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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
2
An editorial complains few highway signs show Scottsdale distance while Phoenix and Mesa signs are common. It urges the highway department or local chambers to add Scottsdale mileage, highlighting the town as a major tourist center and third in state population.
In Kansas City the approaching new school term stirs mixed feelings among principals teachers parents and students. The piece reflects on dread and anticipation as schedules are set and the door to summer closes, foretelling the first day with inevitability.
Reporters reveal a hidden revolt among California lawmakers after Ronald Reagan announced his presidential bid. Twenty state legislators, plus other Nixon backers, threatened to bolt on the first ballot as Knowland launched a motion. Rockefeller’s inner circle clashed with palace guards, delaying a coherent multi ballot strategy at Miami Beach.
The Army's highest court holds America is at war to suspend peace time limits in the case of SP4 Clayton Anderson. The Court of Military Appeals upholds a guilty verdict for unauthorized absence, citing wartime suspension of Article 86. Congress alone declares war, not the courts, and the ruling may be reversed by higher officials.
Scottsdale high school plans fall enrollment of 1800 as sophomores and freshmen report September 5 and juniors and seniors report September 8. The Civic Coordinating Council posts receipts of 20912 and expenses of 18666 with a 2246 balance, led by Earl Rooks and Mary McKinnon. Devon Showley earns NSFs graduate stipend for math study at Arizona State.
Bob Considine reflects on past campaigns, noting Eisenhower’s 1952 victory amid wartime and domestic issues. He argues Nixon’s resilience shaped a durable GOP ticket, despite internal tensions and personal trials during Eisenhower’s presidency.
A Meridian Mississippi gang member, Thomas-A-Tarrants III, kept a notebook with a bizarre Melchizedek reference alongside plans for dynamite attacks and lists of Klan and right wing contacts. The girl he teamed with was killed in a police confrontation. The note links ritual language to extremist violence.
Inez Robb recalls the first Nixon campaign press conference where female reporters faced purse searches while male reporters were not. She notes guards in ivy league blue and the framing of security as a critique of the times. The incident echoes earlier searches at the Dallas Ruby trial.
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