Ten years of Progress celebrate community daily
The editorial page recalls the milestone of the Progress daily's ten year anniversary. Vic Morgan founded it starting with about 2 000 subscribers and prayers and the publication has grown to about 12 000 circulation. The paper highlights staff growth, modernization, local coverage, and twenty state Better Newspapers Contest awards since 1966. It asserts the newspaper's role as the community's eyes and conscience and pledges ongoing growth and service.
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Sis Unis
Vic Morgan
Progress
Bulds
Dangers of Hitchhiking Warned By New Jersey Officials
A statewide check of 100 individuals reveals one third with criminal records and five percent wanted by police. In 1970 there were 222 hitchhiking rape victims. reasons include poverty and thrill seeking. Officials urge education and discouraged hitchhiking as a safer solution.
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New Jersey
Cosi Anigles
Senate and House Leaders Back 10 Percent Social Security Hike
Washington column notes bipartisan support in both chambers for a 10 percent across the board Social Security increase retroactive to January 1. Sen. Mansfield and Rep. Mills push for action amid rising costs, while Rep. Boggs and Rep. Ford urge immediate enactment.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Hugh. Scott
Russell Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Scott
Haley Boggs
Gerald Ford
Mich
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
John Byrnes
Wis
Wencrease
Byrnes
Mills
Hale’ Boggs
Boggs
Beston
Ways and Means
Heiser at 98 predicts grim fate for nation in luncheon talk
Dr. Victor Heiser 98, honored at Metropolitan Club luncheon by Ed Pool, reads telegram from the late J C Penney and warns America: we’ve peaked, may decline like Greece. He urges a diet, exercise, and skepticism of frozen foods to reach 100. Peninsula references to Rockefeller, Morgan, and Moynihan noted.
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New York
Victor Heiser
Ed ‘Pool
J.C
Penney
Greece
Nixon
J. Pierpont Morgan
Heiser
John D
Dr. Heiser
Moynihan
Soviet aims in Chile Port Move Raises Pacific Naval Concerns
Inside Report warns that Soviet diplomats eye Valparaiso to service fishing fleets and later gain naval base rights. The piece links Chile to a broader pattern of Soviet naval expansion, including plans in Singapore and the Red Sea approaches, and predicts a sharp U.S. tempo rise to monitor growing Soviet submarine forces.
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Washington
Chile
Valparaiso
South America
Pacific
U.S
Moscow
South Pacific
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Asia
Africa
U.S. Navy
per‘Sonriel
U.s.navy
South ‘Pacific
South- Atlantic
India
East Africa
Mediterranean
Sokotra
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Additon
Radio talk shows mirror cycles not change
The piece argues radio talk shows loop through topics from war to ecology, politics to abortion, with speakers offering opinions but few actions. It criticizes call‑in formats for insulating listeners from consequences, labeling shows a haven for misinformed voices and discussing how discussion alone rarely drives real change.
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Social Security
Robert Allen
John Goldsmith
Alan B
Shepard
Bob Considine
Drs. Heiser
Hen
America
Ed Pool
J. Penney
George mM
PARTY
Inside Report
Singapore
Straits of
Malacca
Middle East
Japan
United States
Rowland
Evans
Robert ‘Novak
Silane
Mary
Scottsdale
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
W. B
Wright
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing, Inc
E. Earls
Carrie
Newerapeana
Arizona Newspapers Association
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