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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1962
Page
2
A county Republican chairman Ralph Staggas failed to remove a car wreck from his neighborhood amid a waning political climate. The piece recalls Frank Hague’s tough precincts and notes a Democratic official living nearby did not arrange removal. It laments declining political ferocity before elections.
The Skybolt missile row widens as Britain accuses the U S of breaking a promise over a Polaris base in Scotland. Senator Symington backs the British view urging continued Skybolt development, highlighting a rift in Washington over air force strategy and reliance on manned aircraft versus missiles.
The article lauds the Mariner-2 mission for its historic reach toward Venus and reports James Webb praising the feat as a first for the country and the free world. It credits Motorola plant workers in Scottsdale for sharing in the glory and honors the men and women behind the accomplishment.
American students and wives at the University of Moscow report minimal trouble during the Cuban crisis. Housing favors Americans, but daily life is slower, with rationing and scarce groceries. They describe Russian dorm life, language learning, and the contrast between expectations and daily tasks in Soviet facilities.
Barry Goldwater argues the Cuban crisis reveals strengths and gaps in U S military readiness. He cautions about insufficient tactical fighters and troop carriers, urges faster upscaling and better intelligence through advanced reconnaissance such as the RS-70 to know enemy capabilities and intentions.
In the first paragraph the speaker notes the need for accurate estimates of the situation to plan effective countermeasures. U-2 planes provided needed intelligence on Soviet missiles in Cuba, but aerial reconnaissance must advance to RS-70 for combined strike and recon capabilities. Civilian Pentagon advisers have not been convinced of the program’s must grow. Cuba serves as a textbook for lessons moving forward.
Washington pundit outlines a revised Civil Service exemption list dubbed plum jobs. It names posts such as interpreters, lamplighters, cadet hostesses, and staff in arts and security offices, noting vacancies are not specified and joking about wartime usefulness.
In a long letter to the editor, the author defends a Thanksgiving cartoon as pro American while challenging Nathaniel Hathaway’s claims on foreign aid and the root causes of communism. The writer argues poverty and disease do not cause communism and cites student unrest and military force as factors in halting Communist expansion.
In Washington Ralph McGill reflects on Gandhi’s nonviolence versus Nehru’s modern state, noting Gandhi’s legacy and the rise of Pakistan as a Muslim nation. He warns United States on minority tensions shaped by custom and religion amid Britain’s withdrawal. Pakistan’s geography adds to its turmoil.
A Western observer profiles Kashmir as a flashpoint in India Pakistan relations. Kashmir’s Moslem majority, water rights from the five rivers, and strategic rail and road links tie its fate to Pakistan. A Pakistani diplomat warns against yielding Kashmir as tensions mount.
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