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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1964
Page
2
In 1964 Scottsdale newspaper text shows the Progress staff pledging to seek truth and avoid twisting facts. Editor Maurice La Carter and Managing Editor Jonathan Marshall oversee masthead duties while outlining the paper’s editorial standards and subscription rates.
The piece argues that New York riots and Southern racial discrimination stem from long standing housing, education, and job barriers faced by Black Americans. It urges calm leadership, rejects simple scapegoating, and calls all citizens to work toward genuine equality to prevent chaos and preserve democracy.
A visitor named Charity Felici entered an office asking for money for a charitable group. He appeared neat and trustworthy, but offered no chamber of commerce clearance or organizational credentials. He promised the group would use donations wisely, and the staff smiled in return.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that in Washington President Johnson faced rejection from Ways and Means Chairman Mills who refused to back a Medicare version. Cohen's push failed after Mills balked, leaving a long shot for a medical care bill this year as leaders seek a conference with the Senate.
A reader critiques an editorial on The Press in America noting that while many press members remain neutral the growing number of sensationalists undermines democracy. He cites Republican delegates reacting to Eisenhower and argues the public’s faith in the media is already weakened.
The piece discusses Mayor Lamb amid weekend riots in Rochester and quotes John Rivera on Harlem leader William Epton. It critiques newspaper and television bias, calls for clear labeling of editorial content, and cites ABC’s Howard K. Smith as illustrating selective quotation during Goldwater coverage.
Ralph McGill argues that slum violence will grow and be racially labeled, driven by hot weather and policing biases. He contrasts affluence with vast slums, notes rapid population growth, and challenges outsiders who misread riots as purely political rather than tied to poverty and living conditions.
A senior psychologist warns slums are cancers and time bombs, not racial byproducts. He cites unemployment, crime, and family breakdown as drivers, urging deeper, remedial work rather than partisan blame to address this nationwide crisis.
A July 21 1954 Geneva agreement brokered by Brig. Gen. George Delteil and Ta Quang Buu split Viet Nam into North and South. Communists would withdraw north of the 17th parallel within 100 days, forego foreign arms, and pursue elections by 1956 supervised by Polish Indian and Canadian observers. Britain USSR and Red China endorsed the plan.
The author warns against Sino Soviet agreements seen as tools of communist expansion. They cite past treaties like Geneva and Cuba and accuse leaders of misinformation while comparing South Viet Nam to a Bay of Pigs scenario. The piece urges vigilance against perceived political deception and calls for clear warnings to the public.
Robert H. Bohannan of 700 E Berneil Dr writes to defend Scottsdale Progress against biases he sees in other papers. He commends fair local news, praises Gov. Fannin, and states the paper prints news as it happens with few typos while denying political tool use.
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