Arizona Legislature Debates Gas Tax and University Funding
The Arizona Senate rejected a one cent gas tax and a truckers reciprocity bill as leaders anticipated no passage this year. University and state college budgets and an $11 million building program were discussed, with Tempe trimming two projects to fund an $800 thousand stadium and Arizona, Flagstaff, and Tucson requests totaling about $11 million.
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Phoenix
Senate
Senate Highways and Bridges Committee
Highway Department
Board of Regents of
The
University and State Colleges
Tempe
University of Arizona
Flagstaff
Tucson
Tempe’s
Beck Got 30000 For Son Pal Involving Union Funds
A Senate committee heard that Dave Beck Sr used Teamsters funds to back a loan of 30000 by a college classmate to open the Rainbow Tavern in Seattle. Testimony identified Bassett as acting on Beck’s orders to move the $30000 to Richard Klinge, with other loans and a possible embezzlement case noted. Senate investigators promise large revelations as they probe 29 cities.
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Beck
Washington
Ruhl
Local No. 690
Bassett
Richard Klinge
Seattle
Klinge
Ing
Dave Beck
Portland, Ore
Wallace Turner
William Lambert
Portland Oregonian
Teamsters Union
Portland
Heywood Broun
American Newspaper Guild
McClellan
D- Ark
Senate
County Hospital Wins Full Accreditation
The Pima County General Hospital receives three year full accreditation from the Joint Commission Chicago and plans September opening of a practical nurses training school. Dr. Francis Bean notes risked loss from past overcrowding and outlines $210000 improvements plus $15000 for the nursing program. A $75000 grant from the Kress Foundation funds school operations and Miss Hilda Torop will visit Tucson to discuss start up. Applications are now being accepted.
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Pima County General Hospital
Joint Commission
Chicago
Francis Bean
Board of Supervisors
Bean
Practical Nurses Training School
Practical Nurses School
Kress Foundation
Hilda Torrop
Tucson
Mild Weather Forecast Brightens Tucson Vacation
The forecast calls for milder temperatures across the nation with Tucson enjoying sun and few clouds. Expect highs of 75 to 80 tomorrow and lows around 45 to 50 tonight with no rain in the next day.
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Tucson
Hospitals Face Record Bed Shortage in Tucson
The Tucson bed shortage reached a new low as 8:30 a.m. three patients were treated in the emergency room at Tucson Medical Center and only one hall bed remained free. All regular beds were full and seven of eight hall beds were in use for incoming accident victims. Victims waited in the ER until space opened later.
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Tucson
Tucson Medical Center
Palestinians Riot In Cairo Attack At Egyptian Police Station
In Cairo a crowd of about 500 Palestinian Arab soldiers stormed an Egyptian police station in Maadi. At least five were killed as fighters from a desert army camp clashed with local forces. Many had been refugees from 1948 and former combatants returned by an Israeli exchange last month.
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Cairo
Egypt
Maadi
Palestine
Inside the Citizen Brain New Electronics Brain at University of Arizona
A new electronics brain is installed at the University of Arizona signaling a leap in research. The feature outlines the project scope, researchers involved, and potential impact on science and technology.
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University of Arizona
Doherty
Northwest
Stalin's Death Averted War
London dispatch claims Stalin nearly started a world war in 1953. A Telegraph source reports Stalin suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage after anger over Tito's Balkan Treaty with Greece and Turkey, a move the informant links to plans for a spring or summer clash with the West.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Balkan
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Canada Proposes Four Steps to End Middle East Crisis
Canada outlines a four point plan including a pledge by Israel and Egypt to uphold the 1949 armistice, deployment of U N Emergency Forces along the armistice line, freedom of passage through Straits of Tiran and Gulf of Aqaba, and a U N administration for Gaza Gaza Strip. The Soviet Union denounces the plan as pro Israel and Asian Arab delegates push for swift action. Delegates await U N debate as Abba Eban consults with Dulles and Hammarskjold.
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Soviet Union
Israel
Pearson
Egypt
U. N
Straits of Tiran
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza Strip
Strip
Middle East
Abba Eban
Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
New Look for The Citizen Nine-Column Page Soon
The Citizen previews a nine-column page format set to debut next week, replacing the current eight-column layout. The change aims to enhance story and image display at the top and improve ad presentation while margins widen today to finish using narrow print stock.
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Citizen
Midwest
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