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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1951
Page
4
A table presents Maricopa County tax rates with a town by town and district by district comparison to last year. The figures show how rates differ across municipalities and what changes occurred year over year.
John W. Lane a 23 year old Prescott auto stunt driver was treated at Memorial Hospital after being slugged and robbed of a wallet containing 20 dollars while waiting for a bus at 15th Avenue and Roosevelt. Lane said a stranger asked for a match and struck him on the head with a likely iron pipe rendering him unconscious for about 45 minutes before he phoned police from a nearby filling station.
Superior Court Judge Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr ordered the county supervisors to fund operating costs for the Wilson Volunteer Fire Company. Deputy county attorney F. Haze Burch said an appeal would not stop the action, which followed the judge's order. Struckmeyer voided a recent election to disband the Wilson District and required five hearings to meet his findings, ruling the abolition law vague and unenforceable. Rayburn noted a pending suit will test the constitutionality of both organizing and abolishing volunteer fire companies.
City detectives Edwin Hetz and Robert McCann may receive routine three day suspensions for failing to file a report on the July 19 beating of horse trainer Mrs. Renee Allen at Second Street and Madison. Chief Earl L. O'Clair said action hinges on after vacation staffing. Mrs. Allen, of 2718 West Colter, has not named her assailant. Both detectives transported her to Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Mesa announces Arthur Sullivan, a civil service eligible, as patrolman to assume duties around September 1. The Mesa resident has served as a night patrolman for city schools and will be assigned to office duties under Chief Marion Trowbridge.
Funeral services for Robert Edward Vance 55 who died yesterday in Southside District Hospital will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Meldrum Mortuary Chapel Bishop Gilbert Udall of Mesa Third Ward will officiate Vance born June 27 1896 in Juarez Mexico lived in Mexico as a cattle raiser and farmer before moving to Mesa 12 years ago His Mesa address is 439 S Macdonald Survivors include wife Anna four sons Robert E Jr Lawrence Sr Calvin F Reed and five daughters Anna Rae Jones Elizabeth and Rita Mae Vance all of Mesa three brothers Richard S Du rango Mex John M Chihuahua Mex and George C Hinckley Utah and four sisters Mrs Lucy Glenn Morenci Mrs Alta Judd Douglas Mrs Mabel Cooper El Paso and Mrs Beth Judd Hinckley Utah</s>
County supervisors denied a transfer for Norman E. Miller to Ship's Cafe on 35th Avenue after residents warned against more taverns and a skid row label. Two original club licenses were referred. Jolly Mixer's Social Club approval stood with no protests. Armed Services Officers Club license faced referral amid residential-area protests.
Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 2407 will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at 425% N Central to file nominations for the two year trustee office. If more than one candidate is named, voting occurs at a later meeting. George A. Becker, president, announced.
Mrs Nellie F Henry 71 longtime Chandler resident died at her ranch home after a long illness. Born December 25 1879 in Leslie Arkansas she was a Methodist. Surviving husband William Roscoe daughter Ardelle Sitter Chandler two grandchildren three great grandchildren. Funeral at 10 am Wednesday M L Gibbons Mortuary Mesa with Rev R Felder Cade Chandler First Baptist officiating. Burial Mesa Cemetery.
Parents of runaway Edward and Robert Dittell left for Northern California yesterday to retrieve the boys. Bakersfield police reported Robert, the younger, was held by officers while Edward was later found working for a construction firm near Walnut Creek, about 20 miles from San Francisco. The brothers fled from 6210 S Fifth Ave with their possessions, the family car, and Robert's puppy, hoping to join a youth crusade to fight communism. The younger boy wired his father for money to return home and the family planned to continue homeward today.
Two more fatalities raise Arizona road toll for 1951 to 216. Frank Enriquez, 69, dies after being struck at Lateral 16 and Grand Exposition Road. Eyewitness testimony says he stepped in front of a car driven by Robert DeSpain Jr. 2728 W Madison. Enriquez worked at the McDaniel ranch. Harvey Lee Standridge, 43, dies from injuries when his jeep overturned 14 miles east of Mesa on Aug 4.
William Herdis McAfee 57 of 5807 S Eighth St died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Born in Williamsburg Ohio he moved to Phoenix in 1943 from Akron. He was a music teacher at Lederman Music Co. Survived by wife Oleta son Gerald daughter Marie and a brother in Dayton Ohio. Funeral arrangements are pending at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary.
Leland Stanford Conarroe a 55 year old advance agent for Barnum and Bailey Circus died when his car skidded from the highway and plunged 350 feet off a cliff Saturday night 31 miles north of Redding California He lived with his wife Helen in Miami and left two sons Marvin of Cincinnati and Warren of Bradenton Beach Florida
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