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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1968
Page
2
The document argues for a longer school year despite opposing a shorter year for teachers proposing a 184 day academic year. It supports higher salaries and more teacher aides while noting past limits on new courses and programs.
The Scottsdale Police Department graduated 15 men on Friday with four Native American officers among them. Shortly before graduation the new officers captured three youths who had overpowered a deputy sheriff, showing danger is part of the job.
Washington sources report President Johnson has privately embraced a Mills driven fiscal package including a near ten billion dollar tax increase and deep spending cuts. The plan aims to restore Kennedy Johnson tax cuts while trimming current and future authorizations with House action possible by June 1.
Washington column argues national polls may dominate primaries and calls for joint television confrontations of candidates from both parties. The author supports free TV time for joint appearances before conventions to gauge fitness and unite a divided nation.
Letter from Dick Auxier at 7043 E Latham urges El Dorado Park Lake action against runaway fish growth. He warns of environmental factors and foreign ideologies using germ warfare to push capitalism, calling for the newspaper to spearhead the drive. The note mentions a $1 donation and adds the dollar to other prizes.
Mrs Warren Gentry urges the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to approve 34000 dollars for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency to survey the Juvenile Detention Home facilities. Judge Thomas Tang requested the funding as a professional assessment of needs and reforms.
Letter from Mary Wagner of Phoenix urging the Nassau County school board to give Dr. Eugene Burnkrant a fair evaluation as superintendent. She argues past turnover is high and criticizes statements by Edward Peskay and Max Rafferty while calling for cautious, open-minded leadership.
Observers weighing whether to have a girl or boy note a Department of Agriculture figure showing teenage girls cost $47 monthly for food and teenage boys $58. The piece then shifts to a Rio de Janeiro curb on flirtatious driving with a law revoking licenses for winking at female pedestrians.
George evaluates Sen. McCarthy for challenging FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, noting McCarthy’s fortitude in calling for retirement and questioning the long tenure. The piece contrasts Hoover’s sacred status with McCarthy’s stance on government power, the Vietnam era, and civil rights issues.
The piece credits Vice President Humphrey with moving debate from Vietnam to broader aims including building peaceful bridges to mainland China. It notes his call for maintaining strength to meet UN and treaty commitments while pursuing peace and affirms his rising political stature.
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