Editorial urges keeping Arizona racing with reforms not abolition
The piece notes lawmakers doubt racing value in Arizona and warns abolition could boost off-track betting and crime. It argues racing supports the economy, tourism, and tax revenue—about 2.4 million last year—and advocates regulatory improvements rather than closure.
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House
Burton Barr
Tim Barrow
Sen
Thomas Knoles
Arizona
J . Knoles
General Electric
Motorola
Oo A Knoles
New Education Column Explores Lincoln and Schools
Robert Finkbine launches a bi weekly education column with a perspective on Abraham Lincoln and the need for reform in today’s schools. He argues for planned innovation, reduced reliance on rote methods, and sustained investment of time money and staff to foster creativity and independent thinking.
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Progress
Phillip Strittmatter
Robert Finkbine
Arcadia High School
Strittmatter
Congress
Scottsdale Welcomes Alamos As Sister City
Scottsdale forges a sister city relationship with Alamos in northwest Mexico. Alamos, an old mining town, is a day’s drive away and the arrangement aims to deepen educational cultural and business exchanges without altering either community’s outward character.
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Alamos
Mexico
Scottsdale
Nixon Aims for Population Commission Clash with McCormack
President Nixon and key Republicans back a national population commission while Speaker McCormack stalls the plan in the House Rules Committee. Moynihan and Dawson both fail to move the measure as the Senate approves. Bush task force warns of a fourfold population rise in 45 years.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
House
Commission
Ways and Means ‘Committee
Wilbur Mills
Senate
House Rules Committee
Daniel
Pat
Moynihan
Capitol Hill
William L. Dawson Ofllinois
House Government — Operations Committee
McCcormack
Dawson
Rules Committee
Population Commission
George Bush
Texas
Bush
Robert Taft
Ohio
House Republican Research Committee
Shirley Chisholm
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
The Man Who Rediscovered America by John Upton Terrell
A concise biography of John Wesley Powell by John Upton Terrell. The author, a journalist and historian, details Powell’s Civil War service, the 1868 Colorado Scientific Expedition, and the perilous 1869 Green and Colorado River voyage, including the challenges and losses faced by the expedition.
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America
John Upton Terrell
Weybright & Talley Inc
Powell
Colorado—River
Grand Canyon
John Wesley Powell
Terrell
Illinois State, Natural , History Museum
Colorado
Green-River Station
Wyo
Green
Popular Library Reads and Western Exploration History
A list of popular books from the library shows titles by Roth, Du Maurier, Puzo, and Talese among others. The text shifts to a historical note about Major Powell and the Powell expedition, describing casualties and his later influence in Washington and his roles with the Bureau of American Ethnology and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Powell
Sncond
Washington, D.C
United States
American
America
Bureau of American Ethnology
United ‘States Geological Survey
Our Man Hopkins on Politeness as Social Salvation
A columnist argues politeness could save a crowded world from ruin. He mocks violent crusades and urges youth to be civil amid protests, police, and societal strain, noting politeness reduces conflict and costs nothing. He cites past editorials and headlines to frame civility as a unifying banner.
Bot Considine Christmas tree memories
Allenhurst New Jersey memories of real Christmas trees growing along the Jersey Shore. The narrator recalls a mother who cherished a real tree for its fragrance and life cycle, contrasting it with synthetic plastics industry notions. The piece reflects family rituals from early January to mid February and a fond, aging tree in the Latrobe home.
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Allenhurst
N.J
Jersey Shore
Dow Chemical
Stephen Potster
Scottsdale Progress holiday issue and postal details
The Scottsdale Daily Progress lists editors and publishing schedule from September to August, notes second class postage, states it does not accept unsolicited articles, and provides mail delivery and subscription rates for 1969 with page and issue numbers.
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Scottsdale
P.O. Box
Arizona
Ariz
Progress
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Fay Freed
Scottsdale Public Library
Roth
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Hoppe
Mr. Agnew
Mary McCarthy
Hitler
Ghengis Khan
New York Times
Princeton University
J. T
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Aglee
Tribune
Considine
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry
McElfresh
W. B
Dec" ‘Wright
Ars
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