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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1968
Page
2
Editorial argues Scottsdale's rapid construction of hotels and a new shopping center signals major growth. It calls for continuous planning to preserve the relaxed outdoor lifestyle, questions high rises, tourism type, traffic capacity, and dense development, and warns residents must steer expansion to keep the city’s character.
Since 1951 the Renegotiation Board has saved almost 2 billion dollars by recapturing excess profits in defense and space contracts. The obscure agency with 174 staff faces lobbyist pressure as Congress recently extended its existence for three more years.
Roscoe Drummond argues that the United States wastes the experience of former presidents like Hoover Truman Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson. He suggests three paths for channeling their talents into politics or governance and cites John Quincy Adams as a precedent.
In 1925 John Scopes was convicted for teaching evolution in Dayton Tennessee. Desmond Morris notes Homo sapiens as the naked ape and outlines human violence, keeper of two inventions writing and agriculture, while Dart’s find suggests early erect walking apes. The piece ponders what makes man mindful amid violent newspaper realities.
Ines Robb argues manners, civility, and courtesy have deteriorated since 1832, fueling global anger and verbal abuse. She cites examples from Johnson to Eartha Kitt to illustrate how public behavior defines character, urging a Head Start for manners to restore peace.
The Scottsdale Sportsman's Club requests senators and representatives permit more study of firearms laws. They urge a cooling-off period during the current session to allow constituents to shape a calm, constructive, and enforceable law licensing people rather than guns.
A Macon Georgia headline proclaims faith, not gold, is strength behind the dollar. The piece notes farms split by highways push farmers to migrate to urban life, urging believers to act with faith and then hope.
Private polls for both parties show Everett Dirksen leading William Clark in Illinois with 70 to 80 percent support, suggesting a runaway victory for Dirksen and potential gains for Republicans in the state. The piece notes Democratic infighting and NRA gun-sale scrutiny impacting policy and party dynamics.
Scottsdale Daily Progress announces publication schedule and address details for the Scottsdale Publishing Company. Assistant Publisher listed as W. B. Doc Wright. The note outlines Monday through Saturday evenings from September to May, and Monday through Friday June to August. July 17, 1968.
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