GOP Without City Candidate For Ward Races
Only one day left to file nominating papers for Tucson city council seats, with James Troutwine and Charles Branin disqualified by city residency and voter registration rules. Dems Frank Gonzales Everett Drescher and John Carroll plan bids for wards 3 and 5, while Republican hopes for Ward 5 fade.
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Allcan
James A. Troutwine
E. 32Nd St
Frank G
Pancho) Gonzales
Charles E. Branin
E. Speedway
Everett F. Drescher
Richard A. Summers
John H. Carroll
N. Main Ave
Pueblo Gardens
Hawkins
Braffin
Neubauer
Thomas C. Webster
Republican City Committee
Branin
Pima County
Rema Rily
Willcox
Troutwine
Tucson
Arizona Supreme Court
Colossal Cave Lease Bids Called
The Pima County Board of Supervisors will open bids for leasing Colossal Cave and adjacent park land at its first 1956 meeting, after voting last month to lease to the highest bidder. Earl Brockelsby of Rapid City offered at least 7500 dollars yearly with 10000 dollars in improvements and a free picnic area, as the board considers the report from the county attorney. The agenda also includes liquor license applications, district openings, rezoning near Pontatoc Road and Osage Drive, a new county car request, and bids for Catalina High School kitchen equipment and the Tully project.
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Colossal Cave
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Earl Brockelsby
Black Hills
Rapid City
S. D
Consumers Ordered To Pay Bonus To Former Employee
A Sacramento Court jury ruled Consumers Markets Inc must pay a five percent net profits bonus to Robert Leroy Sullivan, former drug department manager for all stores. Sullivan claimed annual salary plus 5 percent bonus. the company contends he was fired before year’s end and not entitled to the bonus. A referee will determine the amount, with Sullivan estimating about $5,000.
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Consumers Markets, Inc
Robert Leroy Sullivan
Drug Department
Herrt F. Krucker
Sullivan
San Diego
Morse & Everett
Atty
George Morse
Ethel M. Llewelyn
Frances M. Magerle
Be Joe Mobley
Bertha Fox
Adabella Wallis
Jessie M. Kembel
Lelia A. Turner
Mary A. Hansen
Hazel J. Taylor
Marjorie B. Selby
Dorothy Want
Dorn Higgins
Boy writers note in car hoax near border inspection
Authorities traced a note claim of kidnapper found tossed from a blue 53 Buick at a border inspection. Four Iowa relatives, including a 12 year old boy, denied writing it until an FBI handwriting test confirmed the boy as author. He admitted the hoax and was forgiven.
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Yuma
Iowa
Accidentally Shot Woman Uninjured at Police Station
Corpus Christi report says Mrs Pete Tunches, operator of a snack bar at the police station, was accidentally shot yesterday when Detective Sgt Bob Simmons dropped his lighter and his pistol discharged. The spent bullet passed through a plate glass window, struck the lobby ceiling, ricocheted and hit her over the heart.
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Corpus Christi
Pete Tunches
Bob Simmons
UA Grad Gets Copper Co Post
John Gray is named general superintendent of the Miami Copper Co and Copper Cities Mining Co succeeding Jack Still who resigned to enter business in Prescott. Gray, a University of Arizona mines and engineering graduate, has 15 years with Miami and was formerly mine superintendent of Castle Dome Copper Co. Maynard M. Stover succeeds Gray at Castle Dome.
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Miami
Miami Copper Co
Copper Cities Mining Co
John Gray
Jack Still
Still
Prescott
Gray
University of Arizona
College of Mines and Engineering
Copper Cities
Castle Dome Copper Co
Maynard M. Stover
Castle Dome
Damage suit against former airman denied
A Superior Court jury rejected a $25,000 damage claim by Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Eberling in a three day trial before Judge Lee Garrett. They alleged Mrs. Eberling was injured in a January 5 automobile collision at Eighth Street and North Wilson Avenue caused by Anthony Colao, a Kingston New York resident and former Davis-Monthan AFB airman. The Eberlings were represented by Darnell Holesapple Spaid. Colao by Conner Jones. Jurors named were Mona J. Lewis Ethel Marie Ahumbrae Antera Haynes Sara H. Bearse James Seal Wilma F. Coone Bernice Keith Nancy L. Walker Ruth Zornes Lois Atchley Laurence Holladay and Glee Hoskins.
