Flood control diversion plan appraisals begin in Tucson
A land appraisal program starts Monday along the proposed Tucson flood diversion route. The effort aims to set fair rights of way costs for the project as army engineers prepare a detailed survey after January. The latest project estimate tops 2.39 million dollars, with county shares rising accordingly.
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Tucson
Tucson Real Estate Board
J. Homer Boyd
Board of Supervisors
Chamber of Commerce Flood Control Committee
W. Stuart Nicholas
Frank O’rielly
Fred Ronstadt
Army Corps of Engineers
Pima County
Chamber
Boyd
O’rielly
Tucson Palomino Show Is Planned
Al bert Posner of the National Palomino Horse Breeders Association outlines Tucson branch plans and a world championship Palomino show in Tucson for late 1949. The local club forms a sheriff s posse of 25 mounted on Palominos and aims to attend a Phoenix show February 26. F. W. Shackleford, 44, North Melwood Avenue, is inducted into the Optimist club.
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B. C
Tucson Optimist Club
Albert Posner
National Association of Palomino Horse Breeders
Posner
Tucson
Horse Association
Cortez
Isabella
California
National Association
America
Sheriff's Posse
Palomino Club
Jerome P. Martin
Phoenix
Posher
F. W. Shackleford
North
Melwood Avenue
Optimist Club
Adventists To Have Kodachrome Lecture
Clifford L. Burdick of Tucson will present a Kodachrome lecture at 7 30 p m Friday for the Seventh Day Adventist church young peoples group at 1200 North Mountain avenue. The talk argues that recent archaeological and geological discoveries support Biblical statements.
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Seventh- Day Adventist Church
North Mountain Avenue
Clifford L. Burdick
Tucson
Church Young Peoples Group
New Year's Eve Prices Stay About The Same In Tucson
Tucson night club and restaurant owners report similar prices to last year for New Year’s Eve dinners drinks and entertainment with strong reservations. The Santa Rita hotel lowers price by five dollars to 9.90 including dinner favors horns dancing and floor show. The Pioneer hotel reduces cover by sixty cents to three dollars and dinner is not served there.
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Tucson
Santa Rita
Pioneer Hotel
Pioneer
el Corral
Paulos
Talk O
San Francisco
United Press Dispatch
Los Angeles
Club Mocambo
Bar of Music
Yuma Construction Totals Reach Mid-December 1947
Construction in Yuma through December 20 1947 totals 1 107 904 75. The year 1947 ends with a grand total of 1 446 189 50 in building activity.
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Yuma
New Year Events Across Tucson Venues
City briefs list a 1:30 p m two hour ride from Beasley's academy, 5 p m free New Year’s Eve dance at VFW hall 124 East Broadway, 8 p m Eagles party at Eagles hall 333 North Fourth Ave, 8 15 p m Chanukkah at Temple Emanu El 560 South Stone Ave with Rabbi Bilgray discussing My Glorious Brothers, and 9 p m Tucson Elks annual dance at the Elks club with two orchestras.
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Tucson Hi
Beasley
Tucson Post 549
VFW
VFW Hall
East Broadway
Order of Eagles
Eagles Hall
North Fourth Avenue
Temple Emanu-El
South Stone Avenue
Albert T. Bilgray
Howard Fast
Tucson Elks
Elks Club
Armed Bandit Holds Up Phoenix Liquor Store
Detectives hunted a lone bandit who robbed the Alamo liquor store in Phoenix on Wednesday night. The thief fled on foot after taking between 70 and 75 dollars at gunpoint. the clerk described a man about 28 to 30, five five to five six, 140 to 150 pounds.
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Phoenix
U.P
Alamo
Robert O. Burns
Burns
Gas converted to Nogales city mains
Gas appliances were expected to be converted within two weeks after natural gas was turned into Nogales city mains on Wednesday in Nogales Arizona.
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Nogales
U.P
Control Over Textbooks Sought by Arizona Panel
The Arizona curriculum coordinating committee of the state board of education proposed loosened statutes to allow flexible textbook distribution in elementary schools. They backed local district authority to buy supplementary books approved by the state board, to be sent to the 19th Arizona legislature.
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Phoenix
U.P
State Board of Education
Arizona Education Association
Parent-Teachers Association
Donald Sheldon
Prescott
Arizona
J. J. Clark
Clark
Osborne
Police Warn Parents BB Guns Are Banned
Police warn residents that BB guns air rifles and sling shots are banned within city limits. After-Christmas reports show damage including a wounded dove and broken windows as officers note multiple complaints of intimidation around Tucson.
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Charles A. Pickrell
East Helen Street
A. L. Lawshe
East 12Th Street
Liquor License Travels From Superior to Oracle Junction
The Arizona state liquor license department records a chain of transfers involving Charles S. Huber Jr of Oracle Junction to Julio Pacho who then moves the license to 631 Santa Rita Street in Superior. Pacho later transfers the license back to Oracle Junction as the sale of spirituous liquors by individual portions or original containers continues. Robert Creighton publisher of the Messenger adds a quip in an editor note.
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Charles S. Huber, Jr
Oracle Junction
Julio Pacho
Santa Rita Street
Superior
Robert Creighton
the Messenger
Julio
Rains Fail To Benefit Papago Cattle Growers
Southern Arizona rains bring little relief to Papago Indian cattle growers, says Burton A. Ladd reservation superintendent. Cattle on the Papago reservation have fallen in weight and Ladd warns the Papagos may exit the cattle business without winter rain relief.
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Burton A. Ladd
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Secretary of War
R. A. Wheeler
Nicholas
State Highway Department
Benson Highway
William H
Bill) McCullough
Pryor
Okla
Ben. L. Murdock
Tulsa
Jry
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Verna E& Yocum
East Phirc
Langers
Camellias
Stephanotis
Pennngton
Armed Bandit
Turson Baily
Pinal County
Dolores
TRENE
Stone Avenue
Canarys
Paradise Pet and Plant Shop
N. Campbell
Grabe
Our Kopo
College Shop
Coats
Botany
Colege Shop
N. Park Ave
E. Pennington St
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