Saguaro Park Here May Still Be Saved
Tucson officials debate financing for waterworks and park preservation. A proposed plan would issue 1,250,000 in water revenue bonds and 1,250,000 in general obligation bonds with a hoped 20 percent rate hike to repay and fund extensions. Critics argue tax burden, while supporters say revenue bonds are fairer and needed. Separate efforts aim to preserve Saguaro National Monument with federal land exchanges and park service funding, including a 50,000 appropriation and potential land swaps with the University of Arizona.
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Mansfield
E. T. Houston
Houston
Citizens’ Water Committee
Tucson
Saguaro National Monument
Park Service
Interior Department
John M. Davis
The
Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Sam King
Monument
Sen
Carl Hayden
C. Edgar Govette
Chamber
A. E. Demary
Sen. Hayden
the Ark
Manning Camp
Demary
University of Arizona
Saguaro Land Committee
City Officials Oppose Water Rate Hike Tied to Bond Payoff
The discussion centers on a 10 percent rate increase to retire bonds in 20 years. City leaders oppose raising water rates, arguing funding entirely from water department revenues would strip $300,000 annually from the general fund, driving higher taxes and a larger impact than the projected 4.17 cents per $100 valuation from the general obligation bond issue.
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Water Department
City General Fund
Cotton Yields and Water Woes in Pima County
G E Blackledge reports Pima County cotton crops yield about a bale and a quarter per acre with gross receipts around 219 dollars per acre on 16,000 acres totaling roughly 3.5 million. About 20,000 of 30,000 cultivated acres grow cotton this year, likely boosting receipts, but new irrigation wells hasten water depletion.
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Pima County
Tucson Optimist Club
G. E. Blackledge
City Briefs Thursday announces IOOF degree conferral
IOOF lodge No. 3 plans to confer the first degree at 13544 8S Sixth Ave on Thursday. On Friday at 8 p.m. property owners from Grant Road to Silver Street, Campbell Avenue to the county drainage ditch, meet at 2202 E Water St to discuss area improvements. Saturday at 5:30 p.m. United Spanish War Veterans and auxiliary host a potluck at S H Aldridge's home 1234 N Second Ave. guests to bring their own table service.
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Grant Road
Silver Street
Campbell Avenue
E. Water St
United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
S. H. Aldridge
Second Ave
County Officials Push Ground Water Code Amid Drought Concerns
Local leaders urge a drought ready groundwater code to protect the county's underground supply. Blackledge cautions against agricultural expansion without reliable rainfall and notes the need for a new code being reviewed by cattlemen and farmers.
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Blackledge
Rath ordered To Serve Term On Forgery Charge
Edward C. Rath a 51 year old former foreman at Desert Construction Co was sentenced to three to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to forgery He admitted using check proceeds to support a veteran family and faces additional charges for allegedly forging 21 other checks The complaint named Ernest M Lynn whose signature Rath is accused of forged checks Lynn grew suspicious when asked to withhold tax on checks he never received
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Edward C. Rath
the Desert Construction Co
Lee Garrett
Rath
Ernest M. Lynn
Lynn
FHA chief doubts housing plans for Williams and Davis Monthan
State director Richard S. Hare of the Federal Housing Administration said in Tucson that his office has no information on proposed housing programs for Williams or Davis Monthan Air Force Base. He noted the bill authorizing FHA backing has not been signed by President Truman as far as he knows.
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Richard S. Hare
Federal Housing Administration
Tucson
Williams Or
Davis-Monthan Air Force Bases
Hare
FHA
Truman
Housing project wins verbal approval for Williams unit
A United Press dispatch from Mesa reports a 500 unit housing project for Williams has received verbal approval in Washington. Tucson air force officials also seek construction of about 600 houses at the local base. Hare said he understood that.
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United Press
Mesa
Williams
Washington
Tucson Air Force
Hare
Government leases fund pro jects with private FHA backed support
The contractors would execute projects on government leased land with financial backing from private sources and potential FHA guarantees if approved. The plan relies on government land leases and private funding to enable the work.
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FHA
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Henry Dahlberg Co
Rauscher
Lovejoy
Powers
Tucson Electric Contractors
Homer Lininger
E Broadway
Dia
Pima
Vodka Collins
Dan River
Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fis. Inc
Hartford, Conn
Congress ST
Silk Brent
E. Congress
Dial
Mary Lee Taylor Ribbon
Libby
NBC
Graham
Thornes Supermarket
Prairie Rose Ib
Gam Keddie
E. St. Tucson
White House
Pinwate Corduroy
Baby
Broadway
Royal
Turson
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