City Council backs $54 million growth bond plan for Tucson
The Tucson City Council plans a $54 million bond as part of an $86 million capital package to fund streets lighting drainage parks libraries and police and fire substations over the next decade. Mayor Murphy and council urge voter approval in a city election year with proposals offered as separate parts.
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Leivis C. Murphy
Murphy
Cecil B. DeMille
Mike Borozan
Ray Castillo
Jerry Myers
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Brennan
New York City and State Building and Construction Trades Council
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Tucson police push human relations training for better community ties
The Tucson Police Department and Pima County sheriff's deputies start a new emphasis on human relations to prevent violence during confrontations. Recruits will undergo a two and a half week course on understanding minority concerns and reducing prejudice. Public cooperation and restraint are crucial to the program's success.
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Tucson
Pima County
W. Coy Cox
Sheriff's Deputies
University of Arizona Jazz Cat Band Christmas Dance
The 18 piece Jazz Cat Band will perform at the Pioneer Hotel for a Christmas dance to raise funds for band scholarships. Tickets are $3.00 per couple and sales are at the door. The event invites general public support for a talented university group.
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McLoughlin Leads Tucson Political Stage Amid Redistricting
As 1972 ends Tucson politics tilt around Councilman Emmett McLoughlin who dominates GOP posts yet faces infighting with Mayor Murphy. The quadrennial redistricting and potential candidates from Democrats led by Gene Karp and Dick Kennedy shape a tense 1973 race with plans to finance campaigns and test shifting loyalties.
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Gene Karp
Dick Kennedy
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Murphy
Chicago CTA waste exposed by Better Government probe
CTA workers shown to idle up to four hours daily during eight hour shifts while on rainy days they skip work entirely. Investigators report lax union rules and weather clauses, with pay rates from 6.77 to 9.84 dollars per hour for days of little or no productive work. Extravagant public payroll waste noted across city departments.
Brennan as Nixon’s Labor Secretary Pick Stirred by Labor Leaders
The piece details Peter Brennan’s secret meeting with George Shultz and Chuck Colson before a Camp David Aspen visit, noting Meany’s veto of Hodgson and Brennan’s strong ties to labor, construction, and Nixon’s hard hat strategy. It analyzes Brennan as a potential AFL-CIO leader and a consolidating choice for Nixon’s policy agenda.
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Frank Fitzsimmons
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Treasury
George Shultz
Chuck Colson
Dick Nixon
Afl-Cio
Meany
Brennan
Getting comfortable in the old west frontier life
Compiled by India Smalley Moore, Citizen historical editor, the piece reflects on a era when farmers wore six shooters, strapped rifles to plows, faced hostile Indians, and lived on sparse provisions as mails and stage lines were scarce and newspapers few.
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