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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1976
Page
3
In a humorous roundup the piece notes a Colorado reading course dispute, a cow treadmill plan to keep livestock fit, a lean towards low rate nonaddressed mail by the Postal Service, a quirky presidential bid under a fake name, Tokyo to Osaka waste recycling for energy, and Houston smog debates with a Burke quote on tyranny.
Washington insiders describe a formal rebuff as President-elect Carter declines to name Dr. John Dunlop Harvard to Labor Secretary. The AFL-CIO, led by Meany, opposed Dunlop over affirmative action questions and wage policy, elevating intra union power tensions and triggering strategic maneuvering around a preferred alternative, Dr. Ray Marshall.
A 41-year-old West Virginia man Herbert Scrabble, facing a life of hard labor after a failed suicide plot, shoots the judge in a bizarre attempt to escape. The judge reveals West Virginia long ago abolished the death penalty, leaving Scrabble’s plan thwarted and prompting a fresh start with a one-way bus ticket to Salt Lake City.
Washington faces a heated debate over executive salaries with a Peterson report urging higher pay to attract talent while acknowledging widespread cynicism about government. The piece notes many officials are overpaid for their work and Congress pays uniformly, yet public service appeal has faded amid corruption fears and rising living costs.
Dorothy Gillette from Paradise Valley writes to the paper praising Conrad Sir after relocating from the Los Angeles area. She notes she does not miss taxes smog or traffic but misses Conrad’s presence.
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