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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1969
Page
2
Editorial argues Western indifference to Biafra’s famine and TB crisis amid Nigeria’s bombing and blockade. It asserts inaction by world powers amounts to complicity in genocide and calls for immediate food and medicine aid to save the minority population seeking independence.
The Smothers Brothers program is dropped by Columbia Broadcasting System amid charges of censorship. The columnist questions the network’s motive, praising the show as wholesome and criticizes the decision as a political move likely to spark public outcry and potential revival by another network.
A sharp critique outlines perceived excesses in liberal culture from lifestyle choices and college standards to segregation, censorship, and adult content. It decries rampant liberalism, heroines of free expression, and youth drug culture, arguing society has overindulged and left no clear path forward.
The article explains escheat, the legal process by which unclaimed property passes to government control. It notes billions in assets like bank accounts dividends deposits and insurance proceeds accruing annually, and advises owners to stay active by tracking investments cashing checks updating addresses and keeping wills current.
Scottsdale and state groups mobilize for a second annual cancer education drive with the Arizona division of the American Cancer Society and the Arizona Association of Insurance Companies. Police officers attend a state law enforcement school at Arizona State University. A Goddess of the Moon lamp is among loot sought by sheriffs. the gamefully detailed Christ life film project debuts in Scottsdale churches. Community pools, costing over 250000, are funded by the Scottsdale Civic Coordinating Council. The Scottsdale Educational Secretaries Association forms with Mary Wagner elected president.
A satirical scene shows Reverend D D Grommet and a young man considering church expansion into business. The Reverend boasts of diversified holdings from drive‑ins to a beer distributorship and porn publishing, aiming to merge with General Religions Inc and gain control of Jesuit owned networks.
Democratic strategists warn the GOP plans an eight million dollar war chest in this off year to win back the Senate in 1970. They note the arithmetic favors Republicans with 25 Democratic seats up and a possible Agnew supported path to a 60 vote majority.
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