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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1970
Page
2
An editorial laments campus violence across the nation, citing Kent State’s four dead as the culmination of a shift from peaceful student life. It questions the university’s role as a learning center and warns against militarized protest and confrontations on campus.
Despite ongoing talk, Scottsdale launches Beautification Week with a parade tomorrow and weekend activities. Participants from Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and east Phoenix join as residents reflect on small deeds adding up to lasting environmental impact.
Masters and Johnson publish Human Sexual Inadequacy in 1970, triggering campus turmoil at Skarewe University. SDS leaders tout a College of Sexual Knowledge while students enroll in a four year Sex degree program amid protests and dramatic shifts in attitudes.
A nostalgic tribute recalls Gypsy Rose Lee Anita Louise Herb Shriner and Will Rogers. The piece contrasts their vivid public personas and violent ends noting Rogers death with Wiley Post and Shriner’s Florida accident. It highlights Gypsy’s talents as writer speaker and humanitarian and her dramatic life with Billy Rose.
Public Services head Jerrye Champion reviews Abraham Rothberg's The Song of David Freed. The coming of age tale follows David Freed a Jewish cantor in a Brooklyn Italian Irish neighborhood as faith meets life and reality. The tone recalls Potok and Gold but slips into sentimentality at times yet remains engaging and recommended.
The writer praises the Mailbag Principals for defending school integrity and restoring sanity in public schools. He recalls early awareness of superintendent imbalance and a lax school committee, notes good teachers exist, laments tyranny and unwise conduct by some, and urges citizens to support justice and the six demoted principals.
The Health Insurance News argues journalists face high mortality among professions and suggests writers should avoid long hours of sitting. It notes famous writers who wrote while standing or in bed, including Hemingway Hugo Wolfe Camus Romainin and Browning London, urging a horizontal writing position.
Analysts question a possible Kremlin shift after a Jordan Amman press briefing by Georgei Sukhachev led to denial from Moscow. Reuters and Iraqi reports link him to GRU espionage history, raising concerns over Russia's stance on Israel and Palestine amid internal Soviet discord.
A columnist denounces male chauvinism in ecology work. She argues men imply women bear cleanup burdens and urges equal participation in environmental efforts without stereotyping roles. The piece challenges gendered expectations in committees, boards, and activism.
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