Speed Observation Memo From Downtown Phoenix Trip
A memo reports traffic conditions at 5 15 p m from Second Street to Downtown Phoenix and back via Scottsdale Road McDowell Central and Indian School Road. Drivers speed near limit but many tailgated violated stop signs red lights crossed lines ignored pedestrians many hazards noted.
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Phoenix
Second Street
Scottsdale Road
McDowell
Central
Indian School Road
Scottsdale
Transcontinental and Western Air Flight 1 aims coast to coast
New York report details Flight No. 1 piloted by Transcontinental and Western Airline on a 36 hour Los Angeles to Newark voyage. The 800 horsepower tri motor Ford carries 12 including a co pilot, with 11 stops from Winslow to Newark. The flight highlights U.S. air transport progress under the Civil Aeronautics Act.
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New York
Los Angeles
Newark
N.J
Pacific
Atlantic
Winslow
Ariz
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Amarillo
Tex
Wichita
Kans
Kansas City
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Ind
Columbus
TWA
Ford
U.S
Washington
Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr
Pratt and Whitney
Harrisburg
Rafer Johnson urged to join U S Olympic committee for Tokyo
A column lauds Rafer Johnson as a first class ambassador and urges his appointment to the U S Olympic committee touring Japan for the Tokyo Games next year. It notes Johnson's 1960 Rome triumph and praises his role in uniting Americans across races.
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Rafer Johnson
U.S
Rome
Gov. Wallace
Johnson
Jim Thorpe
Soviet Union
Rafer
Japan
Congress Reform Urged to Modernize its Machinery
Retiring House veteran Drummond Hayden warns Congress cannot review the expanding executive or the growing federal budget. A bipartisan push led by Sen. Case and Sen. Clark seeks a commission to study reforms with public hearings to restore Congress’s independence and efficiency.
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Drummond
Senate
Congress
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Joseph Clark
Pennsylvania
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Hugh Alexander
North Carolina
Commission
Con Game Scams Warned By Local BBB
The Better Business Bureau lists classic cons to beware of. Ads promising cheap sewing kits or lists for a dollar lure victims. Victims often pay down or commit salary and personal belongings as payments. Know who you buy from and understand all terms to avoid fraud.
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Better Business Bureau
Peace march train to Washington draws humorous clash
SANE newsletter notes 1,000 women rode a chartered train from New York to Washington on May 7 to lobby against nuclear testing. A few men accompanied them but could not access the crowded men’s rooms, prompting one man to quip about unlocked doors.
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SANE
New York City
Washington D.C
EDITOR'S MAILBAG Backs Goldwater On Wheat Stand
Devon Showley writes in support of Barry Goldwater and denounces Nathaniel Hathaway for opposing the wheat referendum. The letter defends democracy and free elections as the path to freedom, arguing against farm subsidies and centralized controls.
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Nathaniel Hathaway
Mr. Hathaway
Senator Goldwater
Devon Showley
Windsor Ave
Scottsdale
The Evil Eye Divorce Case and Odd Bird Capers
In London a divorce judge warned Mrs. Winifred Rose not to gaze at her husband citing his animal gaze before granting a cruelty divorce. In Houston a 11-year-old admitted stealing 45 parakeets to trade for chipmunks, with 17 birds recovered after a garage break in. In Lisbon thieves stole 40 chickens from a cancer institute laboratory, raising alarms about infectious birds.
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Evil Eye
London
UPI
Winifred Rose
Percy Lamb
HOT Parakeets
Houston
Lisbon
Portugal
Portuguese Cancer Institute
McGill on Dictionaries and Conformity in a Carnival memory
Ralph McGill reflects on Samuel Johnson’s dictionary and a psychiatrist’s view of modern conformity. He muses that rigid social thinking stifles individuality and fuels stress, referencing an era of carnival inventions and teen reporters probing controversial writing habits.
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Isles
Conformity and Belligerent Clubs In A Modern Age
A satirical piece contrasts Dr. Johnson’s time with today noting pervasive organized groups. It mocks how every hobby and profession forms protective factions that wage disputes over minor offenses. The narrator reflects on cat lovers, Manx cats, and a world where even oatmeal and canaries trigger organized response.
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Johnson
Celestial Improvement Association
British Isles
Dr. Johnson
France's Nuclear Drive Tests Resolve in Hard Budget Strain
Marquis Childs analyzes France under Charles de Gaulle as he expands the force de frappe. The plan to test grounds in the Pacific and develop Mirage IV bombers and missiles may dominate the budget and touch every French pocket. Giscard d Estaing and other officials doubt the path while Germany ratifies a Franco German treaty with NATO reservations.
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France
Pacific
de Gaulle
Finance
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Germany
NATO
Deo Gants
de Gale
Ameren
Europe
America
Adenauer
France Faces Costly Grandeur Atop Europe Clash
An analysis argues that Charles de Gaulle's France seeks independence from Britain and the United States in a Europe free of Anglo Saxon influence. It notes Britain's nuclear role and Nassau talks as triggers for Paris to resist Western unity, warning of peril to peace and survival.
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Britain
de Gaulle
Albion
Macmillan
Europe
Kennedy
United States
France
Washington
Atlantic
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Considine
Alexandetz
Hayden
House of Representatives
Sen. Case
Executive Branch
Olympus
Interlandi
Headquarters
NAACP
Neve
Lea
Freeton
United Press International
Ralph McGill
Atlanta
Scotland
England
McGill
Marquis Childs
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Napoleon I
Napoleon II
Childs
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