Lagunas Family Receives Wide Christmas Help From Tucson
The Lagunas at 330 W. 20th Street benefited from a Tucson outpouring after a Daily Citizen story. Donations of groceries clothing and money flooded in as John R. Martinez offered a job to the father who had been unemployed since July. The family plans to donate groceries to neighbors and split $50 into five dollar gifts for charities.
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la Reforma
Daily Citizen
John R. Martinez
San Xavier Rock & Sand Co
Benjamin Laguna Jr
W. 20Th Street
Laguna
Mildred Don
W. 33Rd St
Russell Smith
E. Lee St
A. E. Curzon
N. Los Altos Ave
Arizona Quarterly Off The Press winter issue highlights
The winter issue of the Arizona Quarterly is now on press. Editor Desmond Powell announces new and returning contributors from across the country, including Dolph Sharp and Murrell Edmunds with regional and southern tales, plus new names such as Betty Griffin and Stephen Dunn.
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Arizona Quarterly
Desmond Powell
University of Arizona English Department
Dolph Sharp
Tucson
Nogales
Winston Weathers
Norman
Oklo
Padre
Murrell Edmunds
New Orleans
Christmas Kindness Through A Tiny Token
An anonymous donor sent a $2 gift to the Benjamin Laguna family via the Citizen along with a hopeful Christmas poem. The verse reflects Tucson community spirit as locals share blessings with the needy and express faith and charity amid hardship.
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Benjamin Laguna
Christmas Quietness In Washington As Officials Take Holiday
Washington observes a Christmas weekend with many top officials away. President Truman and family vacationing in Independence Missouri while Vice President Barkley and his bride honeymoon. Truman to light White House tree remotely and broadcast a holiday message. George Marshall calls for pursuit of permanent peace. Government offices close until next Tuesday with few Budget Bureau staff on 1951 budget tasks.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Barkley
Missouri
White House
Budget Bureau
Congress
Rooftop Burglar Nets Cash Guns in Tucson Raids
A thief entered three Tucson businesses via the roof this week. The latest raid at the Tucson Trading Post on 118 W. Congress tore a cooler from the roof and took $25 in cash, firearms and clothing through a rear door. Earlier burglaries hit an auto parts store and a lumber company.
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Tucson
W. Congress Sr
Reckless Driving Costs Driver 15 Days
Andrew Higham of 4026 S United States Ave was sentenced in justice court to pay a 100 dollar fine and spend 15 days in jail for reckless driving. He was arrested on South Sixth Avenue after his car was found damaged. A radio report described a hit and run involving a parked car owned by John C. Jackson of 802 S Fourth Ave on South Fourth Avenue, matching Higham’s vehicle.
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Andrew Higham
United States Ave
Justice Court
Higham
South Sixth Avenue
John C. Jackson
Fourth Ave
South Fourth Avenue
Jails To Open For Christmas In Tucson
Tucson city and county jails plan a holiday policy releasing minor offenders for 24 hours or a day at home with return required. Magistrate Paul J. Cella and Justice Clark H. Johnson explain releases aid families while serious offenders stay jailed. Cooks anticipate modest meals with turkey for courthouse prisoners.
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Tucson
Paul J. Cella
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Justice Johnson
City
Bob Herndon
Paul Staggs
Theda Hamberton
Rachel Rutherford
Congress Seeks Tax Cuts and Balanced Budget Wishes
A Christmas sample from Congress shows calls for a balanced budget and lower taxes. Lawmakers mention local aims such as reduced federal spending, peace on earth, and regional priorities including Stockton and the Tom Bigbee waterway.
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Gossett
D-Tex
Dan Reed
Mansfield
D-Mont
Scrivner
R-Kan
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Congress
LeRoy Johnson
Calif
Stockton
Christmas Burglary Quietly Misses Gifts at Home
Mrs. Osa Zinn of 2432 E Mabel St reports a quiet Christmas burglary. She found loose wrappings, three unwrapped gifts missing, and suspects that a thief selected items while she was at home all day. She asks police to consider offering a Christmas dinner to the burglar.
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Osa Zinn
E. Mabel Sr
Harpers File Suit Against Copper Co
Mr and Mrs Frank Harper of 326 E Lincoln Jr filed a 15201 damage suit against San Manuel Copper Corp for injuries from a Nov 1 accident on Mammoth road 10 miles northeast of Oracle. Mrs Harper alleges external and internal injuries after a truck owned by the company and driven by William Mathieson struck her automobile.
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Frank Harper
E. Lincoln Jr
San Manuel Copper Corp
Spanish Trail Motel Sold At Hearing In Tucson
Jack Maslin of Tucson bought the Spanish Trail motel on a highway for 146000 at a bankruptcy hearing before Stanley A. Jerman. Maslin will pay off a 21000 second mortgage while a first mortgage of about 87000 will be continued. The former owner William B. Geisel filed bankruptcy last August.
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Jack Maslin
Tucson
Spanish Trail
Stanley A. Jerman
Maslin
William B. Geisel
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