Tucson Police Face Grand Jury Probe Over Corruption Claims
The grand jury and the attorney general are probing corruption allegations against Tucson police officers, with no officers named publicly. A joint inquiry by the State Narcotics Enforcement Division, Pima County Sheriff and county attorney's office is said to involve past claims of heroin movement, stolen property, tipped arrests, and eavesdropping devices.
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Garmire
Tucson
State Narcotics Enforcement Division
Attorney General’s Office
Pima County Sheriffs Department
Arizona
UA Prepares Fight Against Budget Cuts
The University of Arizona contests proposed capital outlay cuts affecting McKale Memorial Center at $4.5 million with a field house, a $1.9 million rehabilitation and Education service center beside the College of Medicine, and an $18 million chemistry project.
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McKale Memorial Center
College of Medicine
Capitol Hill Budget Turmoil Signals Tax and Aid Clash
Lawmakers clash over a 10 percent income tax surcharge proposed by Johnson as Mills opposes any tax increase without trimming current spending. Senate leaders Hag and Dirksen push slow nonVietnam spending, while civil rights debates loom. House backed rights protections face Senate scrutiny with potential open housing and campus construction funding debated and state budget totals facing scrutiny in Arizona.
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Johnson
Mills
Senate Gop
Everett Ms. Dirksen
Hig
Mansfield
Senate
Dirksen
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Philip A Hart
D-Mich
Court Sentences Richard Peterson for Burglary
Richard Peterson, 19, of Hua Chuca, was sentenced in Superior Court today to two to four years for first degree burglary.
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Richard Peterson
Huachuca
Ads Urge Recognition of Hurry-Up Era Says Expert
Howard N. King of Harris Intertype Co. urged Tucson advertisers to reflect the fast paced, nuclear age in design and copy. Speaking at the Pioneer Hotel noon meeting, he said readers are constantly on the move and ads must be dramatic, entertaining, and provocative like a good novel.
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Howard N. King
Tucson
Intertype Co
Brooklyn
N.Y
False Teeth Put Bite On Suspect
In Bonn Germany Hans Meyer broke into a tavern and while nervous his false teeth chattered. He set them on a counter and forgot them. The next day he produced them at the police lost and found exposing the jaw that waited.
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Bonn
Germany
UPI
Hans Meyer
Hans
Publication address and subscription rates listed
A clipped notice lists a Tucson home delivered rate of 45 cents per week and an outside Tucson rate of 45 cents. It shows a mail subscription option at 2.25 dollars per month and mentions a mailing address at 24 North Stone Ave for the Class Postage service.
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North
En Ave
Ucsen, Aripone
Tucson
Missing Tucson Girl Lupita Peraza Not Found in Mexico
Tucson police debunk false report that 18 year old Lupita Peraza was found in Im aris Son a Mexico yesterday. She has been missing since November 25 from 438 S Elias Ave and there is no confirmation that the girl found is hers.
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Tucson
Mexico
Lupita Peraza
S. Elias Ave
Lupita
Imaris, Sona
Nader Presses Auto Safety Costs and Pricing
In Washington, Ralph Nader urges federal use of influence to prevent price hikes on safety features. He calls for government to force release of cost data before manufacturers push consumer costs, citing harness upgrades as unnecessarily inflated by up to 32 dollars with claims of under $3 per harness.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Nader
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
German buys fine ranch in Kansas
Otto Ernst Flick, a West German industrialist, purchased a 32.5 million cattle ranch in southeast Kansas. The Flint Hills property near Eureka covers 7,925 acres with leases on 10,000 more, 4,000 cattle, 2,400 cultivated acres, a game preserve, a $200,000 14 room house, a dozen other houses, 32 buildings and 10 silos. He and his wife Barbara became nonresident members of a Wichita country club after the deal.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Midwest
Otto Ernst Flick
Wichita Beacon
Flint Hills
Eureka
Flick
Friedrich Flick
Daimler Benz
Mercedes Benz
Adolf Hitler
Otto
Barbara
Wichita
Parolee steals car to keep parole appointment
A parolee from the Wyoming State Penitentiary for car theft took a stolen car after an auto wreck to avoid lateness for a parole officer meeting. A deputy sheriff questioned him about the theft.
