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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1963
Page
4
A district court in Arizona ruled that three Jehovah's Witness children may refuse to salute the flag in school without penalty. The article cites the 20 year old Supreme Court decision allowing religious dissent and quotes Justice Jackson on protecting free minds.
A London report notes crime era changes as a farmhouse used in the great train robbery is opened to visitors for two and a half shillings. In Pecos Texas tourists pay five dollars per person or twenty dollars per year to see Billy Sol Estes's home, illustrating big Texas style.
A European expatriate who recently left China notes a shift in sentiment inside the country amid East West tensions. He says Russians are now more hated than Americans behind the Bamboo Curtain as Sino Soviet strains intensify.
Frances Diehl a San Francisco hostess linked to the Eisenhower era visits Moscow on a world tour. Nina Petrovna Khrushchev greets her and hosts include dinners, a ballet, and tours. The piece notes a Cold War backdrop with the DEW line and wary tensions in Washington.
Feature on Arctic outposts manned by the Federal Electric Corp division of ITT and allied air forces. The piece describes harsh conditions, personnel details, life aboard stations, isolation pay, schedules, and the appeal of steady income. Includes stress on 18 month first tours and high retention.
The Catholic Charities Youth Study Division responds to Arizona Republic series by Rev. Carlin and others, calling the reporting inaccurate. It cites ongoing studies from 1962, praise for juvenile staff, and concerns about lack of residential treatment centers and state funding.
Roscoe Drummond reports that Kennedy aides and Republican leaders clash over a civil rights bill. Democrats accuse Republicans of partisan maneuvering while GOP lawmakers demand genuine improvements and warn of a dangerous political game undermining needed reform. The memo cites leaders like Javits Curtis Keating and McCulloch amid tensions with Donahue and White House staff.
Ralph McGill notes Izvestia critique of Communist China by law professor F Kozhevnikov. He lists Attila, Crusaders, Genghis Khan, the Duke of Alba, Napoleon and Hitler as archetypes of aggression. Timur the Lame is highlighted for mass violence and skull monuments.
The article surveys infamous rulers from Alva to Hitler and Genghis Khan, noting their brutality and the religious wars they stirred. It cites Mao Tse-tung and Stalin as possible additions, highlighting the enduring fascination with their monstrous deeds and the bloody legacies they left.
Bill Vaughan notes that while many technologies show only minor changes toothbrushes have advanced greatly in 25 years. He cites the problem of identifying which toothbrush belongs to which family member as a lingering unsolved issue.
A lighthearted critique of bright handle trends in toothbrushes shows a family misled by color codes. Blue becomes aquamarine for Mom, red shifts to heliotrope, pink to purple, and green to lemon yellow, causing daily chaos and potential financial loss.
Milllicent Brown, 15, among 11 black students attending desegregated classes in four public Charleston schools, says the day was wonderful and that students and teachers went out of their way to help. Manuel Artime, Cuban exile leader, vows to kill three Castro men for every Cuban shot, signaling intensified action against the regime.
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