Progress Editorial Page Boost for the Arts in Arizona
An Arizona Governor’s Conference on the Arts and Humanities drew about 500 participants. Sponsored by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the three day event urged funding and state planning to leverage National Arts Foundation support for broader, better programs. The piece calls on the Legislature to budget for the council to sustain momentum and avoid being overshadowed by other legislation.
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National Arts Foundation
Hollywood figures loom in California politics for 1960s races
The piece argues that post Reagan era politics may favor instant candidates shaped by public relations firms. It lists possible Senate contenders like John Wayne Chuck Connors Gregory Peck and even Jimmy Stewart and Frank Sinatra while suggesting voters may choose hero personas over issues. It notes California Republicans face a choice and public life could turn into entertainment rather than debate.
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Look magazine excerpts spark debate on JFK murder tale
Review critiques William Manchester’s Look magazine installment The Death of a President focusing on Dallas tensions Texan feuding Senator Yarborough and Governor Connally and JFK’s reaction. The piece questions Manchester’s portrayal of LBJ and JFK wardrobe preoccupations and Johnson’s role.
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Scottsdale Western Days proclaimed amid city growth
Mayor Malcolm S White issues January rental to February 3 1957 marking Western Days in Scottsdale tied to Parada del Sol. Judge Hannum warns of strict enforcement for western wear. Town Clerk Dororthy Ketchum reports 1956 building permits hit record 184 totaling 2 661 214 Valley Ho permit adds 1 million. Chamber plans a January 14 19 drive led by Paul Feltman. Red Cooper named town marshal succeeding Hurley Pruitt. Elsie H Shill dies aged 62? in Windsor as Village Patio development pioneer.
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Scottsdale
Dorothy Ketchum
Asian fears on Vietnam war and US policy debate
Informed Asian observers warn that the Vietnam War is seen as part of a broader communist threat in Asia. They urge a clear US commitment to defend Asia, oppose negotiations that would appease communism, and criticize treating Vietnam as an isolated battlefront. They fear appeasement fuels a wider regional crisis.
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Bombing North Vietnam to Halt Viet Cong Supply Lines
Ralph McGill argues from a carrier voyage in the Gulf of Tonkin that bombing North Vietnamese rail yards near Thanh Hoa aims to cut weapons and supplies to the Viet Cong in the South. He frames the action as a moral choice to deny the enemy the means to kill allied troops, noting civilian casualties but asserting they are fewer than those caused by Viet Cong terror.
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Thanh Hoa
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Hoa
Hanoi
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Public dissatisfaction with big government rises in disarray
Roscoe Drummond examines two dominant forces shaping the new Congress. Johnson’s broad approval contrasts with rising public hostility to federal size and reach, fueling debates over federal aid to states and local autonomy.
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