Board Demotes Teacher Over Civil Liberties Stance
Progress editorial questions Phoenix Union High School board actions moving Theodore Mote from department chair to teacher at Camelback High. It argues the decision signals political pressure, threatens academic freedom, and endangers teachers’ right to civic engagement and speech outside class.
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Phoenix Union High School Board
Theodore Mote
Camelback High School
Phoenix Union
Mote
Mote Symbolizes Courage Amid Educational Conformity
Freedom depicted as dulling conformity not challenge. Mote is portrayed as a victim of fear of ideas. He is demoted for thinking and speaking his beliefs. The text laments a day when education withers without academic freedom for dissenters.
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Mote
Goldwater Gains in Dixie Stir Louisiana Split
Evans Novak reports Southern Democrats weigh their choice between Johnson and Goldwater with Louisiana's McKeithen staying neutral. Goldwater draws large crowds in New Orleans while antipathy to Johnson grows, and the Negro vote shifts in Georgia as Republicans court Southern voters.
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New Orleans
South
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
McKeithen
DeLesseps (Shep) Morrison
Sugar Bowl
Roscoe Pickett
Congress
Johnson
Marvin Griffin
Goldwater
Sen
Stromp Thurmond
South Carolina
Raising school age to eighteen to curb unemployment
The text argues that many youths drop out at age sixteen, impairing future earnings and increasing unemployment costs. It proposes raising the compulsory school age to eighteen nationwide to reduce unemployment and redirect funds from welfare to education, benefiting individual prospects and national economy.
Clue prompts on six figures and a famed Wisconsin architect
A puzzle asks for six historic figures including a Union general and Nobel laureate. It encodes clues to identify a Wisconsin born architect noted for functional design and the Tokyo Imperial Hotel, with a downward acrostic using their surnames.
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Arizona
Tokyo
Imperial Hotel
Mailbag readers seek 8x10 copies of photos
Letters from ANNE CHAPMAN and HENRY L MANHEIM discuss photo reprints and safety in Scottsdale. Chapman asks for 8x10 glossies of two George Adams photos and billing details. Manheim notes fire trucks refueling at a gas station and questions smoking drivers during safety inspections.
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George Adams
Scottsdale
Henry L. Manheim
66Th St
Letter to the Editor Praises Fair Political Coverage
A reader thanks the newspaper for publishing a letter and commends its fair treatment of political issues and candidates, noting the paper strives to present both sides.
Quotations on Apology From Classic Authors
A compact panel collects remarks by Disraeli Emerson Whitman and Holmes on apologies. It contrasts apologies with truth and self vindication, noting many view apologies as egotism or useless.
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Disraeli
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Frost At JFK Inauguration Recalls Rugged New England Voice
Ralph McGill reflects on Robert Frost through excerpts from The Selected Letters of Robert Frost. He recalls Frost's January inaugural reading, the wind and sun on the manuscript, and the crowd’s appreciation. McGill also notes Frost's perseverance, family losses, and the enduring image of a New England rock.
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Robert Frost
Lawrence Thompson
Princeton
John F. Kennedy
Frost
America
New England
Pennsylvania Ave
Foreign Visitors View U.S. Hospitality and Shortcomings
The piece cites John E. Wason of the U.S. Travel Service noting foreign visitors praise American hospitality in 53 cities through the Americans at Home program. They enjoy Niagara , department stores, and gifts, yet critique service speed and language gaps while expressing desire to learn more languages. It ends with a remembered prayer from Col. Jack Lawrence and a list of Gordon Dean’s nine lessons on enthusiasm, humility, and leveraging others, urging clearer communication.
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New York
United States
John E. Wason
U.S. Travel Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Considine
U.S
Niagara
Falls
Buffalo Bill
Scottsdale Daily Progress Office Details
Scottsdale Publishing Company publishes the Scottsdale Daily Progress every afternoon except Sunday. The office is at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale with phone number WH 6-3441 and second class postage paid at Scottsdale Ariz.
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Company
Ball
Park Plaza
Scottsdale
Cottsdale
Ariz
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Jackrabbit Rd
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