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| | 1 | Author: | People's Committee Against Gambling | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Papers of the People's Committee Against Gambling,
1950 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1950 | | | | Abstract: | The People's Committee Against Gambling was a group formed to defeat Initiative Measure 302-303,
aimed at legalizing gambling in Arizona. David Brinegar was its director. Collection includes a journal
of activities, news releases, financial statements, and related papers; chiefly typescript material, with
holograph notations, pertaining to a statewide campaign to defeat proposed legislation aimed at legalizing
gambling in Arizona. Also included is a 1981 interview with David Brinegar about the campaign. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Gambling -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 2 | Author: | Bankston, J. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | J. Bankston Papers
1950-1985
(bulk 1980-1985) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1950-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Documents from Court Case No. C79-0515 “Irene Allen, et. al. plaintiffs vs. United States of America” related to nuclear testing by the United States government in the 1950s in Nevada that affected people in Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The bulk of the material consists of the court case, personal digests, technical reports and articles used by Jay Bankston to aid him in his application to the Veterans Administration for compensation for cancer he believed was the result of exposure to radiation during his military service in the Marshall Islands. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Atmospheric radiation -- Marshall Islands. | Atomic bomb -- Marshall Islands -- Testing. | Downwinders | Liability for nuclear damages -- Arizona. | Nuclear explosions -- Marshall Islands. | Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Island. | Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Arizona. | Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946. | Radiation carcinogenesis. | Radiation -- Health aspects. | Radiation -- Testing. | Radiation victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Arizona. | Radioactive fallout -- Arizona. | Radioactive fallout -- Nevada. | Radioactive fallout -- Utah. | Veterans -- Health aspects -- Arizona. | Veterans -- Diseases -- Government policy -- United States. | Veterans -- Medical care. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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