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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1963
Page
4
A guest editorial by Bill Jenkins argues teachers are citizens with rights to participate in elections and endorse candidates. He compares teachers to other professions and urges preserving teachers’ political voices beyond the classroom.
President Sukarno denounces Western dances and festivals as unfit for the revolution and warns against frivolities on Armed Forces Day. He notes Indonesia's education growth with 180000 students and contrasts Western democracy with his guided democracy while press is said to be guided.
Sukarno rules Indonesia with no party or secret police yet wields power over 200 languages and a vast military mix. He lives in a marble residence with four wives under Moslem law and studies Jefferson while shaping a unique national persona as “papa president” and “bung.”
Paris reports 18 percent rise in French visitors to the United States in early 1963. Tourists share impressions of American life from unfenced yards and air conditioned churches to generous tipping and highway freedom. Maurice Laurent notes friendly greetings and brisk but relaxed pace, while Germaine Goulard describes American dining, shopping, and varied cityscapes from Santa Barbara to New York, with both praising open, if peculiar, American hospitality.
Ralph McGill responds to a reader worried about a five month old becoming left-handed. He cites biblical examples from Judges 3 15 22 about Ehud the left handed deliverer and argues fate favors lefties but offers no medical remedy.
Renowned columnist Ralph McGill will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Brandeis University during a convocation in Waltherham Massachusetts marking the institution’s 13th anniversary. The ceremony will also honor George Wells Beadle and the Rev Michael Patrick Walsh along with Brandeis’s namesake’s daughter.
A fragment discusses left handers as fatecharged and claims a left-hander killed a Hitler-like figure. It cites belief in left-handed luck and biblical support from Judges 20 about a fierce Israel Benjamin conflict. The tone links destiny to physical trait and violent outcome.
A Scottsdale reader challenges an Oct. 2 editorial implying Earl Sumrall owed his win to extreme conservatism. He defends opposition to federal education aid and warns of strings attached, condemns socialist influence in texts, and urges balanced coverage that lets readers decide without policy guidance. The letter argues for many to reclaim democratic governance and criticizes editorial bias.
A reader questions whether increased financial backing for Earl Sumrall’s election came from conservative citizens who shifted to liberal support when an opportune moment arose. The remark hints at potential influence by interested backers.
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