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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1969
Page
2
The piece discusses fifty years of movement from country to city and questions if city life lacks the warmth and community of rural living. It notes surveys favoring small towns for raising children, cites mechanization reducing farm jobs, and argues for urban open spaces and new neighborhood communities to ease density and noise.
In Congress discussions about expanding Capitol space for staff visitors and new west front unfold. Udall supports strengthening and restoring existing facilities while Rhodes backs the larger new complex. Fannin and Goldwater oppose new offices and restrooms. The House advanced a separate urban development bill including transit funding. Udall pushed an amendment for mobile home housing financing approved.
A friend at ASU challenges an editorial calling to limit Tempe campus student numbers. He agrees parking is not the issue, noting ample spaces but reluctance to walk. He cites near empty football lots during the week and recalls campus travel by foot or bike in the past.
In Washington liberal Democrats cooled on Rep. Carl Albert as a challenger to Speaker John McCormack after a heated fight over school funds. Albert backed Rep. George Mahon, opposing the House majority for a higher education funding level. A 177 to 124 vote approved the increased school funds despite White House protests, amid broader moves to reorganize HEW civil rights efforts.
New Yorker Peabody Chubb arrives for Groton interview amid dreams of a private car, private school changes, and a Rolls Royce as the admissions office weighs a long list of applications. Groton officials note Old Grotonians favored, with strong ties and a signed check supporting the bid.
New York based journalist Bob Considine recalls Jack Geiger, former INS alum turned Tufts medical professor. Geiger led a health initiative in Bolivar County Mississippi, creating local health centers and a farm cooperative by supplying food, not drugs, to fight malnutrition. The co op pooled labor from landless residents to grow vegetables, producing a million pounds of food in seven months.
The Scottsdale Progress lists subscription terms for W. B. Doc Wright as assistant publisher with monthly and yearly rates. Rates shown include $1.30 per month and $18.60 per year, plus $1.60 monthly and $15.40 yearly pages. Additional line notes $1.60 monthly and $18.20 yearly.
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