Future Looks Bright For Phoenix City Manager Choice
Phoenix narrows the field for city manager to three candidates all currently in city management roles in states with populations at or above Phoenix. The new manager likely to be appointed when the new Council is sworn in January, with an acting interim manager possible if needed. Phoenix pursues a modern council manager system amid broader reform themes.
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County and City Cooperative Zoning Effort Sets Notable Pattern
An unusual county city zoning partnership grows from legislative funding gaps. Maricopa County advances a master road plan using voluntary services and city maps with a zoning consultant and draftsman, aiming to reduce future costs and prevent later expansion expenses. Pima has begun county zoning as well.
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Board of Supervisors
Mao’s Moscow Gambit and China's Uncertain Fate
The piece critiques Mao Zedong's Moscow alignment seeking arms and aid while stressing the Chinese masses and troops may not share Communist leanings. It warns China’s revival hinges on domestic stability, food, and tax relief, questioning Soviet capacity to supply when Moscow faces its own shortages. It ends with a cautious U.S. stance and a light seasonal aside.
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Harvard Class of 1929 Reunion Liquor Debate
A lighthearted mock warning urges Harvard College Class of 1929 to prepare liquor for a 1954 reunion. The piece jokes about corn liquor aged in various containers and discusses Prohibition era habits with Cambridge and Corn Belt allusions.
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Ceres
Cambridge
Editorials Of Current Interest Reprinted From Leading Newspapers
A commentary notes Soviet music publishing plans 45 songs about Stalin for his 70th birthday, while Americans have mostly one national tune. It surveys split infinitives from Kipling to Browning, praising and criticizing their usage as literary license or error, and ends with concern over Browning’s enduring example.
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Massachusetts group seeks lottery tied pensions plan
A Massachusetts organization circulates initiative petitions proposing a state lottery linked to an increase in old age assistance payments. Sponsors say lottery revenue would fund higher pensions and expand eligibility as more people reach pension age.
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There’s No Tree Like An Old Tree
A reflective essay on keeping an old Christmas tree through the year. The narrator and Jean value lived experiences over new goods, noting the tree’s practical uses as an ashtray, coat rack, and conversation starter. They joke about costs, weather, and the possibility of a Christmas stump, embracing frugality and whimsy.
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Joyce Kilmer
Quick Quiz From The Grab Bag And Modern Manners
Answers cover Ben Greet the actor who revived Shakespearean outdoor drama. The Cave of the Winds sits behind Luna Falls Niagara. Scheherazade was composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Washington became capital in 1800. Charles G Dawes, vice president, helped popularize a pipe design.
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Two Cockney Brawlers and a Cow Milker Joke
A British bulldog and a Russian wolfhound stroll Regent Street venting about meat and Moscow while a bicycle dealer swindles John Straley’s grandpa. The old man resists, noting he’d look funnier riding a bicycle than milking a cow.
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Central Arizona Project debate looms in Senate clash
United States Senator Ernest McFarland aims to press for Senate action on the Central Arizona Project around February 15 but faces a possible filibuster linked to the Fair Employment Practices measure. If the filibuster is avoided, debate could start by mid February with House passage anticipated late spring or early summer.
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Groves absolves Wallace and Hopkins amid hearings
Washington reports that General Leslie Groves faced pressure over charges that Henry Wallace urged shipments of atom materials to Russia. A defense secretary informed Congressman Francis Walter that Groves could testify fully, leading to Wallace and Hopkins receiving a clean bill of earth. The exchange plus Barbershop banter involving Vice President Barkley and Senator Gillotte's coffee probe frame a day of political theater.
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The Commies Go After The Kids article in The American Legion Magazine
Dr J B Matthews writes in the December issue that communists target children during Christmas week. The piece urges American parents to protect children families and country from those who would undermine moral stature.
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American Legion Magazine
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Dr Sokolsky attacks Communist youth camps and Wo Chi Ca
By George E. Sokolsky the piece cites Dr Matthews claiming Communist controlled youth camps such as Wo Chi Ca in New Jersey and similar camps across the United States run by the IWO and allied groups. It asserts tens of thousands of American children attended in 1949 and accuses liberals of tolerating moral corruption of youths.
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Wo-Chi-Ca
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Christmas Gifts and the Spirit of Giving
Today s talk urges keeping Christ in Christmas by simple acts of kindness rather than material gifts. It emphasizes honoring Jesus birth, adopting His ideals, and reflecting peace and goodwill in daily life amid a world that often misses the message.
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