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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1962
Page
6
The piece mocks the end of the Air Force flying saucer program. It notes saucers will be grounded while the Dyna Soar space glider advances, with about 100 million already invested. It paints a comic view of defense budgeting and future space flight ambitions.
Maurice Freedman, a New York businessman born in Canada, plans to present a sun based calendar to the United Nations. It sets each month to 30 days with December at 35, introduces Uniday and Newday, and adds a three day weekend monthly. The proposal faces global disruption but highlights potential efficiency gains and a new view of time.
In a quiet but costly dispute, NASA and the Air Force clash over space as peaceful domain or potential war theater. The debate centers on overlapping programs and funding for space research and defense, with officials noting both sides seek common ground yet differ on mission priorities and risk.
The piece contrasts U S space plans with NASA and Lt Col John Glenn poised for orbit amid doubts about Atlas booster reliability. It then shifts to urban development where Joseph Timan advocates a master planned approach to land use near Albuquerque to avert future shortages, aligning with Brazil’s Brasilia Governor Israel Pinheras in creating dynamic capitals.
In Hyde Park Eleanor Roosevelt discusses federal oversight of Southern racial issues, noting the global shift away from second class citizenship. She highlights nonviolent protest, Black leaders, and works like A Raisin in the Sun and Purlie Victorious as part of the push for equal rights under a changing world order.
The author urges Americans to see Purlie Victorious to confront racial issues without bitterness. He argues the Justice Department should use its full powers to address injustices seen in Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana and compares them to South Africa. He notes many colored citizens have endured long patience but deserve real progress now.
London MP George Craddock says he may burn a nightie on the House floor to dramatize his campaign for fireproof nightgowns. In Winchester New Hampshire Fred Barrett, 19, stole cash and peanuts from Wells Drug Store prompting police stakeout and arrest. In Eas, Pennsylvania officials shutter a burlesque show for flameproof curtain concerns.
After Christmas the city sees renewed complaints about discharging air rifles BB guns and similar weapons. Ordinance No 70 bans firing within city limits with exceptions for law enforcement licensed ranges authorized use and self defense under state or federal law.
Arcadia High School introduces an experimental English plan with English II III and V levels. Students are placed in experimental and control groups to measure reading, writing, and grammar gains using a Coop erative English Test and ongoing model-based learning. Results await the 1963 year end.
Ralph McGill notes that Southern lawmakers who oppose the high court’s 1954 desegregation ruling aim to delay and push 1963 legislation to desegregate all districts. He cites violence and predicts few areas will avoid compliance, while emphasizing continued unequal conditions in Black schools and unresolved readiness issues.
McGill argues desegregation has advanced in the South since 1945 with hundreds of cities desegregating public services and dining. He says progress requires improved schools and rights for all citizens, warning that closed schools and strife halt regional advancement.
In Washington the House Minority Whip Leslie C. Arends calls the Kennedy school aid bill dead with no chance in the next session. In Galveston the commander of the American Legion Post defends raiding the club bar saying it aimed to curb vices within the post.
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