scottsdale Progress
Jonathan Marshall
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Doc’ Wright
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
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