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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
2
A Progressive editorial laments water skiing overtaking waterways. It notes dangers to fishermen and swimmers and warns of motorized roar. Discusses England's Ski-Craft allowing a skier to drive an empty boat at 24 mph and questions future of rowboats.
The piece outlines domestic topics for campaign debate including urban to suburban shifts, mental illness, aging population, poverty with 30 million under $1,000 per year, broken families, youth delinquency, and civil rights after the act. It urges candidates to address these concerns in precise terms.
Gov. Edmund G. Brown met with Mississippi Democrats and the Freedom Party amid a contested delegation battle for the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City. The issue pits segregationist regulars against a dominant Negro Freedom Party, with Brown signaling sympathy for the latter. Some fear seating both delegations or trading seats with Alabama. Warnings of a Goldwater-leaning South influence the decision. In London, Camelot opened after a New York tryout, and in Italy Bartolomeo Riminucci and his wife Adela, both elderly, died within hours of each other after 66 years of marriage. In Wales, Dan Jones, 52, survived a lightning strike that left him paralyzed for hours.
A Research Institute analysis argues North Vietnam aimed to pressure the Soviet Union rather than U S actions in South Vietnam. It claims Red China and Red Vietnam sought a major war to expose U S inaction and force oil to rethink its strategy, with Moscow facing a split from Beijing.
A New York grand jury probes Harlem's riot ignited by the shooting of a 15 year old. Witnesses dispute the knife claim, and officials cite self defense. Demonstrations spread to Rochester, Brooklyn and Jersey City as looting follows amid tense rumors and calls for prudent action.
Book review highlights Willard Abraham's A Time For Teaching as a comprehensive analysis of shifts in values and goals in American schools. It discusses tradition versus change, new teaching methods, and the rise of terms like team teaching and programmed instruction, aimed at teachers, administrators, students, and parents.
The Times of London ran a brief classified notice seeking a rickshaw driver to work for a few hours in London on Tuesday August 25. The ad offered urgent employment with no further explanation.
Scottsdale Daily Progress published every afternoon except Sunday by Scottsdale Publishing Company. Editor Jonathan Marshall and Publisher Dan Byrne. Advertising Director Marlee L. Carter. Offices at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale. Vol IV No 158 August 20, 1964. Arizona Newspapers Association member for greater public service.
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