Tucson United: New leaders rise after city bond vote
Voters approved over 20 million dollars in bonds and one charter amendment while rejecting some measures for parks buildings and a civic auditorium. The campaign united business and civic groups, led by Mayor Lew Davis, Citizens Study Committee, and 100 community leaders, with radio and TV backing Tucson’s path to progress.
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Tucson
Louis Reasor
Citizens Committee For
Federated Women’s Clubs
Retail Trade Bureau
el] Con Merchants Assn
Central Trades Council
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Ashton
Lew Davis
Arizona Album Rangeland Recollections of Joseph Roberts
Joseph Roberts, Arizona native and frontier figure, recounts a rugged life as a scout, fighter, cowboy, freighter, and rancher in the early Southwest. In vivid reminiscence he recalls clashes with Indians, ambushes, and pack trails, including the Gut-Achemesa episode, tribal raids, and pack-gear recoveries from a harsh frontier era.
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Arizona
Rangeland
Joseph Roberts
Southwest
Progress and its savage cost in a world of waste
In a 1942 reflection, George Sokolsky argues that progress has ruined landscapes and killed wildlife rather than improving civilization. He cites deforestation, road building, overkill of species, pollution, and the misuse of resources, warning that overproduction harms both humans and nature and urging more sustainable, organic approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marco Polo
Ten Wealthiest Unions Revealed From 1961 Financials
Victor Riesel reports exclusive figures from the U.S. Labor Department showing the ten wealthiest unions in 1961 led by the United Steelworkers of America with over 65 million in gross receipts. The list includes IBEW, United Auto Workers, Typographical Union, and others, with detailed dues, investments, and bond sales.
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United Steelworkers of America
Steel Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Typographical Union
New York City
Dave Dubinsky
Ladies’ Garment Workers
U.S. Labor Department
See The USA on $98 A Week Cartooned Advice
Art Buchwald jokes about a USTS claim that travel to the United States can be seen on $98 a week. He notes Gilmore’s defense of the figure amid skeptical reporters and riffs on frugal travel ideas and controversial methods, ending with a quip about television’s What's My Line.
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Paris
Voigt Gilmore
U. S
United States
Gilmore
MR. Gilmore
Six Months Turbulence in 1962 United States Economy
A broad portrait of a turbulent first half of 1962. Americans faced uncertain growth, stocks collapsed to post 1929 lows, and government and big business clashed over proposed steel price moves. Labor pressed for shorter work weeks and expanded benefits while tax cuts loomed. Mergers, antitrust actions, and rail, airline, and bank consolidations influenced stability. Factory pay rose, personal incomes and savings grew, inflation peaked then leveled, auto sales surged, construction rose, and retail activity remained mixed with a May dip after a strong April.
Letters to the Editor attack Supreme Court ruling
A reader denounces the Supreme Court ruling on daily prayer in New York public schools as unconstitutional and warns of atheism spreading through the nation. The writer urges public protest and cites faith to defend religious expression in public life.
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Supreme Court
New York State
Billy Graham
Chicago
Kennedy reform slows progress as Rules Committee shifts power
President Kennedy liberalized the House Rules Committee but the change slowed overall enactment. Conservative chair Howard W. Smith and party factions shifted leverage to regular committees, boosting debate and compromise on major bills while reducing the president’s unilateral control. Copyright 1962.
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Ray, Tucker
Kennedy
House Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Rules Committee
Senate House
Congress
White House
Rules
Human Trinity and the Spirit Within Daily Devotion
This daily devotion reflects on the Spirit given for the common good and urges believers to avoid underestimating God’s power in their lives. It calls for confidence in faith, unity in the church, and service to others, ending with a prayer for trust and joy in daily service. Courtesy Tuezen Council of Churches.
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God
Tuezen Council of Churches
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Mat Luse
Cal Orwig
Luther Brothers
Shackleforder
Stubblefield
al Potter
George. Sokolsky
Sen. McClellan
World Wildlife. Fund
Victor Riesel
Shoreham Hotel
Banker
Boss
Labor
Arthur Goldberg
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Brotherhood OF Carpenters
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Carpenters
International Association of Machinists
John L. Lewis United Mine Workers
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Jimmie Hoffa
Teamsters Brotherhood
Joseph J.delaney
International Hod Cartiers’, Building and Common Laborers Union
Chap
Joseph ¥. Moreschi
America
Art Buchwald
USA
Kingdom Come
New Orleans
White Citizens Council
Hyannisport
New England
Egis
Maui
Soldier Field
Shoemaker
Tucson Daily Citizen
Thomas M. Cooper
E. Hampton St
Dennis the Menace
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
Roosevelt
Truman
Ways and Means
Armed Services
Agriculture
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