Pima Road Funds In Jeopardy Faces Governor’s Review
The Arizona governor faces a pivotal test over the state highway commission budget, with Pima Pinal and Santa Cruz counties receiving far less than others. The allocations show a $630,000 earmark for Pinal at the expense of Pima, fueling intercounty political tension and a call for revision.
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State Highway Commission
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Grover Duff
Tucson
Fred Schemmer
Prescott
Coconino
Mojave
Yavapai
John Scott
Show Low
Apache
Gila
Navajo
Frank Moore
Douglas
Cochise
Graham
Greenlee
Clarence Calhoun
Mesa
Maricopa
Yuma
Duff
Schemmer
Scott
Calhoun
Pinal County
Maricopa County
Commission
Highway Authority
Highway Commission
Highway Fund
Pima County
These Need Close Study By George E Sokolsky
The article argues that wealth concentration threatens capitalism and outlines five new wealth pools. It details life insurance reserves, welfare and pension funds, untaxed labor union funds, and foundations. It notes lack of regulation, calls for balanced study, and cites a 1954 Citizen publication.
McCarthy Probe Details Highlight Record of Finances
A Drew Pearson summary traces Sen. McCarthy’s finance probe history, noting 60–0 Senate support for the committee’s honesty while McCarthy refused to testify. It details $170,029.03 debt, $10,000 Lustron fee, and ties to Pepsi-Cola endorsements and wartime sugar policy questions.
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Senate
McCarthy
Carl Hayden
Rules Committee
Joe
Appleton
Wis
Lustron Corporation
Sen. McCarthy
Strandlund
Lustron
Pepsi-Cola
Congress
Arundel
Army
Committee On Appropriations
Tombstone Mayor Charlie Thomas A Lone Lawman Of Helldorado Days
Arizona Album notes Charlie Thomas served as Tombstone mayor during Helldorado amid Earps era cowboys. He also worked as a miner and lawman, sometimes with Sheriff Behan, gaining a national rep as a fearless peace officer. Thomas died in Bisbee on June 30 1923 leaving three sons and two daughters.
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Tombstone
Wyatt Earp
Virgil
Morgan
Doc” Holliday
Clantons
Curley Bill
Charlie Thomas
Thomas
Johnny Behan
Earps
Bisbee
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
The Little People Rally Against Communist Agent Cardona
A Honduran labor movement led by Manuel Valencia defeats Soviet aligned forces in El Progresso. Valencia exposes Cardona as a Soviet agent, restoring local leadership and appealing to anti Communist, pro U S ORIT support in Mexico City.
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Nist
Valencia
el Progresso
Tomas
Guatemala
Cardona
Manuel Valencia
Mexico City
U.S. Orit
Honduras labor code void sparks regional union aid
Victor Riesel reports that Honduran workers led a nearly toppled government strike seeking technical help from ORIT to build a union and combat a Guatemalan Communist invasion. Despite foreign assistance, reform of Honduras is needed as the nation lacks a labor code and allows nonstop work. The 1950s unrest, sparked by Manuel Valencia, was amplified by Cardona’s forces and a local Communist whip, but Valencia regained leadership and the strike ended for now.
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Comintern
Manuel Valencia
Czechoslovakia
Commu
AFL
CIO
ORIT
Guatemala
Honduras
Valencia
Cardona
Coto
Notable Visit as Mama Plans a Last Trip
Hal Boyle recalls his mother, 66, who travels from Kansas City to visit her son, Frances, in New York and Philadelphia. She meets adopted granddaughter Tracy Ann, shares patty cake with the child, and shows pragmatism about aging flights over sightseeing, declaring she came to visit rather than tour landmarks.
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New York
Ireland
Kansas City
Mama
Sarah Bernhardt
Frances
Philadelphia
County Mayo
Tracy Ann
Tracy
Mommy
Grant
Empire State Building
Speaking Of Slots 8 Westbrook Pegler
A former operator of private golf course slot machines argues that people should have access to slots and questions Congress power to ban gambling. He criticizes Kefauver hearings and urges local city and state action to regulate and tax slots.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Congress
U. S
Armed Services
Sam
Chicago
Cook County
Kefauver
The
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George E. Sokolsky
United States
Charles L. Dearing
Brookings Institution
Sokolsky
Drew Pearson
Washington
District of Columbia
Wisconsin
Banking and Currency Committee
Power of Senate
Foley
Russell Arundel
Pearson
Arizona
Albert R. Buehman
By Victor Riesel
the Citizen
Hal Boyle
Pegler
Dennis the Menace
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