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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1974
Page
3
State and local employment totals reach 9.58 million with wages rising 14 percent to eight billion dollars. Education accounts for almost half the jobs, while overall numbers climb about five percent. Scottsdale cuts costs as budgets tighten. further cuts expected from state counties and schools.
A report cites William Colby saying the CIA was authorized to spend over 8 million to disrupt Chile to prevent Allende from governing. Rep Harrington leaked details of Colby testimony. Kissinger and Colby deny CIA involvement. State Dept says no interference. The piece notes editor Jonathan Marshall's Senate bid and his editorials.
Washington columnist John D. Lofton Jr. argues the Republican Party is shrinking and lacks independence, as the RNC rubber-stamps White House picks Mary Louise Smith and Richard Obenshain for top leadership. He notes regional resentments, calls for a nominating committee, and likens the party’s direction to a dying joke about Czechoslovakia.
President Ford distances from Mills challenger Judy Petty as William Simon visits Hot Springs Arkansas to back Mills. Reagan plans a Little Rock fundraiser as party tensions rise over Ford and conservative leaders. Obenshain denied any third party talks, while moderates worry about White House influence.
In Eindhoven a 30th annual patriotic festival honored Allied liberation with 230 U S paratroops from the 82nd and 101st Airborne. Crowds cheered as Prince Bernhard laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, with veterans like Col Art Evans and Gen Jan Kaminski recalling WW II deeds and Cornelius Ryan celebrated for A Bridge Too Far.
Citizens seek disclosure on Rockefeller family and associates' financial stakes in ABC CBS and the New York Times. They urge tracing contributions to Common Cause and ties to the Council on Foreign Relations. They request details on Rockefeller Foundations funding of political campaigns and the governor’s influence on national policy.
Schools Supt Dr V A said the Sept changes aim to provide cross pollination of educational ideas and challenges to the staff in Santa Monica. Evening Outlook notes the widening effort to update approaches and engage teachers.
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