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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
2
A columnist argues many students are not college material and suburban schools overemphasize college prep. He cites large freshman classes and high failure rates, urges Scottsdale to expand vocational programs with testing and counseling as an alternative to current wood shop and clerical courses.
Polite, fragmented dialogue captures a tentative stance in mid campaign talk. Repeated phrases reveal indecision on candidacy with references to George, drafts, and personal wealth as political leverage. The passage frames a shifting position amid a presidential context.
Ralph McGill reflects on Martin Luther King Jr and Sr reviewing Gandhi as a model. He notes King's nonviolence, arrests, and threats, contrasts with critics, and recalls King’s Nobel Prize dinner in Atlanta and early life at Morehouse under Benjamin Mays. The piece links Gandhi, Thoreau, and King to civil rights progress and Memphis turmoil.
Bob Considine weighs Hubert Humphrey as the likely heir to Vice President Johnson’s legacy. He argues Humphrey anchors liberal labor support, keeps backing from George LBJ’s base, and could inherit the presidency if peace talks in Vietnam progress. Nixon’s past jab remains a remembered aside.
A Mohave school seventh grade field trip yielded firsthand insights into the city from seven girls in Anthony Mollman’s Social Studies class. The letter recounts rude service at a drugstore lunch counter and argues such treatment harms youth respect and maturity.
A 10 year old, David Parks, questions a claimed monster fish growth. The note mentions Rosewood Lane in Scottsdale and labels the claim as a big fish story rather than evidence of rapid growth.
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