Parks not floods reshape Scottsdale flood plan
The Army Corps of Engineers approved Scottsdale's Indian Bend Wash flood control plan after rejecting a 120-foot concrete channel. A green belt with two catchment basins and grass lined channel will serve as a park like corridor for picnics trails and recreation with federal aid supporting development. The STEP Committee will guide citizen involvement in design and planning.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Scottsdale
Indian Bend Wash
Corps
John Erickson
Media bias claims reflect political passions across eras
The piece notes repeated charges from Democrats in the 1950s and from Nixon in the 1970s that the media favored opponents. It argues most major outlets are owned by wealthy conservatives and Republicans, and that politicians crave broad praise.
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Adlai Stevenson
Nixon
Agnew
Nixon Eyes Excise Tax to Balance Budget
Washington reports President Nixon faces a grim fiscal path as the budget for the year beginning July 1 hangs in doubt. Officials weigh a revived excise tax or a value added tax, while Congress resists income tax increases and Burns presses for restraint and a balanced result.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Vietnam
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Capitol Hill
Edwin Cohen
the Treasury
Father urges lax dress code at Coronado high school
The writer, a Coronado parent, argues for allowing girls to wear slacks and shorts in Scottsdale School District high schools, citing practicality and appearance and noting other Phoenix districts permit such clothing. He references winter and summer wear and criticizes micro-minis worn at school.
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Coronado
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Gailbraith criticized as old guard in young Democrat shift
A Republican observer notes Kenneth Galbraith as a longtime advisor to foreign policy and economics faces backlash from the new activist wing of the Democratic Party. The piece mocks his push for compatibility with young activists and predicts his theories will be challenged as the party realigns.
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Kenneth Gailbraith
Evans _ Novak
Gailbraith
Philosphy
New
Democratic Party
Mayor Tims Receives Strong City Support in Scottsdale
Charles Monthooth praises Mayor Tims and Scottsdale’s progressive government. He credits the mayor and staff for strong leadership and urges citizens and neighbors to back the administration.
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Tims
Scottsdale
Humphrey to announce Senate bid as DFL fate hangs
Washington sources say Hubert H. Humphrey will soon announce his candidacy for the Minnesota Senate seat vacated by Eugene M. Humphrey. Party factions, led by dissidents and the SDS New Left, push to seize control at the June state convention, risking a primary battle for Rep. John Blatnik and a split DFL.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Senate
Eugene M Humphrey
Humphrey
Democratic Farmer-Labor Party
DFL
Minnesota
McCarthy
SDS
New Left
Minneapolis Area
McCarthyites
Chicago
Peacenik
John Blatnik
Eighth
Iron Range
House Public Works
Blatnik
William Ojala
Antis
California Divorce Terms and Moon Rocket Fallout
California changes divorce language to dissolution of marriage. Astronaut Alan Bean faces 30 days grounding and pay docking after unauthorized takeoff from Ellington AFB. UCLA eye institute reports retina brain cell regeneration challenging old theory. Entertainment anecdote includes a young actress praising a book about Toots Shor.
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Alan Bean
Hurhan
National Space Agency
Bean
Navy
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Rockies
Orval Anderson
Lockheed
University of California
Los Angeles
Jules Stein
UCLA
Protest at Berkeley Sparks National Debate
An anonymouse officer described the campus protest as a united front by coeds at Berkeley. The Washington Post reports the event drew attention from national observers and centered on campus free speech tensions.
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Washington Post
United ‘ Front
Berkeley
National Observer
Scottsdale 14 Progress Rates Inserted for Subscriptions
Subscription rates for the Scottsdale 14 Progress list carrier and motor routes are listed at 30 cents weekly 1.20 monthly with mail options 1.60 monthly out of state 15.60 yearly and 18.20 yearly for January 15 1970 with various price points and terms.
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Mali
Ariz
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Inside Report
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Zscnesche
Spiro’ Agnew
Southeast ‘Asia
HHH
Duluth
Robert “Allen
John Goldsmith
California
People
Cape Kennedy
Earth Orbit
Moon Orbit
By Bob Considine
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry. McElfresh
W.B
Wright
Scottsdale Daily
Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Company
Earl, Or
Arizona
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