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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1961
Page
6
A proposed government employee code forbids accepting gifts that might affect impartiality, but vague terms like economic value and interpretation by others invite loopholes. Critics question enforcement and argue a total ban on gifts would be clearer and safer.
The article recalls exotic dishes in elite feasts including tinned rattlesnake honey bees and frogs legs. It notes crow as a modest, plebeian dish once used for crow pie linking English and Canadian rural traditions and stories of Diamond Jim Brady enjoying such fare at lavish banquets.
Analysis notes the costly impact of the Bizerte dispute between France and Tunisia on the West. It discusses Bourguiba’s position, U.N. credibility, and French military moves, including paratroopers and potential napalm use, with reference to NATO and Berlin tensions.
The column questions Soviet promises of free services and classless society, contrasts with Khrushchev's wealth, and includes Harold Stassen’s reflections on politics. It notes U S foreign policy debate, UN involvement for Germany and China, and Cuba as Latin America focus. It ends with a currency crime in Russia punished by death and rising enforcement.
Berlin remains dominant in Moscow reporting while Africa moves up the agenda. Moscow plans stronger action in Africa with Tunisia and the Congo, as well as launching a second manned Soviet spaceship. Bizerte talks push toward negotiated settlement between France and Tunisia.
World at Large notes Bourguiba signals willingness to halt UN pressure on France if Paris agrees to negotiate a pullout of the base. The piece also cites poll forecasts for Adenauer’s CDU and the German election, Vatican cardinal speculation, and Mikoyan’s Japan visit amid nationalist fears.
Millionaire Cyrus Eaton and wife Anne host 1000 guests at Northfield Ohio estate on June 25 outlining the American Women for World Peace and Understanding. Local chapters form in Chicago and Detroit as plans push disarmament and US Soviet ties.
A broad editorial contrasts upheaval in Montgomery with a massive shipment of mechanical cotton pickers worth four million dollars, and with new industrial machines in Kentucky, West Virginia, and New York. It argues automation will reshape jobs, urges retraining, and stresses the need to strengthen both economy and defense while comparing American and Soviet plans for growth and employment.
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