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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1968
Page
2
Scottsdale plans a Fountain of Youth at the Civic Center funded by student drives. Elementary and high schools along with private and parochial groups will contribute nickels and dimes toward a $7,000 goal, teaching citizenship and community involvement.
The piece notes Arizona's blue skies but rising smog from copper refineries. It suggests mining industry adoption of purification methods could reduce pollution and possibly boost profits. If voluntary actions fail, legislative intervention may be necessary.
Evans Novak reports Kennedy ahead in a Los Angeles area survey among 46 Democratic voters. McCarthy and Lynch trail with undecideds. results suggest Kennedy could exceed 50 percent statewide if he runs. Voters show mixed views on Vietnam and Kennedy’s style, with anti Kennedy sentiment split among McCarthy and Lynch supporters.
Ralph McGill reports on SDS tactics and plans to seize a major U S university. He links the Columbia occupation to broader aims of revolutionary groups and predicts fuel for extremist clashes amid liberal supporters.
A letter criticizes the City of Scottsdale Sewer Department for billing citizens quarterly with a June 30 due date and a 10 percent penalty. The author asks why not bill monthly for services not rendered and proposes charging interest on prepayments instead. The writer disputes the practice and questions the slogan The West's Most Western Town.
A collage quotes various figures on humility from Franklin Penn Emerson Longfellow Ruskin Edwards and others. The opening remark frames humility as a road to virtue while the excerpt hints at the broader moral lesson across eras.
A fragmented observant snippet notes that more people pursue diets tomorrow than today while Havana faces milk shortages. It mentions crowd control methods and comments on old dispersal practices. A father laments affection for someone misled by doglike creatures.
Washington observers describe a large peaceful protest occupying the Mall near the Lincoln Memorial as thousands more plan to arrive. The article portrays racial tensions, rising crime, and a city under strain with bus and liquor-store violence and calls for stronger policing.
A nostalgic essay recalls a family relic, a hand painted velvet status pillow bought for five dollars, now resurfaced in a newspaper feature. The writer notes its reemergence in a Parisian inspired motif by Miss E Brown selling for 195 dollars.
A clipped perished fragment appears to name Doc Wright as assistant at a Scottsdale office with a publisher role linked to Ash Newseatens Association. The legible bits suggest a historical newspaper page segment including company or staff titles.
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