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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1951
Page
14
The page presents a concise 1951 Gazette item likely a brief local notice, column snippet, or classified style entry. It contains no explicit event names, dates beyond the issue date, or identifiable organizations in the readable fragment. Further readable content needed for a fuller summary.
At a special Phoenix City Council meeting three appointments were made to city boards. Mrs. Al J. Flood of 2502 W Monroe was named to the solicitations board for a four year term. Irvin M. Campbell of 836 W Edgemont and Sal Balderas of 389 E Palm Lane joined the adjustment board. They succeed Joseph E. Campbell and Roger Hagel who resigned two weeks ago. The boards will likely elect a new chairman at the next meeting on Sept 12.
Maricopa County will assign a new master map to reflect rapid development. Walter E. Tyler Jr. was hired to draw the map at 1013 E. Dunlap, expected to cover landmarks, railroads, canals, rivers, and mountains and to support reproductions of district boundaries for legislative, school, justice of the peace, and supervisor districts. County comptroller George J. Erhardt notes the prior school district map dated to 1941 and many changes have occurred since.
Two zoning changes that drew protests were approved by the supervisors after review by the county planning and zoning commission. The areas moved include Camelback from Central to Third Avenue and 24th Street from Indian School to Grand Canal shifting from residential to commercial. The commission also approved extending the commercial zone in the Thomas 24th Street Grand Canal triangle and reclassified the east side of 16th Street north of Salt River from industrial to residential.
A $65,000 suit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court centers on a May 30 collision at 21st and Jefferson. Plaintiff Greta Moroney alleges 15 year old Clara Joyce Smith and her family were negligent. The complaint claims William David Smith lent his car to his sister and that both he and C G Smith allowed a minor to drive on a public highway in violation of state law.
Walter S. Wilson, clerk of Maricopa County, reported August license activity shows 348 marriages issued versus 302 in August last year. Divorce suits totaled 236, down from 240 in August 1950. Over the weekend 13 licenses were issued by the clerk, with 14 from other counties towns.
Frank H. Schwarz, 57, renowned for murals in the U. S. Senate and House chambers, died yesterday at his Mt Vernon home after heart-related illness. He had been under treatment for a heart condition.
Taxpayers in Maricopa County will receive a green tax bill this year replacing the pink identification form. County Treasurer Phil A. Isley says the green bill eliminates the need for a clerk to issue a payment receipt and becomes a receipt when stamped by the cashier. First-half 1951 taxes are due by November 5 with a 10 percent penalty. second-half bills due March 3 with delinquency May 5. Bills go out around September 15 in alphabetical order and finish by month’s end.
County road crews operate 10 hour shifts to repair flooded roads west of Phoenix so school buses can run and farmers reach cotton fields. county engineer Howard L. Shelp notes protests from farmers over access.
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