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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
4
A New Year Eve safety message urges residents to avoid drinking and driving. Citizens are reminded that alcohol impairs ability and to wait an hour after the last drink, have coffee if tired, avoid driving if unsure, and not ride with drunken drivers to ensure everyone stays alive for tomorrow.
A Christmas Eve war council led by Egyptian Premier Nasser threatens Israel and Jordan over Jordan River water sharing. The text criticizes Nasser for treaty violations, Suez and Aswan issues, and U.S. aid to Egypt, urging a halt to aid if arms are not laid down and agreements honored.
In 1959 Lyndon Johnson urged Senators Humphrey of Minnesota and Talmadge of Georgia to craft a direct subsidy farm bill. Five years later Johnson presses the same approach, aiming to unify Southern and Western Democrats with cash subsidies while resisting production limits.
Barry Goldwater frames the Cold War clash with communism as a fundamental choice about human nature whether man is created by God or by material forces. He argues that political programs imposing earthly paradise erode Christmas meaning and threaten Western society, urging readers to confront if they stand with spiritual or material readings of humanity.
Ralph McGill argues the radical right and extremist groups imitate Communist tactics and threaten US institutions. He cites Birch Society and Hoover to warn such factions fuel division, noting the 20th century shifts under Eisenhower Kennedy and Supreme Court figures.
The winter issue of a major magazine brands Birchers and hate groups as Kremlin stooges and accuses Robert Welch's The Politician of promoting Communist subversion. It urges a sane, enlightened conservative leadership to defend institutions and oppose hate, deceit, and fear from all sides.
Marquis Childs notes President Kennedy championed a $329 million mental health program passed and signed into law. He pushed community mental health centers to reduce institutional care, aiming to cut needs by half in 15 years. Kennedy’s push included budget requests for three programs. the Kennedy family, including Rose Mary, has personal ties to the issue.
The piece notes a mental health program linked to JFK era reform, endorsing expanded research and training for psychiatric care. It mentions the Kennedy Foundation funding studies on retardation, and outlines concerns about Oswald’s early mental illness and the broader impact of extremist violence on society.
A New York piece recalls Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn sharing a mentor relationship and a telephone exchange before Johnson's rise. It contrasts Johnson's affection for Rayburn with Rayburn's reciprocal regard. An accompanying voice on ex convict John Stewart Aitken discusses hardship after release, finding work, and bias in hiring.
Charles Mayer, 100, marks his second century with a wry recipe noting that women wine and fried chicken ruin a man. In Albuquerque, police probe a haircutter burglary at the Holiday Wig Shop with eight wigs stolen valued at 1700 dollars.
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