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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1965
Page
4
A piece on Scottsdale’s Stable Gardens at Indian School and Miller Roads celebrates a found object sculpture set among the ruins of the Arizona Stables. The garden, built from beards, nails, cans, and manure aromas, doubles as a quirky public landmark and an informal laboratory for breeding rodents.
Viet critic Handlin rebukes Shaplen's The Lost Revolution for oversimplifying the Viet Nam struggle. He argues the book relies on flawed analogies with Tito and misreads Ho Chi Minh and Viet Minh, noting whether popular will ruled and detailing violence used by Ho's movement.
Washington reports a major push for anti crime legislation in 1966 as part of the Great Society. Bills target organized crime narcotics and firearms while calls for federal aid to states grow. The new crime commission must report in a year and a half with Congress expected to act soon.
Evans Novak reports Rep. Ford canceled a Natchez Mississippi luncheon planned before a University of Mississippi speech after charges of racial exclusion. The dispute drew in Rep. Walker and Mississippi GOP leaders as Goodell pressed integration and Yerger resisted staged seating. Ford framed the move as a stand against racial discrimination signaling a new mood in the party.
Mrs Everett Moore of Scottsdale writes to the Mailbag praising Bob Considine’s Christ‑in‑Christmas point and sharing her search for cards that honor Jesus. She notes including Christ’s birth in greetings may curb lack of reverence and wishes a blessed Christmas and New Year.
A reader corrects an editorial asserting Mauch Chunk is in eastern Pennsylvania and notes the town, also known as Jim Thorpe, lies at the southern edge of the anthracite coal region near Allentown.
Democratic strategists fear a 1966 setback as Vietnam and poverty program battles threaten party unity. California faces a tight race with Ronald Reagan favored to win the GOP gubernatorial nomination, testing Gov. Pat Brown. New York faces jockeying around Rockefeller and Lindsay, signaling deep party strains ahead of 1968.
A garbled passage discusses a priestly figure and Diglis tic Histori and other erices of US amid remarks on the United States record in Southeast Asia. It notes flaws in performance yet praises restraint and commitment to legality by the United States.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress published each afternoon except Sunday under Scottsdale Publishing Company at 802 Ball Park Place Scottsdale Arizona. The 1945 November issue lists Jonathan Marshall as editor and publisher Dan Byrne as managing editor and T Frank Stewart as advertising director with postal attestation and issue details.
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