Education groups push plan to equalize school taxes statewide
Arizona Education Association and Arizona Congress of Parents and Teachers seek a constitutional amendment to equalize school taxes. They circulate petitions to put the measure on the November ballot, urging strong urban voter participation, especially in Phoenix and Tucson, to reach a 100,000 signature goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Education Association
Arizona Congress of Parents and Teachers
Phoenix
Tucson
City Sets 75-Foot Grant Road Setback Rule
The city council enacted a 75 foot setback from the Grant Road center line between the freeway and North 1st Avenue to curb development and preserve road widening options. Appeals for variances can go to the board of adjustment, and owners will be compensated if adjoining land is required for widening. The ordinance protects both property owners and city interests.
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Grant Road
1St Avenue
Board of Adjustment
Will We Face Reality The Real Laos Crisis Demands Action
A former U S State Department official argues Laos is a strategic loss for the West unless the United States and allies intervene directly. He asserts Laos is a fragile buffer zone linking Southeast Asia, warns of Communist expansion, and urges a tougher, reality based policy to defend democracy and avert further Soviet Chinese gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauldin
Marlow
Citizen
Laos
West
United States
Johnsons Honolulu conference grips Asia policy stakes
In a 1944 opinion, Bundy warns that a Communist takeover in Southeast Asia threatens U S power in the Pacific. The piece argues the central question is whether the United States will intervene to stop communist expansion in Viet Nam Laos Cambodia and Thailand, with Johnson pressed to act beyond electoral politics.
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South
Viet Nam
Thailand
Laos
State Rusk
Defense McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Pacific
Johnson
Honolulu
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
United States
Western Pacific
Asia
Cambodia
I Just Wanted To Pay A Loan Satirical Bank Visit
Art Buchwald humor piece about a Washington bank where paying a loan early causes suspicion and mock alarm. The vice president and guards react as if the borrower threatens the enterprise, then the president conciliates. The piece ends with a joking note about buying a boat.
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PLL
Letters to the Editor on national policy and local bond issues
A series of reader letters criticizes postwar U.S. policy from Yalta to Cuba and the arms race, arguing missteps by leaders and urging accountability. Separate comments urge tax reform for a school bond vote, blaming Arizona’s tax structure and apathy for high education costs, then a critique of anti German propaganda versus Communist atrocities and media silence.
Arizona Album Sparked 1955 Tucson Train Celebration
The Southern Pacific steam engine Old 1673 highlighted Tucson’s 75th anniversary of the first train arrival in 1955. The locomotive, last of its kind, was moved from the Pioneers' Historical Society site near the University to Himmel Park in 1962 after its public display.
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Southern Pacific
Tucson
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
The
Pioneers' Historical Society
University
Second St
Park Ave
Himmel Park
Tucson Blvd
Livable World in Politics and Nuclear Disarmament
A columnist argues for phased nuclear arms reductions led by informed experts, contrasting it with what he calls irresponsible disarmament advocated by the Council for a Livable World. He cites figures linked to Livable World and details its political backing of certain Democratic senators and campaigns.
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Council For A Livable World
Scientists’ Committee of the
Burdick
N.D
McGee
Wye
Muskie
Clark
Penna
Fullbright
Ark
McGovern
Where Has Jesus Gone in Our Daily Life
A Tucson Churches courtesy note reflects on a vesper service in a university chapel. As dusk darkened a stained glass window with Christ at the center, an eight year old asked where Jesus had gone. The piece urges believers to pause amid pursuit of economic security to consider Jesus presence in daily life.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
NASA
Johnson
AEC
Christ
Jesus
Tucson Council A Churches
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the Citizen
America
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Indochina
By Dallas M. Coors
China
Europe
East
SEATO
Washington
Mekong River
Laois
Burma
Korea
East Germany
Berlin
Balkans
Cuba
Roscoe Drummond
U.S
Red China
William P. Bundy
Gressors
Bundy
India
Japan
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Art Buchwald
Richard O'Kahe Ranning
Monterey
Caleornia
Everrie
Yalta
Soviet Union
U.N
Alger Hiss
U.S.A
MacArthur
Castro
Kennedy
Eastern
Benjamin S. Hoar
East Broadway
Arizona
PTA
Karl C. Sandberg
Calle Zamora
Mary K. Connelly
E, 13Th St
Albert R. Buehman
National Atomic Energy Enterprises
Atomic Energy
JFK
Halsted Reid Holman
California
Un-American Activities Committee
Senate
Internal Security
Holman
Herman J. Muller
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Institute of Genetics
Ussr
Academy of Sciences
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