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Newspaper

Phoenix Gazette

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1949

Page

6

Bright Bay In Downtown Parking Gloom

The city may lease the Fox parking lot for 400 cars at 2500 dollars monthly, a move seen as key to a downtown garage store project. Chicago, Los Angeles and Phoenix investors bid, with final terms set to run 50 years, delivering 1.5 million dollars in rent to the city. The council will finalize after a safety check, with action expected by October 18.

Fox Chicago Los Angeles Phoenix Udall

Valley of the Sun should be linked to Arizona tourism

A proposal urges tying the Valley of the Sun name to highway signs and travel literature. By branding the Salt River Valley as Arizona’s premier resort area, the region’s 50 mile stretch near Phoenix could attract more visitors and stand alongside other famed tourist stops with stronger billboard and promotional emphasis. The author cites existing routes from Lordsburg and Holbrook and calls for wider adoption of the iconic moniker.

Arizona Salt River Valley Lordsburg New Mexico Safford Globe Miami Superior Devil’s Canyon Holbrook Showlow Salt River Canyon Phoenix Fit

Californians Practice Name Calling Over Central Arizona Project

The article notes ongoing clashes over Arizona’s Colorado River water rights as Congress renews the Central Arizona Project fight. It cites Los Angeles City Council hearings and El portal council discussions, accusing Arizona supporters of heavy spending while asserting Arizona has funded its campaign modestly and faced local limits on witnesses.

Arizona Congress Los Angeles Colorado River Ed. J. Davenport Colorado L. A

What Others Say on Welfare Treatment Reforms

An editorial argues that 89 percent of state welfare costs go to bed and board while only 11 percent pays for treatment. It urges the new public welfare board to raise treatment standards, reconsider housing for alcoholics and other groups, and build county centers for early diagnosis to avoid endless facility expansion.

Board of Public Welfare Central Hospital

Editorials On Mental Health Education For New Board

The piece promotes informing the public about mental health care and local services to diagnose and treat issues at onset. It argues the new board faces serious challenges and must show energy and decisive action beyond the old board's decade of aloofness.

The Roving Congressman McCarran’s Europe Tour

Senator McCarran leads a whirlwind European trip after chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee for months. He acts as a one man blockade one man goodwill mission to General Franco, a potential ambassador at large, and a watchdog on how aid is spent. Europe learns American democracy through both its virtues and extremes as the Voice of America remains a chorus, not a solo.

McCarran Europe Senate Judiciary Committee Franco Spain Treasury Voice of America

Public Opinion Letter Formatting Rule Stated

The letter to the editor must be penned on one paper side only and include the writer’s name and street address with signature as required by policy.

Make It Thorough To the Editor of The Gazette

A citizen letter urges Arizona voters to address state government by backing the seven member Charter Government Committee ticket in November. The author faults Phoenix city leaders, cattle barons in the legislature, and the governor for obeying unseen powers and calls for a clean sweep to safeguard the state’s welfare.

the Gazette Arizona Phoenix City Hall Charter Government Committee

Keats and Shelley House in Rome Deserves Preservation

A Rome visit contrasts world excess with the modest, priceless Keats and Shelley home. The writer laments the $40,000 yearly needed to preserve desks and beds, arguing beauty endures beyond wars and politics, unlike fleeting wealth and weaponry. He recalls Keats's grave inscription and Shelley's letter to Byron.

Rome John Keats Percy Bysshe Shelley Keats Shelley Joseph Severn Byron United Nations

Capitol Dome and Budget Battles Shape Mayoral Talks

Two city hall factions failed to recruit mayoral candidates as Langmade and Goodson declined offers. Governor Garvey faces a tight budget after legislators underfunded his office, drawing overages and warnings to cut spending before June 30. A possible January special session looms with strong GOP hints.

Garvey Statehouse

Arizona to Consider Presidential Preferential Primary Bill

Bill Turnbow reports Arizona may adopt a presidential preferential primary to select party delegates for the 1952 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Webster had floated the idea earlier but postponed amid election law changes and weather delays. He will study other states' acts before drafting an Arizona measure. The column also covers interstate water aid gestures by Senator McFarland, friction with the Maricopa County Democratic Central Committee over subscriptions, and Jimmy Minotto delaying election plans after Europe trip.

Copa Arizona Webster Minnesota

Temporary Halt In Civil Rights Debate

A three year filibuster over the Fair Employment Practices Bill ends as the Senate Labor Committee discharges the measure, with no recommendation. Leaders debate timing for floor action amid fatigue and political calculation. The vote total shifts briefly as proxies and names surface in a tense, behind the scenes drama.

Washington Senate Senate Labor Committee Democratic High Command Forrest Donnell Missouri Drew Pearson Donnell

Profits and reinvestment drive growth and progress

The text argues profits fuel reinvestment, enabling modernization and lower prices, citing steel and automobiles as examples. It contrasts American reinvestment with European profit-driven stockholder distributions, warns against socialistic labels, and invokes Robert Nathan as warning of ideas that would curb progress.

Robert Nathan

Profits as a Mechanism for Industry Health

By George E. Sokolsky Americans misusing profits would split the melon for quick gains. He argues high taxes curb investor greed and warns against firms diverting profits to workers or banks. Profits fund growth, keep industry dynamic, and must not be tampered with by doctrinaire planners.

Live Unrebelliously Like Marcus Aurelius on Peace

A speaker reflects on Marcus Aurelius and the idea of living unrebelliously to gain inner peace. The note cites golden thoughts and urges taking things in order without complaint, while stressing enduring learning and balance between effort and mortality.

Marcus Aurelius

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