Petitions Seek End Of South Tucson Incorporation Move
Twenty five petitions circulated in South Tucson seek 700 to 800 signatures to ask the Pima County Board of Supervisors to disincorporate the town and annex to Tucson. Solong Tom, Southside businessman, argues annexation would improve services, with council officials planning meetings to hear residents. Local tax figures and intergovernmental costs are cited as the basis for pushing the move.
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Tucson
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Southside
Solong Tom
Altoes
Board of Super Visors
Tom
May Driest On Record Scorches Monthly Rain Totals
May was the driest on record per the local Weather Bureau with only a trace of rain for the month. Year to date rainfall sits about 0.43 inches below normal. Expected conditions show scattered high clouds tonight with possible mountain showers and little temperature change.
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Morrow
Tucson City Budget Sees Record Total Amid Tax Cut
City manager plans a 5,072,924 dollar budget for 1955-56 tied to a population boost from annexation. The proposed tax rate drops to 3.15 per 100 assessed valuation from 3.1844, reflecting declines over five years despite a larger assessed value estimate of 75 million dollars. The proposal will go to the City Council and may change before final adoption.
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Tucson
Soap Box Trials Set for Derby Downs This Saturday
Soap box racers will race at Derby Downs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tomorrow. Only vehicles with a valid trial ticket after inspection may run. Remaining entrants may seek preliminary inspection at the rodeo grounds tomorrow.
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Derby Downs
Rodeo Grounds
Court Warns Dead Speeder
Ventura court issues a warning letter to Robert J. Johnson 19 Santa Barbara after his death in a fatal crash. The letter was sent back with a note from his mother stating Robert is dead and describing the accident involving a skid on a curve and a collision with another car.
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Ventura
Calif
Robert J. Johnson
Santa Barbara
Justice Court
Robert
Molotov Quits Russian Post
Soviet radio reports V. M. Molotov resigned as foreign minister. Dmitri Shepilov is named his replacement as the USSR resumes leadership shift after Stalin era. The Supreme Soviet presidium approved the move and noted Molotov’s departure from the post.
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London
V. M. Molotov
Radio Moscow
Pravda
Dmitri Shepilov
Foreign Ministry
Supreme Soviet
S.S.R
Molotov
Josef Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Soviet Party
Shepilov
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Tass
U.S.S.R
Supreme Soviet’ Presidium
Council of Ministers
Supreme Soviet Presidium
Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov
Gas Co proposes new service center on W 6th St site
Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co plans a potential two story masonry service center at W 6th St and N Main Ave totaling about 37 000 square feet. President J R Snider said project is in study stage with possible half million dollar cost and space to relocate some offices and expand departments. Tests at the site assess soil bearing while a larger generating plant southeast of the city is also contemplated if water facilities prove adequate.
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Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
W. 6Th St
N. Main Ave
J. R. Snider
Snider
N. M. Lovell
C. H. Webber
Service Co
W. Street
Electrical Engineers
E Utility
Nogales Road Kills 11th Victim
Milton Daniel Boyle 24 of 409 W Rosales Sr died in a one car crash a mile south of Sahuarita after losing control at the Nogales Highway junction. Car overturned twice scattering debris over the road. Boyle died en route to County Hospital from internal injuries.
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Nogales
Nogales Highway
County Hospital
Milton Daniel Boyle
W. Rosales St
Art Molina
James Williams M. L. Richardson
Camino de la Muerte
W. Rosales Sr
Sahuarita
Highway Patrol
Boyle
Continental
Pima County
Clark H. Johnson
Reilly Funeral Home
Bor Estevez
Ismael
Parking plan eyed for downtown area amid space cuts
A city and downtown merchants study outlines a $2.5 million to $4,000 funding package for new garages, including a nine story pigeonhole structure at S 6th Ave and Broadway and a church street site. The report estimates 5,777 downtown spaces with 2,736 in public use and details daily vehicle flows and potential revenue measures.
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Ramp Buildings Corp
N. 6Th Peel E
Alameda
Church St
Pen
S. 6Th Ave
Broadway
N. Stone Avenue
Adamson
Washington
Council One
S.P
McCormick and 13Th
Main
Pennington
Éth
Congress Scott
Valley National Bank and Post Office
Mindzenty reportedly rearrested in Hungary
Hungarian Catholic Primate Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty was said to be jailed again after refusing to sign a loyalty pledge to communist church-state rules. Reports cited the Catholic News Agency noting his previous release in 1956 and current detention near Munich, with Archbishop Groesz also unnamed in a loyalty document.
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Munich
Germany
Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty
Mindzenty
Hungary
Red
Buespoekg Zentioszia
Fuenfirchen
Groesz
Groess
Boggs Predicts Dope Bill Passage
Dee Hale predicted today the House will unanimously approve his bill next week to widen penalties for narcotics smugglers and peddlers without a death penalty.
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Dee Hale
Italian Children’s Choir Concert At First Methodist Church
Tonight at 8 PM the Casa Materna A Cappella Children’s Choir from Naples performs at First Methodist Church on Park Ave and 4th Street. Tomorrow no events scheduled.
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Italy
Casa Materna
Naples
First Methodist Church
Park Ave
4Th Street
TWA Files Objection to American Airlines Service
A brief notice reports TWA filing an objection regarding service with American Airlines, dated within the paper’s page layout. The announcement appears in the Blotter and is part of a broader section listing topics across pages.
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TWA
American Airlines
Dhce
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