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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1955
Page
2
Vancouver race report shows Overset, a seven to one longshot with one win, finishing far back in seventh at Lansdowne Park. Newsmen viewed the outcome as a fate similar to overset copy that misspelled the paper.
County Atty Raul Castro will discuss the bait advertising law at the Tucson Motel Association luncheon tomorrow. The event at the Hula Hut 1811 S 6th Ave starts at noon with the Phoenix Motel Association president and the statewide secretary in attendance. Motel owners are urged to attend to hear Castro’s interpretation of the law enacted in the last Arizona Legislature.
U S airmen held as spies in Red China will be released according to Peiping radio. Dulles declined comment pending White House statement. Senators Knowland Wiley and Representative Martin welcomed the move, calling them honored Air Force members and criticizing China’s actions.
Roy W. Jeffreys, 49, was fined $25 or 10 days in jail for making a false police report and admitted he cut himself at Crosby's Chevron after a panicky wedged restroom escape. He is already serving a 10 day drunkenness sentence from Friday and had prior July arrests for drunken charges.
Coronado National Forest officials planned to open bids for 800 000 board feet of ponderosa pine from Spencer Canyon Mt Lemmon in the largest timber sale yet on the area. The winner must locate sawing outside the forest and removal will be aided by a paved road. About 32 percent of trees will be logged to enlarge the watershed and reduce fire risk.
The State Legislative Council proposes a public defender position in Pima and Maricopa counties. Rep William Younger Wood submits a plan for a full time official to handle indigent criminal defendants. Court appointed lawyers currently represent indigent clients case by case.
Raul H. Castro announced support for a public defender system in Pima County and would seek input from the Arizona Legislative Council. Atty. Robert A. May of the Pima County Bar Association said the group will study the proposal at a fall meeting and then issue a recommendation.
The proposal would create a public defender system in large counties and allow others to join. Prosecutor Wood argues representation would lower costs by dismissals or reduced charges at preliminary hearings, reducing cases going to Superior Court.
Nationalist forces reported a 30 minute naval engagement off the Matsus near Formosa. Two Red gunboats were set afire as warships opened fire at 10 30 a m while Red coastal batteries fired back, causing no nationalist damage.
Marjorie R. Hollinger of Tucson has earned a Benjamin Franklin national scholarship from the University of Pennsylvania. The Tucson High School graduate will study in the College of Liberal Arts for Women at Penn in Philadelphia.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. August 12 for Mary Margaret Parra charged with aggravated assault for allegedly smashing a 17 year old girl in the face with an empty quart beer bottle. The incident occurred at 817 South 3rd Avenue. The victim, Lillian Joann Enos, was treated at County Hospital for two deep lacerations requiring 11 stitches. Bond was set at $500.
A 53 bed nursing home addition will be built at Pinal County General Hospital in Florence with half the $240000 cost funded by federal money. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele says it is the first project under the 1954 medical facilities survey and construction act. The facility will care for aged patients.
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