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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
14
Phoenix police gain new leverage with an ordinance setting a 300 dollar fine and up to 180 days in jail for adults who engage in immoral or improper acts with a child under 15. The measure, backed by Capt. John W. Wilson, targets minor sex offenses and aims to deter escalation to serious crimes.
Phoenix City Council approved a 24,895 payment to Peter J. Foskin Construction for losses on a sewer job at First Street and Second Avenue, exceeding the next lowest bid by about 11,000. Another claim for extra work by J. H. Welsh and Son was not acted on. The meeting also considered fleet insurance bids, awarded a library contract to Homes and Son for 69,980, and approved several liquor licenses and vendor payments for gas and architectural planning.
Washington DC apartment owner Mrs Clark and Rear Admiral Joseph J Clark face a 500000 lawsuit over access to a building. Miss Selma Sinclair accuses Clark of assault while trying to visit friends on October 25. Clark labels it a spiteful dispute. Mrs Clark owns irrigated Beardsley Project land in Maricopa County.
High seas subsided near Palawan Island easing danger to the British freighter Silver Walnut 6000 tons stranded on a shoal 50 miles off Palawan. Four passengers and crew of 61 remain aboard as tugs and salvage vessels reach Western Philippine waters.
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