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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1968
Page
2
The piece describes citizen anger over crowded classrooms and late bond elections. It notes repeated school meetings, calls for a regular liaison or citizens committee, and urges continuous dialogue between parents and the school board to address overcrowding.
A Scottsdale reader criticizes the school board for pursuing a New York styled cosmopolitan education and appointing a New York trained superintendent candidate. The letter requests more cautious educational direction and warns of importing staff from New York.
Bob Considine reports from New York on the National Conference of Christians and Jews as NAB leader Sonnabend critiques 650 million in last summer’s youth jobs. He notes private industry plans 40,000 jobs but warns of prejudice and barriers, and proposes a buddy system and moves to place workers closer to jobs while addressing health and education.
On March 13 the Army tested nerve gas in Utah and 6,400 sheep died in days after. The Army admitted responsibility a month later after Senate pressure. The piece argues for accountability and risk awareness as chemical weapons development continues.
A coalition of wealthy businessmen plans to raise at least four million dollars for Hubert Humphrey to block Robert Kennedy in the 1968 race. At a Waldorf Astoria dinner, Humphrey pledged to run after money men urged him to enter, with support pledged from figures like Sidney Weinberg to fund a nationwide campaign until the Chicago convention.
A biographical study of Billy Rose a poorer New York City youth who rose through talent and guile to wealth as a restaurateur showman and Wall Street figure The book traces his shorthand skill wartime links with Bernard Baruch and rise as a controversial patron of the arts while labeling him a robber baron of the arts and a Manhattan primitive
A letter cites a Progress article misreporting a fish as having a side dorsal fin. Writers claim dorsal fins sit on top, not the side, and tease a contest prize for catching the so called Monster.
A round up of current popular arts listings highlights Topaz by Stewart and The Gabriel Hounds by Serling among other notable titles. The guide also includes The President's Plane is Missing and Rosemary's Baby with mentions of Vanished The Exhibitionist and Myra Breckinridge as part of a broader cinema and literary showcase.
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