Dow Designs Phoenix Civic Center Plan Gains Support
Alden Dow presented a modern Southwest influenced Civic Center concept for Central Avenue and McDowell Road. City and cultural groups praised the sketches, with formal approval seen as imminent, enabling drafting of foundations, windows, and other details. The plan advances funding for the Little Theater and library, with the Art Gallery next to secure financing.
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National Employ the Handicapped Week urged employers
The Arizona State Employment Service leads a drive to hire physically handicapped people during National Employ the Handicapped Week. About 900 in the Phoenix area need work. Mayor Udall officials urge employers to cooperate and provide equal job opportunities based on ability. A Ray Artigue cartoon is reprinted to spotlight the issue.
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Cowboy Glen Taylor Visits White House After 1948 Race
Idaho Senator Glen Taylor, a former Progressive backed by Henry Wallace, lunched at the White House. The item jests on his ongoing reelection bid, his party shift, and shared music jibes with President Truman, speculating on possible political poses and a playful guitar duet.
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Communists in Washington go underground over atom bomb fears
The report notes that key communists in Washington are said to have disappeared from public view as they take Russia’s atomic threat seriously, while a Christmas question ponders what Father Pop will gift his children, including an electric train.
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French doctors push wine for health amid shrinking wine intake
The report notes wine consumption in France fell from 106 million to 74.2 million gallons monthly while mineral water rose to 400 million bottles annually and beer also climbed. The physicians recommend wine as the best remedy against alcoholism and claim a laborer should drink at least a quart daily, a conclusion we question.
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Taft as jovial giant with sharp Yale quips
Editorial excerpt recalls William Howard Taft's genial image and sharp retorts at Yale Law School. It notes a biting rebuke to Sherman Minton over a legal interpretation and a wry moment when Taft paused a class to share “pearls” before dismissal.
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Welfare state liberties debate voiced by Senator Anderson
Senator Anderson of New Mexico questions liberty losses under the welfare state. He notes the current level is modest but warns future expansion could erode freedoms. He suggests asking British and residents of established welfare or totalitarian states for perspective.
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Public Opinion Letters Policy Notice
A notice dictates that letters to the editor be written on one paper side only with the writer name and street address required, signatures optional for anonymous publication upon request, and only unusually interesting letters allowed to exceed 300 words.
Go Western To The Editor
Dorothy Bressi of Tempe suggests Phoenix create a Western themed district and experiences for visitors. Proposes concrete cowboy statues, public access to Arizona studios, grapefruit promotions, Western street with crafts, live cowboy music, wagon displays, photo opportunities, and themed dressing and car stickers to attract tourists at a reasonable price.
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Paris Scene Reveals Age By Paris Trip
The writer suggests visiting Paris to gauge age by behavior over two weeks. He recalls 1936 to illustrate changes, notes how notebook entries reveal aging, and mentions Parisian sights, restaurants, and the Louvre. Also notes Stettin's historical references and Catherine II.
Auditor Likely Seeks Budget Duty Removal From Legislature
Capitol Dome State Auditor Ann Frohmiller plans to ask the Legislature to strip from her duties the task of preparing the biennial state budget. She will present recommendations to the Special Legislative Committee on State Operations, stressing her role is to control expenditures, not to create spending programs. She won the job years ago as a stopgap and says it burdens her office, with agencies often unhappy at the Legislature’s outcomes.
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Arizona political notes and tax talks in 1952 era
By Bill Turnbow that nominates a woman for Vice President or President will win the 1952 election. Senator Smith says he was not informed of any meeting selecting her as No. 2. Secretary of State Bolin wore a cowboy outfit at a New Hampshire meeting, drawing headlines and tourist photos. Oil leases in Navajo County trigger limited tax revenue as land is federal non tax. R. D. Searles eyed for Democratic State Central Committee treasurer, insiders wary of candidates. Thad M. Moore proposes using excise tax revenues to ease school tax levy, potentially raising state property tax offset by district relief. Legal debate over governor eligibility for six-year-term officials continues, with constitutional arguments on who can seek the office.
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Czech Uranium Mines Kept From U.S. By Reds
Washington reports that Russia retained control over Czechoslovak uranium at Jachymov after Soviet forces moved into the region, with Patton allegedly removed from Czechoslovakia to ease Moscow access. The piece links Yalta politics, Masaryk's stance, and postwar tensions over atomic energy amid Allied cooperation.
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Tanstaafl and the Planner Pierre Dos Utt
Pierre Dos Att presents a controversial book titled Tanstaafl through Cairo Publications Canton Ohio. The author argues modern society echoes a rivalry for superiority driven by wealth display and status symbols.
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch Mnemonic
By George E. Sokolsky critiques a volume choked with charts and graphs, noting a lapse on page 18 where a wingless fowl boosts human breast size. The piece jokes that if humans lacked limbs we might curb kleptomania and subsidy hunting, while revealing a hidden Mnemonic Tanstaafl.
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A Bandit of God and the Joy of Reflected Pleasures
A reader cites a Vogue paragraph by Ignazio Silone about reflected pleasures. A priest explains that after a certain age one finds joy in a child’s happiness rather than personal pleasures, a concept celebrated as life nourishing and boundless when shared with others.
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