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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1961
Page
4
Eighteen percent of public grammar schools will open with no grade structure this term. Pupil progress is self paced, with no compulsory promotions or term repeats. The gradeless system emphasizes ability, flexible curricula, and avoids stigma from failures.
Last year 111 bank embezzlement cases involved losses of more than $10,000 each. Total losses of the larger cases exceeded $10 million, with 95 percent covered by insurance. A top banking auditing official calls for safeguards and argues audits beyond government examinations.
Congress shows the power of a stubborn committee chairman as Sen Olin D Johnston D S C resists postal rate increases needed to curb the billion dollar deficit. The piece notes clashes with the Kennedy administration and compares past fights with other party leaders and committee chairs.
Senator Fulbright says House unwilling to face core issue while Senate made a clear choice and should be followed. In Berlin ADN says West Berlin border provocations drive underworld sexual sector into cold war measures after August 13 actions.
President De Valera recalled a memorable open cockpit flight with Charles Lindbergh as he weighed a New York trip in his eighties. The piece notes Lindbergh's Ireland visit, the Conna Hill hotel at Bray, and Ireland's coming national television network with four relay stations, 125000 TV homes, and taxes on each set.
The columnist notes Rep. Craig Hosmer quips that Congress totals about 24 tons of weight in the House and Senate combined. He imagines lawmaking by scales in the chambers, joking that dieting lawmakers would return to diet and three meals a day, a twist on legislative weight.
Rep. H R Gross condemns spending bills as fishy while the House votes 206 to 135 to authorize a 20 million tank. Other notes include a school aid bill stalled in committee and a lighthearted quip about adjournment. In California a convict favors travel and signs a petition to free the measure, and Nottingham police raid a shop seizing 400 adult novels and films for review.
The article highlights General Clay’s pivotal Berlin airlift and 1948 West Germany currency reform as decisive moves. It recalls Berlin blockade events from 1948, the 1949 dateline reopening, and the broader theme of using ideas over force amid limited means to resist Soviet pressure. It references quotes on sustaining Europe against Communism and contrasts strategic options with nuclear constraints.
Washington report says Fulbright allied with Defense to stop anti Communist indoctrination talks. Seminars at Panama and Fort Benjamin Harrison were canceled as McNamara takes up several Fulbright suggestions. Speakers included Hoover and Malik with Kennedy backing the Institute for American Strategy’s work.
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