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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1964
Page
2
Political candidates use posters and yard signs to gain visibility. The piece urges removal of torn placards and suggests Scottsdale and Phoenix bill candidates for cleanup costs if they do not remove them themselves.
The Mess roll shows an average monthly rise of about 1200, and total civilian federal employment reached 2,495,604. Future tallies likely rise further, signaling increased burden for the Committee on Reduction and related bodies.
New names and faces join the federal payroll at about 109 a day since January 1. A Senate group named the Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures notes an August rise of 3,043 civilian hires, mostly in the Post Office Department, signaling a brisk uptick in the first half of 1964.
Roscoe Drummond examines how four decades of Soviet leaders branded each other as unreliable and unworthy to rule. The piece argues the regime’s own leaders condemn the system, predicting greater danger to the dictatorship when the truth reaches the Soviet people.
A circulated claim claims the government issued a new Kennedy half dollar bearing the President's likeness. Advertisements show pieces on key rings and tie clips while the Federal Reserve says members ship half a million Kennedy halves monthly, with rationing.
Letters from readers defend the newspaper's editorial stance and call for reinstating subscriptions. Contributors praise moderation, argue for Goldwater support, and comment on topics from right to work laws to federal politics and local impact.
Washington reports a proposed pay-back plan led by Walter Heller to place about 6 billion dollars a year in a federal trust for states. Each state would get a lump sum for primary and secondary education without congressional earmarks, aiming to bypass parochial school concerns.
The piece analyzes the presidential race focusing on racial appeals led by George Wallace and the Goldwater campaign. It notes Wallace's Northern primaries and his aim to win 14 states, the shift after Goldwater's nomination, and the Western states' resistance to right wing extremism. It also mentions Mothers For a Moral America and internal Republican dynamics under John Grenier.
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