Tucson Christmas Center Seeks Donations for Needy Families
The Tucson Community Christmas Center faces a shortfall as about 900 indigent families with school children may lose Christmas baskets without timely donations. Local schools clubs and organizations have aided with groceries and toys while the center seeks cash to buy beans and meat. The Salvation Army and Toys for Tots assist, and the center will include Pinto beans in baskets this year.
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Tucson Community Council
TCC
Salvation Army
Toys For
12Th Engineer Co
U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve
Christmas Center
Christmas Center Seeks Help For 14 Member Jones Family
A Tucson journalist notes the Jones family of 14 facing dire poverty. One son is mentally disabled, another daughter is pregnant, and nine children rely on school meals. Community Christmas Center asks donors to mail checks to P O Box 6111 and supports baskets from its Alvernon Way location chaired by Mrs. Jared M Jackson.
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Jones
Joneses
Community Christmas Center
Swedes Order First Tickets For Tucson Rodeo
First ticket orders for the 1969 Tucson Rodeo came from Stockholm and from Sweden's capital Stockholm. An advance demand shows Swede travel writer Allan Schulman of Expressen contributed coverage for the last rodeo. Formal sales have not started. applications will be mailed after Christmas holidays to prior advance buyers for the February 27 to March 2 event.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Allan Schulman
Stockholm Expressen
Tucson Chamber of Commerce ‘Rodeo Committee
Hickel criticizes large scale land withdrawals for conservation
Alaska Governor Walter J. Hickel, Nixon's interior secretary nominee, says the federal government errs in carving vast public lands for strict conservation and locking them up without public use. He voiced the view at a Washington news conference.
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Washington
Nixon
Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
Hickel
Military pay hike proposed by Hubbell plan targets career service
A Pentagon drafted plan led by Rear Adm. Lester Hubbell proposes raising Joint Chiefs of Staff base pay to about 35k with top officers near 24k and cabinet heads at 90k if extended. It would replace the 12.5% across the board rise and remove housing and subsistence allowances while keeping combat pay and medical benefits.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Branch
Congress
Adm
Lester Ei. Hubbell
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Air Force Times
Independent Service Journal
Sit Wait at Fort Wingate School Highlights Cultural Gaps
An AP report describes 125 Navajo girls aged 6 to 10 in Fort Wingate dormitories on the Navajo reservation. With no books or toys, they spend months away from home and face language barriers as English is emphasized over Navajo.
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Fort Wingate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Arizona
New Mexico
Gallup
N.M
Independent
Robert L. Bergman
U.S. Public Health Service
Mental Health Division
Navajo
Bergman
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E. 22Nd St
Stereo Records
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Shure
Bulova
Garrard
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Sony
Clark Ross
E. Broadway
Swan Road
Pennington St
Act
E. Pennington
Urpicar
E. Grant
Capin
E. Speedway
Capin's
Cass
B& R Hardware
Southgates
Southgate
Santa Claus
Shop Southgate
Aceplamos Monedo Mexicana
ePouth
Aweomawue
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