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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1977
Page
4
An 18-wheeler overturned with no injuries reported. The driver Sanberg stated this marks the end of a long driving career, describing the crash as a severe blow to his work.
COLVILLE Wash UPI Mrs Marge Simpson heard persistent rapping at her home and found a skunk with a mayonnaise jar stuck on its head An officer used a flashlight to break the jar freeing the animal In apparent gratitude the skunk did not leave a calling card
A bus traveling through mountain passes bounced off a guard rail of a bridge and fell 60 feet into the Totolo pan River, killing nine people including a child, according to police in HUAUCHINANGO Mexico.
Citizen Entertainment writer Chuck Graham reviews The Beatles Away With Words a multimedia production at the Community Center Music Hall. The piece criticizes sound and visuals though notes a few striking clips and controversial juxtaposition of political images with Beatles songs.
President Carter backed adding 8.85 million acres to Alaska wilderness including Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Interior Secretary Andrus pressed for permanent protection, overcoming Schlesinger and Energy Department oppose. Debate focused on possible future oil or gas reserves and Marsh Creek anticline near Prudhoe Bay.
Senate witnesses warned the federal government may terminate aid to Indo Chinese refugees and 146,000 Vietnamese and related immigrants. California could bear about 39 million dollars to support the 69,000 refugees already in the state if payments end next Friday. Governor Brown pressed Rep Rodino for progress on extending a 455 million dollar federal program. Marion Woods, California Benefit Payments director, testified.
Indo-Chinese refugees express discomfort with welfare as a path to American status. Officials cite high employment but ongoing need for financial aid. Lawmakers push longer subsidies, with Cranston proposing 75 percent for 1978 down to 25 percent in 1980, amid calls for stronger resettlement support.
Albert R Williams 25 was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder and armed robbery death at the LaConga Bar on Oct 19 1974. He will remain in Pima County Jail pending a mental capacity hearing that could lead to commitment to the Arizona State Hospital. The judge also acquitted a related defendant and set plans for a psychiatric screening to assess danger to self or others.
Diana Becker, a 28 year old secretary with the Waterloo Community School District, says she was fired for refusing to make coffee for her boss. Hanson's note warned termination if she continues to refuse assigned duties. Becker notes coffee making is not part of secretarial work and questions fairness in the district's office.
Retired Arizona Supreme Court Justice Lorna Lockwood dies at 74 in Phoenix hospital from pneumonia. A trailblazing jurist, she served as chief justice twice, was the first woman to hold that post nationally, and had a legal career spanning from her 1925 Arizona law degree through public service and private practice. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Tucson’s Inner City Parade of Homes, a joint business government effort near downtown, gains national attention in Chicago Tribune and House & Home for linking private builders with public revitalization. Project near St Mary’s Hospital is set to open next year for public inspection.
Sheriff Richard J. Boykin names Dale Jesse a full time child abuse investigator for Pima County. Jesse, a seven year sex crimes detective, will be on call 24 hours and can place children into protective services if needed. He aims to educate residents and reduce abuse through outreach and reports show rising cases.
In Brooksville Archibald Cox, former Watergate prosecutor and adviser to Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes, warns that stripping the tribes of land in Maine without fair compensation would defy the Constitution and imperil American legal traditions. He cites their claim to 12 million acres and notes a possible federal settlement of 25 million dollars and 100000 acres from the state.
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