Air West stockholders sue to force Hughes buyout
In Seattle AP report, thirteen Air West stockholders including six directors seek a Delaware court order to require other directors to accept Howard Hughes offer at 22 dollars a share. Suit filed in Wilmington Delaware Court of Chancery argues directors acted in bad faith and may owe damages if sale fails.
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Seattle
Air West
Howard Hughes
Robert
St. Louis
Court of Chancery
Newcastle County
Wilmington
Del
Delaware Incorporated
Hughes
Bonanza
Pacific
West Coast Airlines
Frank W. Beer
Phoenix
Ariz
Chester E. Gunderson
Scappose
Australia Plane Crash Kills 26 Near Port Hedland
An airliner carrying 26 people burst into flames and crashed while approaching Port Hedland Western Australia. The Viscount from Perth to Port Hedland reportedly went down in clear weather, with no sign of survivors. This marked the fourth Viscount crash in Australia.
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Perth
Australia
API
Port Hedland
Macrobertson Miller
Winton
Queensland
Lefkowitz cites fraud schemes targeting the poor in New York
New York Atty General Louis Lefkowitz said in a speech that most complaints to the Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection concern schemes against the poor. He noted that three quarters of 1968 complaints came from slum residents.
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Ont
N.Y
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection
Tucson educator W. Arthur Sewell dead at 78
W Arthur Sewell longtime instrumental music director for Tucson School District 1 died yesterday at Tucson Medical Center aged 78 He led school bands since 1919 created widely recognized works and Sewell Elementary was named for him Survivors include wife Ruth and brother Franklin Funeral services set for Thursday at First Congregational Church burial at Tucson Memorial Park East Lawn Arrangements by Bring's Broadway Chapel
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W. Arthur Sewell
Tucson
Tucson Medical Center
Sewell
W.A.C
U.S. Army Air Corps Band
Ruth
Franklin
Glendale
Caiif
First Congregational Church
Tucson Memorial Park
East Lawn
Bring’s Broadway Chapel
Gene Quaw Follies Figure Dies at 74 in Montana
Gene Quaw 74 died December 17 in Bozeman Montana. He helped stage the University of Arizona Senior Follies in the 1920s including the 1923 Rialto Theater production Vamonos. Tucson lawyer Paul Cella and others connected to Arizona theater and law are noted among the collaborators.
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Gene Quaw
Bozeman
Mont
Maricopa County
Harold Torren
Tucson
Search teams comb burned Santa Rita area for missing Cessna
A 20 man Civil Air Patrol rescue unit started on foot to probe a burned tract in the Santa Rita Mountains for wreckage of a yellow and cream Cessna and its pilot George Braunston 45 missing since Thursday night from Tucson. A satellite center was set up at Nogales airport with 10 Hermosillo aircraft aiding. Ground crews focus on Mount Wrightston east face near Box Canyon Road, where ranchers reported a light and a Greaterville couple heard a loud noise around 9 30 p m Thursday. Braunston, Braunst on Produce Co owner, was flying Tucson to Nogales when he disappeared after leaving Tucson International Airport at 9 p m.
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Santa Rita
Civil Air Patrol
George Braunston
Nogales
Hermosillo
Mount Wrightston
Box Canyon
Greaterville
CAP
Shirley Marshall
Braunston
Braunston Produce Co
Los Angeles
Tucson
Tucson International Airport
Man Dies in City Jail After Seizure
Edward Jose ph Lamantia 43 of 827 N 7th Ave died in City Jail after an apparent seizure. He was booked at 2 41 a m on drunkenness and pronounced dead at Pima County Hospital at 5 20 a m. An autopsy will determine cause of death as police investigate.
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Edward Joseph Lamantia
Lamantia
7Th Ave
Pima County Hospital
Clarence Dupnik
Protestors plan three days of counter inaugural events in Washington
The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam says it will stage three days of counter inaugural protests during Nixon's inauguration, including a Counter-Inaugural Parade and Ball. Organizers say no civil disobedience and no intent to disrupt official ceremonies.
