Tax rates set for Pima County and Tucson amid budget debate
County officials approved a 1949 50 tax rate of 11.967 per 100 assessed dollars for Tucson and the county, with city council backing a similar figure. The move followed pressure from local residents for lower rates, while districts adjusted levies to cover shortfalls from state per capita aid and budget needs.
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Pima County
Tucson
Goodell
J. O. Niemann
Board of Supervisors
Oliver Frank
Southern Pacific Railroad
Monte Mansfield
Sam Seaney
P. H. Ross
Ross
Seaney
Mansfield
South Tucson
Arivaca
Greaterville
San Fernando
Sean Wee
Redington
Akefield
Semifinal Judging Set for Tucson Little Miss and All American Boy
Semifinal judging to name Tucson representatives in the Little Miss America and All American Boy contests will be held at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Randolph ball park. About 74 children are expected to participate as twenty winners advance to contest finals Wednesday night. The two Tucson winners will later compete in state finals in Phoenix Saturday and possibly in Hollywood for the national title. Winning Tucson children receive loving cups from Crescent jewelers, presented by Mayor E T Houston.
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Tucson
Randolph Ballpark
Little Misss
Mr. Tucson
Phoenix
Arizona
Hollywood
Screen Children’s Guild
Crescent Jewelers
E. T. Houston
Vivian Leigh Ford
Carolee Jones
Suzanne Kahn
Sharon Lee O'Brien
Ann DiCicco
Charlotte Ann Welborn
Karen Surina
Michael Underwood
Eddie Molinsky
Rites Set For Two Crash Victims
Funeral services are announced for Frank Thomas Waid 21 and Stewart Kramer Simon 22 killed in an early Monday automobile crash on South Country Club road. Waid’s rites begin 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Arizona mortuary with Rev. Sumner officiating and local cemetery burial. Simon’s services follow at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Arizona mortuary with burial in the VFW plot at South Lawn memorial park. The Arizona mortuary handles arrangements.
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Frank Thomas Waid
Stewart Kramer Simon
South Country Club Road
Waid
Arizona
Richard Sumner
St. Philip’s-in-the-Hills
Maurice Ballenger
University Methodist Church
Simon
Arizona Mortuary
VFW
South Lawn Memorial Park
Blood drive call for all blood types in Tucson
Red Cross officials say all blood types are urgently needed at the Tucson blood center. O and B types are particularly required as storage is depleted. Center hours are 11 am to 2 pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with transportation provided and appointments by phone.
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Tucson
Red Cross
Seek Victims Of Rabid Dog
Health officials seek victims bitten by a maddened cocker spaniel that went berserk last week and showed rabies symptoms. Six bite victims have been located and inoculated. William Bachelor, a household products salesman, was bitten and traced through cooperative police and commercial radio broadcasts.
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Edwin West
William Bachelor
Castro Ave
Bachelor
Guardsmen Begin Second Day of Arizona Encampment Drills
Arizona national guardsmen proceed into the second day of shake down training at Fort Huachuca with 1,200 officers and men. The 158th regiment units work on rifle squad tactics antitank training and long range targets as movement into camp runs smoothly.
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FT. Huachuca
Arizona
A. M. Tuthill
158Th Regiment
Tucson
Nogales
Douglas
Bisbee
Phoenix
State
Tucsonian Wins Prize In National Contest
A Tucsonian won third prize in a national limerick contest sponsored by the National Safety Council. Mrs. Gladys Burger of 4364 E Fourth St will receive 25 for completing a limerick offering advice for summer boaters. She competed in a field of about 25 000 contestants. Her limerick featured the line A plenty nice fellow was Joe.
Teen Values to Nine Ninety Five
A fragment lists teen values escalating to 9.95 11.95 12.95 14.95 15.95 and 17.95. The snippet lacks context but reads like a price sequence or catalog item pricing.
Rare African plant could supply cortisone for arthritis
The New York Times reports a African plant, strophanthus sarmentosus, may provide an unlimited cortisone source. The plant yields seed chemicals aiding cortisone production, potentially treating arthritis rheumatic fever and preventing them. US Health Service plans expeditions to Africa to secure supply under US control.
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New York
New York Times
Washington
the Times
Times
U. S. Public Health Service
Africa
U. S
Liberia
Republic
Philip S. Hench
Mayo Clinic
Arizona Life Insurance Payouts in First Half 1949
The Institute of Life Insurance reports Arizona paid 1 779 000 to 965 policyholders in the first six months of 1949. Nationally 753 167 000 was disbursed across 695 640 policies. Arizona breakdown shows 1 311 000 ordinary life 386 000 group life and 82 000 industrial weekly policies.
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Arizona
Institute of Life Insurance
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W. W. Cassell
Beel
Brighnt
Broadway
By Alvin Bring
Ruth Nichols
Trans-Ocean Airlines
Ireland
Rome
Shannon
Tucsonian
Cathedral
S. Stone
Nts
Wwe
Sien Ssr
Vaues
N. Park Ave
Dial
E. Pennington
Fostoria
Grandona
MMNA
Penney’s
Jim Penney
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