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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1962
Page
3
A city council debate urges caution on a 3-cent tax to fund streets in Maricopa County. Phoenix would receive most funds if passed. Scottsdale seeks shift from per capita to per car distribution to protect local motorists. The piece notes two district legislators may be swayed by council action.
House hearings broaden probes into inflated property prices tied to state hired appraisers and negotiators. Massachusetts overcharges allegedly led to bloated highway costs as the federal share soaks up 90 percent, with potential billions more and delay risks if graft spreads.
Sukarno says Indonesia does not seek Dutch New Guinea, but Australia and the Netherlands doubt his claim. He asserts no intent to take Australian-held territory, yet suggests future expansion may be possible. Australia and the Netherlands view his statements with suspicion given the island’s ethnic and geographic distances.
Marquis Childs notes a long standing clash over duties and privileges in government. The dispute centers on whether military officers speeches should be identified publicly and who controls censorship in the Pentagon and State Department amid Senate and committee scrutiny led by Thurmond and Stennis.
The administration resists releasing censorship names amid Senate pressure and appeals to executive privilege. Critics argue about the impact on voting for or against right to invoke privilege, linking it to Pentagon and military censoring and a broader cold war policy debate.
In Sarasota and Miami Eleanor Roosevelt reflects on cool weather and summer fashion, comments on a Tampa Tribune cartoon about Cuba, and argues that economic aid alone cannot win democracy. She favors anti communism and pro Americanism through programs like the Peace Corps and cites a Freedoms Foundation message on facing communism.
The text argues that the United States must proudly present the strengths of democracy and its past heritage to the world. It claims there is much already achieved and more possible if full values are recognized and communicated.
In Washington UPI reports the American Institute of Men's and Boys' Wear staged a fashion preview this week. Miss Cache offered views on the subject as she spoke amid the event, with a gentlemanly air noted in the coverage.
Monmouth Wisconsin Mayor Allan Walters urged the YMCA Sombrero Club to raise 1000 dollars for a teenage clubroom refurbish. Club members joked about kidnapping the mayor and holding him for ransom until donations arrived.
An account recalls a Tennessee mine explosion near Rockwood and the tense hours sealing entrances to extinguish fire. Rescuers with oxygen gear battled heat while families waited amid grim, soot-streaked surroundings as hope flickered for dozens trapped miners.
Eyewitnesss narrative recounts a sudden mine sealing after a disaster in a coal town. Women and families mourn as they face the fate of trapped miners and the loss felt across the community. A miner vows to never return to the pit, reflecting on a town's enduring sorrow.
Washington based public relations firm Lewis W Fulton and associates located at 17 East 42nd Street New York. Clients include P Ballantine and Sons Dartmouth College Miles Laboratories and the Trading Stamp Institute of America.
A New York firm is accused of conducting propaganda on behalf of Congolese interests while Milburn McCarty delayed registering with the Justice Department. The arrival of Mr. Adoula in New York unsettled officials and raised concerns about influence and expense.
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