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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
1
City hall rejects granting contractors immunity from damage suits connected to the Broadway underpass obstruction. Mayor Lew Davis warns delays may follow as officials weigh legal protections versus project timelines.
Nation interview with Roy Wilkins reports the NAACP Youth Corps rejecting conservative local policy limits. Byron de La Beckwith pleads innocent in Jackson to Medgar Evers murder charges. Other items note traffic death records and a jet crash near a boys camp with seven dead.
Washington President Kennedy and Labor Secretary Wirtz map next moves after unions reject a settlement plan. Legislation to avert a rail strike may take center stage on Capitol Hill before week’s end.
World events show Khrushchev leaving Moscow in a snub to Chinese comrades and heading to Kiev to confer with Paul-Henri Spaak on East West issues. Political updates note Arturolia leading in Argentina's presidential race while Peronist ballots lag behind. Other items mention ministers tied to ongoing sex scandals in a British tabloid report.
Australia’s Margaret Smith defeats Billie Jean Moffitt to win the women’s singles at Wimbledon England. The piece notes the upset and Smith’s dominant performance in the final.
The page lists sections and page numbers including Dr. Alvarez Bridge Citizen Charlie Comics Crosword Puzzle Deaths Editorials 21 Financial News 22 23 Molly Mayfield Movie Times 36 Public Records 42 Sports 39 42 TVV Radio Dials 35 Woman's View 25 32. It guides readers to features such as public records, sports results, entertainment, and editorials across the issue.
A Greyhound bus carrying about 60 passengers skidded on a rain slick highway near Arnold Missouri and plunged 35 feet into a ditch. Three people died Mrs Jessie Florence Matthews Jack Wesley and Cleophas Johnson. Bus driver Elliot J Smith escaped injury and no charges were filed. About 50 passengers were hospitalized in St Louis area facilities.
Gerald Ellis a 52 year old London tour guide says he was fired after grabbing a ship loudspeaker mid Channel crossing and telling holidaymakers not to buy the $1.68 lunch claiming it is not worth it. Ellis argues the remarks were meant to help travelers and calls the firing unfair.
Arthur Grunewald notes how engagement rings varied by culture from carved ivory circles in Iceland and Syria to iron bands in Rome and temple replicas in Jewish custom. He traces the diamond trend from 1477 to Victoria era clusters and postwar single stones, inviting readers to view current settings at Grunewald & Adams Jewelers.
UPI reports improvements under way in nine of the national forests in Arizona and New Mexico as Fred H. Kennedy, regional forester, notes 42 miles of new forest roads awarded in two months and more than 1.8 million dollars to be spent. Arizona forests slated for work include Apache Prescott Sigreques Tanto and Coconina.
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