Facing Reality on Vietnam War Aid and Credibility
The article critiques repeated, optimistic claims by U S leaders about victory in Vietnam from 1951 to 1975. It argues false optimism fueled endless aid, drained the economy, and harmed credibility while defending a dictatorship. It urges ending further futile aid.
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French Indochina
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam
United States
Defense
Robert McNamara
Arthur Sylvester
Humphrey
Richard Nixon
South Vietnam
Ford
Wolf
Thrifty General Cuts Paper Waste at Airlift Wing
Brig Gen Thomas M Sadler, leading Charleston S C based airlift wing, favors pencil notes on reused letters over typing and triplicate copies to save funds. He project savings around 50 000 dollars this year, a move that critics call unmilitary but taxpayers cheer as recycling spreads.
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Thomas M. Sadler
Pentagon
Sadler
Charleston
S.C
Air Force
Thieu orders crackdown amid press clashes with Ford
In New York a blunt exchange shows Thieu shutting five Saigon newspapers and jailing reporters while Ford imposes action on the Washington Star News for leaking his budget message. Udall campaigns in New York as Cronkite lauds time as money and the American stock rises on Founding Fathers.
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Bob Considine
New York
Dear Old Tree Press
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Ford
South Vietnam
Can
Thieu
Tran Huu Thanh
People’s
Washington Star-News
Star-News
White House
Fred Barnes
Mr. Ford
Congress
Neil Simon
Ron Ziegler
Star
Nixon
Washington Post
Walter Cronkite
Fraunces Tavern
George Washington
Ben Franklin
United States of America
Scottsdale 04 Progress sof Circulation rates
Local notice lists subscription prices: monthly two dollars and ten cents, state rate two dollars and twenty cents, yearly twenty three dollars forty cents, and twenty five dollars per year for other plans.
On Pennsylvania Avenue Amateurs state cases
A Washington observer notes a surge of amateur advocacy from citizens across the country pressuring the government on issues from missing U S servicemen to abortion laws and Vietnam. Rallies, vigils, and lobbying create a lively civic pulse amid concerns about violence and economic fixations.
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Washington
CNS
Oil Lobby
Gun Lobby
Highway Lobby
Big Labor
Ralph Nader
Common Cause
Capitol
White House
Ford Administration
Indochina
Paris
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Congress
State Department
New York
George Meany & Co
Meany
United States
Vietnam
Satisfied Pueblo School parent praises teamwork and open leadership
A Pueblo School boundary change four and a half years ago has grown into a cooperative community praised by a local parent. She commends Principal and teachers for open door policy, joint meetings, student motivation, and broad parent involvement in activities and fund raising. Scottsdale reader Mrs. John Hanny Jr. notes high trust and shared responsibility.
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Pueblo School
Pueblo
Kindergarden
John Hanny JR
Scottsdale
Pueblo Student Responds To Front Page Critique
Steve Palmer of Pueblo School writes to dispute Mr. Petryni's article claiming obscene materials at school. He says students have not seen such items and that seating choices aren’t for discipline, urging a fairer view.
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Pueblo School
Pueblo
Mike) Petryni
Public record questions police policy after officer suspension
A reader argues the police department overreacted to a shooting of Geoffrey Groom by Officer David Bishop who fired during a fleeing suspect incident. The letter urges reinstating Bishop’s status, praises harsher pursuit rules, and calls for city council to align with state law permitting deadly force on fleeing felons.
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David Bishop
Geoffrey Groom
Bishop
Robert E. Deppe
Scottsdale
Firearms policy invites criminals
Scottsdale resident urges support for Officer David Bishop after the Jan 21 arrest of Geoffrey Groom, praising the use of gunfire within state law. He argues tougher action could reduce burglaries and criticizes a Jan 25 Scottsdale Progress article as aiding felons, urging commendation for Bishop.
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Scottsdale
David Bishop
Geoffrey Groom
Bishop
J .David W. Smith
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D.ariz
Muhammad Ali
Udall
Jonath
W. B
Doc’ Wright
Ishallisher
Jerry McElfresh
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Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earls Dr
Arizona
Ariz
Progress
Pennsylvania Avenue
By Benjamin Shore
Bacall
Steve Palmer
Democratic
Copley News Service
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