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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1963
Page
7
Pima County's annual fair and the Southern Arizona International Livestock Show open for a six day run. Women prepare preserves quilts and crafts for competitions while 4 H clubs supply livestock entries. Exhibits include home arts crafts and displays, plus stalls of pigs and cattle and two horse show arenas.
The University of Arizona KUAT TV channel 6 launches a 10 part series The American Business System at 8 tonight, emphasizing private enterprise. A second series Exploring the Universe begins this Thursday at 8 PM with host Dave Garroway interviewing leading scientists.
Dr. Robert L. Nugent, longtime University of Arizona executive and YMCA leader, received a high honor at the Pacific Southwest Area YMCA banquet in Phoenix. The Dr. Robert L. Nugent Award will be given annually to a YMCA Model Legislature participant who embodies Nugent’s leadership values.
The piece notes Romney Scranton and Goldwater show disinterest in the 1964 race while Nelson Rockefeller signals movement to be counted in. It argues Goldwater could still enter as a distinct alternative to Rockefeller, though he must act soon or be drafted. The author weighs potential party dynamics and the risk of a blocked contest.
Victor Riesel reports widespread disgust among counter-intelligence officers over weak security against the international Communist apparatus in the hemisphere. He cites a Panama incident at Tocumen Airport where Panamanian police failed to arrest 25 Cuban trained trainees en route to Mexico, highlighting lax oversight and dangerous gaps in inter-American security.
Art Buchwald critiques Cape Canaveral as a fortress of costly missiles and competing aims. He parodies NASA and the military clash over peaceful versus military uses of space, with DOF and Edsel Company jokes highlighting bureaucratic failures in a satirical frame.
A Tucson letter to the editor questions the League of Women Voters endorsement of a flood plain ordinance and the timing of its public release. The writer urges reconsideration until both sides are heard, while praising parade planners and urging greater flag display and civic pride.
Sheriff William Sanders Oury of Pima County emerged as a key frontier figure in Tucson history. Born 1816 in Wythe County Virginia, he lived on the Texas frontier 13 years before moving to Tucson and serving as sheriff from 1873 to 1877. He helped shape early local governance and politics, and was brother to Granville Oury. He became the first president of the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society.
An interview with Edward C. Welsh warns of a dramatic Soviet space year in 1963 with Mars pictures, cosmonaut docking, and a potential orbital H bomb. It contrasts American progress including Saturn tests and Telstar with a looming space frontier that could prompt public fear and pressure for countermeasures.
Daily devotion reflects on Matthew chapter five verses ten to twelve and the call for courage amid adversity. It contrasts safe religious promotion with Jesus's invitation to a risky, cross-centered faith and ends with a prayer for strength.
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