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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1969
Page
2
Editorial argues Arizona must regulate highway billboards to protect scenic beauty from Grand Canyon to Sonoran Desert. It cites 1965 national heritage drive, notes opposition from sign industry, and urges passage of H R 274 to phase out nonconforming ads and add tourist information centers.
In a striking moment of political theater, the vice president, long eclipsed by Nixon, made headlines by meeting the President at the airport and slipping on icy pavement. The incident, described as a graceful swan dive, briefly upstaged the President and captivated observers.
Bob Considine analyzes long standing rift between Truman and Eisenhower, comparing it to the Adams Jefferson antagonism. He notes mutual grudges while urging reconciliation as national reverence for both presidents endures.
A humorous mock phone call sketches a pretend vice president answering a presidential line. The voice in the mock dialogue frets about Europe and the press, drollingly mixing gaiety with political jabs toward De Gaulle and the Allies while dreaming of joint travel and unity.
Fragmentary clipping describes a police car forced aside by an automobile near Seattle. The garbled text mentions Times Classifieds AKC dog notes and an infant reference, but readable facts center on a vehicle incident and displacement of a police vehicle.
Sen. Herman Talmadge calls for decisive action by state local and college authorities to restore law and order on campuses. He urges severe penalties for student rioters and demands strict enforcement of federal aid restrictions on institutions that allow disturbances. He warns higher education could unravel if authorities fail to act.
The article decries rising fear among Berkeley faculty amid a long history of student protests and radicalism since the 1960s. It portrays Heyns as avoiding strict discipline, notes mass student transfers seeking action, and warns of potential disruption of classrooms and violence if unrest continues.
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