Action Please Help Readers with Customer Complaints
Readers report delays and mis shipments from Farrah Fawcett Fan Club and cookbook sellers. Affected customers seek refunds, proper deliveries, and guidance on handling collection agencies while a road maintenance issue prompts county response. Action offers advice on returning unopened items and pursuing correct postal returns.
Surplus military gear shifts as buyers seek variety and price
Dealers report dwindling surplus stocks due to cutbacks in defense spending and new laws. Municipalities and nonprofits gain access to more items while retailers rely on commercial equivalents. Tucson shops note the mix changes from surplus to lean inventories with selective military items remaining in demand.
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James Caragan
Bob
Country Club Road
Ex-glob e police chief and aide convicted in bugging
Former Globe police chief Dale I. Van Buskirk and aide Frederick L. McIntyre were found guilty of illegally intercepting communications and conspiracy to violate federal laws. The case arose from a plan to bug the office of a Globe police official using equipment obtained via the Four-County Narcotics Strike Force. The judge scheduled sentencing for Nov. 3, with potential five-year prison terms and fines up to $10,000 per count.
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Dale I. van Buskirk
Globe Police
Frederick L. McIntyre
Force
FBI
van Buskirk
Eric Johnson
Tucson
Tucson Metro Narcotics
Johnson
Strike Force
Joe Dunn
McGann
Dunn
Builer
Richey
McIntyre
Globe Police Dispatcher
Valley fever talks scheduled at Tucson Medical Center
A free public symposium on valley fever will be held Saturday morning at Tucson Medical Center. Four Tucson doctors, pulmonary specialists, will discuss Cocci Fact vs. Fantasy with sessions by Dr. Jerome Rothbaum on Historical Perspectives, Dr. Russell Dodge on Epidemiology, Dr. Jack Denlow on Cocci in Children, and Dr. Carl Diener on Treatment for the Future.
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Tucson Medical Center
Tucson
Jerome C. Rothbaum
Russell R. Dodge
Jack H. Denlow
Carl F. Diener
Liquor Firms File Suit Against Three Large Stores
Two Tucson liquor dealers accuse Walgreen Drug Stores Globe Stores Inc and Skaggs Drug Centers of selling liquor below cost to steal customers. They seek 1 million dollars each in punitive damages and cite state law from the 1940s prohibiting below cost liquor sales except at fire sale or auction events.
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Walgreen Drug Stores
Globe Stores Inc
Skaggs Drug Centers
Casas Adobes Liquors Inc
The
Grog Shop Ltd
Pima County Attorney's Office
Skaggs
Walgreens
Globe
Eastern police turn to bicycles
ROCHESTER NY AP The Greece Police Department adopts bicycles as a low cost mobile patrol. Police Chief Gerald Phelan says two officers will ride bikes weather permitting to navigate narrow streets and alleys near shopping centers and auto dealers. If successful the program will be expanded.
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Rochester
N.Y
Greece
N Y
Gerald Phelan
Phelan
Discoverer of Rainbow Bridge Dies at 105 in Utah
Monticello Utah AP report confirms Mike a Paiute elder credited with discovering Rainbow Bridge has died at age 105. The landmark finder lived in the region and became part of local lore as the natural arch drew visitors from across the country.
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Monticello, Utah
Im Mike
Rainbow Bridge
Utah
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