GI Bill fuels Tucson aviation training drive
More than 250 veterans study flying in Tucson under the GI bill across six VA accredited schools. The programs enroll 82 private pupils, with Marsh Aviation leading at 104 veterans. Schools report 10 to 11 training planes in use and several civilians enrolled.
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Tucson
Veterans' Administration
Marsh Aviation Company
R. V. Garvin
Skyriders, Inc
Wagon Wheel Airport
East Broadway
Reby Orlando Miller
Tucson Aviation Corporation
Tucson Air Park
el Rio Country Club
Paul Sullivan
R. C. Helfrych
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Airborne, Inc
Arizona Aircraft Company
W. G. Walker
Vet builds own concrete block home at Circle Drive
Army veteran and former athlete Al Lent has spent months since his discharge constructing a concrete block house at 1136 Circle Drive near Fort Lowell Road for his wife and infant daughter. He drew simple plans after serving as an infantry lieutenant and recalls learning basic repairs.
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al Lent
Circle Drive
Fort Lowell Road
Lent
University of Arizona
Veteran builds his own compact two bedroom house
A veteran plans a self built two bedroom home with future expansion. He and two assistants raise concrete foundations in June and erect concrete block partitions. Materials were sourced across the state with plumbing gear found in Tucson Nogales and Florence. The project aims to keep costs under 5000 while he returns to university this fall.
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al Lent
Tucson
Lent
Reggie Russell
Barbara Eyer
Eleanor
Jiggs Lent
Bob Gerhart
Nogales
Florence
Robert Blaise Receives Navy Honorable Discharge
Ensign Robert A. Blaise a former University of Arizona student and V-12 graduate from the University of New Mexico has been honorably discharged from the Navy in New York. For six months he commanded a patrol craft in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Ens
Robert A. Blaise
University of Arizona
Navy
New York
Blaise
Panama Canal Zone
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
Blaise to Join GM as Instruction Engineer in Illinois
Blaise, a former Tucson high school student body president, is visiting his parents in Tucson before moving to LaGrange, Illinois. He will take a position as instruction engineer in the Diesel Electric division of General Motors. He attended Notre Dame and was affiliated with Phi Delta Theta while a student there.
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Notre Dame University
South Bend
Blaise
Phi Delta Theta
Tucson High School
Tucson
Joe Blaise
LaGrange, Ill
General Motors Corporation
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