Flooding Impacts Rio Rico Development Site Near Tucson
Up to 120 acres of Gulf American Corp s Rio Rico project south of Tucson were flooded by the Santa Cruz River. Survey lead D D Cassidy said the inundated area is a fraction of one percent of the 55 000 acre plan, with some floodplain land left non residential. Bridge work remained intact but dirt washouts required replacement. officials await final Arizona Real Estate Commission approvals.
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Gulf American Corp
Rio Rico
Tucson
Santa Cruz River
D. D. Cassidy
Tubac
Rader &Associates
Gulf American Development
Santa Cruz County
Cassidy
Santa Cruz
Tumacacori
Amado
Arizona
J. Fred Talley
Fun Loving Jess Tonkin Dies at 86 in California
Nevada native Tucson resident Jess Tonkin died over the weekend in Yucca Valley California at age 86. Funeral plans are pending with survivors including a niece Mrs George Hail. Tonkin once celebrated July 4 by dynamiting downtown Tucson and recalled Apache raids from Vacaville in childhood.
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Jess Tonkin
Tucson
Yucca Valley
Calif
George Hail
E. 9Th St
Crash Victim Died In Pinal County
A Tucson Daily Citizen report error corrected shows Mrs. Muriel S. Edgel Studio City California died in a two car Florence Highway crash 34 miles north of Tucson. Edward Kingsbury 51 of 2424 N Stone Ave is listed as a fatality from a Dec. 14 collision at E Grant Road N Geronimo Ave who died last Thursday at St Marys Hospital. The year toll stands at 92 up from 78 a year ago.
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Pima County
Pinal County
Muriel S. Edgel
Studio City
Calif
Florence
Tucson
Edward Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Stone Ave
E. Grant Road
Obscure local listing from Tucson area address
Fragmentary OCR shows a local subscription note with 206 North Stone Ave and prices such as 45c per week and 92.35 per month. Mentions Sun day and outside Tucson delivery in vague terms. No clear event or person identified.
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Niton Ren Kon
Vachon
Tucson
Pevasie
Mountain Man Fights Power Line in Round Mountain
Virgil Gray, a rancher on Round Mountain California, fights a federal power line project by firing at surveyors and blasting TV to block communication. District Judge Thomas J. MacBride warned him to accept settlement by January or face arrest while negotiations continue.
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Round Mountain
Calif
UPN
Sam
Virgil Gray
Gray
Thomas J. MacBride
Sacramento
MacBride
U.S
Congress
Marshall
Burned Child in Satisfactory Condition at Shrine Burn Institute
Robert Brixen Jr. age 1 month, son of Mr and Mrs Robert J Brixen of Tucson, is listed in satisfactory condition today at Shrine Burn Institute in Galveston after a serious burn on December 5 at his grandmother's home. He was flown to Galveston by a Kelly AFB hospital plane following treatment at Tucson Medical Center.
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Robert Brixen, Jr
Robert J. Brixen
Tucson
Shrine Burn Institute
Galveston
Kelly Afb Hospital
Tucson Medical Center
Viet War Protesters March At LBJ Ranch
Fifty five antiwar demonstrators from the Austin Committee to End the War in Vietnam held a one hour Christmas vigil outside the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall Texas. There were no incidents as President and Mrs. Johnson remained in Washington.
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Stonewall
Tex
Lbj Ranch
Austin Committee
Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Narcotics Violators Sentenced In Federal Court
In Tucson and Phoenix, three residents and a Tucson youth received prison terms for narcotics crimes. Jerome P Henton, 19, of Ft Lowell Read, was given an indefinite term under the Youth Corrections Act after smuggling five pounds 10 ounces of marijuana on September 21. Louis Leyva Barragan, 35, Otila Navara Perez, 42, and Thomas G Fullen, 29, all of Phoenix, drew five years each. Barragan and Perez were convicted of receiving and concealing one pound of marijuana near Nogales in June, while Fullen pleaded guilty to receiving and concealing 7.3 grams of heroin at Nogales on October 15.
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Tucson
Phoenix
Jerome P. Henton
E. Ft
Lowell Read
Youth Corrections Act
U.S. Dist
James A. Walsh
Henton
Louis Leyva- Barragan
Otila Navaira-Perez
Thomas G. Fullen
Barragan
Perez
Nogales
Fullen
Fulton Dies During Illinois Visit at 70
Oscar D Fulton, 70, longtime Tucson resident, died in Canton Illinois from an apparent heart attack while visiting relatives. A retired railroad dispatcher, he was a Mason and member of Train Dispatchers Association, Tucson Coin Club and American Numismatic Association. Survived by widow Neva, son Douglas J of Ann Arbor Michigan, two grandchildren, three sisters Gladys Whitmer Farmington Illinois Daisy McMaster Yates City Illinois Minnie Skaggs Rock Falls Illinois and brothers John Moline Illinois James Clinton Iowa. Funeral services in Farmington pending.
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Oscar D. Fulton
Tucson
Canton
Fulton
Train Dispatchers Association
The
Tucson Coin Club
American Numismatic Association
Neva
8Th St
Douglas J
Ann Arbor
Mich
Gladys Whitmer
Farmington
Daisy McMaster
Yates City
Minnie Skaggs
Rock Falls
John
Moline
James
Clinton
Iowa
April Fools Joke on Christmas Dinner Prank
Mrs. Eugene Lee panicked when she opened the oven for Christmas dinner. Neighbors confessed to swapping a 16 ounce Cornish game hen for the 12 pound gobbler while the Lees were at church, causing about an hour of frenzy.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eugene Lee
Year End Rally Boost as Stocks Rise on Wall Street
Hopes for a year end rally grew as trading remained fairly active. Gains outpaced losses about 3 to 2 with non Dow inspected stocks leading, led by U S Lines after Walter Kidde offered to buy 700000 shares at 47.50.
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New York
U.S
Walter Kidde & Co
Belongings Of Victim Found In Canada del Oro Flood
Belongings of Benjamin Lopez 43 believed drowned in last weeks floodwaters have been found by Pima County Sheriff's Search and Rescue. The wallet shirt and pullover sweater were identified by Lopezs wife. Rescue efforts have continued for 54 hours since his car was seen in the river near the Canada del Oro and Santa Cruz junction. Bulldozers join the search as teams locate items north of Interstate 10 in the wash. Rescuers paused briefly but plan to resume tomorrow.
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Benjamin Lopez
Canada del Oro
Pima County
Lopez
Sheriff’s Office
Santa Cruz
Ted Brandes
Interstate 10
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Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
Congress Street
Stone Avenue
Tonkin
Arivaca
California
North Stone Ave
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O. D. Fulton
Illinois
Walter Kidde
Ogden
Chef's Orchid
Parker Davis
Outboard Marine
General Precision
Pueblo
Lionel
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American Telephone
Glen Alden
Global Marine
Moore McCormack
IBM
du Pont
Control Data
Jones & Laughlin
General Dynamics
Xerox
MGM
Chrysler
American Stock Exchange
lLogistics Industries
Barnwell Industries
By Margery
Bill Rothgeb
Desert School of Sewing & Fashion Design
Desert Sewing Center
E. 6Th St
Bernina Sewing Machines Sales & Service
Dan Sparkle
Don & Judy
Sparkle Cleaners
Orly Skilled
Judy Sparkle
Crachman & Store
Pee O Ws
Bate
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Famous National Brand Shoes
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Uptown
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