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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1949
Page
5
Tucson voters weigh bond financing for waterworks as backers argue iron pipes last a century and short term bonds spread costs, while opponents say the public should avoid higher taxes and question the plan. Officials note revenue bonds would isolate debt from city budget.
Voters will cast ballots at six ward locations for the 2 500 000 water department improvement bond issue. Ward 1 Roosevelt school Ward 2 Tucson senior high Ward 3 Mansfield junior high Ward 4 Sam Hughes school Ward 5 Tucson Woman's club Ward 6 Safford school.
Community figures clash over bond proposals with arguments comparing debt to car payments. Rey Drachman supports spreading costs while Miss Shirle Portnoy and Monte Mansfield urge caution or defeat of short term bonds.
Detroit August 22 three thousand long service Ford employees return after no progress on pension demands in secret talks with CIO United Auto Workers leader Walter Reuther. He warned of a possible 106000 member strike and said the union may raise funds to support a walkout if needed while promising no contract without a pension plan.
From 1944 to 1948 they cited school bonds payable in five years as a good example of how short-term bonds influence tax rates. Mansfield and City Mgr. Phil Martin Jr. will discuss the issues on KVOA at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Mayor Houston had asked to appear but suggested Martin for the job.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters announced a national hospital safety program beginning this fall. Over 950 inspectors and engineers will inspect about 6000 hospitals nationwide, including state and city facilities and private and voluntary hospitals. The program aims to run about 18 months and follows the St. Anthony’s Hospital fire in Effingham, Alabama, in April that killed 74 people.
The 1948-49 Phoenix financial report shows utilities providing 54.35 percent of revenue, departmental revenues 26.94 percent, and taxes 29.71 percent. Tax distribution details include bond interest and redemption 54.17 percent, administrative and operative expense 34.89 percent, parks 6.35 percent, and library 4.59 percent. Public inspection is allowed.
Edwin W. Spergel aged 63, vice-president in charge of traffic for the Milwaukee road, died in Chicago.
Edward Ashurst, a 60 year old Wickenburg attorney, wandered desert with his two sons after a tire blowout. He survived by drinking cactus pulp and was found near a 20 foot fall, dehydrated but unharmed and returned home.
A search party organized around 3 a.m. for Edward Ashurst a Flagstaff native and brother of Henry F. Ashurst former Arizona senator. Edward Ashurst served as a judge in Oregon.
A historical notice highlights a lawyer preparing to move to Wickenburg to practice law while holding extensive mining interests in the region, indicating a blend of legal work and mineral prospecting activity in the area.
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