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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1968
Page
3
Editorial recalls award ceremony with Girl Scouts from Scottsdale. Young speakers describe learning, teamwork, camping, and the value of parental involvement in scouting. A Brownie notes Scouting teaches loving others, highlighting early lessons in empathy.
The Navajos balance tradition and 20th century justice as a lawyer, Theodore Mitchell, is banished by the tribal council over claims of disrespect. The case tests whether civil rights apply inside the reservation as they do outside.
Ralph McGill Wallace offers a regional view of the 1968 race noting Wallace’s strong Southern base and weak appeal outside the South. He credits Nixon with drawing support from Wallace in some border states while Georgia urban areas opposed both Wallace and Maddox. He argues Wallace was essentially a Southern vote and a national bust with potential future runs unlikely.
Reports from Hong Kong say Premier Chou En-lai has been assigned to end factionalism in China’s defense agencies as Mao’s cultural revolution disrupts the nuclear weapons effort. Nieh Jung-chen faces Red Guard criticism while Chou pushes unity in the Technological Commission and other defense bodies.
Bradley A. Ipnon director of Scottsdale Public Library thanks the Daily Progress for the editorial Man's Other Friend and expresses hope that a new building will raise standards. He says libraries are good friends and that improving service will inspire library staff toward better service and knowledge access.
NORFOLK VA A Washington style appeal urges readers to fund a second hand dredge to link Betio and Bairiki in Tarawa Atoll. The plan, backed by the Gilbertese and U.S. Marines, aims to boost trade, health and housing by creating a cross-island causeway aided by a dredge costing about 100000 dollars. Tax deductible gifts can be sent to the People of the South Pacific foundation in New York.
An imagined dialogue questions Saigon's refusal to join Paris peace talks. The scene features U S leaders debating the war in Southeast Asia and hints at public dismay, hawkish triumphalism, and the paradox of defending freedom while directing others. The piece frames a short, controversial war as a new American inevitability.
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