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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1965
Page
2
Twenty years after the Hiroshima blast the editorial warns of the ongoing nuclear threat and the moral cost of war. It compares past atrocities to current conflicts and urges remembrance, restraint, and safe boating awareness on Arizona lakes this summer.
The article reviews a new Coward-McCann book The Decision To Drop the Bomb A Political History and NBC White Paper on the surrender choice. It quotes scientists who urged alternatives and the famed quote by Oppenheimer. It recalls Stimson Roosevelt Szilard Byrnes Churchill and Truman reactions to the weapon.
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson urged the nation to combat ugliness by empowering individuals to beautify their surroundings. She called for leaders in government and industry to discuss national beauty while stressing that citizens planting trees and tidying yards can drive real change and curb litter and garish signs.
The Mailbag letter suggests greeting UFO visitors who land in isolated areas. A San Fernando Valley woman waters her lawn when they landed and she threatened to call police if they did not depart.
About 80 tenant farmers on a Delta Mississippi plantation near Leland quit work protesting long hours and low pay. Outsiders had been present and a McGill spokesman noted workers started at sunrise and were paid $6 daily, with field hands at $3. Twelve tractor drivers and around 70 workers, many women and children, were involved.
The article contrasts 1965 reports of low wages for cotton labor with memories of high cotton days. It recalls Mississippi towns from Clarksdale to Leland, the prevalence of cotton fields, and a region where mechanization and old ways mix as plantations and local economies evolve.
In Santiago Chile observers note a deep unease over American dominance as Marines landed in the Dominican Republic. The postponement of a key Inter-Madeira Foreign Ministers Conference signals strained ties and doubts about a proposed hemispheric peace force amid rising anti American sentiment and Viet Nam war distractions.
Barry Goldwater reflects on a 25 year old Colorado River journey from Lee Ferry to Temple Bar on Lake Mead. He notes aging canyon landscape, the Glen Canyon Dam, and questions future dam use while urging moral progress and stewardship for his children and grandchildren.
Scottsdale Daily Progress lists Jonathan Marshall as editor and Dan Byrne as publisher with T Frank Stewart as managing editor and advertising director. The paper, published every afternoon except Sunday, is printed by Scottsdale Publishing Company from offices at 302 Ball Plaza, Scottsdale 85252. Second class postage paid at Scottsdale, AZ. Page Vol V No 148 August 1968.
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