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Washington
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Rennie Davis
Davis
District of Coumbia
Richard J. Daley
Nixon
Mobilization
New York
David Dellinger
Pentagon
FBI Warns Extremists Threaten U.S. Internal Security
J Edgar Hoover cites 1968 annual report noting foreign influence growing in black extremist groups and the Progressive Labor Party infiltrating SDS. The FBI also reports records in fugitives located, stolen cars recovered and money saved totaling 335 million dollars, with 21 000 fugitives located and 27 000 cars recovered.
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Washington
FBI
Progressive Labor Party
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Marxist-Leninist
New Left
Church Thief Repays 37 Year Old Stolen 10 Pence
The Rev. Eric Hague received a one pound note and a letter from a man who says the pound repays the 10 pence he stole from the church 37 years ago. The writer asks for his conscience to be cleared.
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High Wycombe
England
UPI
Eric Hague
Burial Insurance Plan Opens to Ages 1 to 90
A new Pierce National Life Insurance plan offers funeral expense funds and written funeral instructions for people aged 1 to 90. The plan costs only a few cents daily and covers payments regardless of prior contributions, valid with any funeral director worldwide. Send for Purple Shield details.
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Pierce National Life Insured
Ed Martin General Agent in Phoenix Office
Ed Martin listed as general agent at 222 W Osborn Suite 415 Phoenix AZ 85013 with phone 277 5641 for contact and business inquiries.
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W. Osborn
Phoenix
Arizona
Auto Safety Rules Take Effect for New Cars
Washington reports new federal standards require headrests to prevent whiplash and latches to keep doors and hoods shut on all U S cars built after today. Defroster and windshield wipe systems must meet minimum performance, and permanent vehicle ID tags must be readable from outside. Rules, issued under the Highway Safety Act of 1966, follow last year’s shoulder harness requirement.
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Washington
U.S
Department of Transportation
Serino Murder Trial Date Set in Nogales
Arizona trooper Joseph Serino, 29, pleads not guilty to second degree murder in the August 28 shooting death of his wife in Nogales. Judge Gordon Farley sets trial for March 18. Mrs Serino died after being shot twice at a Nogales hospital. four children become wards of the court pending the case.
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Nogales (Ap
Arizona
Joseph Serino
Santa Cruz County
Gordon Farley
Serino
Sounding Board to Speed Arizona Legislation
Arizona House Speaker-designee John H. Haugh announces a Council of Committee Chairmen to act as a sounding board for bills. The weekly meetings aim to ensure an integrated flow through committees and quicker floor action. The session begins Jan 13. no major rule changes. Gov. Williams urges a short session, with a 63 day minimum.
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Dick Casey
Arizona House of Representatives
John H. Haugh
Haugh
House
Phoenix
La Mancha Performances Sell Out in Tucson
Tickets for the musical Man of La Mancha sold out for both Tucson performances. Tucson Festival Society executive director Frederick H. Lowry called the sellout a first for bringing a musical company to town. The production runs Monday and Tuesday at the University of Arizona auditorium starring David Atkinson and Patricia Marande.
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Tucson
Tucson Festival Society
Frederick H. Lowry
University of Arizona
David Atkinson
Patricia Marande
City theater cuts half price for Gold Age Movie Club
Philadelphia Mayor James H. J. Tate announces that a local theater chain will reduce admission by 50 cents for members of the Gold Age Movie Club for those aged 69 and older. The program aims to aid senior citizens through the Com mittee on Services to the Aging.
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Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Committee On Services To
Tucson Man Dies After Truck Rolls Over Him
Edward Voigt, 58, of 537 BE Delano St, died at St. Mary’s Hospital from injuries when a pickup truck rolled over him in his driveway on Christmas Day. Police say he and another man parked the incline vehicle and exited. Voigt suffered a fractured leg multiple rib fractures and a punctured lung. Bring’s Funeral Home to handle services.
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Edward Voigt
BE. Delano St
St. Mary’s Hospital
Voigt
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ED Martin
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