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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1963
Page
4
A Northwest editor responds to a subscriber canceling for being too liberal. The letter predicts switching papers but notes the value of reading opposing views for healthy questioning. The editor urges liberals and conservatives to explore rival publications and argues that avoiding disagreement signals weak beliefs.
Ancient words from Aristophanes, over two millennia old, urge harmony and a new beginning. The Greek poet’s call to temper minds with "alchemy of love" and mingle kinship across nations resonates amid today’s busy world.
Government agencies the IRS and Post Office have drafted detailed postwar mail handling plans for a nuclear scenario. A Washington correspondent quips that the first mail after a shelter exit would be a tax bill, reflecting the bureaucratic response amid national security concerns.
Adlai Stevenson cites Soviet Cuba threat while Kennedy faces Cuba’s force and economic pressure. Considine notes public focus on Cuba over Vietnam or Africa, and links the New York newspaper strike to broader labor disputes and public disruption. He urges declaring a national emergency to end the strike.
A column discusses how a U S withdrawal from Europe would punish allies and affect economies with one million American service members, while noting safety gains in aviation and a humorous anecdote about a passenger rerouted after a suspected engine fire. It reflects on public sentiment, airline safety, and international power dynamics.
Amid Betancourt’s Washington visit, U S intel warned of pro Castro assassins prompting heavy Secret Service FBI and State Department protection. Dan Smoot and John Birch Society figures attacked Betancourt as anti-American, while defense of Venezuela linked to oil interests and land reform provoked cross ideological clashes.
Rudolph Flesch reviews The Rose of Tibet by Lio nel Davidson Flesch Harper. The hero travels from Calcutta to Kalimpong then into Sikkim Nepal and Tibet. He visits a vast women’s monastery and witnesses rites before discovering a secret tunnel to a sacred inner chamber.
The review argues Davidson's The Rose of Tibet updates century‑old adventure with sex and explicit violence. It stars an art teacher in a London girls’ school rather than a glamorous hero, includes documentary flair, and even the author appears in the narrative. The critic confesses not knowing how to add to such a feat yet admits he couldn’t put the book down.
In Conakry a writer recalls a dawn takeoff from Dakar on an aging DC-4 used for the Dakar to Conakry run. Passengers include French, African, American and Lebanese travelers. Two African stewards serve a breakfast of fried fish, bread, butter, jelly, milk and coffee while others watch the dark sky and fearfully hug their children.
A travel writer recalls dawn in Africa aboard a DC-4, preferring beans to fried fish for breakfast and shelling them with a girl as Guinea unfolds below. Conakry grows into a modern city with wide streets and Soviet embassies, yet no European imprint on governance.
Bill Vaughan notes rapid automation in factories and offices but observes little benefit for desk workers. He months that executives waste time straightening paper clips while machines misprint magazine copies, illustrating the gap between clever systems and practical office needs.
A satirical musing on office automation proposes a television style window watcher for every desk. It envisions desks with screens to quickly scan outside while staff remain productive, critiquing the era of automated efficiency and the culture of oversight.
Mrs Myrl Gluck defends liquor license owners in Scottsdale arguing they pay business and property taxes, create jobs, and support the city’s economy. She challenges Louis L Miller to consider the broader impact of restaurants hotels and liquor sales on the community and traffic.
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