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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1976
Page
3
The Scottsdale School District faces local protest over sexual content in books used in Arcadia High School. Parents and former students support the teacher while officials and adults push for moderation. The piece notes broader national silence on FCC network content during children’s viewing hours.
An editorial urges renewed effort to keep America beautiful. It cites decline since Lady Bird Johnson’s era and highlights Arizona’s scenic sites facing billboard blight and litter. The piece calls for reviving a national campaign to preserve natural beauty for future generations.
In Carter transition drama, Jack Watson faces rival Hamilton Jordan as Carter delays naming budgets chief. Watson’s pushy style and clashes with Jordan spark room disputes while Bert Lance looms as possible OMB head, with insiders predicting Jordan’s rise to de facto chief of staff regardless of public role.
The SEC sworn statements allege Sen. James Eastland pressured the Farm Home Administration to fund a Mississippi modular home plant for Stirling Homex Inc, which later went bankrupt. The company allegedly paid a crony and discussed with Eastland links to Earl Butz and John Mitchell. Flight and jet use by Homex executives are described, with efforts to secure loans and ongoing influence.
Sharon Stevens and Sandra Wardell urge the Tempe school board to drop plans for a middle school citing offensive classroom material and parental input. They stress that K 12 parents should decide and question the value of middle school amid rising test scores.
A reader praises the November 2 Senior Scene column for its thoughtful coverage of elderly issues, saying it renews and guides aging individuals toward the right direction and acknowledges the value of the column.
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