Problems At The State Hospital Dr. Robert Shearer
Dr. Robert Shearer will leave as administrator of Arizona State Hospital after efforts to fix chronic issues. He cites staff and facility inadequacies contributing to security problems, including patient liquor use and escapes. The piece warns against expecting his successor to solve all problems and urges focused analysis and cautious spending.
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Robert Shearer
Son
Arizona State Hospital
Shearer
Arizona
State Hospital
President Johnson faces pivotal steel wage clash
The piece argues Johnson cannot win all three steel wage, price, and no strike demands. It warns his handling of the steel dispute could shake market confidence and test his pro business image, comparing risks to Kennedy’s 1962 crisis and urging pragmatic compromises.
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Johnson
Steel Management
United Steel Workers
Kennedy
Widow in Phoenix Endures Government Welfare War
A 64-year-old Phoenix widow defined as poor by federal rules survives on a small pension and investment returns. She paid 140 dollars in income tax on 800 dollars of taxable income in 1964, while inflation and deficit spending erode savings. The piece argues for shrinking welfare bureaucracy and ending federal meddling in private affairs.
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Welfare
Great Society
Washington
Why So Many Bad Samaritans and the Cowardly Wariness
A columnist reflects on bystander inaction amid crime and asks why citizens fail to aid victims. Citing a University of Chicago law conference, he notes debates on legal responsibility for witnesses, the difficulty of prosecuting criminals, and the role of religion and community in motivating help. He critiques secular sociability and calls cowardice a social defect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago Law School
Goldwater's Future in Politics Obscure and Rumors Rise
The article surveys Barry Goldwater's uncertain political trajectory while he campaigns in Europe and Arizona. It notes speculation he could challenge Governor Sam Goddard in 1966, compares to Nixon's career path, and discusses how GOP dynamics in 1968 might affect Goldwater's role. Predictions remain hazardous as Goldwater continues fund raising and public speaking, with no definite flight plan evident.
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Barry Goldwater
Europe
Arizona
Sam Goddard
Goddard
Goldwater
Nixon
GOP
Good Samaritan
Senator Soaper Advocates President Teaching Return
The statement claims the President desires a return to school teaching as a career. It notes teaching could spare him from borrowing large sums for income tax payments, highlighting a perceived benefit of the proposed shift in occupation.
Power says citizens must preserve U S military strength in Design for Survival
Barry Goldwater notes Gen Thomas S Power, former SAC commander, argues in revised Design for Survival that US must maintain military superiority to deter nuclear aggression. Power warns Soviet focus on nuclear weapons and long range delivery makes a surprise attack plausible, demanding an informed public.
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Thomas S Power
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Department of Defense
Power
United States
U.S
Britain
Soviet Union
Old Hassayampers’ spring tale along the falls and orange grove
A Phoenix 1890 reminiscence recounts a Sunday ride description from Chicago to the Falls of Arizona Canal and the pioneer Orange Grove. Wildflowers, pink roses and pineapple-scented petals color a vivid scene of alfalfa, blue hills and a miniature Niagara, contrasted with a political essay on Soviet military power and disarmament debates.
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Chicago
Falls of Arizona Canal
Orange Grove
Left a Paper Tiger The Left in America Is a Paper Tiger
John Chamberlain argues the American left shows empty strength in criticism of Lyndon Johnson over Vietnam. He cites Yale faculty dissent and student petitions as evidence that brief demonstrations lack real organizational power, contrasting with the realities of political authority and power in the White House.
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Gen. Power
America
Lyndon Johnson
South
Viet Nam
Yale University
David Rowe
Yale
Prof. Rowe
South Viet Nam
Washington Report Lyndon Almost Lost A Round
President Johnson refused to bend on the VA hospital closings pushing back appeals from congressmen led by Rep. Olin Teague. A White House study panel was ordered with a June 1 report deadline as House action stalls and Commerce post speculation swirls around Matthew Welsh and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
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Rep
Olin
Tiger) Teague
House Veterans Affairs Committee
L.B
Teague
White House
House
Indiana
Matthew Welsh
Commerce Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York
Welsh
Luther Hodges
Roosevelt
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UAW
By Russell Kirk
Will Herberg
Seem
Damanen
Richard Nixon
California
By Dowling
Eer
Soaper
Phoenix
Russia
John Chamberlain
Belts
U.N
Texas
Sukarno
Malaysia
Far East
Labor Party
Singapore
Harold Wilson
Southeast Asia
Asia
Lyndon
Lou Hiner
Gazette
Washington Bureau
Veterans Administration
Hiner
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