Scottsdale Tomorrow: Balancing Growth and Child Development
Guest editorial argues Scottsdale's rapid expansion demands attention to the moral and cultural development of children. It emphasizes home life, parental guidance, church, schools, and community activities as essential to raising good citizens amid growth, urging consistency, praise, love, and attentiveness. Jack B. Huntress, President, The Sugar Bowl.
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Scottsdale
Jack B. Huntress
Sugar Bowl
Washington orders St Patrick Day holiday for Army in 1780
General George Washington issued a 1780 order marking St Patrick's Day as a holiday for the troops. He noted Ireland's parliamentary moves to ease trade restrictions and urged fatigue and working parties to cease for March 17. The memo urged discipline and placed officers at camp quarters.
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Washington
George Washington
Morristown
N.J
St. Patrick’s Day
Great Britain
Ireland
Lord North
Sons of St. Patrick
Parliament of
America
U.S
Massachusetts
Stark
Irish Volunteers and Politics Ripple Through U.S. History
The text traces Irish American involvement from Gen. John Stark through Presidents and Catholic influence, noting historical battles and civil rights tensions. It highlights debates over funding for public schools versus Catholic schools, with Cardinal Spellman and Jim Delaney cited as pivotal actors and a constitutional clash cited by the President and Supreme Court.
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John Stark
John F. Kennedy
Philadelphia
al Smith
Ireland
Congress
Cardinal Spellman
New York
House Rules Committee
Jim Delaney
Long Island City
John McCormack
Boston
Supreme Court
What Became Of Irish Fighters In Boxing History
New York notes the shift from Irish champions to later dominance by other groups, tracing the sport from John L. Sullivan through James J. Braddock and Billy Conn. It links immigrant hardship, economics, and changing generations to the rise of Irish American boxing, ending at the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner.
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Scottsdale
New York
James J. Braddock
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Serene
Prince Rainier
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Holy Cross
St. Mary’s of California
St. Mary’s of Texas
Villanova
Fordham
Yankee Sullivan
Tom Hyer
John Morrissey
John Heenan
John L. Sullivan
Paddy Ryan
John Barleycorn
Mr. Barleycorn
James J. Corbett
Sullivan
Cassius Clay
Corbett
Liston
Sonny
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Reflections on Dahomey Pagan Fetishes and Coexistence
Ralph McGill observes Dahomey in Africa where fetish temples, Catholic cathedrals and Protestant churches sit side by side. He notes pythons symbolize luck and protection, explains colonial influence, and describes rural women wearing little clothing while shrine sights dot the Ouida to Lagos corridor.
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Dahomey
Africa
Republic of
Ouidah
Dahomey Amid Tensions Faces Unity Yet Struggles For Progress
The account observes Cotonou and Porto Novo as Dahomey’s twin centers with a government tied to the sea port, noting linguistic divides and youth unrest. It highlights the press and radio as state owned, and warns leaders risk rights amid urgency for education and material growth. A migrant memory recalls village children greeting passing cars with smiles.
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Cotonou
Mediterranean
Porto Novo
Lagos
South
Georgia
Jail inmate earns janitor post after city hall shine
Quirks column reports John George shines floors during a 30 day sentence in Mobile Alabama. City commission votes to hire him as janitor after completion of his sentence.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Shine
John George
City Hall
No. USIA Poll Causes Controversy Over Image of American Women
Bill Vaughan critiques how the US Information Agency released readings on European views of American women. He blames the Washington press corps for sensationalizing unfeminine stereotypes and notes the controversial use of poison references as part of a satirical riff on gender roles.
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Washington
Freedom of Information
U. S. Information Agency
Europe
Washington Press Corps
Kennedy
USIA
Fraiser Rejects MississippI Uni Admission Stand
John Frazier a 21 year old Negro says he will not appear on the campus of the all white Mississippi Southern University unless his admission is accepted. He says this would arouse unnecessary emotions and commotion and I am not a rabble rouser. Abdul Aref says a three cornered unity now exists among Syria Iraq and the United Arab Republic.
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United Press International
Jackson
Miss
John Frazier
Mississippi Southern University
U S Women Bossy or Lazy Debate Sparks Ire
The piece mocks a poll on American womanhood calling the topic dull and artificial. It argues women are not bossy or lazy, lampooning stereotypes and criticizing a tax funded survey and media intrusion into private life.
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