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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1961
Page
4
A Senate subcommittee calls for a complete rewrite of disjointed conflict of interest rules, focusing on nominees for high federal office who must divest from companies doing government business. The report argues current provisions hinder recruitment and that revisions should avoid relaxing standards while addressing rare abuses.
Postal scientists warned that the Providence Rhode Island experiment cannot close the post office money gap by itself. Congress rejected most Eisenhower era requests to break even, signaling congressional reluctance to raise prices or cut costs further. The piece argues continued research is needed despite the failure.
The piece notes the Chinese and Tibetan calendars naming the year and reports a wave of safety aims. Automakers pledge standard seat belts in 1962 models and a Long Island school bus test with belt fittings proved satisfactory to all aboard.
Senator Barry Goldwater and his supporters push a conservative revival while critics like Javits Case and others warn the GOP risks widening rifts. The piece notes tensions over federal aid to education, teacher pay incentives, and the party’s path to national victory amid stiff competition from Nixon.
In a 1940s style profile, Golda Meir discusses her Milwaukee roots, Zionist motives, and rise to foreign minister. She reflects on Arab states, peace aims, refugee issues, and Israel's relationship with the Soviet Union while noting her simple beginnings and duty to her people.
A UPI humorous piece explains how visitors can divert a journalist in the House press gallery by asking for directions to the Smithsonian. The writer details his own procrastination routine from calendar checks to water cooler trips and weather forecasts as tours stop by.
The article notes severe Soviet teacher shortages in rural areas with multi shift schools and few educated teachers willing to relocate. It cites court actions over diplomas and recruitment drives, plus concerns about scientists avoiding teaching. Indiana faces a vote over repealing the right to work law as labor lobbyists confront repeal efforts nationwide.
Ralph McGill laments flaws in the growing child and young man devoid of honest public speech and civic usefulness. He warns such gaps thwart aptitude, diminish genius and patriotism, and hinder engagement with the arts and public life.
A London bier store displayed a window sign stating a perpetual sale started May 1946 and remains ongoing. Phyllis Proctor reportedly removed her jacket briefly, returned to fetch it, and found it had been sold.
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