Progress guest editorial outlines Scottsdale plans
The piece introduces a series of city views on Scottsdale's problems and future. It details public works focus in six months including sewer plant upgrades to natural oxidation ponds and a Hayden Road Outfall Sewer Line project, traffic improvements, and new signal installations at key intersections amid ongoing annexation protests.
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Scottsdale
Hayden Road
Bureau of Reclamation
Indian School
Fifth Avenue
68Th Street
Thomas Road
Rogers Lane
Camelback
East Side
McDowell
74Th Street
Thomas
Miller Roads
Brown and Indian School Road
Orange and Indian School Road
Thomas and
One Street
Indian School Road
Scottsdale plans major fire and street improvements and growth drive
Scottsdale announces installing fire hydrants city wide to improve fire ratings and requires developers to provide hydrants in subdivisions. A new hydrant contract near Fashion Square precedes anticipated street upgrades including traffic signals at Scottsdale Thomas and Fifth Avenue. paving on West Main Street under contract, and East Side Annexation street districts to be pursued after court decisions.
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Fashion Square
Scottsdale
Thomas Roads
Fifth Avenue
Scottsdale Road
Lincoln Drive
West Main Street
West Scottsdale
East Side
Thomas Road
Master of Ceremonies Shaped Local Theater Era
Bill Vaughan reflects on the era of local emcees in vaudeville days, noting a town based celebrity who remained after weekly acts and the organist who played from within the theater. He contrasts then and now with transient modern hosts and fading memories of local heroes.
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New York
Movie Palace
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Powell and
Carson
Two Recent Deaths Recall Days Of Movie Emcce
Nostalgia for the classic local theater era recalls stock companies and stars unknown to broader audiences. A study by Tuckerman & Associates for the National Association of Snow Shovel Manufacturers probes motivation in snow shoveling and proposes a new image amid shifting leisure preferences.
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Tuckerman & Associates
National Association of Snow Shovel Manufacturers
O. S. Whomever
Scottsdale
Saddest U N picture shows Adenauer and de Gaulle embrace
At the United Nations observers view a Paris meeting as cementing a special Franco German relation. Adenauer age 87 may resign this year while Strauss pursues a quick return. Der Spiegel editor jailed briefly amid calls for a constitutional, parliamentary democracy in West Germany. de Gaulle pursues France as a nuclear power. Berlin and Europe loom large for the West and the Soviets.
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United Nations
Konrad Adenauer
General de Gaulle
Paris
Strauss
der Spiegel
Adenaur
Germany
France
Europe
Washington
Berlin
Sad embrace of two leaders signals drift in Europe
The piece portrays General de Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer in a somber embrace amid tensions over NATO policy and a push for a Europe of sovereign states with nuclear capabilities. It notes de Gaulle's resistance to a United States of Europe, the American dilemma over nuclear arms, and the uncertain end of Adenauer's era.
Eisenhower memoir quote fuels Nixon myth and press role
In a magazine memoir Eisenhower discusses a segment of the press backing Nixon from his HUAC days through Senate rise and early Cold War crises. The excerpt notes Nixon's guarded stance during bleak days and Ike’s share of responsibility for press portrayal.
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Eisenhower
Dick Nixon
Nixon
Pat ‘Brown
California
Alger Hiss
House Un-American Activities Committee
Senate
Khrushchev
White House
Ike
United States
Nixon debates and airline merger insights
The piece recalls Eisenhower rebuking Nixon over fund issues and Harold Stassen’s attacks, noting press treatment of Nixon. It then explains Pan American World Airways and TWA seek a merger to better compete with subsidized foreign carriers, aiming to grow, save jobs, and regain prestige amid leadership and market shifts.
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U.S
Homeowners urge tax reform and legislative action for Arizona
A Phoenix reader writes Governor Fannin urging tax reform and fair liquor licensing changes. The letter compares the governor to an umpire, urges calling back legislators on fouls, and stresses enacting an equitable tax program with necessary corrections, praising decisive leadership.
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Arizona
Fannin
State of
David C. Cox
Phoenix
Dirksen to Probe Cuba Bay of Pigs Action
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen will conduct his own inquiry into the Bay of Pigs invasion and Kennedy administration disclosures. The move follows Attorney General Kennedy reopening discussion of the Cuba fiasco and recent events, amid political maneuvering for leverage.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert Kennedy
Cuba
Dirksen
Kennedy
Wiith
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Kennedy Family Faces GOP Cuba Issue Stir
Political commentary notes Republicans fear Robert Kennedy could be posed as 1968 presidential rival. Dirksen and others ready to challenge RFK over Cuba while urging the White House to control news and public narrative amid ongoing Cuba policy debate. Adlai Stevenson is quoted with irony as U S policy and press strategy draw scrutiny.
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White House
Jim Hagerty
Cuba
Adlai Stevenson
Saturday Evening Post
Stewart Alsop
U. N
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