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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
6
A Tucson District school board’s vote to pay regular salaries to teachers who might serve in the State Legislature sparks outcry. One dissenter speaks as critics ask why a teacher elected to the Legislature would receive two salaries, with public funds covering a substitute and the legislator’s pay.
A columnist compares a hypothetical Tucson wall with East Berlin's barbed wire barrier arguing such a division would corrupt a city. The piece contrasts festive West Berlin visits to East Berlin with gunfire and tragedy, underscoring political oppression during Christmas.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum notes explain how pygmy owls deter predators with a backward looking feather pattern. The article describes how songbirds and mockingbirds evade large animals by diving and pecking, then being misdirected by the owl’s eye-like feather clusters that face attackers from the back.
In a 1942 analysis, GOP contenders search for an Ivy League image to rival Lyndon Johnson. Barry Goldwater emerges as the ideal antagonist, but Republicans struggle to define a witty, convincing candidate. The piece argues Johnson’s strengths overwhelm any speculative Republican handicap.
Victor Riesel reports labor leaders rally around the so called walking wounded of Pentagon cutbacks. They fault Johnson for budget zeal and seek severance pools, while awaiting his State of the Union and a clear stance on 35 hour weeks Medicare and labor conflicts. The coming months promise strikes, showdowns with the Big Three, and pressure to curb the NLRB.
Sydney Harris describes a friend who uses courteous driving as a self help therapy. He says letting others go first and waving calms traffic tension and makes him feel valued, though he admits the benevolence is often temporary and selfish motives may persist. The piece ends with a wry note on awaiting a time when courtesy becomes universal.
Eric Cavaliere profiles Sanford W. Shoults a veteran Detroit officer turned professor at the University of Arizona teaching law enforcement. He recalls a career from Dodge employment to 26 years in uniform, Prohibition era turmoil, and Belle Isle riots, plus later civic work and views on modern policing and public status. Shoults discusses his education, family life, and his belief that cops preserve community moral fiber.
A 14-year-old boy hitchhiked toward Prairie du Chien and rode with a motorist who was asked to buy his revolver. Police arrested the escapee from Elgin State Hospital after a stop at a filling station. In Illinois, sheriff deputies found three hand crafted daggers the boy had hidden in his cell.
The speaker rejects abolishing the income tax and calls for a broad overhaul. They argue against a binary tax choice, support a flat rate with same receipts, and outline four aims to boost investment, cut paperwork, close loopholes, and lower rates while matching spending cuts.
The devotion recounts the Magi bowing to Jesus and offering gold frankincense and myrrh. It calls for a united witness to Christ and humble adoration, praying for forgiveness for division and for all to serve and obey God's holy will through Jesus Christ. Courtesy Tucson Council of Churches.
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