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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1961
Page
4
U2 aircraft, once famed for the Powers incident, remains active in weather reconnaissance high altitude tests, dust sampling, satellite gear testing, and infrared lens testing for the Midas missile warning system. Pilots come from the Edwards Test School and fly missions out of Flight Test Center.
Bob Turner opens the Lazy Longhorn Meat Market at 54 W First St Scottsdale after buying the former Scottsdale Cheese and Meat Emporium from Earl Pyle. Turner and his wife Betty decorate with western slogans wagon wheels and branding irons while staff wear cowboy chaps. Ted Turner Turner’s father helps in the shop as the family of Bob and Betty Turner reside in Scottsdale with son Stephen 14 daughter Sandy Harris and her newborn granddaughter.
Mrs Henry King mother of 13 children juggles back to school shopping and daily routines in Spring Lake New Jersey. She outfits nine boys and one girl with coordinated wardrobes while managing lunches and early rising. Her system uses hand-me-downs and planned outfits to reduce chaos.
DETROIT UPI The United Auto Workers begin a six day government promoted contract extension with GM Ford and Chrysler to avert a strike. The extension lasts until Sept 6 with Reuther warning GM talks must finish by 10 am next Wednesday and pressing to resolve the short work week issue alongside profit sharing gains at car plants.
Czechoslovakia accelerates economic and military aid to Cuba as the bloc’s leading industrial ally in underdeveloped regions. The country has spent $660 million on aid, with per capita outlays far higher than the Soviet Union, and ships hundreds of technicians and Czech experts to Cuba.
Stanford study finds American values shifting from material status symbols to intellectual exploration and public interest work. Families center life with greater emphasis on independence, women joining the workforce, education, and varied experiences. The 1960s pace of change signals a more diverse sociological landscape for America.
The June 17 1961 Saturday Evening Post article by Rosalind C Oppenheim argues that many infants and children with development issues are hard to classify and that observers must be open minded and well trained. It condemns experts who rely on rigid theories and notes the need for competent professionals to assess conditions like mental retardation hypothyroid and epilepsy in children.
Portland Oregon United Press International reports the Western States Democratic Conference names Mildred Larson-Arizona Democratic National Committeewoman to head its Civil Liberties Committee. The panel will expose the John Birch Society as a fraud while targeting anti groups seen as harming Kennedy and aiding Goldwater.
The American Stock Exchange was once called the Curb Exchange as members conducted curbside trading on the sidewalk, reflecting its early irregular market practice.
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