Tucson Nine Point Improvement Plan Faces Voters
Letters to the editor criticize or defend the citys proposed nine point program to fund police, fire, street, and cultural projects. Advocates argue tax changes and bond issues are necessary for growth, conventions, and a richer community, with bond costs spread over years toward a 1970 population goal of 500000.
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A. M. Rector
Tucson
Marvin Stokes
Broadway
22Nd Street
Municipal Airport
Alvernon
Unification of U S Armed Forces in 1942 Vision
The article discusses the 1942 unification push led by Secretary McNamara and Gen. Adams, creating U S Strike Command to integrate Tactical air and ground forces. It notes President Kennedy faces a broader decision on Southeast Asia, with Strike Command ready for combat and a 50 50 Navy Air Force leadership split. It reflects on past policies and calls for unified military action to defend Western Civilization.
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Berlin
White House
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Strike Command
Kennedy
Cuba
Southeast Asia
Strike
Paul DeWitt Adams
West Point
Isi
U.S. Army
Air Force
Adams
Pacific
Navy Adm
Felt
Florida
Letters to the Editor on City Bond and Tax Plans
Readers criticize proposed city bond and tax measures, urging living within income, limiting street and infrastructure spending, and opposing sales tax increases. Letters from Mrs. Marvin Stokes, Martin Kos, Banner R. Stensrud, Dr Spock, Lois Reid, Dorothy Craft, and David K. Swaim express concerns about government spending, taxes, and national policy impacts.
How A Club Can Spend An Evening
Sydney Harris urges clubs to screen Operation Abolition and Operation Correction, two contrasting documentaries from Cinema 16 with related pamphlets. The proposal promotes a post viewing panel to counter propaganda, framing discussion as a civic town meeting for modern times.
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Sydney Harris
Kennedy's Test Ahead Faces Historic Congress Showdown
President Kennedy prepares for a decisive three month period as Congress shifts from committee work to reporting major administration bills. He seeks to unify a divided Democratic majority, with key measures like the Revenue Bill and Medicare Bill facing stiff opposition and looming election tests.
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Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frontiersman Joseph Roberts Retold Cowboy Fare and Trail Tales
Arizona native Joseph Roberts recounts a lifetime as a scout fighter cowboy and cattleman. He recalls the "son of a gun" stew from beef on the trail, its ingredients and the cooks who failed or prospered, including a round-up cook named Sam Elkins and the effect of strict oversight on camp meals.
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Joseph Roberts
Southwest
Ned
Sam Elkins
Sam
Public Works Program Sparks Debate Over Presidential Power
Senator Barry Goldwater condemns the administration’s public works program as a massive expansion of executive power. The plan would authorize 600 million dollars immediately with standby authority for 2 billion more, drawing funds from World Bank and several federal agencies. Republican critics warn it transfers the purse from Congress to the President and could raid nearly 16 billion in designated funds for unapproved projects.
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Barry Goldwater
U.S
Arizona
Congress
Senate Public Works Committee
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Daily Devotion: Inner Resource Through Christ
The devotion cites 2 Corinthians 5 17 and Matthew 16 13 28 noting Christians live in the same world with wars and turmoil yet remain bound by an overriding loyalty. This gives an inner resource and stability unseen without faith, attributed to Courteay Maeson Counselor of Church.
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Christ
Courteay Maeson Couneli
Chure
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