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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1968
Page
1
City Manager Roger O'Mara learns to read the signs in the two year old city building. He describes how restrooms are arranged from the 10th floor to the first floor and nearly walked into the wrong door. He is now more careful in the building.
Congress conferees from the House and Senate met for the fifth time to work on a $1.3 billion Colorado River water projects package including the $779 million Central Arizona Project. Other projects span Colorado New Mexico and Utah. Meetings are closed with no public statements until an agreement is reached.
A Duval Corp representative expects to expand its operational headquarters in Tucson. Attorney Marvin Cohen asked the County Planning and Zoning Commission to rezone about eight acres at Ft. Lowell and Swan for the expansion due to increased operations in Texas and at the Sierrita project. The Sierrita mine is slated to begin production in late 1969. The planning department was ordered to study temporary permits for portable asphalt mix plants after a request by William Naumann of the Arizona Engineering Chapter. A public hearing is set for September.
Washington based UPI report says 87 Roman Catholic theologians from major US institutions argue that couples may disobey Pope Paul VI by using artificial birth control in certain circumstances. They call the encyclical insufficient and non infallible, allowing conscience based choices.
The First National Bank of Arizona releases a report showing Pima County’s economy improved last year despite the copper strike. The index reflects gains in various sectors, suggesting resilience in local business activity amid industrial disruption.
Switchmen of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Local 795 struck the Belt Railway Co of Chicago demanding a second switchman per train for safety. The Belt connects with major trunk lines and handles interchanges across Chicago area railroads.
Pedro Generalao, 27, of Somerton Arizona, was given a two year term by a Soviet court in Tashkent for narcotics smuggling. He was detained May 16 while traveling from Kabul, Afghanistan to the west. Eleven Westerners have been arrested in Tashkent over the past year, with sentences ranging from four to five years for some.
The House backed the Pentagon’s $5 billion thin ABM plan by a 106 to 37 vote. Supporters cite national security while critics warn of a multibillion windfall for defense contractors and a costly, potentially outdated system.
The Defense Department reports two Arizona servicemen killed in Vietnam Army Spec 4 Robert Romero of Douglas and Marine Lance Cpl William A Atwell of Ajo died in action and of wounds respectively.
City Manager Roger O Mara reported Citizens Utilities Co rejecting Tucson's plan to buy Citizens Water Co The Stamford Conn executive vice president Ishior Jacobson repeated the response that the initial offer was not of interest The city aims to acquire Citizens facilities within Tucson and may pursue condemnation if needed The rejection leaves Tucson seeking water service control for about 1000 customers with rates higher than city water
Police were alerted to a gunshot at 512 N Iroquois Ave the home of Robert T Smith a former defendant tied to an extortion case. His wife Patricia reported a hole in the front window and said he was not at home at 1 45 am. Authorities classified the event as malicious mischief or vandalism. Extortion charges against Parsons were dismissed May 21 for failure to appear and later refiled.
Santa Monica Calif UPI Marlon Brando won an annulment of his eight year union with Movita Castenada on grounds she remains married to a prior husband Judge Edward Brand granted the annulment last Friday and awarded custody of the couple's two children Sergio seven and Rebecca Brando and Movita wed secretly in 1960 while her former husband Jack Doyle Irish crooner boxer faced possible deportation Brando had previously battled Movita and his former wife Anna Kashfi over their son Christian Devi
Lt. Peter L. Adamcin, son of Tucson residents, ejected from his TF9J Cougar jet near a Tucson auxiliary landing field. The plane crashed three miles east of the runway. He, 26, was picked up by a Navy helicopter uninjured.
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