Public Schools Plans for Retarded Children Stir Tucson
Tucson School District faced a heated clash over plans to open a separate school for mentally retarded children on Duffy School grounds. About 100 pupils would enroll. debate centers on the school’s role and funding, with calls for community and state involvement to resolve how best to educate non-educable children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Duffy
District 1
State Legislatuire
Laura Ganoung
Beacon Foundation
Arizona Children's Colony
Phoenix
Devil's Advocate: Alan Abelson on NASA critique
Alexander Holmes reports that Dr. Philip Abelson urged a panel to act as Devil's Advocate against NASA and other agencies to curb costly space programs. He warned of waste, misaligned funding, and brain drain to moon projects, urging cheaper, safer satellite testing over manned missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Philip Abelson
Carnegie Institute
Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Defense Department
Dr. Abelson
Moon
Abelson
James van Allen
van Allen Belt
Kennedy Civil Rights Squeeze Plays Politics In 1960s era review of Kennedy’s Civil Rights delay and shift to voting rights, allies and opponents pressured bold reform.
The piece argues Kennedy invited trouble by delaying full Civil Rights legislation in 1961 62 to placate Southern congressmen, while using selective outreach to Black leaders, creating a charm strategy that sealed his early success but risked a 1964 setback as opponents pressed for drastic Civil Rights action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
United States
White House
Sound thinking defines good writing not mere style
Sydney Harris argues that writing requires substance and sound thinking, not vanity or self expression. He warns that many writers lack a clear world view and urges writers to cultivate ideas, self discipline, and the proper vocation rather than pursue therapist crafts or mere technique.
Parents argue for training of trainable mentally retarded children
Letters to the editor defend training at Duffy School for mentally retarded children, praising inclusive programs, citing successful integration with Prince Elementary, shared activities, and community support. Respondents challenge protests and call for education of normal children to accept peers with disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy School
Duffy
Prince
Arizona
Thunderbird Civitan Club
Durtfy School
Arizona Album Contributions to Progress in Arizona
Adolphus Clay Bartlett a wealthy Chicago manufacturer shaped Arizona progress focusing on Phoenix and Salt River Valley. Bartlett who died in 1922 was father to Mrs Mare Bartlett Heard wife of Dwight B Heard. He first visited the territory and soon held many interests here. the Bartlett Heard family donated land for Phoenix civic center as a memorial to Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Adolphus Clay Bartlett
Chicago
Phoenix
Salt River Valley
Bartlett
Mare Bartlett Heard
Dwight B. Heard
Bartlett-Heard
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
Liberals Launch Attack on Legislative Branch
Barry Goldwater argues liberals increasingly attack the legislative branch from city councils to Congress, citing Sen. Joseph Clark’s critique of democracy’s checks and balances. The piece questions how such criticism compares to the presidency and courts, urging reflection on governance and the Founders’ design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Goldwater
U.S
Arizona
Congress of the
United States
Legislative’ Branch
Sen
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Fund For the Republic
Center For the Study of Democratic
Congress
Daily Devotion Let Your Light Shine In Daily Living
A brief devotional interpreting Matthew 5 16 and defining true religion as Christ centered daily practice. It urges genuine discipleship through close companionship with Christ and contagious Christian love in everyday life. A prayer asks God to help make Christ real in daily living. Courtesy Tucwen Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
God
Father
Jesus
Tucwen Council of Churches
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dennis the Menace
Holmes
Alexander
Speak of
The
Lyle Wilson
Sydney Harris
New York
E. W. Howe
Ruth FE
Schneiker
Special Education Department
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Albert R. Buehman
Sen. Clark
Legislative Branch
United States Senate
America
Conyrisht
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!