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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1961
Page
6
The National Heart Institute plans a five year study with 100000 men, half on normal diets and half on fat controlled diets. Food for participants and families would be provided to control intake. Researchers fear temptations will derail data and ruin the experiment and science. The piece ends with a quip about the apple in Genesis.
Dr. Leopold Bellak argues atom age events turn people into social zombies. He cites crises from space feats to hijackings and Khrushchev talk, saying the lonely crowd may wait for pensions while a communist propaganda aim is seen as breaking the free world. He says American will remains stronger.
A commentary notes Japan’s rigid entrance tests drive a high rate of self destructive acts tied to exam failure. A Yale expert argues passing tests promises future prosperity and life success while in the US student indifference is seen as milder by comparison.
Washington dispatch notes Nixon struggles with party leadership duties while potential rivals Goldwater and Rockefeller gain influence. California governorship offers limited national clout, and intraparty shifts in New York and Democratic turmoil in New York City amplify pressure on Nixon as he weighs another run.
The column analyzes Richard Nixon's fragile stance as a potential California governor candidate and a future president. It notes Goldwater’s challenge to Nixon’s ambitions, the risk of alienating California voters, and a misstep opposing Kennedy's troop dispatch to Berlin. It cites Tammany Hall leader Carmine DeSapio and anti nuclear protester Dorothy Oliver as contrasting political voices.
Khrushchev claims a 100 megaton H bomb could outpace all prior blasts, prompting comparisons to Doolittle raid bomb loads. The piece notes delivery limits, fission vs fusion yields, and the impracticalities and dangers of such weapons amid Cold War tensions.
A columnist warns that without a rapid disarmament deal the globe faces a growing nuclear threat as nations race to build bombs. The piece stresses urgency and the peril of delay.
A Navajo School community thanks the newspaper for front page coverage of a traffic safety issue. The Scottsdale School District provided a crossing guard, and police will join the safety committee to monitor the crosswalk near Indian School Road and Granite Reef. The letter praises Katy Worth and the photographer for their role.
The Scottsdale Eastside annexation is now completed and an accomplished fact. The city acknowledges verification affirming the action's validity and thanks the Progress for supportive editorials. Gratitude is extended to volunteers and the administrative staff for their assistance.
Six chimpanzees at Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico are in final training for Mercury orbital flights the plan to launch three chimps before a man. Public pressure questions this step and a decision on washing out the chimp orbit could come after the Mercury Atlas test in the next days or weeks. The unmanned flight aims to test the enlarged Mercury capsule heat shields before a possible manned flight by December if successful. failures push manned launches into 1962 or 1963.
In Washington the GOP Senate whip Tom Kuchel may face a rough primary from 33-year-old Rep. John Rousselot amid GOP discontent with Kuchel’s voting. Rousselot mobilizes support in California needing about half a million dollars. leadership blades note Kuchel’s history of breaking with the party on key Kennedy-era votes and a controversial labor reform maneuver that damaged the McClellan bill.
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