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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1976
Page
3
The passage questions the value of fundamental freedoms in the United States. It emphasizes rights to speech worship travel political participation and due process as priceless, while noting the need for a safe system to prevent famine and protect families.
The piece notes Americans criticize government yet accept liberties. It cites IRS data from 1974 showing over 3,000 taxpayers earning at least $50,000 and 244 earning above $200,000 paid no federal income tax. It urges Congress to close tax loopholes to curb dodging.
The pilot like intercom remark notes DC residents pay federal taxes yet lack voting representation in Congress. Read into the Congressional Record by Walter Fauntroy amid House rejection of DC voting rights amendment. Airport tour framing Powell Memorials and Capitol views cited.
Ford Administration quietly backs Chile’s military dictatorship with insurance and loans totaling up to 125 million dollars as Congress seats a 90 million cap. Banks and OPIC push funding while Britain and Italy resist debt relief amid human rights condemnations by the UN and Inter-American Commission.
The publishing trend moves away from idealized leaders to portraits of presidents as fallible humans. Books like The Final Days and biographies of Jefferson and Roosevelt reflect a shift toward accessible, humanized political figures celebrated by voters and critics alike. Governor Jerry Brown's plain lifestyle and candid talk embody this new image.
A reader suggests an ad hoc watchdog group to pressure the Fiesta Bowl Committee and CBS over the Christmas Day scheduling of the 1976 Fiesta Bowl. The proposal includes open membership for sports fans and non Christians alike and argues Christmas time should prioritize family gathering over football.
A Scottsdale reader complains the ProgressTol avoids CAP stories by relying on alleged information and demands more reporting. He cites a April 27 Bureau of Reclamation Fort McDowell meeting with a German film crew and a Washington Post CAP Orme Dam feature as evidence the paper ignores significant national attention.
Miss Walters, 43, who rose from a staff writer on Today in 1961 to the thigh salaried Stardom . . . -St. Louis Globe-Democrat. After a three-year hiatus, professional boxers to doff their trunks and come out fighting in Montana -AP dispatch. The bridegroom's mother, Michael L-, was best man. Corydon (Ind.) Democrat.
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