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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1964
Page
2
The editorial urges Scottsdale residents to vote in a close race for seven candidates and endorses Nelda Jones for her decade of school work and readiness to serve. It argues elections shape education for the next five years and emphasizes civic participation.
A reader vents about intentional misspellings in product and place names like Kool Kooshions and Kool brands. The piece also critiques modern education language shifts and asks if anyone knows Esperanto.
Washington reports the Republican National Committee faces near two million dollars in debt with no end in sight. Officials note heavy spending for the Goldwater-Miter campaign far surpasses 1960 levels as the committee keeps all income, funding salaries and expanded premises, prompting concern over party finances and future control if the ticket loses.
A Hollywood adaptation of Fail Safe hinges on a Strategic Air Command bomber that ignores the fail safe point and heads toward Moscow after a routine mission miscue. The real and fictional presidents face limited options as safeguards and human frailty are debated amid mounting tension.
Interlandi quotes reflect on SAC bombers and a hypothetical mad pilot. Khrushchev protests misinterpreted signals and fears a New York bombing scenario. Adm. Rosendahl defends the feasibility of large airships despite historical limits and the Hindenburg’s demise.
A 1948 judge weighed if a teen girdle name resembled a magazine and conducted a small poll to test confusion. The piece notes rising use of polls in court, but warns methods must be sound, with unbiased questions, or evidence may be rejected despite potential usefulness.
A reader advisory on how to handle a vehicle with a stuck accelerator during rush hour. It recommends turning off the ignition while leaving the car in gear, using engine braking, and avoiding neutral to prevent loss of control and engine roar.
Ralph McGill recalls John Gunther’s The Lost City and his brief 1938 Vienna visit. He details meeting Robert Best, a South Carolinian fixer turned Nazi broadcaster, later imprisoned, who died of a heart ailment after McGill tried to connect postwar.
Henry Taylor argues Lyndon Johnson misuses fear of nuclear war to attack Barry Goldwater. He cites Time and U S News reports, noting NATO and North American defense leaders previously authorized nuclear use if needed. The piece critiques Johnson for implying he alone should decide nuclear use and recalls Eisenhower Gruenther NATO updates in 1954.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress is published each afternoon except Sunday by the Scottsdale Publishing Company. Office address is 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale Arizona with telephone WH 6 3441. This is Vol IV No 196 dated October 5 1964.
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