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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
2
Editorial notes that Scottsdale School District starts a difficult year with new superintendent Eugene Burnkrant. Overcrowding demands growth, portable classrooms, funding and taxpayer acceptance, plus curriculum modernization and engaging students who feel alienated. Community participation is urged.
Returning visitors note a transformed Scottsdale with a near finished median on Scottsdale Road a rising Thunderbird Hotel site and a Sears Broadway Hale be building across from Papago Plaza. The Civic Center nears completion promising a renewed sense of unity and city identity as projects unfold.
The piece contrasts the Republican Nixon Agnew platform with the Democratic dove plank. Both pledge toward peace talks, but differ on how to de Americanize the war and future South Vietnam governance. It notes the Democratic majority and internal splits, plus Johnson’s absence and speculation on his endgame.
GENE ZELECHOWSKI of Scottsdale writes in outrage at an editor for calling Chicago police Gestapo and wild animals during a convention riot. He argues police protect citizens and criticizes editors and politicians for hysteria while noting demonstrators planned disruption and feared violence.
The Kennedy camp says Senator Edward M Kennedy decided to withdraw after last minute signals from allies Daley and McCarthy failed to materialize. Daley urged a Kennedy draft, while McCarthy's support remained unclear, leading Kennedy to issue a definitive non candidacy statement.
A reflective piece contrasts American views on Czechoslovakia and Vietnam with Soviet actions in Prague. It argues the United States, the Soviet Union, and rising China form a new three-power order, warning against reviving imperialist rhetoric and the spread of a police-state mindset.
A spoof transcript imagines Averell Harriman and Xuân Thụy debating talks in Paris while taking long coffee breaks. The faux dialogue mocks stalled diplomacy, noting shifts in mood, and ends by joking that longer coffee breaks symbolize progress in peace efforts.
A young woman vows to spend her savings on a trousseau for her wedding as reported by the Augusta Herald. The snippet notes House Leader Gerald Ford and a permanent chairman in Pittsburgh press context.
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