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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1963
Page
4
Arizona legislator Rep. Robert Hathaway condemned nude models in art classes calling it questionable. The column argues drawing the figure is essential for artists and morality is not a barrier, noting famous artists learned from nude studies and urging Hathaway to try drawing a nude model himself.
City officials plan a paving improvement district to resurface roads leading to Scottsdale Hospital. Local landowners will finance the project through assessments while emergency trips should speed up. The move has backing from residents who support safer, smoother access for the community.
Six youths on Lafay ette boulevard near the city limits rode bikes down the street in darkness without pads or reflectors. The editorial writer barely avoided a collision, and several boys could have ended up in the hospital if he had not braked in time. Were any of the six your boys?
In Madison Wisconsin Kennedy women block Jim Doyle a sought after federal judge candidate who backed Adlai Stevenson Doyle loses to Jack Dewitt on a Wisconsin list Doyle’s rivals include Gen Ralph Immell a Republican ally and Kennedy campaign treasurer Dewitt’s appointment seen as a Boston Milwaukee alliance involving the McCormacks of Boston and Milwaukee figures The move is tied to Democratic and Republican cross affiliations and personal ties across states
The piece details how the Kennedy family, the McCormacks, Gen. Immell, and the Uihlein interests to fund and influence Wisconsin politics. It notes Eddie McCormack gains a $35,000 fee as Schlitz attorney and seeks Turkish funding for a planned Schlitz brewery, while Jack Dewitt advances toward federal judgeship.
In letters to The Progress, Renee Korff argues for private groups and schools to restore Friday teen dances canceled at the Boys' Club, noting high turnout and safety concerns. Virginia Grant recalls enjoying the dances at Arcadia High and asks if low attendance caused the shutdown.
Letter to the editor argues an advertisement by the Scottsdale Citizens Committee misleads readers about teacher raises. The writer contends the ad is at fault not the school board and questions the committee’s stance on pay increases amid district funding pressures.
A letter argues for federal support of education to reduce reliance on property taxes. The author, Clarence R. Spong, asserts federal funds benefit education nationwide and rejects the idea of federal control, urging acceptance of already allocated aid without heavier local tax burdens.
A letter argues that school systems differ only by their teachers and that good teachers can teach anywhere. The writer supports a pay raise, noting current scales do not provide a living salary for a family. Signed by Mrs. D N Grover of Roanoke.
A subscriber commends the newspaper for its poll showing public opinion on federal aid to education and requests immediate home delivery of the Daily Progress. The letter is signed by A H Lowenstein of 8101 East Virginia.
Washington observes the Supreme Court ruling that Georgia’s county unit system violates equal voting rights. The piece recalls Eugene Talmadge and Tom Watson linking rural counties to political power, noting Georgia’s 159 counties and historical roots in Populist era tensions.
The piece discusses Georgia’s unit system and white primaries as tools of political control, noting federal court orders banning the white primary and subsequent constitutional decisions advancing civil rights. It argues that federal action freed the South from political bondage and enabled economic and political progress.
Barry Goldwater argues the Kennedy era programs failed to revive the economy and warns that tax cuts and spending limits are no panacea. He criticizes administration policies, cites persistent unemployment, balance of payments trouble, and gold reserve drain as proof of systemic misjudgment. He urges fiscal responsibility and asks, How do you stand, sir?
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