People Versus Kingmakers In Battle Over Barry
A growing grass roots swell backs Barry Goldwater against party kingmakers in 1964. The piece cites primary totals showing Goldwater near 50 percent and ahead of rivals, arguing rank and file Republicans revolt against established bosses.
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Barry
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Sen. Goldwater
White House
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Henry Ford
Johnson
Boston
Goldwater
NATO
America
John Chamberlain
Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater Gets Broad Local Compliment Drive
Hundreds of Tucsonians joined a voluntary expression of support for Sen. Barry Goldwater after a Citizen's editorial urged him to run for both President and senator. "Barry for Both" coupons poured in from Republicans and Democrats alike with many signatures. The letters are being sent to Goldwater as encouragement for the demanding political effort ahead.
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Arizona
Wolf Spider Life in the Arizona Desert Exhibit
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum presents wolf spiders as harmless to humans. Night prowlers, their silk-lined burrows open on the desert floor, while eyes glow in photographer light. Predigestion of prey occurs as digestive fluid flows, then the spider consumes the liquefied meal.
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Desert
Melvin W. Larson
Peggy Larson
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Guerrilla War on Railroads Intensifies Strikes and Grievances
Victor Riesel reports rail unions led by Charles Luna wage sporadic dawn strikes across the nation paralyzing lines in 25 states. They push for local bargaining over centralized arbitration, opposing White House mediation and national talks, while a Johnson aide calls the industry a jungle and the conflict just beginning.
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MR. Luna
LUNA
Congress
White House
Vote Against Common Sense in Civil Rights Education Debate
The piece argues the Senate rejected a Johnston amendment striking the sixth grade as a literacy test for voting. It cites concerns about illiteracy, remedial education, and the danger of using education level to determine voter qualification, urging constitutional and common sense scrutiny of the provision.
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U.S. Senate
Senate
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
Sen. Johnston
Unc
Johnston
Supreme Court
Court of Common Sense
Theater as stimulant through challenge of mind and body
Sydney Harris argues theater should stimulate the mind like golf challenges the body. He compares passive viewing to baby-golf and says great plays demand understanding and feeling, offering insight rather than comfort.
Proofreader’s Courage Honored as Woman of the Year
Aileen Patty, longtime Tucson Daily Citizen proofreader for 22 years and a charter member of the Saguaro chapter ABWA, is named Woman of the Year. She survived tuberculosis, moved to Tucson with her husband, cared for him for 15 years, and remains the paper’s trusted proofreader and a beloved figure among nine room staff.
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Marge Kuehlthau
Aileen Patty
Tucson Daily Citizen
Patty
Saguaro
American Business Women’s Association
Will Paty
Seattle
Wash
Aileen
Tucson
Tucson Newspapers Inc
Citizen
South America
William H. Johnson
The
Citizen Proof Room
Do Parents Get A Vote Do Parents Get A Vote
University of Iowa Hillcrest dormitory residents voted 438 to 213 to drop dress standards for meals. The editorial urges a parent referendum since most bills are paid by parents and predicts they would favor modest dress rules at least for one meal.
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Maines Resister
University of Iowa
Hillcrest
Why Blame All On CIA
A columnist argues against conspiracy theories about the CIA and evaluates blame for the Bay of Pigs failure. It notes dissenting accounts, discusses Richard Bissell and Kennedy's role, and stresses that lack of political will, not operation faults, doomed the invasion.
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CIA
Richard Bissell
Bissell
U. S
Haynes Johnson
Pentagon
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Mr. Johnson
Kennedy
Washington
Lord Teach Us to Pray Reflecting on Luke 11 1 13
Daily devotion reflects on Jesus teaching the disciples to pray and the naturalness of prayer as a life practice. Fosdick’s meaning of prayer emphasizes its essential, breath like act, urging believers to persist in prayer through both bright and dark days. Amen.
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John
Jesus
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Christ
Tyson Council of Churchan
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Ohio
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Lyle Wilson
Tion
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Jackson
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Yuma
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