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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1969
Page
2
In a Tuesday call to action, community members urge voters to approve three school bond proposals. They cite overcrowded classrooms, long planning, and the need for better facilities while stressing the cost per taxpayer remains small and the benefit to children.
A couple engages in a playful domestic debate on renovations and plans to improve their house. Dick envisions organized action with a formal plan while Pat pushes for practical fixes and rapid progress. The dialogue alternates between humorous overstatements and ready excuses, ending with a tongue in cheek warning about consequences.
A Coronado High School student suffered a severe gashed injury from a glass door. Officials note frequent accidents in schools and propose replacing glass with impact shattering panels. a district-wide program would cost over a million yards of glass to update, requiring high priority and an inventory of hazards to prevent further life threatening incidents.
Rep Wilbur Mills signals broad tax reform in 1969 with focus on oil depletion of 27.5 percent, aiming to trim the deduction to 22.5 or 20 while avoiding oil lobby backlash. He vows reforms credible to liberals and the public, challenging Nixon and urging action before the July surcharge expiry.
The letter criticizes the Safeguard ABM system citing radar blackout risks, low effectiveness against suborbital threats, and high costs diverting funds from social needs. It also expresses pride in Scottsdale Indian Days Pow Wow and respect for Native peoples, signed Mollie R. Gonick and George J. Stevens.
An admirer thanks the City of Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Department plus the Central Plains Indian Club and the Arizona Indian Association for inviting him to Scottsdale All American Indian Days. He recalls a prior editor letter and promises continued support to help grow the event.
The League of Women Voters of East Maricopa urges support for the Scottsdale School District bond issue on May 13 1969. They call for backing sections expanding high school vocational education and urge voters to consider the proposal's scope and quality.
The passage mixes disjointed quotes about a bold personal image and privacy, naming Beardstown Illinois and Silver City New Mexico briefs, plus mentions a blue eyed singer actress and a dawn of a rumored career with a quartet. It reads as a collage of OCR fragments rather than a coherent story.
Bob Considine argues that campus turmoil may ignite a bloody conflict on U S campuses before June graduation as militants police and officials fail to control escalating unrest. He warns average students may unite to resist disruption and turn campuses into battlefields if minority radicals prevail.
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