A F Economy Cut Staggers Davis-Monthan Storage Unit
About 130 civilian employees at the Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch at Davis Monthan AFB face job losses in a Defense Department 5 percent nationwide reduction. The cut, effective by Oct. 31, could be softened by attrition, with regional impacts including payroll losses and local economic effects. Planes stored and managed here include B25, C45, and T28 models.
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Peter Starrett
Arizona
Davis-Monthan Afb
Air Force
Edward F. Scholls
Defense Department
Scholls
Asis
E. W. Anderson
San Bernardino
Dayton
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Norton Air Force Base
Norton
Arizona Air Storage Branch
San Bernardino Command
Jacome's Store Roots Run Deep in Tucson History
A reminiscence from Ramoncita Figueroa recounts Jacome's evolution from La Bonanza to a landmark firm. The piece highlights founder Carlos Jacome, longtime staff like Enriqueta Martinez and Gilbert Martinez, and memories of exiles, festive summers, and the store's growth into a family business spanning generations.
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Jacome
Tucson
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
la Bonanza
Charlie
Lupe
Enriqueta
Gilbert
Olivia Robles
Jacome’s
Adele Clark
Florence O'Connor
Minnie Ojeda
Bertha Rodriguez
Eddie Armenta
Lupe Arias
Annette Berger
John L. Bonecutter
Teresa Smith
Florence Gaulke
Librado Anton
Helen Elias
Lucrecia Zepeda
Jacomes
Carlos Jacome
Henry
Ben W. Parker
Ramoncita Figueroa
Louis Zeckendorf
Gilbert Martinez
Henry Jacome
Governor's Day Marks End Of 152nd Arizona Encampment
The 152nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Arizona Air National Guard completed its second annual summer encampment at Municipal Airport with a Governor's Day ceremony. A 16 aircraft F-84F Thunderstreak flyby led by Capt. John Guice capped the aerial review. Flight C and Flight D shared top honors in the competition. Awards went to T/Sgt. John K. Kupperschmidt and A1C Woodrow Ellwood for NCO and airman divisions, with M/Sgt. C. L. Coward named outstanding NCO and A3C Wilbur Minderman as outstanding airman. The unit, numbering 366 officers and men, hosted a 15-day encampment.
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152Nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Arizona Air National Guard
Ernest W. McFarland
John Guice
Flight C
Richard B. O'Reilly
Tom Hannelly
Gerald Mack
Edward Kehoe
Wess Chambers
Flight D
William D. Peyton
Melvin Sisk
Alan Koldewyn
Richard Armour
Harold Schuchmann
John K. Kupperschmidt
Woodrow Ellwood
C. L. Coward
W. Calle Castile
Coward
Wilbur Minderman
E. Kleindale Rd
152Nd Squadron
Trico Plans Appeal Of Decision In Utilities Case
Trico Electric Cooperative faces an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court after a Pima County Superior Court ruling. Judge Johnson amended findings but kept most judgments, including limits on Trico not duplicating other lines without permission and not serving near existing transmission lines, while allowing service to nonmembers. Attorney Russell E. Jones said the high court appeal will be filed in due course.
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Pima County
Trico ,Electric Cooperative Inc
Arizona Supreme Court
Trico
J. Mercer Johnson
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Citizens Utilities Inc
State Corporation Commission
Johnson
Corporation Commission
Atty
Russell E. Jones
Hall, Cathin & Molloy
Supreme Court
This Sure Was A Stickup
An armed man in Phoenix confronted Jacob W. Klassen as he cleaned a six shooter and a Magnum revolver in his garage. Klassen swiftly confronted the robber with his own guns, and police jailed 18 year old William Alvin Glant of Phoenix for investigation.
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Phoenix
Jacob W. Klassen
Klassen
William Alvin Glant
Death toll in Pima County reaches 35 for 1957
The 1957 traffic death toll in Pima County is set at 35 after autopsy findings show James V. Russell died of a heart attack, not a truck accident. The list increases to 35 with the death of 16 year old Stanley P. Golding, announced by Lt. Pat Cleary.
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Pima County
James V. Russell
W. Prince Rd
N. Romero Rd
Pat Cleary
Sheriff's Department
Stanley P. Golding
E. Pima St
Funeral Set For Local Builder Albert Straub
Funeral services for Albert Charles Straub 33 a local building contractor and loan company president will be held at 10 a m Tuesday at Bring's Funeral Home Burial will follow in South Lawn Memorial Park Straub a Stanton Texas native and Tucson resident of 17 years died yesterday in a local hospital He was president and manager of the Dollar Thrift and Loan Co and engaged in commercial construction from 1946 to 1948 later serving as owner and supervisor of Straub Specialty and Contracting Co He died while operating the Straub Building and Development Co Surviving are his widow Juanita Elizabeth son Richard mother Mrs Beatrice Straub Stanton brothers Robert Hereford Claude and Ray Stanton sisters Mrs Margaret Walker Cheyenne Wyo and Mrs Willie Mae Collier Reseda California The Rev Howard S Blackburn Grace Episcopal Church will officiate
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Albert Charles Straub
Golondrina
Bring’s Funeral Home
South Lawn Memorial Park
Straub
Stanton
Tex
Tucson
Dollar Thrift & Loan Co
Willie Mae Collier
Reseda
Calif
Howard S. Blackburn
Grace Episcopal Church
Giant Nuclear Blast Lights Up Western Skies
A massive nuclear test at the Atomic Test Site in Nevada produced a 50 000 ton TNT yield and lit western skies with a bright orange purple fireball rising over 35 000 feet. U S and Canadian troops eight miles from Ground Zero observed from adjusted safety positions as weather forced delays before detonation.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
United States
Canada
Ground
AEC
News Knob
Californians Seek Advice From Morrow Education Leader
Robert D. Morrow, superintendent of Tucson Public Schools, is named among 10 outstanding education authorities asked to aid Garden Grove Unified in formulating a formal policy for school board guidance. California educators seek his views on cooperation between school boards and community planning groups and posed specific questions.
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Robert D. Morrow
Tucson
Garden Grove
Calif
Alamitos
Morrow
California
Harold Gatty dies famed aerial navigator at 54
San Francisco reports Harold Gatty veteran aerial navigator who circled the globe in 1931 with Wiley Post and later led Fiji Airways and Pan American representation. He died of a heart condition in the Fiji Islands. Funeral services were held there yesterday. Gatty helped develop celestial navigation methods and a ground speed indicator used by the military.
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San Francisco
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Gatty
Fiji Islands
Fiji Airways
Pan American World
New Zealand
United States
California
Col
Lindbergh
Roscoe Turner
Harold Bromley
Tokyo
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Julian Medina
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Lupe Leon
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Carlos
Charlie) Urquides
W. F. Kitt Sons
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Stone
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Charlie Urquides
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Enriqueta Martinez
Georges deMeester
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Jesus Maria Martinez
G. S. Manzo
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Bear Canyon
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Gilbert Acosta
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