Vamping Adds Flavor To Youngsters' Vacation
Tucson youths enjoy a rich summer through YMCA Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts camps and eight day camps. The Tucson Community Council lists 12 regular camps with camperships for less advantaged youngsters, highlighting camping as a core community service and personal growth avenue for local children.
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Tucson
YMCA
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Tucson Community Council
Y's Men’s Club
Priceless Desert Setting Highlighted by Museums and Park
A gem expert notes proper setting matters as much as the diamond while a museum expert praises the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Tucson Mountain Park. Dr. Albert E. Parr of the American Museum of Natural History emphasizes Pima County’s assets in Tucson Mountain Park and Sahuaro National Monument, arguing the pair preserve desert beauty and sahuaro stands for all time.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Tucson Mountain Park
Albert E. Parr
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Pima County
Tucson
Arizona Album chapter highlights frontier history maker Leo Goldschmidt
Leo Goldschmidt a Tucson leader born in Hamburg rose from clerk at L Zeckendorf to own Eagle Milling Co and help found Consoliated National Bank with Tenney and Freeman. He and partners built The Owls bachelor club on Main near Franklin, a famed southwestern social hub.
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Leo Goldschmidt
Tucson
Hamburg
Goldschmidt
America
Germany
Santa Fe
L. Zeckendorf & Co
A. Steinfeld
Owls’ Club
South Stone Avenue
Camp Street
Broadway
Tenney B. Williams
The Mushrooming Girard Case Defines Duty in Japan
William S. Girard, a 21 year old American soldier in Japan, became a national figure as the United States faced a dispute over whether his act was in performance of official duty. Japan claimed jurisdiction after he killed a woman during a scrap-hunt near Tokyo. The case tests the 1953 agreement granting U S jurisdiction over troops for acts performed in the line of duty and may reach the Supreme Court.
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Washington
William S. Girard
Japan
United States
Girard
Formosa
Asia
State and
Defense Departments
Atom Industry's Growing Pains in Modern Energy Age
Victor Riesel surveys the private atomic energy boom amid labor disputes and safety fears. He notes unions push for protective clothing and hazard pay, the AEC opposition to premium pay for film badges, and a 1981 ruling limiting teen exposure, highlighting unsettled industry hopes and hysteria.
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New
Atomic Energy Commercial Industry
Atomic Energy
National Industrial Conference Board
Atomic Union
AEC
LABOR
Jim Mitchell
Our Progress In Education and The Three R's Essay
Walton Manning argues a broader shift beyond the Three R's toward a stronger emphasis on academic learning. He cites wartime impacts, postwar progress, and calls for foundation in primary grades followed by opportunities to challenge students in upper grades and beyond. He also urges critical self review in education and support for musicians artists and vocational skills. 1997 for the Citizen.
Supreme Court lauds du Ponts GM ties in industrial progress
The article discusses a Supreme Court acknowledgment of the du Ponts and General Motors as a case study in enterprise and industrial growth. It credits the du Ponts with innovations from explosives to nylon and paints a path of American economic power through wartime and peacetime diversification.
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Washington
du Pont-General Motors
Supreme Court
United States
Free World
Russia
Supremee Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiser
du Pont
T. R
Army
Navy
du Ponts
Wilmington
Henry Ford
General Motors
Delaware River
Detroit
Dacron
Orion
Cueen
You Can’t lee Ewes For Yews You Can’t lee Ewes For Yews
A Milwaukee Journal note ponders English spelling quirks sparked by a young acquaintance asking how to yew in Japanese yew. The item highlights phonetics over spelling and suggests many possible spellings for yews.
Khrushchev Propaganda and CBS Letter
Observations on CBS giving Khrushchev a platform to answer questions. The columnist defends free press against government censorship and contrasts Soviet control with American openness. It notes Khrushchev’s use of phrases like letting “our peoples decide” and flags Sovietism in Hungary.
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Washington
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
CBS
Khrushchev
Moscow
Kremlin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Devotionals on Pursuing an Lofty Ideal and Perseverance
A devotional reflection urges value in pursuing an ideal beyond reach. It cites growth through striving and the example of Hugh Latimer facing martyrdom. A closing prayer asks for constant awareness of God’s presence and guidance. Courtesy Tucson Council of Guidance
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Jesus
Paul
Hugh Latimer
Ridley
England
Tucson Counsell of
Ghueehes
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Bambrick
International Association of Machinists
Atomic Energy People
Atomic Energy Worker
Lady Atomic
Walton Manning
Sam Dawson
By Ray Tucker
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Drummond
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