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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1967
Page
4
A zoo visit with six 3 and 4 year olds highlights missing train service at the Phoenix Zoo. The writer notes improvements but laments ticket sales only at the start, infrequent weekend trains, distant Children’s Zoo, lack of restrooms, and unclear gate access, leaving families exhausted but hopeful for future upgrades.
Designers split over nudity levels with no backs see through blouses and mini skirts vs restrained styles. Local women favor moderate trends while warning against sales downturns if nudity rises. Fashion cycles promise further shifts next year regardless of public reaction.
A 14-year-old British schoolboy Ross Monro thanks the Omaha Chamber of Commerce for materials that helped him write a prize winning composition. He and his family placed flowers at Roosevelt’s statue in Grosvenor Square and sent a warm reply with postcards and a Roosevelt picture. The White House letter from Marvin Watson lauds Anglo American friendship and urges continued goodwill between nations.
Ralph McGill argues poverty drives internal conflict more than Communist aggression. He cites U S military use abroad since World War II as often poverty related and notes global aging and rising populations increase demand for action. He recalls Roosevelt on housing and cites a current poverty syndrome with high morbidity mortality low income unemployment and social ills.
Fred J. Cook critiques modern medicine and hospital finances in The Plot Against the Patient, praising Medicare amid AMA fears. Bob Hope’s Vietnam show fills Five Women I Love with his signature patter and charm. Ruth Montgomery’s Flowers at the White House highlights Kennedy and Johnson floral displays with period photos.
The article compares Sen. Charles Percys new private non profit Home Ownership Foundation plan to Hubert Humphrey and Robert F Kennedy housing proposals. It notes Percys push to mobilize private resources for low income home ownership and his outreach to unions and unemployed workers for rehabbing properties. It also covers California politics with Gov Ronald Reagan and Sen Kuchel, and a Kansas straw poll where Nixon leads Romney.
Barry Goldwater argues there is no thaw in the cold war amid border clashes on the Korean front. He warns that Communist guerrilla actions threaten Vietnam efforts, while defense mismanagement and policy toward the Soviet Union threaten global stability and U.S. security.
Scottsdale Daily Progress notes editors Jonathan M. and P. Jerry McElfresh and staff at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale Arizona 85252. It is published Monday through Saturday evenings by Scottsdale Publishing Company with a policy note on unsolicited manuscripts and photos.
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