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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1961
Page
6
Tomorrow flags fly nationwide as citizens honor Old Glory. In Scottsdale the Sertoma Club and Darwin Daily Progress teamed to create public flag kits at three dollars, below the ten dollar price, drawing local purchases at four sites though results appear disappointing.
The court affirms federal laws requiring Communist groups to register with the Justice Department and criminalizing active membership in parties advocating violent overthrow. Justice Frankfurter and others note the majority views aim to preserve national security while protecting liberties, though dissent fears suppression of ideas.
The text recalls Karl Von Wiegand a distinguished American foreign correspondent who died in Zurich after covering wartime events. It mentions figures like Dean, and references his estate outside Cairo, with fragments of his experiences and words about the war.
The nation's farm income fell last month as the agricultural price index dropped 2 percent from a year ago while input costs remained at a record high for the fourth straight month. The gap left farmers at 78 percent parity in May 1961, down from 80 percent in mid May 1960, fueling doubt about the administration farm program. Ezra Taft Benson is not blamed for the situation despite the department noting a 6 percent drop in May meat animal prices from a year earlier.
Washington column analyzes a heated dispute between President Kennedy and the Federal Reserve Board. It argues the stake is high for the average citizen as the FRB may resist administration pressure to lower interest rates, impacting loans, pensions, and currency value.
Rupert Craft, 24, fired as editor of the Penscope the official newspaper of the Western Virginia Penitentiary. Warden Otto Boles alleges Craft walked away while covering prison events including the honor camp choir. Craft is back in custody.
The report riffs on a claimed space kitchen demonstration for astronauts and a built in Betty Furness style fridge. It jokes about a space crew opening a refrigerator door and possibly mixing martinis in zero gravity while noting potential complications and uncertainties.
Fragmentary report references a national emergency and alleged government contract abuses. It mentions 2,000,000 washers at two cents each from the Pratt and Whitney Division for the United Aircraft Corporation and a Navy reaction involving Chairman Walter Tobriver.
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