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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1965
Page
2
Progress editors warn buyers face risk when hiring small contractors in Arizona. A bankrupt builder left customers with repairs and debt and fled the state. The registrar of contracts is underfunded and undertrained, suggesting bonds and reciprocal licensing, with a stronger registrar’s office to protect buyers.
In Scottsdale coffee houses and small clubs, folk singing becomes the dominant entertainment for locals. Young performers gain stage time as they pursue music careers, contributing to a nationwide movement that spent 160 million dollars on guitars last year.
The article argues that President Johnson’s anti poverty program fails to transform New York slums due to clash between local control favored by Wagner era city officials and the idea the poor should run the program. It cites Harlem, Powell, and racial tensions. It notes misgoverned schools and stifling bureaucracy hindering preschool and poverty efforts. Washington must provide stronger guidance to resolve city hall versus poor tensions.
Thomas Long Smith known as Pegleg Smith rose to become the famed horse thief of the American West. Born in 1801, he lost a leg yet built a vast illicit network stealing horses across California and the Rockies between 1830 and 1849. Historians call him the greatest horse thief on the continent, with death in 1866 ending a notorious career that many say outpaced even murder in colonial-era penalties.
Washington reports the Dirksen amendment to alter state one house apportionment away from population basis faces waning support in Congress. Proponents argue for local control while critics claim it dilutes equal voting rights and challenges constitutional equality. The piece questions merit and notes historical district distortions under minority rule.
The passage contrasts old travel by wilderness with today’s shopping center navigation. A wife-philosopher quips that wives believe husbands held better marriages, while laundry lines once revealed family life a supermarket cart now signals it.
The guide urges wearing seat belts to reduce deaths and injuries by about one third. It notes speed as a constant factor, most crashes occur within 25 miles of home and under 40 mph, warns against drinking and driving, and stresses avoiding driving when sleepy or under emotional stress for a clear mind.
At Maspalomas Canary Islands Chuck Rouiller supervises a small NASA Bendix station that powers, tests, and guides space launches. He explains crew of 36 Americans and 25 locals, emergency procedures, and the delicate balance of keeping astronauts on track from a remote desert-adjacent site near the Atlantic.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress announces its July 27 1968 issue with editor Jonathan Marshall and managing editor Frank Stewart. Advertising director listed as The Scottsdale Publishing Company operates from 302 Rail Park Plaza Scottsdale Arizona 85252 with the telephone number 6 3441. Second class postage paid at Scottsdale Arizona. Page volume V number 137.
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