Letters to the Editor on Youth Employment and Poverty
A Phoenix reader argues older workers face age discrimination while youth Job Corps plans and work-study programs aim to fight poverty. The piece contends anti poverty measures fail to address root causes and rely on temporary fixes amid a weak labor market.
Photograph of a Long Departed Poet Ralph A Fisher Sr Payson
Fr Marcos de Nisa writes of a lonely poet of long ago a man known by name only. A mountain hospital or crypt receives his record while the scorching season and rasping winds seal him beside his manuscript carved on stone. Ralph A Fisher Sr rests in Payson.
Splits Rise Over Dominican Crisis
Washington faces sharp internal clashes as policy makers dispute Johnson administration handling of the Dominican crisis. Disputes involve the State Department Pentagon FBI and CIA with leaks and counter arguments centered on the Guzman plan and Bosch era ties.
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Why the fuss over downtown deterioration in America
The passage laments urban decline and nostalgia for lost innovations, noting many once common items and services vanished. It argues the mortician is called too late and suggests calling it now would prompt a healthier national trajectory.
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Real Issue Dodged In Poverty Programs
A historical column questions how effective anti poverty efforts have been and traces claims from Hoover to Kennedy about poverty. It contrasts past optimism with current Johnson administration rhetoric on hunger and housing, highlighting persistent inequality.
Tell that to the marines in Redgauntlet context
In a note on Sir Walter Scott and Redgauntlet a quoted line shows up as a feel for the text. The line "Tell that to the marines the sailors won't believe it" is cited as an example of American slang appearing in Scott's 18th century prose.
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Sir Walter Scott In ‘“‘Redgauntlet
Senate Votes For Civil Rights Bill In Somber Victory
The Senate passed a major civil rights voting bill, a step critics call pivotal yet somber. The author warns the move harms constitutional tradition and states rights, reshaping the balance between federal power and state control in voting standards.
In A Nutshell On WMDs And Space Doctrines
The piece satirizes fear of weapons of mass destruction and foreign entanglements. It notes the nation’s rise with old fashioned effort. It muses on after dinner speakers and jokes about lunar inhabitants and space ships serving as decorations.
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Not Making Trip Any Safer and the Local Power
A columnist argues the nation faces federalization, with the Supreme Court reshaping representation to favor urban interests. The piece condemns Southern and Northern extremism enabling voting reforms and warns of weakened states rights and constitutional balance amid debates on civil rights and national control.
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Weather Summary Includes Scattered Showers Across Regions
Showers and thundershowers will be scattered from the Mississippi Valley to the Middle Atlantic tonight with some showers in New Mexico. Cooler in the northeast and warmer on the Pacific Coast. Phoenix and Salt River Valley expect variable clouds, fair tomorrow, highs near 86 today and near 90 tomorrow, lows 53 and 70. North Arizona mostly partly cloudy with isolated showers in the northern mountains this afternoon. South Arizona mostly fair with variable temperatures, highs 75 to 90, lows 35 to 70.
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Weather Today Across Nation Summary
Sun sets at 7 34 p m MST and rises at 5 19 a m MTS. Yesterday high 85 F. Last year high 100 F. 70 year high 107 F. Low 64 F last year. 52 F last 70 years. 24 hour precip 0 in. Since Jan 1 precip 5.03 in. Normal Jan 1 to date 2.69 in. Excess since Jan 1 2.34 in.
Judge Craven Warns On Pretrial Publicity In Capital Cases
U S District Judge J Braxton Craven Jr told Chapel Hill reporters that pretrial publicity raises trial costs and can tempt officials to disclose inadmissible evidence. He contrasted U S coverage with English law and argued capital punishment costs human dignity and time, concluding it will eventually go.
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