Prudery wins again in Maricopa County sculpture row
The County Board of Supervisors rejected Tempe artist John Waddell’s nude sculpture The Family unless clothed. Waddell added a girl in Greece and shorts, defending artistic censorship as a moral issue. The work, priced at 28000, could have been permanently exhibited outside the county office building.
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County Board of Supervisors
Tempe
John Waddell
Waddell
Walter Bimson
Lewis Ruskin
Valley Beautiful Citizens Council
Greece
Maricopa County
National Newspaper Week Reflections on Humility and Duty
The piece recalls Sen. Alben Barkley’s 1948 Montana campaign moment and argues that newspapers wield power with responsibility. It emphasizes humility, full fair reporting, and public service as core duties for journalists during National Newspaper Week.
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Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Harry
Truman
Montana
Senator Barkley
Kentuckian
Ress
Sen. Barkley
Harry Truman
Johnson not turning dovish in Vietnam say so
Washington columnist rejects three major theories about Lyndon Johnson stepping down or adopting a peace position in Vietnam. He argues Johnson will likely run, resist a desert-Vietnam platform, and keep U.S. Vietnam policy intact, backing a strong defense stance.
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Washington
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Republican Party
LBJ
Democratic Party
Robert Kennedy
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Ridgway Defends MacArthur Cites Lessons From War
General Ridgway criticizes MacArthur in The Korean War noting his stubborn push toward the Yalu and warning the Joint Chiefs that Chinese forces could threaten his command. He compares the mindset to Custer at Little Bighorn and recalls MacArthur once praised Ridgway as best fit to succeed him. Also included is a Jersey letter about Airedale dogs describing breed decline and intelligence.
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New York
Matthew B. Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Doubleday
Ridgway
MacaArtebe
Yalu
Custer
Little Big Horn
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
North Korea
P.S
Jersey
Alice Nicolay
Airedale
Airedales
East
Scottsdale Letters Spur Tax and Air Power Debate
Readers in Scottsdale argue over taxes, property reappraisal, and the influence of representatives on state spending. They urge Rep. Flake to address the $6 million pork barrel and seek clarity on appraisers and full cash value. Doug Hartley defends air force sonic booms as defense in the free world.
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Scottsdale
Steve Spear
Rep. Flake
Air Force
Free World
Doug Hartley
Granada
Readers urged to keep letters under four hundred words
The Scottsdale Daily Progress invites letters from readers and notes a 400 word limit. It states that correspondence should include a contact address, though the address may be withheld upon request.
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Frontiersy Juror Pressures and Fair Verdicts
An old practice of a frontier Ohio judge using a live bomb to rush juries is contrasted with modern fast verdicts. Courts often rule speech alone cannot prove unfairness but acknowledge jurors may need time. The law protects jurors from high pressure when deliberation is slow.
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Ohio
Murder and fall of a Russian autocrat linked to Rasputin
A retrospective recalls the 1916 Rasputin murder plotted by Prince Felix Youssoupov in St. Petersburg. The article links Rasputin’s death to imperial decline, the czar's abdication in 1917, and Massie’s Nicholas and Alexandra as context for the doomed Romanovs.
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Felix Youssoupoy
Paris
Youssoupoy
Gregory Rasputin
St. Petersburg
Felix Youssoupov
Rasputin
Youssoupouv
Youssoupou
Neva
Anautovey
Nicholas and
Alexandra
Robert K. Massie
Imperial
Russia
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Emperor Paul
Nicholas
Youssoupov
Moscow
Lax
Ekaterinburg
Debris and A Thread of the Tapestry book reviews
Brock Brower’s Debris portrays three men in a tense Carolina duck blind day ending in hate and death as the sport of wild fowl hunting frames a lifetime of debris. Sarah Churchill’s A Thread of the Tapestry honors Winston Churchill, recounting wartime leadership and near K T conferences with family memories and wartime anecdotes.
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North Carolina
Carolina
Brock Brower
Pnd
Mr. Brower
Winston
Britain
Churchill
Royal Air Force
Teheran
Yalta
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Prudery
Kenneth Byerly
U. of North Carolina
Roscoe Drummond
Lady Bird
John
Son
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam Gate
Korea
U.S
Sen. Dirksen
Gerald Ford
Eisenhower
Nixon
Rockefeller
Reagan
Bob Considine
Arthur
Considine
Pro- Bress
Clark
iNet
Ralph McGill
Santa Jour
Don Dresp
Scottsdale Public Library
Atheneum
United Press International
Sarah Churchill
Dodd, Mead
Scottsdale Progress
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
W. B. “Doe” Wright
Scottsdale Publishing Company
Ball Park Plaza
Ariz
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