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Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1968

Page

2

Arizona voters weigh ten constitutional amendments on ballot

Editorial notes a voter opportunity to streamline state government with ten propositions. Summary highlights include PROP 100 taxing shifts for veterans, PROP 101 widows exemption limits, PROP 102 ending personal property tax, PROP 103 mobile homes taxed as homes, PROP 104 four year terms for top officials, PROP 105 governor appoints Corporation Commission, PROP 106 move insurance regulation to state department, PROP 107 108 abolish state examiner and auditor offices, PROP 109 raises legislative pay to 6000 dollars.

Arizona Corporation Commission State Department of Insurance

Scottsdale Civic Center dedication emphasizes citizen-led government

Last weekend Scottsdale opened its new Civic Center with a people driven dedication and little politician speaking. Mayor addressed STEP leaders and city officials while festivities felt like a large family party. The design emphasizes informal spaces and no interior walls to invite citizen participation in government.

Scottsdale Thi

Eight Months Since Pueblo Seizure Leaves Crew Still Missing

The Pueblo and its 82 officers and crew have remained unreturned eight months after North Korea seized the ship. No decisive signs point to a quick return of the vessel or its sailors.

North Korea Aeport Washington United States South Korea

Record numbers of campus demonstrations disrupt classes

A National Student Association tally shows 221 major demonstrations at 101 colleges from January to June, involving 38,911 participants. Exclusions include Columbia and nonprotest events. main causes cited include segregation, campus governance, and Vietnam, with 60 suspensions and 124 expulsions reported.

National Student Association Columbia University Vietnam Dow Chemical Co

Cancer advances and policy issues at Denver conference

Reports from the Sixth National Cancer Conference in Denver highlight rising survival rates and limited breakthroughs such as heat body photography for breast cancer screening. A 10 minute annual exam is claimed to help prevent colon cancer deaths, with a Colorado study of cases planned from 1969 to 1971 to gauge economic impact.

Denver Colorado American Cancer Society

Admiral Rickover Attacks Sloth in Navy and Schools

Adm Rickover criticizes Defense Department for being bloated and inefficient and says civilian bureaucrats in weaponry and naval fields lack proper expertise. He urges expulsion of waste to prevent torpor, framing his challenge as a modern Augean stables cleaning. The outspoken nuclear submarine pioneer applies his blunt logic to public schools as well.

Defense Department Catust Jenna Rickover Hercules Alpheus

Soviet crackdown on Czechoslovakia sparks NATO rethink

The invasion forces Western leaders to reevaluate NATO and De Gaulle's stance while Kiesinger calls for a summit to revitalize the alliance. The episode highlights Western Europe’s lag in defense commitment and may push France and others to reassess U.S. role and European security.

Czechoslovakia North Atlantic Treaty Organization Bonn Kurt Georg Kiesinger NATO Kiesinger Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle Russia Europe United States U.S

Campus power debate raises trust in self graded credentials

Essay-like reflection questions whether students or professionals who grade their own work or exams deserve trust. It compares self grading to doctors dentists engineers and employers evaluating diplomas, urging scrutiny of credential honesty.

College O

The magic era fades as illusionists lose crowds

The piece notes a magician named Randi the Great at the Canadian National Exposition stepping down to sell tickets after few audiences. It blames competing acts Hell’s drivers and evangelists and argues the golden age of magic has passed as television reveals the universe's mysteries to children.

Randi the Great Hell Heaven Lone Ranger

Scottsdale Daily Progress Publication Details

The Scottsdale Daily Progress weekly schedule is printed for Monday through Saturday evenings September to May and Monday through Friday June to August with holidays excluded. Published by Scottsdale Publishing Company at 302 Ball Park Plaza, Scottsdale Arizona 85252, second class mail, telephone 947-7544.

Scottsdale Daily Progress Scottsdale Publishing Company Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale Ariz Scottsdale, Ariz

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