Scottsdale Progress front page brief notices December 14 1962
Front page dated December 14 1962 lists staff and policy pledge. Publication by Scottsdale Publishing Inc with editor Victor J. Morgan and publisher Maurice L. Carter. Subscription rates shown and postal details included.
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Scottsdale
Progress
Scottsdale Publishing. Inc
Ball Park Plaza
Art Heenan
Victor J. Morgan
Carl. V. Piercey
Progress Platform
Arizona
Mater Bowte Cartier
Ariz
Students travel to Cuba sparks patriotism debate
A letter argues that college students planning a Christmas trip to Cuba need patriotism lessons and restraint. It warns the trip could invite trouble and suggests parental discipline plus possible military service as real consequences for defiance of law during a tense political moment.
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Cuba
United States
Theserius
Illinois Birth Control Debate Mirrors Political Taxonomy
Opinion notes that state action on birth control funding is framed as economic policy affecting relief recipients. It cites historic figures and wealth inequality while arguing for expanded public welfare. The author questions motives behind restricting access and points to misdirected comparisons and political patronage.
Take It Easy As Christmas Rush Looms
Arizona traffic deaths climbed to 480 in 1962 up from 472 the previous year as warnings and enforcement fail to curb the highway massacre. The editorial urges drivers to observe safety rules and be cautious during the holiday season.
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Arizona
Peace Corps seeks overseas attorneys. Pickrell considered
The Peace Corps seeks lawyers for overseas duty offering $75 a month. The suggestion nominates Arizona State Attorney General Robert Pickrell for one of the posts, noting the hard early schedules abroad could impede him.
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Peace Corps
Robert Pickrell
Arizona
Pickreil
Considine Reports From Siloscow Fifth Soviet Trip
Bob Considine travels to Moscow for the fifth time since World War II to observe and report on the Soviet scene. He details en route delays at Le Bourget, interactions with Serge Fliegers and Bill Hearst, and a first class TU-104 flight with stewardess Ludmilla as the party experiences winter travel in a classless system.
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Bob Considine
Siloscow
Soviet Union
Moscow
Pans
Merry
Paris
le Bourget
Serge Fliegers
Bill Hearst
Bill
Serge
West
Ludmilla
Ace
Moscow Flight Breakfast Tales In Dowdy TU-104 Journey
A travelogue recounts a Moscow trip aboard an Aeroflot TU-104 from Amsterdam to Riga with a stop in a stark aircraft interior. The menu features breakfasts with wine and vodka, and observers note the plane's old design, lack of modern safety features, and a snowy landing at MOCKBA. A misaddressed arrival adds a hint of irony.
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Moscow
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Riga
Aeroflot
Frank Conniff
Hearst
Is U Thant Neutral
Robert Morris argues Khrushchev’s plan relies on peaceful coexistence disarmament and deemorialization to broaden Soviet influence. He cites Thant’s UN leadership as biased toward Soviet allies and warns against ceding disarmament control to the UN and its troika.
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Robert Morris
Dallas
Tex
Nikita Khrushchev
Gay
News warns government use of information as policy tool
Quotes from representatives of three national newspapers urge limits on government control of news. They warn against framing reports as means to achieve political ends rather than unbiased recounting of events. In Moscow, Gromyko discusses Western troops in West Berlin and suggests NATO flag be replaced by the U N flag with new UN duties.
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William C. Foster
United States Arms Control and Disarmament
U.S
Soviet Union
New York
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
NATO
U.N
Quoting Jefferson Rinehart Echoes on Education and Justice
Ralph McGill reflects on Thomas Jefferson Rinehart a man unnamed yet haunting in the fight over voting rights and education. The column connects Rinehart a likely illiterate voter to Jeffersonian ideals urging universal schooling and broad foundations for policy.
Illiterate Jefferson Rinehart as indictment of society
The essay argues Thomas Jefferson Rinehart embodies a nation and region’s guilt for educational neglect. It blames state systems and welfare critics for creating and exploiting illiteracy while praising the idea of elementary schools and access to state universities. The piece notes the irony of a named man unable to read or write.
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Atlanta
Mobile
Ala
Thomas Jefferson Rinehart
Marion
Perry County
Alabama
Board of
Election Registrars
Jefferson
The
Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
South
Citics
Thomas Jeferson
Saylor Attacks Kennedy on News Policy and Truth
The article reports Arthur Sylvester defending government news manipulation, arguing it is necessary for the nation. It cites President Kennedy and White House statements on Soviet reconnaissance and misleads, criticizing the New Frontier era's handling of truth and public perception amid the Bay of Pigs fallout.
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Washington
Arthur Sylvester
Kennedy
New York
Soviet Union
United States of America
Behistun
Babylon
Darius
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Kennedy Critics Urge Truth Over Spin On Cuba Crisis
The piece attacks the Kennedy White House for manipulating news about Soviet missiles in Cuba and warns that the drive to control narrative harmed trust. It cites Dean Rusk and policy aides, notes errors in predicting reactions, and calls for intensified efforts to uncover the truth.
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Babylon
U.S.A
Cuba
Washington
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Kremlin
Berlin
White House
Mae Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
Bataan
America
Sylvester
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