Scottsdale urged to pass 3 cent gas tax rise for street repair
The proposed 3 cent state gasoline tax would send funds to cities like Scottsdale to repair rundown streets. Proponents argue tourists and residents benefit, while higher revenue could fund a storm sewer system and bond-financed improvements. Scottsdale would gain an estimated 119000 in the first year and more in following years.
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Scottsdale
City Streets Department
America
Phoenix-Scottsdale
United States
Bethe
Scottsdale Publc
Ashe Scootsdale
Bond Programs Explained by Scottsdale City Manager
Scottsdale City Manager Robert J. McNutt explains proposed bond issues for sewage treatment and water systems. Voters would consider three bonds totaling 4.4 million with revenues from sewer and water operations backing repayment. City aims to expand sewage capacity and create an Indian Bend water system within Scottsdale limits.
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Robert J. McNutt
Scottsdale
Gene McLain
Indian Bend Water Co
Phoenix
Cipal
Granite Reef Road
Indian Bend
Indian Bend Co
Coombs Named Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Culture
In a pivotal foreign policy choice, Philip H. Coombs is named to a newly created post as assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs. A Massachusetts native and Amherst graduate, he has led education research and advised India and Turkey, signaling Kennedy era emphasis on education as a core foreign policy tool.
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Atlanta
Kennedy
Philip H. Coombs
Massachusetts
Amherst
University of Chicago
Bookings Institution
Fund For Advancement of Education
Ford Foundation
India
Turkey
Ford
Rockefeller
Coombs
Scottsdale Schools Eyeing Legislative Bills
Scottsdale Superintendent Dr. John L. Ashe reports Scottsdale Public Schools tracking multiple Arizona bills. Key measures include text book funding limits, non resident tuition, operating budget rules, unified district boundaries, and a 24 pay period teacher salary plan awaiting governor action.
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John L. Ashe
Scottsdale
Arizona
Such Is Life Stranger Than Fiction
Superior Court investigation uncovers a child’s true mother and the aunt who kept the girl in a foster fantasy for years. The court ruled the girl should live with the couple who raised her, rejecting the aunt’s claim and the welfare lie, ending with the girl named as the true child of her foster parents.
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Inez McLain
Welfare Department
Almanac Today February 25 1961 highlights
The entry notes February 25 1961 with celestial positions Jupiter Saturn Venus Mars and lists historical moments including Washington cabinet meeting 1793 Renoir Caruso J.P. Morgan U.S. Steel 1901 Czechoslovakia 1948 Bricker Amendment defeat 1954 and a Ruskin thought for today about industry and art.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Washington
Pierre Renoir
Enrico Caruso
Naples
Italy
J. P. Morgan
U. S. Steel Orporation
Czechoslovakia
Senate
Bricker
John Ruskin
China Russia Rift Is Disputed
Fulton Lewis Jr reports on Jay Lovestone of the AFL-CIO disputing a claimed ideological clash between Red China and Red Russia. Lovestone stresses Moscow Peiping power struggle, argues their aim is world conquest, and advises against steps to aid Red China or grant recognition or UN membership.
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Fulton.lewis, JR
Washington
Jay Lovestone
International Department
Afl-Cio
Senate
Internal Security
Communist Party
Communist International
Lovestone
Moscow
Khrushchev
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Peiping
Russia
China
Mao
Asia
Africa
United States
Peijing
Korea
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