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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1964
Page
2
An editorial blends a Paradise Valley bookie on Camelback Mountain with a discussion of Britain’s colonies moving toward independence. It cites November 1965 as a possible construction date, notes road-location bets, and rails at desecration concerns while detailing a British plan for self rule across several territories and Hong Kong.
The British government says over 20 countries with about 700 million people have gained independence recently. England remains the mother of nations, though some former colonies might be better off under its care.
President Johnson builds momentum as favorable events align with his campaign. World events and Congress action reinforce White House leadership while the latest Gallup poll shows Johnson ahead nationally, with Goldwater strongest in the South.
Robert Morris Goldwater on Dallas remarks herald a great transformation in US political thought. He argues Barry Goldwater provides a clear defense of republicanism and warns against power seeking to replace liberty with control. The speech calls for broad national dialogue beyond limited seminars.
Washington notes the global shift of American foreign aid from postwar Europe and Japan to developing regions in Asia Africa and Latin America. It highlights the Marshall Plan milestones two thirds of next year’s development lending targeted at India Pakistan Turkey Nigeria Tunisia Chile and Colombia and compares aid burdens 15 years apart while citing Greece Israel and Free China as success cases.
Ralph McGill notes parallel surge in rockets and space triumph with Soviet testing in the Pacific. He recalls Ranger 7’s Moon mission, JFK Khrushchev test ban, Cuban crisis near miss, and warns of nuclear risk while urging prudent restraint to preserve civilization.
Marquis Childs reports on political power plays around the ACT poverty program funding. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell seeks to name Livingstone Wingate as executive director, risking the program’s integrity and signaling broader stakes for the $945 million anti poverty drive amid urban rot in Harlem and beyond.
A public service column explains that a confession must be voluntary and free of coercion or rewards to be valid. It notes confessions can occur outside court, even in conversations with officers, and can be made in jail without a lawyer present. Physical injury at the time of confession is not a defense.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress publishes every afternoon except Sunday from Scottsdale Publishing Company with offices at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale. Editor Jonathan Marshall Publisher Dan Byrne Managing Editor Maurice L. Carter Advertising Director. Second class postage paid at Scottsdale Ariz. Page Vol. IV No. 155 Aug. 17 1964.
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