Scottsdale Roots Growth With Livable Park Plan
Councilman Ken Murray urged Scottsdale to grow but keep character. Valley Beautiful leader Lewis Ruskin warned against expediency harming dreams and goals. The group has shaped livability standards through master plans, parks, zoning and beautification to preserve an oasis community.
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Ken Murray
Arizona
Scottsdale
Valley Beautiful Citizens Council
Lewis Ruskin
Ruskin
The
Valley Beautiful
Harry Coblentz
Ted Kennedy's rise mirrors Kennedy drama in politics
The younger Kennedy earns power as Senate whip after challenging the establishment. His speeches show force and humanity, including mercy for Sirhan Sirhan's killer. The piece credits his ability to forgive amid family tragedies and asserts his tall political stance.
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Kennedy
John
Robert
Senate
Ted Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Nixon aides seek civilian or military Hershey replacement at Selective Service
Washington reports top Nixon aides are quietly seeking a new draft director to replace Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey. A civilian educator is possible to make the draft more responsive to young men while some favor keeping a military background. Debate over lottery based service and reform proposals delays action amid congressional resistance and committee bottlenecks.
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Washington
Nixon
Lewis B. Hershey
Bright
Congress
Hershey
Pentagon
House
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Vietnam
Harold. .K. . Johnson
Army
John
Goldsmith
Westmoreland
Johnson
White House
TV golf loses grip as TV fixes extra holes
Editor laments television driven changes in golf noting repeats on holes 15 to 18 during major events. He cites Akron and Greensboro Open instances where cameras dictated play sequences and players repeated holes for TV. He argues the game is losing its original essence and money follows the trend.
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Gol
America
Akron
Greensboro
Retrospective James Swinnerton Exhibition Seeks Private Works
The Flagstaff Art Center and the 1969 Flagstaff Summer Festival plan a major Swinnerton retrospective. They request help locating privately owned Swinnerton paintings in Arizona and California to borrow for the show. Readers are invited to contact Jon H. Hopkins with details, name and address required.
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James Swinnerton
Flagstaff Art Center
Flagstaff
Swinnertanta
California
Arizona
Lighter Side Queries Guittaro Sub Sinking Motives
Washington columnist Dick West offers a satirical take on the sinking of the nuclear submarine Guittaro noting its unglamorous demise at Mare Island. He jokes about water wings for subs and suggests a dovish mutiny theory amid antiwar sentiment.
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Washington
UPI
West
Pueblo
Mare “Island
Vallejo
Calif
Nixon
Hag
Naval
Jhe Oulony
Congress
George H. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Mahon
Space humor fades as Apollo era tales loom large
A columnist critiques space jokes from CAPE KENNEDY noting Gus Grissom Ed White and Roger Chaffee tragedy and Apollo 1 changes. It recalls Complex 34 mothballing and future reactivation plans for Earth orbit observations. The piece mentions Apollo 11 July flight and a monkey test mission with a pigtailed primate aboard Thor Delta June 18.
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Gus Grissom
Ed White
Roger Chaffee
Earth
Scottsdale Daily Progress publication details 1969
Scottsdale Daily Progress issues published Monday through Saturday evenings September to May and Monday through Friday June to August by Scottsdale Publishing Company. Provides address 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale Artz 85252 and contact 9477544. Subscription rates listed for mail and carrier delivery with yearly and monthly prices. Dated May 26, 1969.
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Company
Ball Park Plaza
Scotsdale
Artz
Scottsdale
Progress
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Space
Stafford
Cernan
Young
Considine Clayton
Jackson and Durante
Marx Brothers
Moon
Bethlehem
Eck
Complex 34
Grissom
Gus
Delta
Neil Armstrong
Mercury
Pacific
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry’ McElfresh
W.B
Doc
Wright
Mall Tin
Nt Nabce
Abloma ‘Association
I Newspapers Association
Srenter Pucbite
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