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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1969
Page
2
The piece portraits a disheartened two year session where Republicans passed only a few measures such as a juvenile justice institution and bilingual teaching, while failing to advance key issues like smog control and a controversial tax free bond plan. It criticizes lack of vision, poor bipartisanship, and a Scottsdale focus that died on the floor.
The text discusses Franco American relations, De Gaulle's stance on Britain in the Common Market, and potential NATO alignments. It recounts a 1966 Paris peace talks secret meeting between North Vietnamese and the U.S. ambassador via the Polish envoy, noting changes after Harrison Salisbury’s visa issue and predicting public pressure to end talks.
London magistrate sentences a demonstrator to six months for tripping a policeman and another to two months for carrying a stick and threatening police outside the Nixon hotel. The dispatch contrasts British speed with possible U S delays.
Washington reports expose how the United Republicans of America URA funnels most donations to the Richard A Viguerie Co. with only a fraction reaching candidates. The piece notes a 1968 URA record of 475 453 distributed 43 035 to candidates and a heavy payroll and expenses. It also links the Firearms Lobby of America to URA sponsor Wainwright Dawson Jr suggesting overlapping fund raising fronts.
A Scottsdale reader argues two proposed eight to ten story high rise apartment complexes threaten the city’s mountain views. The planning board approved two sites on Camelback Road and Shoeman Lane, with a third near Camelback and 68th Street earmarked. The council can still block or rezone. the issue centers on preserving low elevation homes and Old West character.
Virginia Payette notes looming tax reform as Treasury exposes large revenue losses from loopholes. Lawmakers Mills and Byrnes meet with President Nixon amid public demands for a fairer code. Analysts caution that temporary taxes become enduring, with exemptions and shelters hard to remove.
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