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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
2
A Washington feature explains how bills gain names, often printed with different lawmakers’ names by printers. It notes House rules allow multiple copies with various signatures while Senate bills can bear many names, sometimes masking actual authorship and raising taxpayer costs.
Nick Kotsonaros, proprietor of Broadway Liquor at 51 E Broadway, was nearly shot when two armed men demanded gin. Lloyd J. Morris, 21, of New Orleans, confessed to firing the shot. police sought a second suspect after a brief pursuit. Kotsonaros had previously faced a similar holdup attempt eighteen months earlier.
Two lawsuits totaling 81 000 were filed in superior court. Odin B. Dodd represents Reese S. Williams of Coolidge in a 50 000 claim against El Presidio Operating Co for injuries after being ejected from the hotel bar on March 1. Agnes M. Quick seeks 31 000 from F. Ronstadt Hardware Co for a sidewalk fall on August 22, 1947, alleging a slippery substance caused the injury and permanent damage.
Glen L. Herstine of 2022 E. Speedway earned place on Purdue University's distinguished student list for the second semester of the year ending June 30. He is a senior in aeronautical engineering.
Tucson actor Paul Beardsley leaving Originals by Beardsley leather shop to pursue film work in Hollywood. Republic Pictures offers seven year contract while tests with 20th Century Fox and MGM completed. Gene Autry film Sons of New Mexico will feature Beardsley in first role. Contract talks with several studios scheduled for early September.
Cecil Hinshaw former president of William Penn College in Oskaloosa Iowa will lecture for the American Friends service committee on international relations at 8 p m Sunday on the First Methodist church lawn. Rev Walter H Dugan of St Andrew's Episcopal church will introduce him.
In Memphis Tennessee on Mud Island a 22 year old mother Lillian Curry and 75 year old Gibson fought with shotguns after an earlier fistfight. Both were critically wounded with Curry shot in the abdomen and Gibson in the face. Mrs Curry's mother Susi Allen was slightly wounded. No charges filed.
A drive to recruit volunteers for the Red Cross blood bank in Tucson will start with a luncheon at the Tucson Press Club on Friday. Mrs. David Batavia, chairwoman of the Tucson Red Cross blood committee, announced the luncheon and said donor need to replenish blood reserves at RC headquarters is desperate.
A superior court panel convened to try five Davis Monthan airmen on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a party tied to the death of 17 year old Mrs. Margaret Cody Lippincott. Judge Lee Garrett presides as the men and the woman faced the fatal June 30 incident near the municipal airport.
Mrs Mildred Simpach 32 of 2117 E Grant Ave Berwyn Ill died Tuesday in a Chicago hospital. Funeral services are arranged in Berwyn. She and husband Frank Sr and son Frank Jr ran a gift shop at 1026 N Park Ave. The family was in Chicago two months ago due to husband’s mother illness.
A burned 1938 Dodge sedan was found near Davis Monthan Air Force Base by Patrolman David North. He said the fire and interior damage suggested arson and that no paint transfer or grill damage indicated a crash with an abandoned wreck. Ownership traced to a Davis Monthan airman transferred to Alabama. officer suspects sale to a local used car dealer before departure.
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