Arizona Power Authority Should Stay Within Its Role
An Arizona Republic view argues the Arizona Power Authority APA uses cooperatives such as Trico Electric to advance a broader power empire. It notes APA revenue from cooperatives is only 16 percent and urges the authority to limit itself to distributing Hoover Dam power as allocations rise next year.
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Arizona Power Authority
Trico Electric
Trico
APA
Arizona
Hoover Dam
TVA
Benson
Power Authority
Lake Mead
Electric Cooperatives
Congress weighs Post Office cuts to trim costs
The postmaster general warned of service cuts without extra funding while Congress pursues supplemental appropriations. House action could suspend money order sales in some cities and reduce Saturday services, with talks of eliminating Saturday delivery in the future.
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Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Arizona Album chapter highlights Crabb relief hero Capron
In the Arizona Album chapter on frontier history makers, John Garfield Capron is highlighted as a Tucson merchant and stagecoach operator who joined a relief column for General Crabb’s ill-fated expedition. Capron later lived in San Diego, building a large warehouse, and died September 9, 1914 at age 86.
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John Garfield Capron
Tucson
Capron
Arizona City
Yuma
San Diego
The
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
How Parents May Hurt Schools
Walton Manning discusses the fragile citizen school relationship and warns that parental pressure can harm schools. He recalls cases of parents forcing reading groups, blocking punishments, or opposing religious songs, arguing that freedom must pair with responsibility. 1987 for the Citizen.
Farley foresees Democratic victory by 1960 inauguration
James A. Farley predicts a Democratic win in 1960 with a Memorial Day 1960 inauguration. He cites Eisenhower's party troubles, notes Kennedy, Johnson, Symington and McCormack as prospects, and flags Meyner as a strong Trenton candidate. Farley expects a platform shift away from Roosevelt era liberal excesses.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Capitol Hill
Farley
Sen
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
House
John W. McCormack
Bostonian
Sen. Kennedy
Trenton
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Court Rulings Tighten FBI Access to Evidence
Supreme Court rulings over the past weeks limit FBI access to secret files and cross examination of informants. A proposed loyalty commission also seeks a right to face accusers, except for casual informers, potentially reshaping government security programs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
FBI
Congress
Commission
Truman
Eisenhower
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Hoover
Justice Department
Lawyer Turns Summer Host Hy Chesler Finds Happiness In Dune Deck
Westhampton resident Hy Chesler left law to run the Dune Deck resort after buying in 1948. He explains the risks of resort life, learns to please staff to please guests, and values friendships and helping others as the true rewards of his midlife career switch.
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Westhampton
N.Y
Hylan Chesler
Chester
Serena
Andros Island
Bahamas
Lighthouse Club
Chesler
It’s a Good Sign That Youth Questions Wealth and Fame
George E Sokolsky reflects on changing values from older generations to 1997. He notes higher pay in New York, but less happiness among youth, and mocks ostentatious fashion, designer dresses, and the idea that money equates beauty or dignity. He contrasts past thrills with present riches and recalls Harry Thaw as a relic of celebrity scandal.
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Farley
Averell Harriman
New York
Jim
Washington
Necker
Miami Beach
Dave Dubinsky
City College
Harry Thaw
the Citizen
Big Corporations Show Mixed Profitability Across 1956 500
Fortune Magazine's 1956 directory of the 500 largest U S industrial firms finds General Motors leading in sales and net profits but ranking 133rd in profitability by return on sales and 79th by return on invested capital. Ford ranks high in sales and assets but mid to lower profitability. Gillette tops profitability with 43 percent return despite modest sales and assets. The 500 exclude banks insurers merchants and utilities. Overall, the 500 grew sales 8 percent in 1956 while other industrials rose 12 percent. profits rose 2.5 percent versus 20 percent for others. Within the group the top 30 show a 3.5 percent after tax decline, while the bottom 50 rise 30.5 percent.
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U.S
Fortune Magazine
General Motors
Ford Motors
Chrysler
Gillette
Fortune
Devotions on valuing life’s gold and wisdom
A devotional piece from the Tucson Council of Churches reflects on Psalms 90 12 urging readers to redeem life’s riches. It laments lost gold in Colombia and urges learning, culture, discipline, and faith to seek God’s will through daily experiences and inner growth.
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Colombia
God
Christ
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Albert R. Buehman
Walton Manning
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Ray Tucker
Big Jim
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Alf London
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Walter P. Reuther
FDR
John Nance Garner
McClellan Committee
James Marlow
Hal Boyle
George E. Sokolsky
Adam
Eve
Dennis the Menace
Dawson
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Tucson Council of Churches
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