Flowing Wells High School celebrates decade of growth
George N. Smith recalls the Flowing Wells High School district vote ten years ago that created the high school despite limited finances. The district grew from 134 to 800 students, added a modern campus, and produced graduates with 50 to 60 percent college attendance and 30 percent earning scholarships.
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Flowing Wells
George N. Smith
Smith
Tucson
Amphitheater
Tucson High School
Frans School
Flowing Wells High School
Flowing Wells Road
West Prince Road
Cost of State Operations Rises in Arizona
Arizona state government cost for 1962-63 totaled 251,624,905.34, up 16,034,448.61 from 1961-62, per State Auditor Jewel W. Jordan. Revenue reached 254,879,458.64, with 58.67 percent from taxes and the rest from federal funding licenses college tuition land rentals and interest.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Jewel W. Jordan
Second Liquor Lease Suit Filed In Arizona
A second lawsuit in Superior Court challenges Arizona’s ban on leasing liquor licenses after December 31. Plaintiffs Mabel Jacob and William Rhee seek 22000 dollars in damages, alleging the statute is arbitrary and unconstitutional. John Duncan, state liquor chief, is named defendant to halt issuance of a license to the Jacob brothers.
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John Duncan
State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Mabel Jacob
S. A. Jacob Estate
William Rhee
John
George Jacob
21 Club
Oracle Road
U.S
Duncan
Jacob Brothers
Santa Rita Drug Co
el Rancho Market
E. Speedway
Bob Hope To Join Mediterranean Military Base Tour
Hollywood veteran Bob Hope plans to depart for Ankara Turkey to join a morale tour of Mediterranean bases. A blood clot in his left eye delayed departure by two days. Hope said he feels fine and will travel with his team including Jerry Colona Les Brown and band Tuesday Weld Anita Bryant and Michele Metrinko.
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Bob Hope
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Turkey
Hope
San Francisco
Jerry Colona
Les Brown
Tuesday Weld
Anita Bryant
Michele
U.S.A
Metrinko
Peter Leeds
Scholarships For 45 Arizona High School Seniors
A batch of 45 high school seniors were named recipients of university and foundation scholarships to attend the University of Arizona next year. Awards include Marshall Foundation scholarships of 250 annually, plus Phelps-Dodge and Baird scholarships with varying amounts, recognizing academic and extracurricular excellence across Tucson and other communities.
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Tucson
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Flowing
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Casa Grande
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Mesa
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Phelps - Dodge
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Catalina High School
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Morenci High School
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Palo Verde High School
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Amphitheater High School
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Marana
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Coolidge
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Phoenix
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Wickenburg
Ancient Greece prized asphalt sparks historic wars
Researchers at Allied Chemical's Barrett Division note that ancient Greece valued asphalt highly and fought wars over lands where it found the material. History also records that Mark Antony gifted asphalt bearing land to Cleopatra as a queenly gift.
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Allied Chemical
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Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Indigent Defendant Gets First Courtroom Attorney
Justice of the Peace Joe Jacobson appointed an attorney for a poor defendant in a lower court, citing a Supreme Court ruling that Indigents deserve counsel at all prosecution stages. Prosecutors dispute the breadth. observers anticipate more rulings to define scope.
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United States Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
Joe Jacobson
Arizona
Superior Court
Jacobson
High Court
Florida
Supreme Court
Poland bans private law firms in sweeping reform
Parliament abolished private law practices and centralized control under the Justice Ministry overseeing about 5,700 attorneys. The law requires lawyers to join cooperative teams with ministry supervision and allows transfers to shortage areas. Private practice can lead to five year suspension or life disbarment. About 250 lawyers were in private practice.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Justice Ministry
PAP
Stefan Kisielewski
Ministry of Justice
Floor Collapse at Kitakata Junior High In Conference Hall
In Kitakata Japan teachers gathered 250 girl students in the second floor auditorium for a safety lecture when a floor section collapsed. Fourteen girls fell to a classroom below and suffered injuries, the worst a broken wrist.
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Japan
Kitakata Junior High School
Hotel Fire Routs 200 Guests in Lower Manhattan
About 200 guests fled their rooms as smoke filled the Broadway Central Hotel at 675 Broadway in lower Manhattan. No injuries were reported though hoses burst and ice hampered fire equipment. The fire started on the fifth floor, spread up stairwells, and was controlled by 6:15 a.m.
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Broadway Central
Lower Manhattan
Broadway
West Third Street
Burglary Suspects Arrested After Break-In at Local Supply
Detectives arrested two men Jose Jésus Garcia 32 and Genaro Salazar Garcia 33 of 1415 W Delaware St after a patrolman saw a kicked door panel at E Z Janitor Supply 347 N 4th Ave and police allege the pair left the building with a commercial vacuum cleaner and a buffer.
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4Th Ave
Jose’ Jésus Garcia
Genaro Salazar Garcia
Delaware St
Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner Dies at 84
Oxford report states Sir Alan Gardiner died Thursday aged 84. He helped open King Tutankhamen’s tomb about four decades ago and was a renowned authority on ancient Egypt. He served as a research professor in Egyptology at the University of Chicago beginning in 1924.
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England
Sir Alan Gardiner
Tutankhamen
Alan
University of Chicago
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