Impeachment acquittal ends Eddie Williams case in Arizona
The Arizona State Senate acquitted Corporation Commissioner E T Williams Jr after impeachment proceedings revealed questions about a 1959 testimonial dinner and ticket sales. The trial highlighted concerns over finances and income tax disclosures tied to Williams and fellow commissioner A P Buzard, with voters to decide later in the year.
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E. T
Eddie) Williams Jr
State Senate
Williams
Arizona
Eddie Williams
Eddie
Phoenix
Corporation Commission
Commission
A. P
Jack) Buzard
Buzard
Thad Moore
Moore
William E. Stanford
Superior Court
Maricopa County
Stanford
Williams-Buzard
Pima County
Sen
Corbett
Rackets Bureau Urged to Help Fight Local Gangs
County Atty Norman Green organizes a rackets bureau to counter dynamiting and extortion linked to the vending machine business. Police in Tucson are on alert, and county attorney support is sought as a serious, months ahead effort rather than a political gesture.
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Norman Green
Tucson
Soviet Oil Sales Drill Wedges Captives for Foreign Trade
Estonian economist Aleksander Kutt warns that Western demand for Soviet oil undercuts Middle East and Venezuelan markets, while captive nations like Hungary and Poland pay inflated prices for coal iron and wheat. He cites 1955 1965 figures and a 399 million ruble yearly overcharge plus 8 billion ruble plunder since 1955 to fund Moscow oil and Western wheat purchases.
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Soviet Union
Europe
Aleksander Kutt
Assembly of
Ussr Ministry of Foreign Trade
Castro
Cuba
Hungary
Poland
Italy
Moscow
National Petroleum Council
Russia
West
NPC
Canada
France
Budapest
Warsaw
Kutt
Passage of Civil Rights Bill Prompts Call for Realistic Hope
Roscoe Drummond argues the civil rights bill, passed by strong margins, is not a magic fix for all injustices. He urges leaders to ensure lawful implementation, reduce obstruction, and avoid overreactions to unrest while recognizing broad public support and the push for equal rights in voting and public life.
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Congress
New York
Monsters Inside You And Me by Sydney Harris
Sydney Harris argues that readers judged a crowd who urged a retreating boy to jump as monsters, then expands to say humanity harbors both god and monster. He critiques Western society’s self deception, noting violence and cruelty are universal traits, not confined to any city.
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Albany
Birmingham
Berlin
Moscow
Tokyo
You
Letters To The Editor Opposes the Medicare Bill and Udall Becker Amendment
A series of letters rebuts Medicare reform and criticizes Rep. Morris Udall. Arline Lo Presto defends self reliance against government care. Thomas R. Jacobs blasts welfare claims and taxes. E Robert Jensen mocks progressive rhetoric while detailing gun and art tax ideas. A separate letter supports the Becker Amendment to allow local school prayer and attacks Udall for opposing it while praising other civil rights votes.
Railroading in Arizona History
Arizona Album edited by Albert R. Buehman recounts travelers on Southern Pacific trains to Tucson in the early 1890s who enjoyed ornate dining cars with four seats per side and decorative niches for flowers. It notes the first dining cars the SP operated, the T. W. Pierce and the San Antonio, launched circa 1802.
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Arizona
Albert R. Buehman
Tucson
Southern Pacific
T. W. Pierce
San Antonio
Whodunits of the Season Boost From Tax Cut Outlook
Commerce Department surveys 1,200 large manufacturers expect sales to rise through September at 2 percent or more, aided by an $11.5 billion tax cut. Early gains reached $2.9 billion in Q1 with a projected $2 billion rise in Q2, marking a record quarter as optimism fuels sales across durable and nondurable goods.
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Tucson
Commerce Department
The Body as God’s Temple and Fitness
A devotional note reflects on the body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. It links physical fitness to spiritual well being and urges honoring the body while helping others do the same. A prayer asks grace to keep the earthly house fit to receive God’s gifts and aid others, in Jesus' name.
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Jesus
Tucson
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John Chamberlain
World Petroleum Magazine
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Japan
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Sweden
Roscoe Drummond
House
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Colosseum
Rome
Flavius
Sears, Robot & Co
Deutsch
Mr. Deutsch
Arline
JFK
LBJ
Thomas R. Jacobs
E. Beverly Dr
Milwaukee
E. Robert Jensen
E. Silver
MR. Udall and the Becker Amendment
Morris Udall
Becker
Udall
Supreme Court
Goldwater
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