Skyscrapers debate roils Scottsdale downtown height limit
Rumors of changing Scottsdale’s 35 foot height cap spark pro and con reactions. Proponents cite empty stores, high land costs, and demand for development while opponents warn of traffic, parking shortages, loss of western town charm, and harm to tourism. A one-year delay is urged for study and planning.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Road
West
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Evening Thoughts on Character and Time
The quote discusses character as the lasting value of a person, arguing that opinions shift while character endures. It asserts individuals are shaped by their era, with few able to transcend prevailing ideas, and claims character is superior to intellect.
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Mathieu
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
England
Paris
USIA orchestrates global OUMph for Gordon Cooper flight
Edward R. Murrow highlights USIA efforts that spread the Gordon Cooper space flight story worldwide. VOA aired 36 hours nonstop with 55 transmitters powering a vast network, reaching 36 countries and 35 languages. Films, theater reels, and wire services amplified coverage across Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
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New York
Congress
United States Information Agency
Edward R. Murrow
Gordon Cooper
Space
USIA
Voice of America
Cape Caveral
VOA
NASA
Congression
U.S
Denmark
Finland
France
West Germany
Greece
Iran
Israel
Netherlands
Spain
Turkey
Cooper
Latin America
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Guatemala
el Salvador
Uruguay
Venezuela
Thailand
Formosa
Manila
Beirut
Mexico City
Propaganda Triumph by USIA in Cooper Flight Coverage
USIA distributed mass color prints and engravings of Cooper to 148 posts and 3,000 foreign papers, with front page features and an adventure strip. Crowds gathered globally from Nairobi to Santo Domingo to view films, hear broadcasts, and see Cooper displays, signaling broad international propagation of the mission.
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Cooper
USIA
Nairobi
Africa
la Paz
Bolivia
Cooper En Orbita
Hussein
Jordan
Amman
Ceylon
Leopoldville
Thessaloniki
Hong Kong
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Manila
Santo Domingo
U.S
Prospects for Goldwater Rockefeller in New Hampshire Fight
In the New Hampshire primary with 14 delegates at stake Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller vie for momentum. The outcome could push Rockefeller out of the race or lift Goldwater toward the Republican nomination, with Goldwater’s organizational strength and party support highlighted as key advantages.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Chicago
Gen
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Willkie
Dewey
Eisen
Barry Goldwatercritique of U S Policy in Asia
In a harsh critique the author argues U S policy in the Indonesian region favored Sukarno over long standing allies Australia and New Zealand. He claims Kennedy favored Sukarno with meetings and aid while pressuring allies and denouncing Dutch New Guinea resistance. He warns of communist expansion linked to Indonesian policy.
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Achmed Sukarno
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
Sukarno
Kennedy
Indonesian
New Guinea
Borneo
Federation of
Malaysia
Viet Nam
Laos
Troika
Nikita Khrushchev
Cambodia
Burma
China
Russia
Thailand
Malaya
Dutch New Guinea
Holland
United Nations
West New Guinea
Virginia
Skid row and urban decay from Ralph McGill notes
Ralph McGill recalls a late night Boston drive through skid row housing and cheap bars. He cites John B. Hynes on urban development and the challenge of reclaiming roamers while noting youths as young as 14 living on streets amid welfare and family failure.
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New England
Boston
Banks
John B. Hynes
Winding Up on Skid Row Youngsters
A harsh look at juvenile truancy and delinquency in urban society. Street life, drugs, prostitution, and neglecty homes push youths toward crime, with overcrowded institutions and limited funding hindering rehabilitation. Psychologists warn lack of discipline at home and poor school prep fuel unaddressed issues.
Channel Tunnel Link Across English Channel Favored
An Anglo French commission favors a rail tunnel under the Channel linking Folkestone and Sangatte with an estimated cost of 400 million dollars and a six year construction span. The plan envisions electric trains carrying passengers and vehicles, reducing cross channel time to about 45 minutes while complementing existing sea and air routes.
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Britain
France
Channel
Isle
British Isles
Folkestone
England
French Channel
Sangatte
London
Paris
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Scottsdale “Skyscrapers
Walt Whitman
Disraeli
Bob Considine
Considine
Cooper Flight
Proscoe Drummond
N. Hampshire
Drummond
Hower
Romney
Scranton
U.S. Policy In Orient
Cuba
Pacific
U. S
Alyanben
Androcles
Ralph McGill
McGill
By Murray J. Brown
UPI
English Channel
Olympus
Interlands
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