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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1961
Page
4
Medical authority warns that overweight individuals who drink alcohol pose a higher driving risk, with the danger increasing after any drink. Lean drivers are not exempt, but the fat gentry are alleged to have greater potential menace due to alcohol not dissolving easily in fatty tissue.
The article outlines Korea as a split nation with a resource rich north and a struggling south. It notes South Korea's 23 million population, rising to 28 million in a decade, high unemployment around 25 percent, and heavy American aid sustaining the south. Reunification seems the only logical fix, but no alternative exists.
President Kennedy emphasizes foreign aid renewal and reciprocal trade agreements as key to U S policy. He warns that eroding these tools could undermine free world goals while managing domestic battles over health care wage and school aid. He stresses prestige in Laos and Cuba as stakes in global policy.
National Scene columnist Ralph McGill discusses Laos and its impact on the United States. He notes Laos is distant yet central to the Cold War, detailing Communist pressure from North Vietnam, the weak Laotian army, limited communications, and U.S. diplomatic limits as Peiping and the Soviets push for influence.
Column reflects on the 23rd amendment granting District of Columbia residents the right to vote for President and Vice President. Traces the history of DC’s political status from Jefferson to Hamilton’s debts deal, the capital’s site on the Potomac, and its evolving governance through 1802 charter, 1874 state of three commissioners, and ongoing governance issues.
By Phil Newsom Belgium, the first Nazi-occupied country to recover after World War II, has spent a decade in political religious and economic turmoil. It is now forming a new government to restore normalcy following Congo’s loss.
The piece reviews congressional expense reports from the 1960 NATO parliamentarians conference in Paris. It questions lodging and meals totals for senators Maurine Neuberger and Estes Kefauver, notes Javits transportation charges, and wonders about identical miscellaneous expenses. It also profiles Paul Henri Spaak and his influence on postwar European politics.
Washington report details a Havana church siege by pro-Castro militiamen with a nun parasitically controlled mob. It notes intimidation of parishioners and police inaction. The piece links these incidents to a broader government campaign against Catholic clergy and churches across Oriente Las Villas and Camaguey provinces.
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