Editorial says Calley bore sole blame for My Lai massacre
The piece argues Lt. William Calley alone bears responsibility for the My Lai killings while others accused avoided conviction. It contends senior officers and witnesses also share guilt, suggests perjury concerns, and claims the Pentagon avoided harsher action to spare the Army.
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William Calley
My Lai
Calley
Ernest Medina
Medina
Lt. Calley
Pentagon
Army
Highway safety and road markings in need of fix
The author notes that states vary in highway safety and Arizona is not worst. Poorly marked passing lines and broken white lines mislead drivers at high speeds, contributing to high accident rates. Calls for clearer yellow line markings if 70 mph limits are to be safe.
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Arizona
Letter to the editor challenges anti-communism stance and Vietnam ties
Scottsdale reader Thomas E. Stapleton Jr. rebuts the Sept. 28 Fighting Red Menace editorial. He argues the Arizona Congress Against Communism lacks defined plans and urges citizen action, notes communism as a coercive force, and questions Vietnam-era motives and the need to defend the American system.
Gratitude Letter From Southwestern Productions Chief
Thomas H. Broder of Southwestern Productions thanks residents of Carefree Cave Creek and Scottsdale for cooperation during filming of Bob Hope production Cancel My Reservation. He praises local reception and notes production money aided area businesses. urges continued openness to attract future film projects.
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Cave Creek Scottsdale
Bob Hope
Arizona
Nahu Enterprises
Thomas H. Broder
Southwestern Productions, Inc
Carefree
Citizen protest over school superintendent shopping on way home
A reader from September 28 notes agreement with a citizen complaint about the school superintendent shopping during commute home. The writer asserts property owner and taxpayer status and reacts strongly with surprise.
Our Man Hoppe Martha Mitchell started it all
Arthur Hoppe lampoons Martha Mitchell and the 1971 push for spending, portraying a hallucinatory revolution sparked by hippies chasing work, unemployment chaos, and a satirical toilsome return to normalcy. The piece ends with a claim that hippies preserved free enterprise by moralizing laziness.
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Our Man
Hoppe
Martha Mitchell
Irwin Maharashee
Maharashee
Mao Tse Vanderbilt
Mitchell
Busing Decision Faces Local Courts Amid Standoff
The article reports on the contentious school busing debate following a Supreme Court ruling. It notes varied district court stances, limited popular support in Southern communities, and how housing patterns and white flight influence feasibility of mass busing.
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U.S. Supreme Court
White House
South
Law on intoxicated marriages and annulment limits
The article explains that intoxication can void a marriage only if the mind is not competent to consent at the moment of I do. Courts usually overlook mild intoxication and may uphold a marriage if the parties later ratify it through cohabitation. An annulment was denied when the husband sobered but continued to live with his wife, ratifying the union. American Bar Association public service feature by Will Bernard.
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Vietnam
Thomas E. Stapleton JR
Scottsdale
Euripides
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Nixon Aims Jawboning to Curb Corporate Profits
Secret study in the Nixon White House weighs heavy presidential pressure on corporations to lower prices as profits surge toward 1968 highs. NEP phase two tightens wage controls and pins down dividends while executives warn against public claims of profits.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
Mr. Nixon
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
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Arthur Hoppe
Journal
Atlanta
Stic
Inside Report
William P. Rogers
Nyet
US Supreme Court
Rogers
Middle East
Progress
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
W. B. Doc” Wright
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earls Dr
Ariz
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Outer State
Arizons Newspapers Association For Greater Public Service
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