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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1964
Page
2
The progress editorial argues the recent teen police tension shows no general law breakdown but highlights parental responsibility. It credits Captain Harry Walker for mediation and urges expanded recreation for youths, a mayoral committee, and a community-wide plan to ensure safer youth behavior.
Report from Sky Harbor describes President Johnson's Phoenix stop with strong security, a handshaking moment lost to a young girl, and arrests for a concealed weapon and a placard thrower. Observers note the aura of the office and the unique strain of protecting the nation’s leader.
Marquis Childs notes Lyndon Johnson channels Franklin D. Roosevelt in cadence and themes, using simple, homey rhetoric to promise peace and prosperity. Johnson’s relentless pacing, crowd appeal, and focus on a few core themes echo 1936 New Deal strategy, aiming for a Johnson Humphrey sweep.
The essay critiques football programs that misidentify players and instead spotlight spectators with numbers. It humorously imagines a fan in a plaid coat wearing No. 36 Ralph Dingdong and another No. 18 Delbert Bank causing mischief and distractions in the stands.
The Mailbag letter urges voters to support Evan Mecham as a write‑in candidate in the general election to defeat corruption in Arizona. Signers from 5611 to 9529 North 61st Avenue appeal to Republicans and Democrats to back Mecham for governor.
Reader cites incorrect claim that Mr Elson served ten years as Sen Carl Hayden's administrative assistant. He says Elson became admin assistant in 1961, with less than four years in that role, previously listed as a secretary. Also notes rights to know and praises a newspaper ad article “A Very Sick American” in Wednesday’s edition.
Opinion by Ralph McGill surveys rising Chinese influence in Africa aided by de Gaulle recognition and potential embassy openings, noting non ideological motives and a patient approach. It contrasts Goldwater's proposals with Eisenhower era logic, warns of NATO strain and predicts European reactions to French policy and British elections.
A Brooklyn couple and another pair ask the U S Supreme Court to extend constitutional protections to white children facing rezoning near a New York City junior high. They allege race based zoning violates legal assignments and the neighborhood school concept while the board says race was a factor in redrawing attendance.
The Scottsdale Daily Progress is published every afternoon except Sunday by the Scottsdale Publishing Company. Offices listed at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale with telephone WH 6 3441. Second class postage paid at Scottsdale Arizona. Volume IV Number 203 October 13 1964 Maurice L Carter Advertising Director.
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