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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1969
Page
2
The piece revisits the January 1968 Pueblo seizure by North Korea and the crew’s captivity, noting apologies, Navy hearings, and new scuttling devices. It questions Pentagon budget cuts ending the Pueblo sisters and ponders soldiers names, costs, prestige, and human suffering.
City manager Bill Donaldson notes enforcement is tough but possible with a new exhaust detection method. A blue cloud from a car exhaust creates smoky air, prompting calls for ordinances and statewide inspection to protect residents from pollution. Scottsdale may equip police with measuring kits soon, aiming to keep Arizona communities cleaner and healthier.
Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey quietly commissions a statewide poll on a 1970 Minnesota Senate bid against Sen. Eugene McCarthy. Advisers cite Stevenson and Nixon as reference but Humphrey remains wary, viewing the Senate run as possibly his last elective chance and facing Republican fundraising concerns in Minnesota.
A Washington portrait of Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans as a central, energetic figure in the Nixon administration. The piece notes his rise from relative obscurity to prominence, his public image, and the sweeping, administrative changes under his watch, with comparisons to Eisenhower-era pace and bold cabinet ambitions.
Don Chambers membership chairman states 72 businesses and professionals joined the Scottsdale Chamber during the recent membership drive. Lucas and Lee Leclerc signed up 17 new members.
A teacher discusses how television and book publishing boosted reading, expanding paperback use across subjects. The piece notes classroom shifts, aims to match student needs, and suggests using student writings and speeches to spark interest while easing grammar focus toward thinking, speaking, and writing clearly.
The piece argues Ike won the presidency on a war ending pledge for Korea while Nixon faced scrutiny over his Vietnam stance. It notes Panmunjom signatures in 1953 and contrasts Ike’s leverage with Nixon’s constraints, referencing Inchon and UN actions, and war outcomes including prisoners.
The excerpt shows the Scottsdale Daily Progress masthead with editors and staff, publication schedule, contact address in Scottsdale Arizona, and subscription rates. It lists the paper as published Monday through Saturday evenings September to May and Monday through Friday June to August with postal service details and a disclaimer about unsolicited content. It is dated October 8 1969 and belongs to Vol IX No 187.
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