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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1965
Page
4
The mayor appoints a city charter review committee to address holes in Scottsdale's charter including lack of a police chief. The panel should seek ideas from the community, then hold long sessions and public meetings to refine a new charter and gain public acceptance.
Judge Boylston in Tucson barred officials from releasing information about the Charles Schmid murder case sparking debate on press freedom. The ruling risks inaccurate reports and sets a potential precedent for closed proceedings while urging openness as a core American right.
The article details a decline in CIA morale and influence under Admiral William Raborn since his April appointment. It notes friction with the Pentagon DIA, limited presidential access, and Raborn’s lack of international politics savvy. It also cites concerns over intelligence sharing with allies and the push for a congressional watchdog, amid questions about CIA usefulness post Bay of Pigs.
A Fort Bragg case reveals malaria in a Vietnam veteran after missing quinine treatment. Two more soldiers show quinine sensitive malaria. The incident prompts renewed concern over monkey malaria and a push to secure quinine from South America and advance synthetic drugs like Atabrine and chloroquine. Public Health Service urges intensified research as new zoonoses threaten troops abroad.
The Arizona Legislature enacted a law requiring all auto insurers to offer uninsured motorist protection, or family protection insurance, starting January 1 1966. It covers injuries from uninsured or hit and run drivers, extends to household members, and pays medical, wage loss, and pain and suffering up to $10 000 per person and $20 000 per accident, with about five dollars extra per vehicle annually.
NASA requires Frank Borman and Jim Lovell to sleep at least eight hours in each 24 hour cycle during a two week Gemini mission. The piece notes long flights demand better creature comforts and ponders snoring issues and potential in-flight tensions. It references past Arctic weather crews and comments by General Maxwell Taylor on Vietnam strategy.
Sir thanks for coverage of Dec 2 Pre-Holiday festivities on West Main Street Scottsdale. Breining Gordon West Main Business Association expresses positive reception and hearty thanks for the community support and publicity.
Scottsdale page four notes Dan Byrne as managing editor and T Frank Stewart as advertising director. Volume five number 249 marks an issue of the paper, with the paper and staff referenced in the masthead.
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