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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1977
Page
3
The Arizona copper strike yielded wage gains but left 8 000 miners laid off with 4 600 out indefinitely as world copper prices stay low. Officials say high wages plus ample supply hurt high cost mines, a warning about unions pricing workers out of jobs and the need for competitiveness to curb inflation and unemployment.
The federal job training program teaches 27 Oglala Sioux to craft arrows at an abandoned South Dakota schoolhouse. Orders for genuine Indian arrows extend into 1978, reflecting a shift from hunting and buffalo decline to skill revival under government aid.
Teresa Rogers rebuts Herm Spowal to defend KMCR FM’s diverse schedule. She notes public affairs and music from mellow daytime to big band folk jazz and classical offerings. She argues management had right to cancel Night at the Opera and criticizes Spowal’s tone while urging Valley listeners to give KMCR FM a fair chance.
The 1976 scheme targeted Estonian nationalist Erick Adam with a $500,000 bribe to form a fake dissident group and feed foreign correspondents disinformation. Andropov blasted dissidence as a paid profession during a Brezhnev era speech signaling Moscow stance ahead of Helsinki talks.
Estonians proposed a Helsinki monitoring group backed by Americans, but the KGB rejected Finns involvement and sought U S money. Adam refused to recruit others and the KGB silent thereafter. Reports cite Satter’s stolen notebook and Izvestia denouncement as proof of covert activity to crush dissidents and Helsinki monitors.
An editorial in the Progress asserts the Panama Canal no longer is essential to U S defense or economic interests. Maj Sergio Yuvorov of the Soviet army, cited from Red Star and Bohemia, calls the Canal Zone a priority area due to its strategic location.
San Jose News reports a law against footing people deemed no longer useful highlighting social debate and potential consequences for those labeled as unproductive.
In Washington, Henry Kyemba argues Idi Amin is a murderous dictator behind Uganda’s bloodshed. He cites 150000 dead, cannibalism claims, and outlines assassination and international pressure as possible routes to end Amin’s rule. Kyemba dismisses the idea that a successor could be worse.
Scottsdale Daily Progress announces publication schedule editor and staff roles. Advertising manager Hal Metcalf and editor Jerry McElfresh listed. Rate card shows subscription prices and mail options. Page 4 dated September 22, 1977.
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