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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1956
Page
11
Joe Williams, owner of Tucson Gardens at 149 W. Oro St., was overcome by smoke while putting out a small blaze at the service bar. C A Wright, off duty with the sheriff, gave artificial respiration until Tucson Fire Department rescue wagon arrived with a respirator.
Williams recovered and declined hospitalization. Damage to the bar was estimated at 80 dollars. The fire started in a trash box at the end of the bar, Williams told deputies.
In Cyprus during November anti British guerrillas killed 34 and wounded 71, marking the island’s worst bloodshed in recent history on a strategic stage.
A protest to the proposed airport zoning plan was filed with the Pima County Board of Supervisors. The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a hearing, originally set for September but postponed to December 1. The filing by Hall Catlin and Molloy represents Wal ter E. Murphey, asserting 12 points against an ordinance seen as unjustly restrictive to land owners near Davis Monthan AFB and the Municipal Airport.
Bayly R. Pilcher Jr., 49, a Tucson High School and University of Arizona law graduate, former Army officer, and immigration inspector at Nogales, died after a heart attack yesterday in Nogales. He served in World War II and counter intelligence duty in Germany, was promoted recently, and is survived by two sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements are pending in Nogales.
Arizona Attorney General Robert Morrison said the highway commission will have a contract drafted for the Mule Mountain tunnel project estimated at 1.9 million dollars. The plan: use current funds and future legislative appropriations to cover the work, with the contract written to comply with state law and avoid litigation.
The University of Arizona launches an inquiry into rowdy behavior by students after a disturbance at the Cavern restaurant in Nogales. Dean of Men Louis A. Slonaker says eight students have been questioned and potential suspensions may follow if drunken conduct is found. other incidents at Fray Marcos de Nua Hotel are noted. An observer calls the reports grossly exaggerated.
NOGALES Sonora Manual Tasquez past chamber of commerce president says he witnessed last Saturday’s University of Arizona student incident calling it disgraceful. He described about 30 husky students causing trouble including lifting a Mexican police officer and slamming him to the sidewalk and surrounding police cars to free detainees after alleged resisting arrest in a bar. He doubts UA officials would have approved the scene.
Interested readers are urged to contact Louis Evans Investments, Inc. at 105 N. Swan Rd for information on mutual funds. Reach by phone or mail to obtain details on available funds and investment guidance from the firm’s representatives.
Worcester Felt Pad Co. settled a $206,796 fraud and damages suit against the Tucson Airport Authority on the eve of trial. Attorneys Thompson and Evans did not disclose the settlement amount, to be shown in city vouchers. The company claimed the lease cancellation harmed it and that the space was misrented to a private firm Grand Central Aircraft. Wayne Clampitt and A. S. Cutler represented the plaintiff.
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