They cool it in Phoenix
An editorial praising cross race collaboration in Phoenix highlights Mayor Milt Graham and the Phoenix Human Relations Council for initiatives to reduce tensions. It notes job programs and minority inclusion in city govt, while praising business leaders and warning about ongoing issues with poverty and prejudice and noting Chief Bla Baum’s role as a potential setback.
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Phoenix
Milt Graham
Phoenix Human Relations Council
National Alliance of Businessmen
Valley Businessmens
Paul Blabaum
Aspinall blocks larger Redwoods National Park plan
Rep Wayne Aspinall chairs the House Interior Committee and blocked a stronger Redwoods National Park bill. The Senate proposed 64,000 acres, while Aspinall's version covers 28,000 acres with 18,000 already a state park. He refused amendments, leaving a token remnant at risk without Senate action.
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Wayne Aspinall
Colo
House Interior Committee
Rep
Aspinall
Redwoods National Park
House, of Representatives
Senate
House
America
Redwoods
Governors lose grip on GOP nomination race
Roscoe Drummond argues GOP governors cannot unite to back Rockefeller or Nixon at the 1968 convention. He notes key figures like Rhodes and Agnew struggle to command their delegations and predicts governors will not decisively influence the presidential nominating outcome.
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Cincinnat
Bears
Drummond
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
GOP
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Nixon
Nors
Volpe
Massachusetts
Agnew
Maryland
Shafer
Pennsylvania
Rhodes
Ohio
Romney
Michigan
Reagan
Obesity the chief issue for a 1968 campaign
Ines Robb argues obesity as the dominant domestic threat, urging presidential candidates to target mountainous Americans who weigh 100 pounds or more. She envisions a painless reducing program with slogans and possibly public reducing facilities, hypnosis, pills, or payments not to eat.
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Evans
Novak
Drummond
Considine
McGill
I. Robb
Inez
Red Sky at Morning review notes war reshapes youth
Bradford's debut follows Josh Arnold a Mobile youth who moves to Sagrado New Mexico for World War II. The reviewer praises vivid characters Steenie Stempolous Marcia Davidson and Chango and calls the novel a strong exploration of war's disruption across a small town.
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Bradford
Mobile
Ala
Sagrado
N.M
Josh Arnold
New
Mexico
America
Arnold
Josh
Steenie Stempolous
Sex
William Saroyan
California
Most Popular Library Picks Featured This Week
Readers flock to a mix of authors including Updike Uris Stewart Serling Morris Ginott Vidal Hailey Caldwell Michener. Highlights include At the Library lists with Topaz The Naked Ape Between Parent and Child and Myra Breckinridge plus titles like The Gabriel Hounds Airport Iberia and Testimony of Two Men and The President's Plane is Missing.
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Hounds” Serling
Morris
Ape” Ginott
Vidal
Myra Breckinridge
Hailey
Caldwell
Michener
Iberia
Scottsdale Adds Four Members to Town Agricultural Board
Scottsdale officials approve a $325000 town building on the northeast corner of Scottydale Road and Main Street. The Western styled facility will house F W Woolworth Co and Southwest Savings Association among other firms. New appointees are Carl Seidner Lute Wasbotten Aarlan Ab ney and Hiram Kennery. holdovers James Boyd Mark Cockrill and Norman Nelson.
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Scottsdale Town
Scottsdale
Scottydale Rd
Main &I
F. W. Woolworth Co
Southwest Savings Association
McGill Looks at Baseball in a Changing Era
Ralph McGill argues baseball evolves with TV and fan demand for action. He contrasts modern, high scoring shoots with the pre Babe Ruth era when speed and skill defined excitement. He cites Ruth, Gehrig, and Maris and notes changes in ball, fences, and pitching.
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Black Sox
Babe Ruth
Roger Maris
Wilbert Robinson
Our Man Hoppe and the Nixon Eisenhower endorsement
A satirical sketch imagines Gen Eisenhower endorsing Nixon for president citing experience and intelligence. The piece riffs on family ties and a Thanksgiving White House scene with Ike, Pat, Mamie, David and Julie, debating taxes, Vietnam and tradition. The spoof ends with plans to cool off on the south lawn.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Dick Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
White House
Norman Rockwell
Pat
Ike
Mamie
David
Julie
Head Hunters Shift Jobs Without Noted Gender Bias
A compact remark notes that many women now earn men's wages and asks if this is not longstanding. The piece also describes Eskimos rubbing noses when meeting and Americans rubbing fenders, while suggesting a tongue in cheek term for employment agencies.
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Jim Rhodes
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Marcia Davidson
Chango
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Topaz” Stewart
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Rogers Hornsby
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Lyndon
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Vietnam
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Jerry McElfresh
W. B
Doc" Wright
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Asisoaath
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