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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1962
Page
2
A local note urges readers to study a Small Business Group petition aiming to place a fall ballot measure. It proposes taxing Water Users while repealing the furniture and merchants inventory taxes, with questions about revenue replacement and full explanations before signing. It references a prior anti-Communist petition as a cautionary example.
The Estes case unfolds like a sensational royal romance with Liz Taylor and Richard Burton and later shifts to political intrigue. The piece notes government favors and smoke screens as both parties speculate and blame, urging clear, public disclosure and an end to the circus.
Aeroflot may unveil a Russian supersonic passenger plane designed for Moscow to Idlewild nonstop service to boost propaganda value. The jet, capacity about six, would fly at twice the speed of sound and be aimed at influencing U S policy on transatlantic air travel.
A fragment notes Russia pursuing supersonic transports with engines costing 400 million to 800 million depending on speed, barely affordable without unlikely government subsidies. references Aeroflot Flight 377 reaching 2000 mph and compares costs to DC-6 and DC-8 development. It includes unrelated quotes from Mickey Mantle and a garbled education passage with inflated values.
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses a Laos three man executive coalition and hopes for peaceful neutrality while warning of inevitable disagreements. She also urges swift judicial examination of New York State’s legislative apportionment to achieve fair representation for urban areas, noting Republican rural strength and urging public interest in reform.
The Elkhorn Wisconsin city council voted unanimously to approve a beard free celebration for the town’s 58th anniversary. The council argued the event should avoid facial hair themes and focus on other commemorations.
A leader urges a national gathering of heads of government labor and industry to confront the present revolutionary period affecting economic and political life. Delaying action worsens the situation. a united approach and clear explanation to the people are proposed.
The text contends that current governments face pressure from evolving beliefs in freedom across Asia and beyond. It notes the risk to freedom as colonial legacies fade and highlights the complex foreign problems and global contradictions shaping national fate.
Fragmentary. The piece references attitudes toward immigration laws and public sentiment. It notes resentment as a national mood and mentions criticism of immigration policy with scattered phrases about Shanghaiers and abroad.
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