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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
2
After a $13 million bond defeat and an identified information gap, the School Board hires consultant William Odell to improve year round communication. The editorial urges forming a broad citizens group with PTA officers to gain feedback and restore confidence in the board and staff.
Robert Ingram explains a 20 percent rain chance means probability not certainty. He notes current data limits and plans to enlarge the Bureau to improve accuracy, though high altitude winds remain an accounting challenge.
The Johnson campaign faces internal turmoil with Wisconsin and California leaning toward McCarthy. Kennedy's candidacy reshapes loyalties, while New York leaders fear losses unless Johnson shifts war policy. Party infighting and distrust threaten Johnson’s hold ahead of primaries.
The piece discusses U.S. Vietnam policy, praising Secretary Rusk for testifying and urging President Johnson to consult Congress before major moves. It covers Senate relations, calls for patient consultation, and outlines Thant’s three point peace formula while noting Hanoi’s rejection. It also questions Nixon’s pledge to end the war and the credibility of his plan.
A Saguaro High School student council representative defends the paper against perceived misrepresentation of the campus marijuana story. The letter thanks the paper for printing a prior piece about two Saguaro girls and urges more Scottsdale area coverage to highlight student honors and school pride.
A Christian Science Monitor letter reprints Abraham Lincoln urging reverence for the laws. The writer calls for laws to be taught in schools, primers, and preached from pulpits, to become the nation’s political religion and guides for all ages. The tone emphasizes duty to uphold the legal order.
A college history professor recalls a tall student with long hair and a beard who said his looks funded his schooling by playing in folk bands. The dialogue links hair styles to student finances, campus culture, and broader debates on youth, rebellion, and legitimacy of bohemian life.
Spy in the Russian Embassy forwards a sensational report from Anatoly Dobrynin after a Gridiron dinner lampooning top U S officials. The narrator mocks the Johnson administration while alleging press complicity and a staged photo sequence. Cindy Adams promotes a book about Sukarno. Anatoly signs as "ANATOLY."
Scottsdale Daily Progress published Monday through Saturday evenings September May excluding holidays and Monday through Friday June August. By Scottsdale Publishing Company at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale Arizona 85252. Telephone 947 7544. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs not accepted. Os
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