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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1966
Page
2
A professor observes campus life during protests with groups like PINK and PUNK and chatter on TV slogans. He notes student pamphlets and a Daydream of pop culture parodies while encountering odd corporate and political initials and a dinner table alphabet soup.
A Hong Kong China Watcher reports a rare glimpse into Mao Zedong's ailing regime. Gen Lin Biao directs a purge of revisionists while Red Guards flood Peking, looting and pressuring peasants as millions of students converge on the city seeking Mao's favor.
Evans Novak reports rising frictions within the Republican camp as George Romney seeks Rockefeller support without a public embrace. The Puerto Rico meeting exposed strategic rifts between Romney and Rockefeller, signaling ongoing tensions among moderates and potential shifts toward the 1968 campaign.
The Phoenix Symphony was airlifted to Window Rock for a November 26 concert after a community appeal. Thirteen aircraft departed Sky Harbor with pilots from Goodyear Aerospace Sawyer Aviation Sperry-Phoenix and others plus Air National Guard support for ground safety.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress invites reader letters but limits submissions to 400 words. Each letter must include the writer’s name and address, though the address may be withheld upon request.
Vague notes from the Houston Post and Denver Post touch on Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey's grounds in the morbid quiet of the Dodger dressing room. The Denver Post mentions third game in the World Series and announced teams. Gov. Carl Sanders signals no 1970 decision yet, with possible reelection. Augusta Chronicle quotes a New York World Journal Tribune piece on parents seeking better education for bright kids.
Scottsdale council eyes financing sewer system with 300 000 general obligation bonds and 287 000 revenue bonds. Mayor Malcolm White presided. W H Dixon named civil defense director. Chamber of Commerce adds Herb Greene and others to the board. Picnic dam offerings, market ads, high school girls football charity game, Joe E Brown autograph event, Miracle of Roses dates, Kiwanis 10th anniversary celebration.
Free lance journalist Homer T. Pettibone promotes a theory that six medieval crossbowmen in a gas filled balloon killed Kennedy. His book claims three years of research and aims to exonerate the innocent while profiting from the controversy. He tours the country with a blown up frame of a film showing a balloon in the sky.
The item notes Jerry McElfresh as Managing Editor and mentions WB and December Wright as assistant publisher figures in a December 32 1966 artifact, reflecting a historical newspaper masthead detail.
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