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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1968
Page
2
Editorial lauds Scottsdale new Civic Center including City Hall and Library as symbols of Southwest architecture and citizen government. Pays tribute to Mayor Tims Council City Manager Bill Donaldson architect Bennie Gonzales and countless residents involved in the bond issue and STEP program.
Committees who participated at every phase of the plans merit thanks alongside late Mayor Bill Clayton and Councilman Tom Felkc for leadership. The Civic Center symbolizes warmth and heart, showing Scottsdale has come of age and a wonderful future. Everyone is urged to visit and be proud.
The Scottsdale Elks Club hosts a Sunday party to honor newspaper carrier boys, praising their dedication six days a week. The tribute notes carriers are young, independent, industrious, and largely law abiding, reflecting the civic value of their training.
Ralph Meat, a university president, discusses dangers of internal intolerance echoing McCarthyism. He notes faculty hostility to dissent and Vietnam talks, warns of a future where moral crusades curb rights. He cites Chicago conventions and shifts toward fairer delegate selection.
A Scottsdale reader pleads that owners label pets with a name and address after a seven month old German shepherd wandered to a neighbor’s home. The dog, fed and cared for, was eventually returned to grateful owners after contact via local radio pet patrol and the owner’s neighbors. The letter emphasizes collars, tags, and licenses to prevent pets from suffering or being maimed when lost.
A mass meeting was set for October 12 to rally interest in a community pool. Three candidates sought one Scottsdale School District Board seat Lloyd Bimson James Parsons and John Ennegon. Board member Philip von Ammon did not seek re election.
A Cambridge style critique highlights Mary-Anne Guitar's The Young Marriage from Doubleday. It cites average marriage ages, modern changes, topics covered, practical guidance, and a balanced tone for engaged or newly married couples, clergy and counselors.
California’s Senate race centers on Max Rafferty the Republican superintEndent of Public Instruction and Alan Cranston Democrat as Rafferty seeks to overcome a volatile political climate. Cranston’s well funded campaign relies on endorsements ads and staff including Sanford Weiner while Rafferty relies on a hypnotic stump style and broad right wing rhetoric. External events campus tensions and party dynamics loom over the contest as analysts weigh potential late shifts in Republican support.
A1960 campaign profile contrasts Nixon’s current ease and modernized image with his former reticence. The piece notes his three-ship air fleet the Tricia the Julie and the David his updated wardrobe a new hairdo and a cooler public persona. It describes advanced press logistics aboard the Tricia and Nixon’s close team including secretaries and wireless copies of messages.
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