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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1967
Page
4
The Arizona Supreme Court blocked Scottsdale School District from claiming state aid for kindergartens citing session length and staff limits. About 345000 in funds are at risk this year, with future support unlikely without higher taxes or a favorable legislative bill avoiding compromises. Public outcry urged to sway lawmakers.
Federal Aviation Agency studies link about a third of light plane fatalities to drinking. Dr Mohler notes 165 pilots die yearly from overconfidence after drinking and attempting flight. He compares pilot effort to eight car actions and urges imbibers to keep out of the cockpit.
Ralph McGill discusses building a planned city 100 miles from existing towns. Proposed in Minnesota with a quarter million population, it would use modern transport to reduce car use, reuse industrial wastes, and cluster schools homes and shops to cut commuting. Plans note fume sewers and integrated technology.
The letter urges law respect by fair administration and cites a Scottsdale traffic light issue at Indian School and Scottsdale Roads. A reader reports being cited for failure to yield on a left turn while others ignored signals, arguing the system induces unintentional violations and reckless driving.
A trio of prewar and postwar reviews covers Belote brothers Corregidor and its WWII defense, Helen Hudson’s Meyer Meyer, and Wright Morris’s In Orbit. Corregidor is praised for delaying Japanese conquest and tying up forces, Meyer Meyer is noted for sharp character sketches of lonely academics, and In Orbit centers on Jubal Gainer a teen delinquent in a Southwest town with natural born chaos and a tornado as parallel force.
A letter from Louis F. Drewes of Hemet California proposes a Viet Nam peace scheme using leaflets and paid defection bait. Assistant Secretary Dixon Donnelley replies changing Drewes to Miss Drewes. Evelyn Y Davis, a noted annual meeting attendee, informs Senator Kennedy of corporate meeting security protests and calls for equal time and reform.
Barry Goldwater denounces President Johnsons consumer safeguards as red tape and a class warfare tactic. He argues productive and consuming Americans are the same people and rejects federal control that splits society into producers and dependents. He calls for leaving citizens to manage their own affairs without Washington intervention.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress announces W B Doc Wright as assistant publisher. The paper operates from 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale AZ 85252 with offices and contact details listed. The publication appears Monday through Saturday evenings under Scottsdale Publishing Company.
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