Freedom Is Never Free After Years of Record Military Budgets
The piece argues that over a decade of peacetime budgets have led to a global arms focus with $14 million spent each hour and $120 billion yearly for 15 million personnel. It notes U S and Russia dominate armament costs, with Soviet spending debated at around $42 billion. It warns against reducing arms spending, citing the risk of annihilation and a prolonged stalemate.
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Russia
United States
U. S
New Annexation Planned for Scottsdale Area
Scottsdale City Manager Robert J. McNutt outlines petitions to annex land between the city and the Indian Reservation from Van Buren to Indian School. The move aims to bring residents into Scottsdale to receive city benefits such as votes, police and fire protection, street maintenance, building-code enforcement, and a future zoning ordinance. A $3,000,000 bond issue to fund a local water system, including potential purchase of part of the Phoenix Water System, is also proposed with legal avenues to acquire water by negotiation or condemnation.
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van Buren
Indian School
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Arizona
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Park Headquarters
Sheriff’s
Lakeville
Border Patrol
Salt River
Paradise Valley group asks 20th legislature for relief on taxes
The Paradise Valley Improvement Association seeks relief from unwarranted taxation on Verde River Irrigation and Power District in a bill passed by the House. Scottsdale voters approved a 540000 bond for elementary school construction. A six-district plan for central Scottsdale improvements was discussed, with total costs estimated at 1233077. The four-lane Arizona Canal bridge at North Scottsdale Road will be dedicated March 13. Community Center auction raised 3000 for a swimming pool fund. Municipal election is March 28 with bond election April 4.
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Paradise Valley Improvement Association
Verde River Irrigation and Power District
House
Arizona Canal
Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale
Robert S. Knight
Knight
Scottsdale School Board Approves Administrator Training Program
The Scottsdale School Board approves a bi monthly training plan for aspiring administrators as the district faces a growing pupil population. Consultants from Arizona State University guide testing and seminars, with 28 nominees, 12 advancing to Phase II, and several new principals assigned to Kiva Supai Paiute and Coronado schools. Additional trainees are nominated to begin orientation in spring and start intensive training in September.
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Scottsdale
Ray Wochner
Arizona State University
Scottsdale Education Center
Madison
Carl Hayden High School
Phoenix Union High School
Scotts
Dale
Ashe
Kuder
William Barton
George Sessions
Kiva
Supai
Horace Rieger
Don Manning
Paiute
Yavapai
Richard Norton
Eight Cities Sway As Nixon Loss Signals GOP Challenge
Analyzes how eight key states and ethnic blocs influenced elections, noting Nixon's weak Polish Irish and Black minority support in Philadelphia. A GOP task force aims to win urban blocs but faces leadership backlash and stalled midterm plans, with 72 percent backing Kennedy's approach.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Maryland
Missouri
New Jersey
Illinois
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Nixon
Warsaw
Poland
GOP
Washington
Goldberg
Mundt
Tion
Tio
Goldwater
Bridges
Dirksen
Hoover
Oes
John F. Kennedy
Such Is Life He Helped Guide Juvenile Lives in Arizona
Profile of Chief Probation Officer Walker who over 22 years guided about 10 000 children and supervised over 100 000 youths. He fostered children at home and served as legal guardian, helped start Youth Employment Service and the Delinquency Control Institute, and led neighborhood councils for crime prevention. A case shows his humane approach as he counseled a troubled teen who confessed to killing a man, leading to a life sentence.
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Johnny Walker
Walker
Neith
McLainer
Father Flanagan
U. S
Youth Employment Service
Phoenix
Canada
Arizona State University
Arizona Crime and Delinquency Prevention Association
Ree
Mexican ex-president Cardenas dominates hemispheric meeting
General Lazaro Cardenas, expropriator of Allied oil in 1938, emerged as a central yet enigmatic figure at a Mexico City gathering of leftists. Key figures included Vilma Espin de Castro and Vicente Lombardo Toledano, whose views spanned anti US imperialism and Latin American communism. Kennedy asserted that Communist dominance in the hemisphere cannot be negotiated.
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Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Mexico City
Conference
Castro
Cardenas
Vilma Espin de Castro
Fidel
Vincento Lombardo Toledano
Toledano
Confederation of
Mexicani Workers
Toledano Jong
Interna
Latin America
United States
Red China
Cuba
Senora Castro
Kennedy
Eisenhower brother cracks joke over blue coat gift
Palm Springs California Edgar Eisenhower quips that his brother former President Dwight D. Eisenhower needs the blue coat more than he does as he covets the present during a light moment in the resort town.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Edgar Eisenhower
Eisenhower
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