Highway Commission Sued In 1955 Road Death
The Arizona Highway Commission and related entities face a $160,490 lawsuit in Superior Court over a fatal 1955 crash near Mountain View. Plaintiffs Ernest Stone and his two minors seek damages for wrongful death and injuries after Mrs. Hathaway Stone died when an eastbound car rammed a oncoming vehicle due to allegedly improper highway markings. The suit also names Wal lace & Wallace Construction Co. Inc., its bonding company, five highway commissioners, three State Highway Department officials, eight John Doe entities, and Richard Roe as defendants. Damages target $65,000 wrongful death, $55,665 to Ernest Stone, $20,325 to Darrell Lynn Stone, and $20,165 to Denise Faye Stone.
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Arizona Highway Commission
Mountain View
Ernest Stone
Hathaway Stone
Bardwell
James J. Pennoyer Jr
Greenville
D.C
Highway Commission
Wallace & Wallace Construction Co. Inc
State Highway Department
John Doe” Corporations
John Doe
Richard Roe
Mrs. Stone
Darrell Lynn Stone
Denise Faye Stone
Egyptian girl cleared in Moscow belly dance confusion
Reports from Russia say the girl performed a ballet dance in a gown at a railway station during the Moscow Youth Festival. The Cairo Education Ministry investigated and found she wore proper attire and had performed a refined Egyptian ballet rather than a belly dance.
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Cairo
Moscow
Russia
Education Ministry
Rhoads Suit Dismissed Against Business Bureau
Rhoads Jewelers $50 000 lawsuit against the Tucson Better Business Bureau was dismissed in Superior Court on technical grounds with a dismissal without prejudice allowing refiling. The action, filed April 2, involved defendants including BBB executive secretary Norman A. Perry and alleged false statements in misdemeanor complaints affecting Wylie and Marroosis.
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Rhoads Jewelers
Tucson Better Business Bureau
Robert S. Tullar
Rhoads
James W. Wylie
N. W. Maroosis
Wylie
Maroosis
Congress St
Marcosis
David G. Hawkins
BBB
Norman A. Perry
Atty
Morris K. Udall
Perry
Wiley
Morris
Ira Ernst
Tullar
Defend
Peeping Plug Leads to 60 Days In Jail
Joe Silvas aged 25 of 855 Calle Oro was sentenced in Justice Court to 60 days in jail for petty theft. Deputy Carl Gifford spotted an electrical plug protruding from his shirt connected to a stolen electric drill, leading to the arrest last Tuesday night.
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Joe Silvas
Calle Oro
Carl Gifford
Mexican Girl Just Friend Of Aga Khan Denied Romance
In Geneva claims of a romance between the Aga Khan and Sylvia Casablancas were rebuffed. Fernando Casablancas said his daughter Sylvia, 17, is merely a teenage friend of the religious leader. A family spokesman stated the Aga Khan is too busy to marry and the reports are exaggerated.
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Geneva
Aga Khan
Fernando Casablancas
Sylvia
London Daily Mail
Eastbourne
England
Karim
The
New Aga
Fernando
Casablancas
Aga
Highway Unit lenotes Land Deals in Arizona
The Arizona Highway Commission adjourned a two hour meeting without addressing a Phoenix Gazette report that hundreds of acres along proposed highway routes were purchased by several corporations with the same Phoenix address. Vice Chairman William Copple presided and set a Sept 16 adjournment in Globe, with a Sept 15 Globe tour of sites and $1.2 million in construction contracts approved.
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Phoenix
Arizona Highway Commission
William Copple
Phoenix Gazette
Copple
Globe
New County Zoning Fees Hit 3306 in July
Pima County reports July zoning and building permit fees totaling 3306 with annual projection near 39000. Officials compare to prior year and Maricopa ordinance, noting cost offset goals. Building permits earned 2839, zoning 115, Board of Adjustment Appeals 350, and ordinance sale 2. Fiscal year totals 5111 in fees.
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Pima County
Lambert Kautenburger
Pima
Board of Supervisors
Warren D. Schreurs
Board of Adjustment Appeals
Mike Todd Named Confidential Agent in Libel Trial
Hollywood buzzed as producer Mike Todd was named in the Confidential magazine trial as an informant who supplied material. Testimony detailed payments to informants including a Texas radio executive, a disc jockey, and a Los Angeles detective, tied to sensational stories on Elvis Presley and Joan Crawford, amid heated courtroom exchanges.
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Hollywood
Spi
Mike Todd
Confidential
Today
Elizabeth Taylor
Fred Meade
Hollywood Research Inc
Hollywood “Listening Post
Meade
Ralph Cercy
Texas
Dallas
Cercy
Herbert V. Walker
Crowley
Elvis Presley
Mitchell Lewis
Presley
Lewis
Princess Grace pregnancy claim sparks December due date
London paper claims Princess Grace of Monaco is definitely expecting a baby in December, supported by a photograph. Palace officials deny knowledge of any pregnancy. Columnist Ephraim Hardcastle also asserts a December due date and an upcoming official announcement after a Switzerland trip.
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London
Grace
Monaco
Palace
Monte Carlo
Grace Kelly
Ephraim Hardcastle
The
London Sunday Express
Switzerland
All Saints School Registration Set
Pupils of All Saints School on 400 sixth Ave register Wednesday and Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday is parish children only. Thursday morning opens to outside parish children, with afternoon for new pupils outside the parish. A second school bus was purchased to ease transportation for Pueblo Sunland Gardens Western Hills and northern parish areas.
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All Saints School
Pueblo
Sunland Gardens
Western Hills
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Confidential Magazine
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