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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
1
The northeast part of the city flooded causing traffic detours and Tucson Gas & Electric reported a single sizable outage in a four square mile district near Casas Adobes Shopping Center. A traffic light at E. 6th Street and Campbell Ave. was stuck for some time.
The Brixton Prison governor’s ward dies in hospital after long illness and bronchial pneumonia. A inquest will be held. Ward had ties to Lord Astor Douglas Fairbanks Jr Churchill and Miss Rice-Davies testified about sexual relations with Astor and Fairbanks. Ward introduced Miss Keeler to Profumo and to a Soviet naval attache raising security questions and affecting Macmillan government.
TEX-COTE products claim to water repel and wrap the entire building to prevent interior moisture damage. Through fiberglass and perlite insulation the building stays cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Each TEX-COTE job is factory guaranteed for 10 years against chipping flaking or peeling, a unique full guarantee.
Independent Retail Clerks petitioned the NLRB in Albuquerque to revoke Local 727's certification over four Albuquerque supermarket chains Goodman's El Rancho Food Giant and Safeway. The group alleges non union workers were unfairly treated during a May 3 strike and seeks a 12 percent pay raise for journeymen clerks plus benefits.
A string of urban fire and emergency responses reported from 7:06 a.m. to 7:17 p.m. includes Engine 13 14 and Ladder Truck 2 0967 W Calle Antonia for an overheated cooler motor, Engine 1 to Congress Street for a gasoline leak, Engine to 1777 EL Blacklidge Drive for desyned powerlines, engines 4 3 7 4 4 p.m. to 9 FONE, July Street house fire, 916 A249 EB Jist Street overheated cooler motor, Ladder Truck 1 to 91 E 15th Street house fire, Rescue Truck 1 to 1428 ah Avenue for first aid.
Funeral services for George W. Camp, who died after a short illness, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Arizona Mortuary Chapel, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Camp, 50, co‑owned George & Harvey's Garage at 2950 N Euclid Ave since 1951, and previously ran Tucson Boat Works. Survivors include his wife Lou Ella, two sons George Jr and Samuel, daughter Georgia, three sisters, two brothers, and one grandson, all of Tucson or nearby.
A three coach Uruguayan train carrying 200 passengers derailed at 45 mph onto a siding near Montevideo killing at least 30 and injuring over 100. Officials said saboteurs forced the track points and placed rocks to derail the train. Crews rescued trapped passengers through the night.
In the United Nations debate Africa proposed a broad boycott including arms and oil embargoes and suspension from UN membership. The United States opposed enforcement actions but favored a limited arms embargo as a peaceful solution. Adlai Stevenson announced the U S will halt military equipment sales to South Africa by year’s end. Britain plans to keep arms sales despite the U S move.
Washington negotiators study fresh federal ideas from Labor Secretary Wirtz aimed at halting a looming rail strike before August 29. The proposals address firemen jobs and train crew makeup while Congress weighs Kennedy’s plan to send the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
In Culiacan Sin Mexico peasants press for land reform by blockading large farms near the city. They urge Governor Sanchez Celis to deploy troops while the agrarian program promises to parcel land to workers. The movement ties to reforms started in 1938 under Lazaro Cardenas with expropriations abroad.
Phoenix officials report state tax commissioner Thad Moore predicting a possible drop from the 1962 63 rate of $1.80 per $100 valuation. Projections at the annual conference suggest a reduction up to 10 cents, to be set after the state auditor announces the surplus next week, expected between $16 and $17 million.
In Rockford Illinois Rolly G Cole 23 a member of a famed flying family and top stunt pilot died in a crash of a souped up Stearman biplane eight miles south of Greater Rockford Airport Melvin H Stickney 39 an Emerson New Jersey flight instructor for Pan American Airways also perished Witnesses reported a wing folded before the craft hit the ground The cause of the crash was not determined
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