It Was For The Boys Once But Now Its Big Business
Amos Alonzo Stagg, who today marks his 101st birthday, recalls a college football era focused on character. The piece rebukes modern recruiting as mercenary, notes ASU and Arizona rosters leaning toward big talents, and quotes Stagg urging amateurism as the game becomes big business.
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Amos Alonzo Slage
Arizona State University
Arizona
ASU
University of Arizona
State of Arizona
University of Chicano
A. A. Stage
Stage
Stockton Rest
Should Negroes Use Force Debate Sparks Church Discussion
A Southside Presbyterian panel will debate violence versus nonviolence for Negro civil rights with four panelists. The issue questions whether armed methods or legal means should be used to gain rights, amid criticism of the theme as conspiracy and a defense of nonviolence. The event, sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, condemns arming for rights progress.
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Southside Presbyterian Church
Robert F. Williams
Cuba
Castro
U.S
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Elf Owls Photographing in Desert Museum Nest
Arizona Album The Museum chronicles staff efforts to photograph elf owls nesting in a saguaro arm hole at dusk. A photographer perched on a 20 foot ladder for hours over ten evenings as two adults and their young used the cactus entrance, feeding on insects including scorpions and centipedes. Peggy Larson credits.
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Peggy Larson
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Time of the Titans America’s deterrent strength
A Tucson reader report describes the growth of U S missile capabilities from Thor to Atlas to Titan to Minuteman in four years The piece notes Titan missiles at Lowry and Davis Monthan AFBs underground silos readiness and the potential Dyna soars and emphasizes SACs balanced force with missiles and bombers under the Peace Is Our Profession motto.
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Thor
Atlas
Titan
Minuteman
United States
Free World
Nile
America
Tucson
Lawry
Denver
Strategic Air Command
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Los Angeles
England
Rocketdyne
Lowry Afb
Davis-Monthan Afb
SAC
D51st Strategic Missile Wing
Lowry
Fidel Castro’s Populist Image Under Scrutiny
The piece questions Castro’s claim of popular support after July 26 celebrations and links mobilization orders to state pressure. It cites Soviet bloc technician movements into Cuba as reported by the Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba, arguing Washington should act on Kennedy’s pledge to aid anti-C Castro forces.
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Citizens Committee For A Free
Cuba
Lack of Humor as a Test for Extremist Movements
Sydney Harris argues that extremism lacks humor and satire, showing how totalitarian ideologies forbid laughing at themselves. He says a healthy democracy resists censorship, values free speech, and tests doctrines by parody and irony to prevent dogmatic stances from taking hold.
Fireball on wheels Joe Walter’s wild racing life
Joe Walter, 81, famed motorcycle racer, recalls in vivid detail a 1911 open race near Qalsland California where a passing plane landed on the track as he finished, ripping through a wing and propeller and leaving him with a skull fracture. Walter held national titles 1911–1915, raced for Harley-Davidson then Excelsior, and later became a professional ice skater with Sonje Henie. He now skates at Monterey Ice Rink, still chasing danger after driving 2.4 million miles since 1906 and a 235-foot trailer stunt on the Hollywood Freeway last year.
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Qalsland
Calif
Walter
Harmony Trailer Court
E. Pima St
Harley-Davidson
Excelsior Co
Hollywood
Poff laments American craze culture and the corps craze
Washington Post editorial notes Rep Richard H Poff of Virginia says Americans are creatures of crazes who outlive them. He cites past crazes such as canasta hula hoop and flagpole sitting and warns the current corps craze may become a permanent part of the American image including the Overseas Peace Corps Domestic Peace Corps Youth Corps and Home Town Corps.
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Washington Post
Richard H. Poff
Rep
Poff
Peace Corps
Youth Corps
Republicans Press Cuban Trade Step, Warn Soviets
U S House Republicans led by Rep James F Battin issue interim reports urging tighter economic pressure on Cuba and criticizing Kennedy administration for slow action. They call for denying vessels from allied nations access to US ports and curbing aid to nations trading with Castro to isolate Cuba and curb Soviet influence in the Western Hemisphere.
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U.S
Arizona
U. S
House of Representatives
James F. Battin
R-Mont
GOP
Caribbean
Battin
United States
Cuba
Martha and the balance of work and prayer
A daily devotion notes Martha’s distraction with tasks while Jesus teaches the value of renewal through prayer. It contrasts busy Friday urgency with a need for quiet time, urging balance and reflection amid summer heat and endless duties. Courtesy Tucson Council of Churches.
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Tucson
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