Tucson gains in 1960 census sales tax share
The 1960 census shows Tucson population at 210 016 and county 262 139, boosting the city’s state sales tax share to 22 67 percent from 19 31 percent and an estimated annual increase of 215 000 in sales tax revenue. Annexations and rapid growth drive the rise, with Phoenix at 430 001.
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Phoenix
Porter W. Homer
Arizona
Homer
Arizona League of Cities and Towns
Don Hummel
Hummel
Greater
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Ajo
Pima County
Marty Louise Baird
Crackdown Ordered By Committee On Expense Vouchers
Committee on House Administration vows to reinforce limits on taxpayer charges for official travel amid revelations from Knight newspapers and Life Magazine about widespread expense abuses. Burleson defended valid duties while noting thousands of vouchers pass weekly, with examples of altered bills and large hotel suites used during subcommittee travel.
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Dtex
House
Burleson
Knight Newspapers
Life Magazine Today
Don Oberdorfer
Walter Pincus
Sam Rayburn
Roberts
Oberdorfer
Pincus
Dummy Detonation Scare Ties to Planning Office
A paperweight grenade, presented six months earlier to Associate Planning Director John Tsaguris, prompted a nighttime bomb scare at the Planning Department. Sheriff’s deputies and the Davis-Monthan bomb demotion squad investigated. the object was confirmed as a dummy after disassembly.
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Frank Nevaress
Sheriff's Department
Davis-Monthan
Nevaress
John Tsaguris
Tsaguris
Lloyd J. Locke
List Aviation Depot Squadron
Locke
Davis- Monthan
NASA Denies Knowledge of U2 Soviet Mission
In testimony to the Senate committee, Deputy Space Administrator Hugh L. Dryden said NASA had no advance knowledge of the U2 spy flights over Russia. He noted the weather mission explanation was not transmitted to NASA for a day and that CIA information fed NASA’s cover statement. Fulbright called the NASA cover for espionage a dangerous undertaking.
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National Space Agency
Russia
United States
NASA
Hugh L. Dryden
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dryden
Central Intelligence Agency
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S. Warns SEATO of Possible Red Moves After Summit
Secretary of State Herter warned SEATO allies that Communist probing actions are likely in the Far East after the summit conference collapse. He urged vigilance, saying SEATO members must stand firm to defend their commitments, as a Western strategy meeting was planned after the session.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Far East
Christian A. Herter
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Herter
SEATO
Seato Council
Turkish leaders face possible death sentences over constitution
Ankara UPI reports former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes former president Celal Bayar and other deputies of the ruling party could face death penalties if convicted of violating the Turkish constitution.
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Turkey
UPI
Adnan Menderes
Celal Bayar
UA Graduation Tonight With Record 1492 Degrees
The University of Arizona hosts its 65th commencement at Varsity Stadium with a record 1,492 graduates. Honorary doctorates go to four distinguished men including Tucson author Dr. Joseph Wood Krutch, who will deliver the address.
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University of Arizona
Joseph Wood Krutch
Tucson
Columbia University
Varsity Stadium
At & P.m
University Symphonic Band
Jack Lee
University Symphonic Choir
John H. Bloom
Paul Fannin
William R. Mathews
Board of Regents
Richard A. Harvill
J. Robert Moffett
First Christian Church
Kenneth W. Bilby
Radio Corporation of America
Guy Emerson
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Emery Stephen Bogardus
University of Southern California
Donald Sipe Kennedy
The
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Senate panel approves water bill for flood control
Senate Public Works Committee approved a water projects authorization bill totaling 1.547 billion dollars including 3.3 million for flood control on the Gila and Salt Rivers. The measure adds new projects that must win House concurrence after Senate passage.
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Washington
Gila
Salt
Senate Public Works Committee
House
Senate
Hot Weather Persists in Tucson with Possible Thunder Showers
Central Arizona remains hot as a West Coast low-pressure system hovers over the state. Tucson may reach 100 degrees tomorrow with a low near 60 tonight and scattered showers possible over the mountains. Yesterday’s high was 92, and the 1956 record stood at 9%.
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Tucson
Arizona
Weather Bureau
Mamie Eisenhower Admitted To Walter Reed For Acute Asthmatic Bronchitis
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital with acute asthmatic bronchitis described as the most severe attack recently. President Eisenhower visited after 1 p.m. EDT, pausing a meeting with James P Mitchell. Doctors say she is comfortable and improving with usual treatment. her illness may affect plans for the Far East trip this month.
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Washington
UPI
Mamie Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
James P Mitchell
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Walter Reed
Gettysburg
Far East
Johnson Backed by Scripps Newspapers for Democratic Nomination
Scripps Howard papers in New York World Telegram endorse Lyndon Johnson of Texas for the Democratic presidential nomination. Eighteen editors call Johnson the ablest and strongest Democrat and express hope he will be the party’s choice. They note they will choose between Democrat and Republican after conventions and prefer a Republican contest to bolster the two party system. Johnson is praised for leadership, judgment, vitality, courage, and patriotism beyond partisanship. They cite a 50 50 sense of the race.
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New York
UPI
Scripps Howard
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
New York World-Telegram
Johnson
Scripps - Howard
the Times
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Inside the Citizen Page 246 Yawkey Squawks To Writers
The note references a column by Yawkey on writers and a feature titled South African Explosion foretold. It appears as a brief page teaser across sections 246 27 31. The exact articles and details are not provided in readable text.
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