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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1964
Page
2
A feasibility study on Thunderbird site for a municipal airport leaves key questions unanswered. It notes potential tax gains but omits safety, noise, and landing-capability details, urging independent review before a final city decision on industrial zoning or airport use.
The piece argues Eisenhower has not yet endorsed a 1960 Republican nominee amid a split moderate wing. It notes Lodge and Goldwater influence, Nixon as potentiallegate, and Kennedy’s rise with conservative efforts affecting Massachusetts and Gettysburg background talk.
Felix Belair reports Eisenhower’s supporters offer no response to Lodge as July convention nears. Lodge contends for ambassadorial influence in Vietnam while Goldwater’s faction counts far more delegates across states like New Hampshire Oregon and Massachusetts.
Readers critique the Initial Teaching Alphabet arguing for English phonics over novel systems, citing Winnipeg and wider opinions. A correspondent reports on the James King stabbing case hearings, noting witness testimony and parental absence amid ongoing investigation.
Leola Leavitt of Scottsdale seeks guidance to support Reverend Lee Smallsteed Jr in the Scottsdale School Board vacancy. The letter asks for steps to help secure the appointment or election.
New York dispatch reports that if events go as planned the Soviet high command will hand over 24 SAM-2 missile bases in Cuba to Fidel Castro. The bases would transfer amid heightened U S Cuban Cold War tensions and the risk of escalating confrontations between the two powers.
The article warns Castro may fire on intruding airspace as U S forces stage photo missions and warn against interference. It notes SAM-2 bases remote from U S soil being minutes away and cites massive U S air power ready to strike, with concerns about East West tensions and possible Chinese financial backing for Cuba.
The Cyprus conflict, a growing civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, defies a quick fix. Archbishop Makarios presses constitutional revision to remove veto power, while Turkish minority seeks protection or partition. casualties mount, refugees rise, towns lie wrecked, and a UN timeline stalls.
A Washington analysis asserts East Germany's National Peoples' Army under Karl-Heinz Hoffman is a large, tightly disciplined force aligned with Moscow. It details 190,000 active troops plus 460,000 in reserves, 320,000 party battle groups, 450,000 youth groups, Soviet aircraft and heavy weaponry, and a history of Nazi-era continuity and propaganda.
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