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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1969
Page
2
The piece explains national newspaper week aims and answers questions about balance and neutrality in news. It acknowledges imperfect impartiality, notes the presence of diverse columnists, welcomes signed letters, and stresses the paper’s commitment to accuracy, watchdog duties, and preserving the community’s historical record.
Arizona lawmakers in Washington discussed Vietnam war policy and draft reform with Senator Goldwater and Rep. Udall urging bipartisan action. They weighed treaty obligations, defense funding, and open hearings while Fannin and Goldwater backed bilingual education amendments for the Rough Rock Navajo Demonstration School. Rhodes criticized a large education funding increase citing research on teacher quality and funding impact.
Voters faced a late deadline as the school board race neared its close. Ozzie Burton entered as a write in candidate urged by local businessmen unhappy with recent actions. The paper notes signs on school property and urges a future rule to curb postings.
The 10 percent surtax looming to expire on January 1 faces a worst timing amid rising federal spending and private corporate outlays. Administration officials fear inflation will surge if the tax disappears, even temporarily, with a possible 5 percent rate linger and a longer extension unlikely before year end.
A satirical future-history piece portrays a 1970s crackdown on marijuana transforming campuses into riot scenes. It describes widespread drug shifts to heroin alcohol and other substances, mass political agitation, social collapse, and a fictional pot program with subsidies and widespread consumption. Fidel Castro and the White House figure in a surreal finale.
The piece notes steep home appreciation across the country from Cap Cod cottages to co op flats, with prices doubling in a decade. It links scarcity, high construction costs, and rising mortgage rates to inflated housing costs and delayed new homes, blaming government inflation measures for driving higher rates.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress publisher details list W B Wright as Assistant Publisher and Jerry McElfresh as Managing Editor. The paper operates under Scottsdale Publishing Company with a 1969 address and contact, publishing schedule, and subscription rates for carrier and mail customers, including in state and out of state pricing.
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