History group in Tucson opposes state history goals plan
Parents teachers and students at Miles Exploratory Learning Center voiced opposition to the History Basic Goals Commission plan to shape classroom history content. They plan to present at Saturday's public hearing at the University of Arizona College of Education as part of a broader push against state level curriculum dictates.
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United States
Arizona
Tucson
Miles
State History Basic Goals Commission
University of Arizona
College of Education
History Commission
State Board of Education
Social Studies Commission
Tom Caldwell
Sierra Vista
Basic Goals Commission of Science
Caldwell
Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
Kids Play With Deadly Cannonball In Selma
In Selma Alabama a seven year old told her grandmother they played with a Civil War cannonball found near a water meter. Authorities detonated the relic at the city dump after determining it was safely inert.
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Selma
Ala
Annette Williams
Roger Clanton
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
U.S. Treasury Department
LBJ urges renewed fight for racial justice at UT symposium
President Lyndon B. Johnson, honored at a two day symposium, urged Americans to continue to struggle against racial injustice. He opened Civil Rights papers from 1964 to 1965 and 1985, calling for equal rights and opportunities while addressing 1000 invited leaders and educators. Humphrey forecast civil rights progress would shape Nixon's tenure and argued welfare reform could reduce rent gouging and promote home ownership.
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Johnson
Hobert
Humphrey
Nixon
Thumbrey
Minnesota
Williams urges traffic toll out
Phoenix governor Williams urged the news media to help reduce Arizona’s rising traffic death toll. At a Phoenix briefing he proclaimed December 20 as Highway and Traffic Safety Awareness Day and warned 1972 could become the state’s deadliest year without action. Youth council leaders Jere Cox and Brenda Johnson joined him, part of Traffic Representatives of Arizona’s Governor Youth Council. The current toll stood at 749 with 51 more than last year.
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Phoenix
Dack Williams
Jere Cox
Mesa High School
Brenda Johnson
South Mountain High
Cochairman
Arizona
Youth Conneil
Willams
Pair faces 12 charges of embezzlement
LeRoy Page and John Rosenberg face twelve embezzlement counts in Tucson. sealed indictments allege theft of 177000 from the estate of 6 year old Katrina Decker. Prosecutor Tandy led a secret grand jury, with Judge Truman approving multiple counts for both defendants who have not yet been arrested or located.
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Tucson
LeRoy Page
Long Beach
Calif
John Rosenberg
Superior Court
Alice Truman
Marshall Tandy
Rosenberg
Secre
Tandy
Katrina Decker
Page
Truman
Stosenberg
Probate Division
Tucson Daily Citizen
Pima County
State Bar of Arizona
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Robert W. Klingenius
Blingenius
Arizona Coalition On Educational Policy
Miles Center
Clanton
Lyndon B. Johnson
Earl Warren
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Williams
Atizona
Ben C. Birdsall
Cowl
Jack G. Marks
Ethics Committee
Atty
Rose Silver
Jack Mesch
Fage
Decker
Marks
International Interiors
Woodmark
Jamestown
Conant Ball
Herman
Stifvel
Frederick Cooper
Chapman
Hickory
Carpet
Wanda Weve
Southwest
LANGE
Fort Lowell
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