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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1970
Page
2
The piece argues sales tax as a nationally divisive issue in Arizona and proposes a major legislative study or blue ribbon panel to craft realistic tax allocations among municipalities schools and state. It suggests reserving sales tax to cities property taxes to schools and income taxes to the state with other taxes allocated by need.
Speakers at the Scottsdale Democratic Luncheon Club questioned Maricopa County’s computerized voting. They urged factual evidence over rumors about rigged elections and mixed ballots and called for evaluating safeguards, recount possibilities, and costs of card versus machine voting.
Inside Report outlines a shared strategy between Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and President Nixon for 1972. Rockefeller shifts right appealing to conservative Irish and Italian Democrats while losing Jewish and Black voters. Nixon aims to run electors on the Conservative line to win over conservative Democrats, with a tacit alliance between Rockefeller and Senator Buckley balancing the Conservative party dynamic.
In Appalachia a poverty fighter Jud Joad mocks Nixon welfare reform as dead in the Senate while Maude weighs gingham curtains and the economy. The piece uses dialect to satirize inflation, unemployment and moral concern over relief funds.
A playful quote from the Toledo Blade notes fans at a Lions game teased Dick Butkus while vendors moved snacks along the aisles, reflecting a lighthearted crowd mood during the event.
Washington experts believe Israel has or soon will have nuclear weapons and has tested a medium range missile. China is moving toward a nuclear capability with medium range missiles and potential 2000 mile delivery systems, signaling broader deterrence plans as analysts note evolving intelligence and future weapon families.
A column critiques delayed air safety upgrades noting the FAA plans to install ILS at 43 airports, while Phoenix lacks one despite heavy jet traffic. It ties high fatality cases to reforms and mocks celebrity cookbooks, jokes about White House kitchens, and quips on political leadership.
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