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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
7
President Kennedy seeks authority to buy up to 100 million in United Nations bonds. The proposal heads to a searching congressional study with expected challenges to the wisdom of further U.S. financial support and prestige.
Regents keep plan for a University of Arizona medical school in Tucson while reducing a requested 200000 dollar line item for the university. The board’s action follows a committee recommendation to locate the school in Tucson and ties funding to broader U.N. support issues debated in Congress amid Congo and Goa concerns.
The article portrays Gamal Abdel Nasser as a persistent, savvy leader using Cairo radio to duel with Middle Eastern nations Britain and France. It notes his shifting alliances, such as breaking Yemen’s federation and linking with Saudi Arabia, while labeling Saudi Arabia Jordan Iran and Yemen as imperialist or fifth column figures.
Alf Landon rebutted a phony report of a Democratic bolt after his Dec 8 address to the National Press Club. He said his remarks favored a balanced budget and touched on Kennedy's common market ideas, noting he did not advocate joining the market. Landon’s letter to Lyle C. Wilson clarifies his stance and cites his 1936 campaign score.
The Commerce Department reports US losses in foreign trade totaling 960 million dollars for the first nine months of 1961, down from about 2.5 billion in the same period of 1960.
Duncan High School students raised Christmas funds by pushing a 150 pound ice cake from Duncan to nearby Virdon and back, a 20 mile round trip. Civic groups aided with 30 dollars for presents while a car ferried refreshments and kept motorists calm.
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