Herbert Hoover: A Great American Citize n and Former President Dies at 90
The former president Herbert Hoover died at age 90, leaving a legacy as a mining engineer, relief administrator after World War I, and later leader in government reform as chairman of the Commission for Reorganization of the Executive Branch. He is remembered for integrity and devotion to the nation.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
White House
Truman
Pima County Supervisors Seek Reelection For Stable Progress
Three County Board members Thomas Jay Dennis Weaver and Pete Rubi seek reelection November 3. The article highlights improvements at the County Hospital new jail enhanced highway operations juvenile detention plans and a planned administration building part of a regional government center with a stable tax rate praised by juvenile program officials and supporters.
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Pima
Board of Supervisors
Thomas Jay
Dennis Weaver
Pete Rubi
Weaver
Congress Street
Tom Jay
Background on the Nuclear Test Ban and Safeguards
The piece outlines Republican criticism of Kennedy Johnson safeguards promised to Senate leaders in 1963 to back the test ban. It recalls Kennedy’s pledge to resume atmospheric testing if the Soviet Union violated the treaty and contrasts past Soviet and U.S. testing actions. The author argues voters lack full facts on the dispute and warns of broad uncertainty ahead of the election.
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Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
United States
Soviet Union
Union
Eisenhower
U.S
Security Rules Lax Warned by Senator Dodd to Johnson
Senator Thomas Dodd accuses lax security in the State Department and warns President Johnson that trusted aides can be vulnerable to blackmail. The piece cites past resignations and McCarthy era echoes, urging stricter internal security measures and thorough preemployment checks.
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Thomas Dodd
Connecticut
Johnson
Internal Security Subcommittee
United States Senate
Executive Branch
State Department
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Department of State
Eisenhower
Senate
Internal Security Committee On State
Otepka
Sen. McCarthy
Sad Tale Of The Karate Expert And The Road Rage
California man Jake Kilduff spent a decade in karate earning a black belt and defending his pride on the freeway. A road dispute led to a confrontation where a rival driver struck him, knocked out two teeth, and left him with a damaged jaw. He abandoned karate after the assault, forever desisting from blocks of wood.
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California
Jake Kilduff
Jake
Los Angeles
Sonyelont
Letters On Johnson Speech And Presidential Power
Readers criticize Lyndon Johnson and the danger of a despotism of public opinion, urging vigilance against political intimidation. The letter questions Roy Elson’s candidacy for Senate, contrasts him with Gov. Fannin, and stresses informed voting ahead of the approaching election.
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America
Arizona Album Reflects College Youth in Photo Mystery
A fragmentary Arizona album note shows two University of Arizona students Drake and Orndorf in a circa old photograph. It mentions Col Charles Drake a veteran and labor contracts with Southern Pacific, plus vague references to family ties and later residences in Santa Monica and Tucson.
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Bert Orndorf
Young Drake
Charles R. Drake
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Church
Southern Pacific
Ite
Arkona
L. H.ig
Toccoa
Orndorff Witwise
Orndorff
Jade
Orndortts
Mra. A. C
Ott
Gene
Santa Meniva
Calif
Sider Dralaene Old Vinge Revel
Coorveny Artoe
Piopeorg! Flistorical Society
Barbary of the 1964 Election Violence in Hartford
A column recalls brutal election clashes around Lyndon Johnson’s Hartford rally on Sept 2. It cites posters torn, signs ripped, and threats as Goldwater supporters faced rough treatment, while Hartford police deny evidence of such incidents. The piece links these events to broader violence in the 1960s campaign.
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Daily Citizen
Lyndon Johnson
Hartford
Connecticut
Hartford Times
Barry Goldwater
New England
Goldwater
James Urban
Shanghai
China
John
Kerrigan
Johnson
Tom Dewey
Daily Devotion on Unity and Authority
A devotional meditation cites Mark 3 25 about a house divided against itself and recalls Abraham Lincoln using the text to argue final authority by all nations. The piece contrasts Christian missions and mutual accountability in a concise reflective note.
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