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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1961
Page
4
Arcadia residents are urged to weigh Scottsdale versus Phoenix as annexation talk heats up. Analysts cite sewer and tax costs, future bond needs, and Scottsdale’s lifestyle appeal, arguing Scottsdale offers lower long term costs and prestige while Phoenix faces higher scale challenges.
A Scottsdale area resident pleads for immediate action on a foul odor from the filter plant, citing odor since December 27 1960 and urging print coverage. The editor notes the city manager says conditions are improving with added staff and pond expansion. a bond issue is urged for lasting disposal fixes.
In a Library of Congress visit Price promotes a reading built on Vincent van Gogh's letters to Theo. He rails against art he calls European only and against childlike abstracts while praising American modern painters. He notes Hollywood actors increasingly join lectures, with about 400 pursuing the circuit.
New residents seek action on installing a street sign at the corner of Cactus Wren and 68rd Place in Scottsdale. Editor notes contact Samuel Sanford, County Engineer, Maricopa County Highway Department, 4701 E. Washington, Phoenix.
In Washington Mrs Andrew Winton Roth, 54, offers jewelry to fund a campaign to explain the United States to Africans, saying the American doctrine is worth all the diamonds in the world. In London producer Walter Wanger rejects Marilyn Monroe as a Cleopatra replacement, stating No Liz No Cleo.
On Christmas Eve 1928 a destitute mother abandoned a baby in Pittsburgh. Eleven theater men formed the first Variety Club to care for her, spawning 45 chapters and raising about 80 million for charities including Boston's Jimmy Fund and the Children’s Hospital network. The piece weaves in contemporaries and broader Cold War remarks on democracy, capitalism, and media culture. It also notes light anecdotes about Elaine May, Mike Nichols, Lumumba, and JFK-era policy debates.
From Kingston to Montego Bay Jamaica's 120 mile span reflects its problems and promise as a West Indies federation member. The piece notes a $30 million annual tourism industry thousands employed by bauxite and a 40 percent farm output rise, with a push toward industrialization and foreign investment modeled after Puerto Rico.
Column argues Kennedy benefits from GOP internal strife as Republicans attack him while lashing out at Nixon. Critiques party leaders Halleck Bridges Goldwater and Rockefeller, warning that extreme opposition weakens the GOP and aids Democratic renewal.
Washington report outlines how George Meany AFL CIO is losing influence to Walter Reuther forces in Kennedy era appointments. Key posts divided between AFL and CIO, with Esther Peterson and George Weaver in new roles and a plan for increased UAW overseas staffing noted by Victor Reuther.
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