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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
5
The Citizen outlines Proposition 4 a general obligation bond financed by city taxes to open and widen major streets, install traffic signals, and improve lighting citywide. Passage promises faster safer traffic flow and benefits to the entire city. failure could delay projects five years or more.
Editorial argues Saskatchewan will begin July 1 with state paying doctors and hospital costs, prompting 60 percent of 900 physicians to abandon private practice. Warns of brain drain to Britain and forecasts diminished care if plan remains unchanged, urging private practice rights to be retained.
Arizona Album notes that shorebirds normally tied to seacoasts or lakes sometimes dwell where water is scarce. The hilldeer, named for its call, often nests in ploughed fields and relies on irrigation. Some even inhabit Tucson golf courses and lawns, feeding on insects and drinking from human sprinkler systems.
James Marlow observes Kennedy fights with a Democratic Congress, blocked by party control in both houses. Major programs including medical care for the aged youth employment and higher education face delays or edits as Congress limits action and complicates foreign trade and tax bills.
Roscoe Drummond analyzes the 1962 midterm governors across five states and explains how outcomes in California Michigan Pennsylvania Texas and others could shape the 1964 and 1968 Republican presidential nominations. He argues Nixon Romney Rockefeller Goldwater Scranton Cox and Conally are positioned to influence party direction depending on victory or defeat.
A Columbia Teachers College professor questions lone intellects on teams and argues group action yields greater results. Five ordinary men with interlocking virtues can outperform five highly intelligent but noncooperative individuals. The piece cites social synergism in history and the disciples’ devotion as evidence.
Lt Richard B O Rielly describes choosing Tucson over the Air Force after Korea. The Tucson native, now general manager of O Rielly Motor Co, lives at 3727 E 5th St with wife Barbara Carr. He stays active in civic groups and the airport authority while balancing work, training, and committee duties.
In under three weeks 41 bankruptcies were filed in Waukegan and North Chicago Illinois. One debtor owed 96423 with assets 9328, another owed 24249 with no assets. The others showed similarly poor balance sheets. The report notes easy credit snares many and warns of its dangers while stressing the role of credit in a strong economy.
Barry Goldwater recalls Henry Fountain Ashurst and shares passages from his Founders Day address at the University of Arizona. He frames Ashurst as a powerful orator, noting themes of faith, courage, reason, and national purpose, praising America as a beacon of liberty and leadership.
The devotion cites Isaiah 40:31 about renewing strength for patient endurance. It contrasts tedious, unfinished ordinary work with the lifting inspiration from faith, urging believers to wait on the Lord to walk without fainting through everyday duties. Courtesy Tucson Council of Churches.
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