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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
14
John M. Bailey says there will be no demonstrations at the Democratic convention opening in Chicago. The piece discusses streamlining conventions, possible reforms, and the debate over national primaries versus nominating conventions, with calls for broader study by party committees and noting the ongoing spectacle.
A Harvard faculty committee recommends defining death by brain death even if the heart still beats. The guidelines urge physicians to declare brain death, inform families, and discontinue life-support devices, arguing cost and medical clarity justify the shift. The panel says physicians in charge should make the decision, not families.
The editor argues that despite TV saturation readers still seek newspaper reports for coherent coverage. Polls show 83 percent read newspapers while 77 percent view part of the convention on TV and 62 percent listen on radio. Donald Hall criticizes TV’s control of coverage, saying politicians bow to television rather than serving the public, but the editor notes one small benefit a lack of forced timeouts during Nixon’s acceptance speech.
A column argues the Democratic party may self destruct over its Vietnam plank if a halt to bombing is not tied to a cease fire. It cites Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles, moral questions of drafts, and the need for a openly declared moral war with shared sacrifice. Copyright 1948.
A Tucson reader laments the elimination of a required social studies course for freshmen in the Tucson Public Schools and urges parental input to restore academic breadth. Another letter condemns printing both a Medal of Honor story and a draft-card burning case in the same edition, praising the fallen soldier and criticizing the draft card burner.
A retrospective note recalls the Arizona Citizen’s prominence in early Tucson decades, highlighting how the paper served local readers with civic news, classifieds, and community notices amid growing settlement and regional development.
In Tucson on August 26 1896 Hon. Chas R Drake marked twenty five years since his arrival with a banquet for old pioneers and friends. Twenty seven gentlemen attended the table honoring his life and generosity in a highly hospitable gathering compiled by Yndia Smalley Moore Citizen historical editor.
A reader from Tucson criticizes press coverage of poverty and urges city papers to spotlight the claim that 90 percent of U. S. millionaires pay no federal income tax. The letter ends with the writer’s name and address.
A 1968 column laments excess government studies and experts as the Administrative Conference of the United States, funded to streamline bureaucracy, fails to produce concrete action. The writer urges immediate cuts, calling for firing most experts and executives, and advocates one page forms to reduce paperwork. The piece ends with a provocative Viet Cong remark and a jab at Ramsey Clark.
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