Expansion of Scottsdale School District Spurs Growth
The Scottsdale School District grew from 4 to 84 square miles, adding 16 new schools from 1955 to 1965 and reaching 22 schools with over 24,000 pupils. The district values its facilities at more than 21 million dollars, with Coco p ah Elementary and Saguaro High School planned to raise investment by four million more.
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Scottsdale
Soloma
Tawan
Kachina
Cocopah
Saguaro
School construction delay harms education and needs a strike exception
The speaker argues that bond funded school construction lags behind need due to delays from construction strikes. Delays raise costs and hinder learning, urging contractors and unions to negotiate an exception to continue school projects like Saguaro High, benefiting youth and the community.
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Coconah
Saguaro
Association of General Contractors
Marquis Childs Change in Mississippi
Marquis Childs analyzes U S Viet Nam policy noting optimism from officials and President Johnson. He compares U S strategy with France in Indochina, citing diplomacy efforts by Ambassador Goldberg and possible UN settlement, while warning that a North Vietnamese expansion could upend restraint. He cites past Bermuda talks and Nixon’s warnings as parallels.
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Viet Nam
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Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph Laniel
Bermuda
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Laniel
America
Saigon
Richard M. Nixon
Council of the Republic
Red China
Asia
Space drama revives as Gemini missions test patience
Bob Considine notes growing public jadedness with space feats as Gemini five lifts off and Gemini six looms. He recalls CBS plans to trim coverage while praising astronauts Cooper Conrad and NASA maneuvers that keep viewers glued despite delays and peril.
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CBS News
Fred W. Friendly
Friendly
Gemini
Ungrateful Couple Rebate After Police Break In
In Phoenix an ambulance and police responded to a car with engine running and occupants asleep. After failing to wake them they broke a window to rescue them. The groggy couple later thanked officers and billed $1.15 for the glass, which the city paid.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Orangeburg
S.C
NAACP Leads Steady Drive in Mississippi Vote Register
In Clarksdale NAACP leaders led a cautious push to register voters as Mississippi liberalized its voting laws. By Aug 6 registration rose from 1,000 to 1,800 in Clarksdale while statewide NAACP efforts reached 12,218, a 50 percent gain, without violence or demonstrations.
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Mississippi
NAACP
Clarksdale
Aaron Henry
Pavlovian
Tom Allen
Henry
Allen
Union
Snick
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
MFDP
Althea Simmons
Scottsdale Daily Progress staff and publication details
The Scottsdale Daily Progress is published every afternoon except Sunday by the Scottsdale Publishing Company. Office address is 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale, Ariz. 85252 with the listed telephone number 047-7644. This is page 4 of volume V, number 165 dated August 28, 1968.
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