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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1977
Page
2
The Tucson area programs funded by the federal CETA plan show large staffing and client enrollment. In 1977 the budget was $9 million with 611,278 for administration and 6,141 clients. 1978 projects a $16.9 million budget, 913,220 for admin, 42 to 46 staff, and a goal of 11,806 clients by summer.
A Tucson study shows 1,284 public service jobs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. By next summer, unemployment may push over 11,000 residents into program work at about $3.40 per hour. Workers assist at agencies from Arizona Sonora Desert Museum to Flowing Wells Fire Department and YWCA. They perform tying, teaching, research, repairs, car work, and job placement tasks while seeking permanent employment. Director Frank Romero stresses the work is strictly temporary and aimed at moving workers toward regular jobs.
The U.S. Department of Labor will honor Mayor Lewis C. Murphy, Supervisor Conrad Joyner and former Councilwoman Barbara L. Weymann for CETA contributions. William Hartigan will present the three awards at the City Council study session at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Two grants totaling nearly $1 million will be signed to fund the Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Program and the Youth Employment and Training Program, hiring youths 16 to 19 for projects including repairs to public facilities and low income housing and broad neighborhood improvements.
Police broke into a Kowloon apartment and destroyed what they called one of the colony’s largest dog meat distribution centers. They rescued 20 dogs from the cooking pot and arrested a 67 year old man charged with running the illegal operation. Dog meat is described as a delicacy by parts of Hong Kong's population.
DES faces budget limits hindering a $15 artwork for a foster recruitment brochure in Tucson. Committee members urge bending rules to free $500 for design and printing while officials cite budget constraints and delayed partnerships with Juvenile Court Catholic Social Services and Arizona Children's Home.
A San Carlos Apache student from the Indian Reservation faces vehicular manslaughter charges in the November 13 crash that killed four youngsters when a pickup left the highway eight miles west of Bylas. The 18 year old, Terry Y Rodriguez, appeared before U S magistrate Raymond Terlizzi in Tucson. Federal complaint says the truck traveled about 70 to 80 mph. Bond set at $5,000.
The University of Arizona invites families to share Thanksgiving meals with students who cannot go home. Interested households should call the UA switchboard at 864-344. The effort is sponsored by the Associated Students at UA.
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Dr. Charles E. Taylor, 32, head of Wilberforce University in Xenia Ohio, told about 300 at a Tucson NAACP dinner that blacks cannot reach equal living standards without creating jobs. He blamed outdated tax laws and Federal Reserve policies for industry expansion costs and urged tax reform and cautious support for Humphrey Hawkins full employment bills.
After six weeks of testimony and 35 hours of deliberation a hung jury was declared in the murder trial of Robert Schreiber for the 1975 killing of Richard Red Boss Ross near Gates Pass. The panel sent notes of impasse after deliberating since Monday afternoon.
Charles Edward Shankosky, an 18 year old kitchen helper serving for aggravated assault, fled Pima County Jail at 2 45 p m and walked five hours before calling a deputy. He surrendered at his Diamond K Road home and was booked again on escape charges.
Evel Knievel, facing a six month jail term, unveils a plan to drop from a plane at 40,000 feet onto a haystack from seven miles high. He seeks a $20 million advance, a body mounted guidance system, and aims for July 4 in Las Vegas or Atlantic City with FAA permission still uncertain.
Carl E. and Mattie Poe sue several Tucson dealers claiming they bought a 1973 Cadillac from Carefree Motors Inc with a 1968 engine and rolled odometer. They say the car was misrepresented as original parts, demand voiding the sale, and seek damages for odometer tampering interest on the loan costs and the traded Pontiac Grand Prix.
Brig. Gen. Mary Clarke, director of the Women’s Army Corps, announced at Fort Gordon that the WAC would be dissolved next year but women would be assimilated into the regular Army as part of ending gender segregation. She noted women currently comprise 6 percent of Army personnel and serve in roles from tank mechanics to military police.
A Pima County grand jury indicted Gale Bundrick, a County Parks and Recreation Department administrator, for directing staff to replace a leaking roof on the home of department head Eugene Laos while Laos was away. Employees billed nearly 200 in roofing materials to the county and Laos repaid 900. Laos was later cleared of wrongdoing.
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