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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1963
Page
4
Guest editorial argues rising school costs reflect societal changes not mere inefficiency. It urges broadening funding beyond local property taxes through greater state aid and federal support, noting population growth, technology, curricula shifts, and mass media. It calls for intelligent, rational finance solutions for education.
Roscoe Drummond argues that intra party clashes between Goldwater and Rockefeller could sharpen the 1964 nomination process. He cites preconvention debates and urges an Oregon primary featuring both candidates, urged by Gov. Mark Hatfield, to allow direct confrontation of views.
Bill Vaughan reports Dr. Edward T. Hall, an anthropologist, described the space bubble concept to convention attendees. The theory holds that people navigate an invisible personal space and react with discomfort when others intrude. He noted bubble size varies among individuals.
The author compares nationalities through the idea of private space bubbles. He notes Japanese comfort with small spaces while Americans once pressed by frontier life. The piece also highlights crowding in elevators and social settings, concluding with a humorous aim to enforce boundaries.
Lowell Skinner, once an American soldier and POW in Korea, renounced the United States in 1954 and joined Communist China. He and 20 other Americans who stayed in China faced hard choices as they age and now most plan to return, ending Chinese use of their propaganda value. Skinner cites lack of individual freedom in China as a key factor, and a Virginia Pasley study notes most of the 21 stayed Americans were raised in small towns, were Protestants, and native born.
The narrative follows Lowell Skinner, a former G I who joined China after escaping Korea era captivity. The piece contrasts his harsh labor, low pay, and restricted travel with his claim that Americans retain freedoms and urges Jeremiahs to study his anti communist stance.
Walter Cronkite unveils a CBS documentary with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower recalling D-Day. Fred Friendly produced a one hour package from three hours of film. The special screens next June for the twenty fifth anniversary and emphasizes the Allied push across Omaha Utah and the coast with footage from Caen.
Cronkite recalls Dwight D. Eisenhower during a D Day film project. The general remains composed amid cameras with Wal ter describing his vivid memories of the war. A Convair flight and a near crash are recounted as the crew reflects on the day.
In Johannesburg UPI reports growing signs of a power struggle among African factions. Pogo, the terror wing of the PAC, clashes with Umkonto We Sizwe linked to the ANC. Both groups are underground after bans, with violence prior to the split and further clashes possible.
In a broad remarks series, Billy Graham asserts conversion is heart driven not head driven, stating faith in Christ changes life immediately. Kennedy criticizes Latin America aid cuts as improper in the battle against communism. The piece notes Umkonto and ANC links and rising African militant tensions around Johannesburg amid clashes with Pogo and Mau Mau era controversies.
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