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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1977
Page
3
Former Colorado Governor John Love spoke to local leaders urging tax system reform to encourage business investment. He cited Kennedy era tax cuts as a stimulus and warned against double taxation and high capital gains taxes while advocating incentives for small business and independent farmers to create jobs and curb inflation.
Paradise Valley residents debate four recall campaigns against incumbents accusing them of zoning concessions and using town hall resources for political aims. Critics say a town hall telephone line used to RSVP meetings counts as civil service involvement, potentially violating the Little Hatch Act.
Washington reports that major firms including Armour Armstrong Cork Bethlehem Steel Exxon Firestone Georgia Pacific Maytag Shell Sun Oil and United Airlines formed a bloc to block the proposed Consumer Protection Agency. Their ad hoc group pressured Congress while pro consumer lawmakers sought a compromise to pass the measure.
Arthur Hoppe imagines Horatio Alga the first life form, a 3.6 billion year old alga, reflecting on loneliness, reproduction by splitting, and the humor of artificial preservatives. The dialogue jabs at humanity, history, and the meaning of life with witty anthropomorphism.
An unidentified CB operator at base KFE 2926 in Scottsdale relayed distress calls from two youths in the McDowell Mountains around 9 p.m. Officers, a Scottsdale unit, and mountain rescue supported by CBs pursued, but night conditions halted the search. The boys 16 and 18 were advised on desert safety as efforts paused until dawn.
Vicky Rosenthal argues for replacing the electoral college with a direct popular vote for president and vice president. She claims the current system dampens turnout and erodes faith in voting, urging reform to restore public confidence.
PEG EGGLESTON of the Arizona Zero Pet Population Growth Committee challenges a Scottsdale Progress article from Oct 19 claiming the barking dog ordinance remains in effect. She notes the law, adopted November 1975 and amended Sept 8, 1976, requires a dog to annoy or disturb a neighborhood or many people before a complaint can be filed.
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