Progress Review Highlights 1956 Tucson Growth
Year in review shows strong gains across urban development. Nine-story skyscraper and $50 million expansion by Tucson Gas & Electric signal industrial confidence, while population surpasses 100000 in the city and 200000 in Greater Tucson. Challenges include traffic deaths, parking studies, and the need for an auditorium-convention hall and recreation bond funding.
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Southern Pacific
Tucson
South
South Side
P—Good
Chamber of Commerce
P—Excellent
St. Mary's
Tucson Medical Center
Hughes
Tucson Gas & Electric
Catalina High School
Rincon High
Amphitheater
Flowing Wells
Greater Tucson
YWCA
Lighthouse Family Ymca
United States Faces Dual UN Challenges in 1986
In Hungary the Kadár puppet regime and the Soviet Union ignore UN demands while Nasser delays clearing the Suez Canal. The piece argues for decisive U.N. action or independent U.S. leadership, including potential sanctions, to unblock the canal and settle the Arab-Israeli dispute, warning that continued drift harms U.S. prestige and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Hungary
Soviet Union
U.N
Egypt
Nasser
Suez Canal
South Korea
United States
Kadar
France
Britain
Israel
Nehru Aims To Be Nations Broker Observed at Luncheon
The observer notes Nehru as a quiet elderly figure striving to broker among nations. He highlights his distinctive white cap and coat, contrasts with Krishna Menon, and summarizes Nehru’s views on principle versus consequence in politics. The piece emphasizes personality over current events and portrays Nehru as attractive but unremarkable in ideas.
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Pius
United Nations
Nehru
United States
Prince Albert
Sun Yat-sen
Krishna Menon
Boris Karloff
Peking
Kashmir
New York
Jesus
Socrates
Aristotle
Alexander
Galileo
Einstein
Princeton
N.J
U.S.A
Congressional Quarterly Open as Democrats Edge to Leadership Posts
The 85th Congress will begin with party caucuses to set leadership. Democrats nominate Carl Hayden for president pro tempore, while Republicans back Styles Bridges. Rayburn remains House speaker. Johnson leads the Senate with Knowland as GOP counterpart, Mansfield as assistant. Rayburn to preside in the House on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Styles Bridges
N.H
Hayden
House
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
William F. "Knowland
California
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Earle C. Clements
Leverett Saltons
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Iil
H. Alexander Smith
N.J
George D. Aiken
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Homer E. Capehart
Ind
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Bridges
John W. McCormack
Mass
GOP
McCormack
Carl Albert
Okla
Richard M. Nixon
Chamber
Carl Vinson
U. S
Ruins of Ft Crittenden in Santa Cruz County 1930 Photo
The fragment describes old Ft. Crittenden near Sonoita built in 1856 after the Gadsden Purchase to end Indian troubles. It notes Geronimo’s surrender in 1886 to Gen. Nelson A Miles, after which the fort was abandoned and briefly known as Ft Buchanan near the San Bernardino Ranch. Albert C. Stewart photographed the scene.
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Ft. Crittenden
Santa Cruz County
Albert C. Stewart
Sunday School Union
Sonoita
Gadsden
Mexico
United States
Geronimo
Nelson A. Miles
Ft. Buchanan
San Bernardino Ranch
Geronimo A
Railroads Seek 5 Percent Emergency Fare Hike Across East
Eight eastern railroads petition the ICC for an immediate 5 percent rise in basic passenger fares, including both Pullman and coach. An ICC examiner urged a 5 percent coach increase and a possible 15 percent first class rise, while a 7 percent freight increase had already been approved for eastern carriers and a 7 percent southern raise was set for January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Commission
Robert R. Young
New York Central
Joint Economic Committee
Wright Patman
Dtex
Young
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Voice of the church confronts Local 138 on labor abuses
A bishop commission condemned the Operating Engineers Local 138 on Long Island for abuses toward workers, warning that unchecked conditions threaten free enterprise and bargaining. Clergy and press joined to expose contracts shaping pay and work, amid labor leaders resisting inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Afl-Cio
We of the Press
Men of God
Union
Bishop's Commission
In Will of God Lies Hope
Daily devotion reflects on Marys obedience as proof of Christ presence. It links submission to God with strength and peace and contrasts it with personal will. Prayer asks for renewed dedication and fidelity. Courtesy Tucson Council of Churches.
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God
Mary
Christ
Bethlehem
Tucson
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U.S
Hammerskjold
Andrew W. Cordier
Katzin
Europe
International Monetary Fund
India
Gaza Strip
Sinai Peninsula
George E. Sokolsky
Congressional Quarterly
Private Caucus
Arvona
Albert R. Buehman
Crittenden
By Richard Spong
Bricker
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Walter Franklin
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Cabinet
Advisory Committee On Transportation
Victor Riesel
Voice of the Church
House of Labor
William DeKoning Jr
Labor
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