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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1968
Page
2
The Salt River Project releases water to avoid floods while keeping reservoirs full for dry spells. Officials worry about balancing irrigation needs with urban growth and urge potential restructuring to give city residents a say.
Voters in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley face elections tomorrow amid candidate shortages. Endorsed incumbents in Scottsdale are urged to receive support, as apathy may decide tight margins in these communities.
A local group urges residents to vote tomorrow endorsing six incumbents and Stephen Simon as part of supporting the democratic process. The note frames the elections as a chance for good government in the next two years and laments fewer candidates entering the races.
In a 1966 Red Guard rally outline, Lin Piao describes Mao’s aim to purge bourgeois ideology and reeducate the masses to fuel rapid industrial growth. The piece argues the approach toppled past policies, failed with peasants and backyard furnaces, and risks a future military oriented, decentralized Communist regime.
The author argues that yesterday's concepts fail today's needs amid urban riots across 140 cities since 1964. He cites 86 major riots, 130 deaths, 8,100 injuries, $200 million in damage, and 21,000 arrests, urging lawful, educational reforms and equitable justice to prevent further violence.
A 16 year old student reports a February debate at Hohokam School where Dan Bartos appeared evasive and unfocused on the water issue, veering into sewers and bond topics while lacking clear subject adherence.
A collage of reader remarks on Christmas programs, a firecracker accident at a dance, Nixon politics in California, and a critique of mayoral candidates. Included is Dave Chantry, age 16, Coronado High School, with address 2233 N 82nd St.
A reader urges Scottsdale citizens to reelect the current incumbents in the February 20 primary. He touts progress under the Parks system Library and City Hall construction Airport Fire Dept HQ and tax stability while urging high turnout to maintain a 51 percent majority and avoid a general election.
A subdivision resident complains that city incumbents ignored a Dickson Electronics pollution problem. He alleges ongoing noise from six motors 24 hours daily for seven months, with city officials siding with the plant and failing to curb the disturbance. He questions voting for leaders who allow the nuisance to persist.
In Sacramento California the state Democratic party is divided as Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh and Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty boycott Johnson pledged delegates. Attorney General Lynch heads a competing slate backing McCarthy while Brown clashed with Lynch over campaign demands at a San Francisco airport meeting.
The spoof features Rocky Nelson at home with his wife Hysterical, six aides and three computers. He frets over being presidential while aides nudge him toward silence and higher point totals in a satirical campaign saga.
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