Letter From The Editor

TWO REPUBLICS UNDER THE EAGLE.

Americans share with 45 million Mexicans a friendly and unfortified border some 1600 miles long. Most Americans know more about Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Israel and Iceland than they know about our "southof-the-border" neighbor, the United States of Mexico. This is not the first ARIZONA HIGHWAYS edition dedicated to interests of commerce and travel between the two republics whose symbol is the eagle. Today we share the same borders, the same skies and under God the same benefits and threats of the southern half of this continent. For better or for worse, one to the other, we are wed. Arizona and Mexico's state of Sonora have a closer kinship than that imposed by geographical proximities. They are inseparably associated in bonds of friendship and business relations involving the welfare and well-being of the traveller. Arizona's highways take Americans to Mexico; Sonora's highways bring travellers to the continental U.S.A. In these days of world unrest it is important that the peoples of the Republics of the Americas learn, know and understand what constitutes the United States of North America the U.S.A. and the Estados Unidos Mexicanos. With these intents, this special edition of ARIZONA HIGHWAYS is dedicated. May the bonds of friendship and neighborly understanding between our nations be as warm, firm and everlasting as those always enjoyed and cherished by Arizona and Sonora. From "todos los norte americanos" . . . with love.

A rainbow falls on the picturesque city of Taxco, (Tahs-koh). The city is famed for the quality of its silversmiths' artistry, alluring streets and attractive shops. The Church of Santa Prisca and San Sebastian is a classic of ecclesiastical architecture.

The artist was enchanted by the Totonac Indians of the Papantla area. Their dress, attractive faces, gracious manners, and Pre-Hispanic customs are a source of deep fascination. Join us for a day in Papantla during the celebration of Corpus Christi