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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1969
Page
5
In Tucson District 1 elementary enrollment fell about half a percent from October to November, from 29 457 to 29 319. Administrator H H Cooper notes the dip could signal a peak in enrollment and may reduce ADA and state funds if it continues, possibly due to families moving or slower construction.
Mesa city councilmen voted unanimously to oppose locating a maximum security ward of the Arizona State Hospital east of the city. They acted in support of East Mesa Merchants Association and local residents amid plans to purchase 640 acres of federal land for the site.
The State Advisory Committee to the U S Civil Rights Commission met for the first time since 1965 and pledged to study employment and housing issues in Arizona District 1. They aim to report on minority education and seek funds to resume travel and research.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved rezon ing for a 34 million residential golf course and business development around El Dorado Lodge at Wilmot Road and Speedway Boulevard. The plan includes 467 condo units 112 rental townhouses 216 apartments a 300 room motel and a 27 hole golf course with principals Roy P. Drachman and Rex L. Nicholson & Associates. The board also accepted New Pueblo Constructors bid of 171 428 to build the Santa Cruz River bridge on Pima Mine Road.
Dartmouth College marked its 200th anniversary in Hanover New Hampshire with a Saturday dinner attended by more than 1 200 people including six college presidents. The college was chartered December 13 1769 by George Til of England.
Lord Hill of Wivenhoe a tough union boss who proclaimed Employers can be done without but workers cannot died Sunday night in Cochester England. He was 69.
The State Junior College Board approved a 3.4 million contract for Pima College Tucson buildings including a student union and gym and parking facilities. It also authorized 215 thousand dollars in federal funds to Eastern Arizona College for a fine arts center. planning for Central Arizona College dorms was discussed.
The Senate approved 85 to 4 a $69.3 billion defense appropriation, about $5 billion less than the Pentagon request, and adopted a ban on funding for American ground troops in Laos and Thailand. The measure includes $2.2 billion for local forces in Vietnam and Laos, Thailand.
Ronald Browning, 30, a Naylor Junior High School teacher, faces a 11 a.m. January 27 preliminary hearing in Justice Court 5 on armed robbery and attempted murder charges. Police say Browning robbed Oxford Plaza Liquor on November 12, wounding clerk Michael Cantrell who was shot in the face. Cantrell has recovered.
Former U S Senator Felix Hebert, a Quebec native, died yesterday at Kent County Hospital in Warwick Rhode Island He was 95 and had served in the Senate earlier in his career.
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