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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1968
Page
3
Dr. Margaret Mead addresses Planned Parenthood dinner urging action to curb population growth. She notes infants survive at higher rates, making fewer children necessary, and warns of potential state controls and licenses for childbirth if trends continue.
About 30 Scottsdale high school students will perform household and yard chores for residents all week. President Joel Hyatt says city officials coordinate the work and suggest paying volunteers at least 1 dollar per hour. Call 947-4211 ext 74 to hire helpers.
Obscured by crowds Senator Robert F Kennedy's first week as a presidential hopeful shows a move toward traditional liberal aims tempered by a conservative approach to appeal to anti Johnson discontent. He opposes immediate Vietnam pullout while keeping drafts, and internal tensions arise from radical staffers and new writers. Bobby Kennedy aims for a broader, non youth dominated base beyond California crowds.
The Guardian urges British government to use force in East Africa to end the Rhodesian regime while also advocating negotiations in Vietnam. It critiques U S policy and highlights human rights abuses in Rhodesia, warning of long-term moral and global costs.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer cites Sen. Edward M. Kennedy accusing President Thieu and Ky’s Saigon government of rampant corruption and a failed refuge fund program. He condemns Saigon’s refusal to draft 18 and 19 year olds as intolerable while American youths fight in Vietnam.
The Vermont legislature enacted a law to erase commercial billboards from roads and highways to protect tourism revenue. The plan includes sign plazas at gateways, uniform state signs, maps, and a $50 per sign license with a four sign limit. off premise ads must be removed by 1970 or five years after licensing.
St Vincent de Paul Society appeals for help with a Easter Sunday egg hunt and dinner for the area’s underprivileged. Donations of colored eggs food items and money are requested with pickups offered by calling two local numbers.
Captain Xenon returns to Arcturus IV with tidings of Terra a green world with polluted waters and money driven natives. Elders reject colonizing Terra for Betelgeuse XIV and favor pistachio ice cream loving mauve three headed inhabitants.
Readers ponder a catchy label for the planned anti ballistic missile system. The current descriptor Chinese Communist oriented defense project feels too literal and heavy for public discourse.
W B Dec Wright Assistant Publisher files indicate the Scottsdale Daily Progress operates Monday through Saturday evenings September May and Monday through Friday June August. Published by Scottsdale Publishing Company at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale Arizona with contact 94 7544. Copyright and manuscript policy noted. Vol Will No 40.
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