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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1968
Page
2
The editorial criticizes Maricopa County government under Democratic control, urging Barney Burns to pursue modern personnel practices, public meetings, and strong auditing. It argues for a local Hoover Commission to review all departments, budgeting, and planning, while noting Burns faces a choice between patronage and reform.
The piece notes nursing is advancing toward professional college education, replacing hospital training to produce more technically trained practitioners and higher salaries. It raises concerns about who will provide direct patient care if nurses become too professional.
Article details liberal Democratic Study Group efforts to challenge Speaker John McCormack, with Rep. Carl Albert as a potential nominee. It notes attempts to punish Rep. John R. Rarick for backing Wallace and signals broader plans affecting Judiciary committee seats and GOP leadership dynamics involving Dirksen Scott and Hruska. The piece links Nixon Harlow coordination to these intra party moves.
Partial OCR notes discuss hospital patient turnover and post election Republican gains. Mentions Wrightsville Georgia Headlight reference and names senators Packwood Schweiker Mathias Saxbe Goldwater Dole Gurney, with GOP balance among moderates and liberals.
The text blends notes on Thanksgiving and Osaka World Fair amusements, a study on hard core unemployment, a Mississippi Ku Klux Klan fine, Boeing 747 plans for airlines, and ideas for using upstairs Boeing space as a theater nursery barbershop beauty salon casino.
The FBI cites an 89 percent rise in serious crimes and a 71 percent jump in the crime rate, while population increased 10 percent. Last year saw 3.8 million serious crimes, with 12,090 murders, 1,170 more than 1966, and 76 officers murdered.
In a six month arc ending near the election Inez Robb argues political parties repeatedly appear dead then resurrected. She cites Republicans and Democrats and notes figures like Barry Goldwater Truman and George Wallace as examples while predicting GOP strength may return if Vietnam ends and racial tensions heal.
Ralph McGill reflects on Beale Street mood amid news of a continuance in the James Earl Ray murder case. The piece notes cynicism about law, questions motive, and describes Ray’s court appearance, delays, and the cast of lawyers and reporters shaping the saga.
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