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Lander
Wyo
UPTI
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Reversal on Girls Ranch Fund Drive Draws Criticism
Frank Drachman Jr, Tucson Girls Ranch board member, blasted the Tucson Fund Raising Review Board for withdrawing approval of a statewide drive set for January 15 to February 14. He said the board did not notify or allow defense and suggested the error stems from an overlooked request by Girls Living Centers Inc. Girls Ranch pledges to contribute $25,000 to $35,000 annually to Tucson’s economy and relies on local volunteers and supporters.
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Tucson
Girls Ranch Inc
Frank Drachman Jr
Drachman
Girls Ranch
TFRRB
By Girls Living Centers Inc
Girls Living Centers
Girls
GM Recalls 39000 Chevelles Over Brake Issue
General Motors recalls 35,250 1968 Chevelle models for possible brake defect not causing major braking problems. An additional 35,000 Chevelles with standard 307 or optional 327 V 8 engines are recalled to check front brake line clearances. One batch of 250 power brake cars may have a lock nut missing from the master cylinder push rod.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Memorial set for Kitt Peak engineer Novak
Memorial services for Oscar K. Novak associate engineer at Kitt Peak National Observatory are planned for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Arizona Mortuary 7 E. 3rd St Tucson. Novak 47 died Sunday at Tucson Medical Center born Coram Montana a Montana State University graduate. He was an associate mechanical engineer at Willamette Iron and Steel Co Portland before coming to Tucson in 1962. Survivors include wife Vonna C two sons Neil and Steven of 101 E. Cambridge Drive a brother Fred Denver and four sisters Mrs Clara Rasmussen Ogden Utah Mrs Dorothy Curtis Spokane Wash and Mrs Sophie Sundling and Mrs Martha Olsen Montana. Rev George Vance Casas Adobes Congregational Church will officiate cremation to follow. Contributions requested to American Cancer Society.
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Oscar K. Novak
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Arizona Mortuary
Novak
Tucson Medical Center
Coram
Mont
Montana State University
Tucson
Willamette Iron & Steel Co
Portland
Ore
Vonna C
Neil
Steven
E. Cambridge Drive
Fred
Denver
Clara Rasmussen
Ogden
Utah
Dorothy Curtis
Spokane
Wash
Sophie Sundling
Martha Olsen
Montana
George Vance
Casas Adobes Congregational Church
American Cancer Society
Hamilton Aircraft Expands as Board Reshaped
Hamilton Aircraft Co. reshapes its financial and corporate structure to meet growth and foreign contracts. Five new directors join the seven member board led by Gordon Hamilton with Mellick as chairman. The firm projects 1968 sales and earnings to rise 500 percent versus 1967 and expects 200 employees by February. A new largest single beam hangar is under construction in Tucson, and contracts with Brazil Argentina and American Airlines expand maintenance and aircraft modification work.
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Hamilton Aircraft Co
Hamilton
Henry Ke, Dahlberg
Aoodbody & Co
Anthony V. Grossetta
Pima Savings & Loan Association
Carlton Mellick
Joseph W. Poynter
the Bank of Tucson
Wiliam A. Small Sr
Mellick
Miehle Co
Miehle-Goss-Dexter Incc
Chicago
Miehle-Goss-Dexter
Arizona
South Park Avenue
Tucson International Airport
Argentina
Brazil
American Airlines
Tucson
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Phoenix
Finance Department
Thomas Goodwin
R-Pima
House Appropriations
Board of Regents
Thomas Knoles
D-Coconino
Appropriations Committee
Douglas Holsclaw
Ernest Garfield
Pima County
Williams
North Stone Ave
Peraza
German
Fine Ranch
Fund Raising Review Board
Albert B. Colby
Colby
Tucson Soroplimist Club
Kiwanis Clubs
Kitt Peak
Hamilton Aircraft
Tucson Daily Citizen
Sevenman
Gordon Hamilton
Lewis St. Moriiz
Idof, Pena
Wollensak
E. Broadway
Swan Road
Raglan
DIAL
Dezebel
Panty
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