California Arizona agree on Feb 21 for project vote
Washington reports a California and Arizona accord allowing the Senate to vote on the Central Arizona Project Bill by February 21. Majority Leader Lucas announced the compromise ending a deadlock caused by Arizona Senator McFarland and Republican lawmakers delaying the bill. The agreement sets voting by 4 PM on germane amendments only.
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Washington
Scott W. Lucas
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Sheridan Downey
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Legislative Group To Check On 12000 Pension Recipients
The Special Legislative Committee on State Operations will investigate Arizona old age assistance rolls to verify financial need for more than 12,000 pension recipients. Attorney General Wilson's office agreed lawmakers may view the list, to be supplied by the State Department of Public Welfare, with three private credit firms handling the probe. Copyright and rules cited. audits follow complaints of pensions paid to those with other income.
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Ralph Watkins Announces Run for Arizona Governor
Special to The Phoenix Gazette Buckeye Feb 8 local businessman Ralph Watkins formally announced his candidacy for governor at the September 12 Democratic primary. He faulted Governor Dan E. Garvey for a lackluster administration, urged that government be run as business, and criticized excessive boards and commissions.
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Dan E. Garvey
Arizona
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Litchfield Park
Gila Bend
Acheson rules out new overtures on atomic control
Secretary of State Dean Acheson rejected any new overtures to Russia on atomic weapons including the hydrogen bomb. He urged avoiding self reproach that could paralyze U S action in building a strong policy. A separate note reports a Dakota search plane sighting after its disappearance over the Yukon with some survivors feared. The House Appropriations Committee proposed a ten percent cut in emergency funds for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Veterans Administration.
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Guide for Readers Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor
Temperature readings from Sky Harbor station provide today’s figures. Data covers high and low ranges with expected variations across morning and afternoon periods.
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Large Narcotics Cache Seized in New York Hotel
Police and federal agents seized a narcotics cache valued at 2.4 million dollars. Isidore Halitzer and Philip Shear, both 31 of Brooklyn, were arrested after a car stop near the Hotel Mc Alpin by Herald Square. Drugs found included heroin in the hotel booth and in the car, with additional seize in a Brooklyn apartment.
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Isidore Halitzer
Philip Shear
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Herald Square
33Rd Street
Broadway
Shear
Halitzer
Bank Robbery in Phoenix Doubls Cash Loot and Vault Strike
Centered in Phoenix, two gunmen robbed the Bank of Douglas downtown, taking 116000 in currency and locking seven staff in a closet. An old Dodge sedan fled as FBI, police, and state troopers hunted suspects described as a light skinned Negro and a Spanish American. The heist began at 6 am with a janitor distraction and a forced vault opening, leaving 113582 in bills and 45000 in silver behind. The robbers dressed in dirty clothes to imitate janitors.
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Phoenix
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Geraldine Dooley
West Turney Avenue
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First Avenue
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Clinton Wade
Sunnyslope Lane
Wade
Phoenix Bank
Clark Ousted From Civil Service Board
Douglas H. Clark a member of the City Civil Service Board was ousted by the City Council after a private conference with labor leaders over hiring a city department head outside Civil Service. Mayor Nicholas Udall said the action followed a code provision prohibiting holding another salaried public office. Howard W. Gibbons was appointed to succeed Clark.
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Rocky) Ford
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King’s
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Labor
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