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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1963
Page
4
A printed note from Baptist Hospital of Scottsdale clarifies hospital charges with a dialog about a 235 dollar five day bill. It breaks down room surgery drugs and staff costs and compares hourly rates to wage earnings to illustrate hospital pricing.
A Scottsdale parent describes a note from a teacher stating Tomorrow is gun day and pupils may bring guns. The writer asks whether girls are included and what would happen if a child took the note literally, highlighting concerns about school safety.
Bob Considine reports from Athens on Richard Westebbe, head of the Foreign Trade Administration, as he oversees about 20 million dollars in U S grants to Greece. Westebbe praises Greece for lack of high level corruption, notes potential risks elsewhere, and urges American firms to invest for access to Western European markets via the Common Market.
A Bluffton Republican candidate James Johnson thanked voters who did not support him after his unsuccessful bid for state representative. The note notes prior year ad thanking supporters and now thanks the others.
A volunteer coalition of 979 Americans from diverse professions traveled to Washington to urge Congress to boost education funding. Led by Agnes Meyer, the group formed the Conference on the Crisis of the Public Schools and pressed for long term investment, warning of the cost of inaction to national growth and defense. Highlights include Gen Omar Bradley and Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz outlining modern needs and unemployment concerns.
A Washington lobbying push by 279 form groups urges reforms for funding public schools amid tax system obsolescence. Advocates warn youth unemployment rises without training, proposing federal support and tax policy changes while noting figures on federal revenue shifts and education aid politics.
Robert G. Pelosi of Scottsdale writes to challenge city governance focusing on tax, street, planning issues and the use of low bid rules for professional services. He urges review of the charter and questions why officials bypassed standards. editor notes Pelosi’s letter is too long for publication and invites a shortened version.
A bronze plaque with the Breton prayer O God Thy sea is so great and my boat is so small rests in the Thresher submarine wreck. Gifts from Admiral Hyman Rickover, praised for breaking culture lag in reactor tech and urging higher standards as the nation builds its nuclear fleet.
Admiral Rickover blasts management for distant oversight and unreliable data in naval propulsion and construction. He cites late component deliveries, post delivery rework, and high defect rates in boiler vessels welds and alloy castings, linking procedural checks to the Thresher tragedy and urging strict verification.
Marquis Childs reviews the Laos flare up and deepening South Vietnam role, arguing military power alone cannot secure political stability in Asia. He cites Korea’s armistice costs and sustained aid, noting unemployment, poverty, and the limits of force in shaping stable governments.
The piece traces Korea's postwar leadership under Gen Chung Hee Park, U S aid totaling 125 million annually, and 281 million in 1950s military assistance as political power shifts amid an uneasy peace and evolving American strategy in Asia. It notes Rhee’s exile and later downfall, plus broader implications for Vietnam era diplomacy.
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