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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
4
A collage of humor and columns recounts cultural tidbits from 1946 to 1948, noting Bing Crosby at Del Mar, rising home permanent wave sales, notable authors and characters, fashion tips, gardening quirks, and a Denver style humor section. The piece blends light anecdotes, reader Q and A, and satirical captions.
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow with scattered thunder showers and little temperature change. Maximums vary, with notable readings across numerous cities and a 24 hour precipitation tally near five tenths of an inch in some stations.
Washington August 3 interior department committee says the six year Missouri river basin plan likely needs more than double the current funding. The plan merges federal and state agency programs with 22 projects under construction and 18 pre construction. Reclamation commissioner Straus notes that if acceleration continues annual appropriations may reach 150 to 200 million dollars.
Ed Corcoran, sought for the slaying of his wife Elsie near Wickenburg, was reportedly last seen in the Detroit area as a nationwide search continues. Maricopa County officials say he likely moved on while Elsie Corcoran lay dead with two bullet wounds in the desert.
Capt H F Long of Brook Indiana and his bride of six weeks Marcheree Rogers of Waco Texas are confined in a Tokyo compound with translators. They help staff the war crimes verdicts and minister to 120 Americans and Japanese. It is their first honeymoon chance during Tojo trial week.
The 132-foot-wide waterfall over Broadway, the newest spectacular advertising sign, shimmers as brightly as Niagara Falls. Mercury vapor lighting gives a cool bluish white glow to the sheet of water.
AFL Airlines Pilots Association said it will ask the government to revoke National Airlines certification if it does not comply with laws. ALPA president David L. Behncke stated the Civil Aeronautics Board should require National to follow strike-ending recommendations or lose its certificate of convenience and necessity. The union has been striking National, and a presidential board's recommendations were rejected by the company.
Walter Blucher, director of the American Society of Planning Officials, says slum clearance in the United States is nearly at a standstill due to housing shortages. He notes existing legislation for 24 states has produced almost no action and criticizes urban redevelopment efforts.
Blucher warned that states and the federal government must accompany private reconstruction of blighted zones with laws backing redevelopment. He stressed the need for clear legal support to enable rebuilding efforts.
Fragmentary notice notes a citizen named Sarson Batly and a reference to an evening event on a Wednesday in August with unclear specifics.
The report notes a lack of housing facilities for residents displaced by slums and blighted area clearance. It highlights the need for adequate accommodation and outlines the challenge of finding suitable housing for affected families.
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