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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1958
Page
2
A reader asks if an independent agent can serve better than a single company and whether personal counseling costs more. The response cites James Beattie and Associates Insurance Inc at 30 Pima Plaza, Scottsdale, WI 53-0731 as a contact for consultation.
Democratic candidate Henry A. Church urged a state sales tax increase with staple foods exempt to fund education and ease tax inequities. He spoke in Scottsdale to precinct committeemen and party workers, proposing a 3 percent sales tax and noting Arizona’s large winter population would boost revenues while limiting property and inventory taxes.
The Rocketeller Report notes U S lag in missiles and space matters reflects complacency rather than cause. Civilians register for National Defense Resources Conference in Phoenix on October 27 to discuss mobilization and readiness.
Postmaster O C Wilson urges year round attention to mail receiving equipment. He notes the need for clean, well designed, visible and accessible boxes that are locked when in apartment buildings to protect contents and ensure reliable mail delivery.
About 300 Arizonians are expected October 15 to attend the University of Arizona Cotton Research Center Field Day in Phoenix. Dr E H Pressley invites cotton researchers to tour experiment plots and labs, observe mechanical cotton picking, and learn breeding and variety tests with demonstrations and talks by UA and USDA scientists.
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