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Lee Garrett
Anthony Colao
Davis-Monthan Afb
Kingston
N. Y
Eberlings
Eberling
Darnell, Holesapple & Spaid
Conner & Jones
Colao
Mona J. Lewis
Ethel Marie Ahumbrae
Antera Haynes
Sara H. Bearse
James Seal
Wilma F. Coone
Bernice Keith
Nancy L. Walker
Ruth Zornes
Lois Atchley
Laurence Holladay
Glee Hoskins
City Plans Northside Annexation Meetings
Mayor Don Hummel announces a series of public meetings for Northside residents to question city officials about annexation benefits and drawbacks. He cites a Winterhaven Water & Development Co. statement as opposition and describes potential fire insurance, tax, and service changes with annexation.
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Northside
Don Hummel
Winterhaven Water & Development Co., Inc
Winterhaven
Cragin School
Hummel
Amado Child Burned From Gasoline Fire In Yard
A 20 month old Amado boy named John Thomas Bishop Jr. was badly burned when his clothing ignited from a gasoline fueled blaze in the back yard. His mother Mrs. Goldie Bishop 37 tried to put out the flames and rescue him as doctors warned the child had only a slim chance to survive at County Hospital.
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Amado
County
John Thomas Bishop Jr
Goldie Bishop
John
Helen Hayes Honored for 50 Years Before the Footlights
New York social glitter gathered at the Waldorf Astoria to honor actress Helen Hayes's fifty years on stage. Notables reenacted Hayes roles as receipts from a $50 per person affair benefited the American Theatre Wing led by Hayes.
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New York
Helen Hayes
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Miss Hayes
American Theatre Wing
Landslide Turns Out Fire In Old Mine Shaft
In the Superstition Mountains near the Apache Trail a reported landslide was actually a fire in an old mine shaft. Motorists saw smoke and assumed rock fall, but Mesa reporter Russ Spavin verified the blaze burning timber produced the illusion of a cliff collapse.
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Apache Junction
Apache Trail
Mesa
Russ Spavin
Jury Panel To Be Picked For Superior Court Divisions
Selection of 300 prospective jurors for Divisions 3 and 4 of the Superior Court will be made on Wednesday. Another 300 already named will report for qualification. Jan. 4 selections will be published and 300 more will report Jan. 17. A total of 600 will be on standby for four months to serve on civil and criminal juries.
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Superior Court
Regis
Flamingo Hotel Sued Over Waffle Injury
Mrs. Gus Gavin of Sells Star Route seeks 50000 in damages from the Flamingo Hotel claiming a waffle in the hotel restaurant contained metal and caused a choking incident. She alleges hospital treatment and three subsequent surgeries, with ongoing anguish and permanent injury. Filed in Superior Court by Boyle Bilby Thompson Shoenhair.
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Flamingo
Gus Gavin
Sells Star Route
Boyle, Bilby, Thompson & Shoenhair
Drive In Theater Shuts Down After Bankruptcy Action
The Apache Drive-In Theater on the Benson Highway closes pending installation of new projection equipment following bankruptcy court action. Stanley A. Jerman surrendered the current gear to Valley Drive-In Theater Corp of Los Angeles which held a $38,000 note. Creditors rejected a $100,000 full theater sale offer by the Los Angeles company. Harry Agron, owner in bankruptcy, promised new equipment and funds from selling Los Patios Apts behind El Rancho Market, though he said the apartments are owned by others. Creditors voted to support Agron and Benson Highway Theater Corp.
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Benson Highway
U. S. Akruptcy Court
Stanley A. Jerman
Valley Drive-In Theater Corp
Los Angeles
Harry Agron
Los Patios Apts
el Rancho Market
Agron
Benson Highway Theater Corp
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GOP
By Fritz Kessinger
Ivan R. Hawkins
Harold R. Neubauer
By Alvin Bring
DIAL
South
Scott Ave
E. 3Rd St
Donald Snow
Carol Sutherland
Pima County Hospital
UA Grad
E. W. Eberling
N. Wilson Ave
Citizen
la Fiesta de Los Vaqueros
Merle Fales
Cody
Wyo
Payne’s
Fales
Johnny Gower
Tucson Fertilizer Co
East Speedway
Elmer
Leh As
Chhico
S. Scott St
P.O
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