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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1968
Page
6
Arizona Tax Commission reports April luxury tax receipts totaling 2,184,005 driven by new tobacco and liquor taxes. Tobacco taxes reached 1,402,989 while liquor taxes rose to 507,629. The April figure is up from 1,940,930 in March and more than double the level from last April.
Northrop Page Communications Engineers in Washington DC interview candidates today and Sunday as the firm tests Tucson labor demand for a potential new facility. Cridland calls the plan speculative and Meyer notes the ad mirrors Philco Ford’s successful test and site decision. Positions include technical writers parts breakdown specialists provisioning technicians and technical illustrators.
Francis Hunt aged 25 was sentenced to two 2 to 3 year terms for obtaining money by false pretenses. John Alan Evans aged 25 received 1 year probation for attempted grand theft. Sentences imposed by Judges Lawrence Howard and Robert O. Roylston.
A $350000 malpractice suit filed in Superior Court names Dr Otto A Backus Tucson Clinic Pima Mining Co and 20 unnamed doctors. Plaintiff Richard H L Rodgers says an arm injury on July 29 1966 while employed by Pima Mining led to permanent disability after procedures by Backus and that the company bearing responsibility for referrals.
Tucson Tonight Tomorrow lists public events at Knights of Pythias Hall and Tucson Music Center. The Polish American Social Club hosts an 8 PM polka party with Polish German and Czechoslovakian dances, plus a ballet recital at 8 PM featuring Jose Valenzuela from Chicago Opera Ballet Company. Tickets at the door.
A nationwide Western Union strike was narrowly averted when a three year contract was agreed just before midnight. CTU president E L Hageman called it a very good settlement and predicted quick ratification by 24 700 telegraphers. The deal adds 18 1 2 percent in pay over three years with a 5 percent rise in 1968 and 1969 and 6 percent in 1970 plus a new job classification fund and fringe benefits. Messengers receive 6 cent an hour increases. Arbitrator James A Holden helped secure the settlement.
Salpointe High School held its graduation exercises in the stadium. Twenty one graduates received General Residence scholarships to the University of Arizona. Several other students earned U of A and national merit scholarships, including Notre Dame and Purdue awards, with multiple winners named for Lucky Stores and local clubs.
GAO auditors say the Navy produced vast excess quantities of nonstandard aero nautical repair parts at four naval air stations including Quonset Point Jacksonville North Island and Alameda. About $2.2 million of the excess parts were disposed of for a penny on the dollar. The report notes 21 000 types and $3.7 million in excess stock among 33 700 part types reviewed. The Navy pledges standardization and better tracking of past usage.
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