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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1964
Page
2
The board is expected to approve a 625000 lease purchase for 18 diesel buses from Crash Coach Co of Los Angeles without open competition. Critics question diesel benefits, potential smog impact, long daily rides, and replacing usable buses, urging a public airing of the costly decision.
A chamber proposal to relax city sign rules would permit subdividers two signs up to 200 sq ft and 20 ft high with illumination and no time limits. The panel argues for a balanced approach, noting current limits and the need to keep Scottsdale attractive and uncluttered.
Washington insiders report President Johnson seriously weighing Robert S. McNamara as running mate. Labor and city Democrats resist, citing his non Democrat status and defense chief record, while southern politicians fear shifting civil rights dynamics and party unity risks.
Washington reports that Project Mohole aims to bore through the earth to the mantle, using a 35 000 foot drill string with a $47 million mobile platform. Contractors Brown and Root, linked to Lyndon Johnson allies, face scrutiny over contract awarding as the project races Russian space effort.
Readers weigh in on magazine removals at Scottsdale stores. A letter complains of under the counter sales of supposedly banned publications and calls it bootlegging by a store owner. Another letter mocks the idea that right to work lowers wages and notes a spoofing statistic about diphtheria and telephone poles.
Ralph McGill traces Southern Appalachia from pre Civil War identity through Loyalist mountain politics to postwar poverty themes. He notes mountaineers’ early Republican leanings, the impact of feuds, and rapid resource driven change as roads and industries reached the region by 1930.
A 1930s Appalachian survey depicts extreme rural poverty on the Cumberland plateau where more than half the population in six counties relied on relief. It notes stubborn farming, rise of public works, and the region’s lag in postwar recovery despite national gains.
A Washington window article reports Barry Goldwater leading in pledged and potential delegates for the 1964 GOP nominating convention with 200 elected, 50 favorable, 69 uncommitted, and 61 for others, totaling 380 of 1,308 votes. It notes Nixon and Johnson skepticism, California as pivotal, and Lodge as a possible stopgap despite personal and Nam war concerns.
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