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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
2
For months citizens urge the city council to take a clear public stand on high rise buildings. The council has refused to face the issue, risking indiscriminate development and loss of Scottsdale's quality of life. A comprehensive plan for the downtown and industrial areas is urged with metropolitan planning considerations.
The City of Scottsdale widened 68th Street into a broad road and added medians to calm traffic. While praised as a safety measure, readers note the medians lack warnings and reflectors and fear unwarned drivers may crash. The piece urges installation of blinkers or warding devices before funds or accidents delay the safety message.
The article argues Moscow aims at Albania to keep Yugoslavia off balance in a war of nerves against Tito since the Czechoslovak invasion. It claims Soviet and Chinese forces in the Balkans are exaggerations by Moscow's press, while Western diplomats view them as psychological warfare. It also notes Nixon's ABM talks with Saxbe and the cold reception from Haldeman to Civil Rights leaders Innis and NAACP.
Samuel H. Childs of Scottsdale questions the 1969 Citizens Advisory Committee and the district over added arts and crafts rooms and classrooms at four high schools. He notes unaccounted facility costs of 200 824 dollars and asks if fewer facilities can cost the same total. He cites Case Two and Case Three additions and questions whether the administration erred and how much is reserved for furnishings.
Dr James E Allen U S commissioner of education notes today’s college students are bright and ready to run colleges as freshmen or sophomores suggesting a shift from traditional learning. He questions how prior generations produced such precocious youth and cites high schools and parents as possible factors. The piece satirically weighs whether future leadership roles lie with students themselves.
A Peruvian graduating student Gilberto Mundaco at the College of Santa Fe recalls a long-awaited family reunion staged by fellow students led by Joe Houston. The eight month effort funded by the Senior Class Gift culminated in Mundaco’s graduation and his marriage to Susan Dennet in Albuquerque.
The Mesa Hiram Club on May 16, 1969 unanimously passed a resolution denouncing Judge Hardy for suspending a 15 year old Saguaro High School student. It argues the action undermines public school discipline and questions Judge Hardy's fitness for Maricopa County bench.
Fragmentary OCR notes show Dock Wright listed as Assistant Publisher with multiple pay figures including 18.60 yearly 15.60 yearly 18.20 yearly 40 monthly 1.60 monthly and 1.60 monthly repeated, implying salary variations or pay scales in a 19th or early 20th century newspaper ledger.
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