City Wins Right to Take Desert Water Co. in Eminent Domain
Superior Court Judge Lee Garrett ruled Tucson may take immediate possession of the Desert Water Co. after an $80,000 bond is posted pending condemnation. The move affects about 170 North Side families, with final price to be set at trial. city manager Porter Homer says takeover and rate shift to city rates could occur within two weeks.
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Tucson
Desert Water Co
Superior Court
Lee
Garrett
Country Club Road
Glenn Street
Palo Verde Boulevard
Ft. Lowell Rd
Nick Traficanti
Porter W. Homer
Traficanti
Homer
Porter
Cotton Yarn Factory Planned For Nigeria
Rotterdam based Unilevers United Africa Co and the British Sewing Cotton Co plan a 1,250,000 pound cotton factory in northern Nigeria with an annual output of 2,270 tons of yarn and employment for 800 Nigerians.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Unilevers United Africa Co
British Sewing Cotton Co
Nigeria
Unilever Saia
Gatewood Seeks City Attorney Post
Charles C. Gatewood a 44 year old former GOP mayoral candidate seeks the city attorney job as factionalism shakes Republican ranks. Mayor Lew Davis weighs Gatewood alongside several top contenders after H Farr Reere’s resignation. Norman Fenton declines the post to return to private practice.
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Charles C. Gatewood
Gatewood
Atty
Norman Fenton
Post
Lew Davis
Fenton
Davis
City Attv
H. Farr Reere
West
Don Hummel
Porter W. Homer
City Officials to Tour Jail Life Orientation with Inmates
The mayor and City Council, including three new members, will tour the city jail farm annex on Silverbell road to see life inside. Police Chief Bernard L. Garmire will guide the tour, which includes dining on the same beef stew and beans as inmates for orientation.
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City Jail Farm
Silverbell Road
Bernard L. Garmire
Lew Davis
Kind Folks Restore Silent Bus For Blind Students
A 68 mile daily round trip bus for eight blind children near Charleston is back in service after repairs funded by a $1,000 goal met by a local auto dealer overhauling the bus for free, a rent-a-car firm lending a wagon, a bake sale yielding $75, and other donations. The route runs from Nitro to Glenwood School with special classes for the blind.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nitro
Glenwood School
Civil Defense Chief Redburn Defended in Tucson Hearing
A committee reviewed a controversial November 15 meeting on fallout shelters in Tucson. It found no personal animosity toward Col. Redburn, but critics faulted his talk for not offering civil defense solutions. Reverend Whitney expects Redburn to be wiser after the inquiry.
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Pageum
Tucson
Col. Redburn
Red
Unitarian Church
George C. Whitney
Redburn
Cochise General Hospital Under Construction in Sierra Vista
A 35 bed osteopathic facility named Cochise General Hospital begins construction in Sierra Vista with a $500,000 budget. Stanley Schultz of the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Assn. says the hospital will house an ER, operating room, X ray, and laboratory and aims for occupancy by July 1, 1962. Defco Construction of Tucson is the builder.
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Cochise General Hospital
Sierra Vista
Stanley Schultz
Arizona Osteopathic Medical Assn
Schultz
Defco Construction of
Tucson
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Rizona Wings
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St. EA
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Wilshire Bivd
Los Angeles
Calif
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Call Raymond
North Central Ave
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