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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1968
Page
2
A historical note warns that a past Scottsdale parade horse bolted injuring two marchers and nearly causing disaster. Town and Jaycees tightened rider screening, tranquilizers on request, and crowd-control rules to keep spectators off streets and ensure open exits for nervous horses.
Daily scientists at Pennsylvania State University developed a new cattle feed by blending molasses with ground up newspapers. They claim the mix is cheap and nutritious, offering a novel use for old newspapers.
In a late night prankish exchange a groggy President Johnson speaks with Aleksei Kosygin aboard the hot line. The Kremlin leader complains of presidential candidates flooding Moscow while Johnson jokes about war and travel to Vietnam and October meetings.
At a one day DNC meeting in Chicago the 40 page voter registration booklet was critiqued as eyewash while members remain optimistic about Johnson 1968 odds. they blame Johnson era malaise on leadership and lack of guidance from John Bailey and John Criswell amid stalled registration efforts nationwide.
A local reader from the Committee for Dan Bartos for Mayor critiques the paper for not publishing committee statements as written. The letter argues editorial bias and urges bringing Bartos' platform, including issues like one way streets and flood control, before the public for a stimulating campaign.
Mrs Dorothy H Ross writes to thank a generous employee who found and returned the Christian Science Monitor honor rack removed from the Scottsdale Reading Room at 94 W Fifth Ave Scottsdale. Librarians commend the neighborly act and gratitude is expressed to the worker.
A 1968 reflection traces the Oak Ridge site’s origins, from wartime secrecy to a modern scientific hub. It recalls a 1944 Christmas talk on atomic fission, Bohr and Einstein visits, and the 1945 atomic end to the Pacific War leading to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the town’s peaceful, progressive role in East Tennessee.
An extraordinary opening of Bobby Kennedy’s national presidential campaign HQ is reported in a cavern in the Catskills. The scene features eager volunteers, a banner vowing that a vote for Bobby is a stab in the back, and comments from national director Homer Pettibone about Kennedy’s fragile path to the nomination amid a divided party.
A Washington Post style mock dialogue reveals Democratic strategists like Pettibone debating Kennedy's noncandidacy and tactics at length. They discuss implications of a run, potential missteps, and the risk of alienating supporters in pivotal early states.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress published Monday through Saturday evenings September to May and Monday through Friday June to August by Scottsdale Publishing Company. It lists address 302 Ball Plaza, Scottsdale Arizona and phone 947-7544. The notice disclaims responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs.
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