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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1964
Page
3
The board plans a 625000 lease purchase from Crown Coach Co for one diesel bus fleet, amid bids from three local dealers. Critics question lack of competitive bidding, diesel advantages, potential smog impact, and disposal of usable old buses, urging a full public airing for taxpayers and students.
The Chamber of Commerce presents a permissive sign ordinance proposal that would relax limits on subdivider signs, illumination, and building visibility. Critics argue the plan favors business over residents, making Scottsdale look cluttered rather than attractive.
Washington whispers that President Johnson leans toward Robert McNamara for vice president in November. Democrats split over the idea with organized labor and minority city Democrats opposing a Johnson McNamara ticket while some favor his efficiency and party unity.
Washington reports on Project Mohole as the National Science Foundation restarts funding and appoints Gordon Lill to direct the ocean drilling. The dispute over contract award to Brown and Root fuels criticism linking the firm to Lyndon B Johnson while the race with the Soviet Union adds urgency to reach the mantle.
In Scottsdale a reader notes the local magazine cleanup has left some titles available only by request, calling it an under the counter sale that mimics bootlegging and questions the gains of such campaigns. The letter also critiques alleged so called proofs in economics and public health, urging caution over data interpretations.
Ralph McGill discusses the Southern Appalachians from colonial to modern times. He notes early isolation, lack of slavery among mountaineers, Republican leanings, and post Civil War changes driven by timber, minerals, coal and water power by 1930, highlighting demographic concentration.
The piece surveys Appalachian poverty on the Cumberland Plateau where many counties relied on relief and low incomes, tracing changes from subsistence farming to public works and the Civilian Conservation Corps. It notes migration, industrial decline after WWII, and the region's slow recovery, calling the War on Poverty overdue.
United Press International reports Goldwater has the most pledged delegates with 200 elected, 50 favorable, 69 uncommitted, and 61 for others totaling 380 of the delegates chosen so far. California looms with 86 votes, Nixon and Rockefeller weigh in as stoppers, and Lodge is eyed despite hurdles as party factions debate the path to the nomination.
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