Arizona libraries in decline urge cultural revival
Editorial laments state library funding and public apathy toward cultural institutions in Arizona. It cites low national rankings for university libraries and ailing local libraries, noting Scottsdale’s relative strength. The piece argues climate and indifference hinder indoor cultural activities and calls for renewed support for books and libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
University of Arizona
Arizona State
Scottsdale
Robert Johnson
U. of A
Phoenix
Labeling Prescriptions Could Prevent Misuse
A citizen recalls an overheard dispute where a druggist failed to print the medicine name on a bottle label. The incident highlights how labeling delays can lead to wrong drug use, especially when many prescriptions sit unused for months. A few seconds of labeling might save lives.
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America
Job Corps Center Closures Prompt Partisan Protests
Washington reports mounting protests against closing 59 Job Corps centers amid accusations of waste and mismanagement. The GAO study criticizes costs and limited outcomes, influencing Nixon administration cuts and a push to slash funding by about half.
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Washington
Job Corps
Congress
General Accounting Office
GAO
Nixon
Safeguard the Anti-Chinese Missile scheme backfires
In a tense boardroom scene the Safeguard missile plan shifts from Anti-Chinese to Anti-Russian branding. Grommet pitches a slogan while generals, businessmen, and union officials debate optics, costs, and public fear until the directors dismiss him with a firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board Room of Military-Industrial__ Complex, Ltd
Grommet
Sentinel
Edsel
Safeguard
Pentagon
Fulbright
UNION
Cigarette Wrinkles and Vanity Push Smoking Decline
A columnist parodies a doctor’s claim that smoking causes wrinkles and crow's feet. The piece riffs on public health campaigns, the ACS, Tony Curtis, and tobacco companies diversifying, ending with a cheeky verdict to stare at one’s own face in the mirror to quit.
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H. W. Daniels
Virginia
Tayette
Daniels
Maurice Chevalier
Cancer Society
Tony ‘Curtis
ACS
Lawrence Welk
Doris Day
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Tobacco
American Tobacco Co
American Brands, Inc
Youth Artist to Perform with Sympathy Group
A Shawano Wisconsin Evening Leader item notes a Youth Artist to perform with the Sympathy Group. The fragment describes a luncheon in Hulman Center and mentions varied phrases about victims and chemical causes, with references to Terre Haute Indiana and Staten Island New York Advance.
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Shawano
Wis
Bradburn
Hulman Center
Terre Haute
Ind
Khrushchev Birthday Legend and Nixon Talks
A scattered collection notes Nikita Khrushchev spending his 75th birthday hidden, his reprieve signed at power, and a historical line of loyalists. It also mentions Richard Nixon’s attempt to meet Khrushchev during a Soviet visit, with commentary from the National Catholic Reporter mocking a car dealer’s pitch claiming divine pricing.
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New York
Nikita Khruschev
Kosygin
Brezhnev
Considine
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Bulganin
Malenkov
Shepetov
Molotov
National Catholic
Pax
Oakland
Calif
Chrysler
Plymouth
Dodge
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Allen
Goldsmith
Wrath Hollow
Robert Allen
John ‘Goldsmith
Hoppe
Arthur Hoppe
Gromwell Grommett
Des Moines
Oiysa
Virginia Payette
Schenectady
N.Y
Staten “Island
Bob Considine
Khruschev
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Russia
White House
National Catholic Reporter
Scottsdale Progress
Jerry McElfresh
Manualina
Jonathan Marshall
W. B
Doc" Wright
Scottsdale Daily Progresss
Scottsdale “Publishing Company
Ball Park’ Plaza
Scottsdale, Ariz
Uege
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