Hostage recounts Trujillo assassination aftermath
Dr. Robert Reid Cabral recounts four fugitives who hunted Trujillo’s killer days after the assassination. The group forced entry, held his family for four days, begged for cigarettes, and sought cyanide before two were killed in a chase, two surrendered, and two remain at large.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Robert Reid Cabral
Trujillo
Reid Cabral
Asassination
Juan Tomas Diaz
Diaz
Marcelino Velez
Mortgage Volume Up In County in May 1961
May 1961 mortgage volume in Pima County totaled 12 354 219 dollars, up 463 423 from May 1960. The Realty Financing Review notes a hike of over 2 800 000 from April 1961. May sales total 10 450 650 dollars versus 8 929 564 in May 1960. Figures from county recorder records.
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Pima County
Tucson Title Insurance Co
County Recorder’s
Tucsonans Appointed To Engineering Posts
Several Tucsonians have been appointed to key posts in the Society of Mining Engineers of AI MME. Named are Dr. James D. Forrester dean at University of Arizona Mines vice chairman of underground gasification sub committee and Dr. Willard C. Lacy geology professor and education committee chairman. Elmer R. Drevdahl mining engineering associate professor on publications committee for open pit mining and T M Morris department head on education committee. Walter E. Heinrichs Jr. Heinrichs Geoexploration Co. joins nominating committee. Robert W. Hernlund Pima Mining Co. is vice chairman chemical processing committee. Charles H. Curtis of Duval Sulphur & Potash Co. chairs operating control committee minerals beneficiation division. George A. Komadina Pima Mill superintendent leads concentration committee and serves on general and program committees.
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T. M. Morris
Department of Mining and Metal Engineering
University of Arizona
Walter E. Heinrichs Jr
Heinrichs Geoexploration Co
Robert W. Hernlund
Pima Mining Co
Charles H. Curtis
Duval Sulphur & Potash Co
George A. Komadina
Pima
Crash Delays Urgent Appointment on Nogales Highway
Carl Wayo of Fremont Michigan cannot keep an urgent appointment as his car was struck from behind by a Davis Monthan airman on the Nogales Highway. Wayo may stay in Tucson up to two weeks for repairs after Lawrence Fountain 34 and Warren Lefurgey 21 of Davis Monthan were hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Michigan
Nogales
Davis-Monthan
Arizona Highway Patrol
Carl Wayo
Fremont
Mich
Tucson
Wayo
Here
Lawrence T. Fountain
D-M
Waye
John Walker
Fountain
Warren S. Lefurgey
City Aid Not Socialism Says Tucson Mayor
Jekyll Island Georgia mayor Don Hummel, president of the American Municipal Association, argued against labeling federal aid to cities as socialism. He urged coordinated fiscal policy across government levels to address urgent urban problems and warned neglect could lead to urban collapse.
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Jekyll Island
Tucson
Don Hummel
Georgia Municipal Association
Hummel
Washington
American Municipal Association
Barry Goldwater
Two Phoenix men jailed for narcotics smuggling
Willie C. Patton and John L. Moffatt were each sentenced in Federal Court by Judge James A. Walsh to mandatory five year terms for smuggling heroin. Patton, 35, moved one half gram valued at about ten dollars across the Nogales border on May 5. Moffatt, 20, transported about three grams on May 19.
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Phoenix
James A. Walsh
Willie C. Patton
John L. Moffatt
Patton
Nogales
Moffatt
Gary Don Howell
Coachello
Calif
Gila Bend
Lighthouse Y Announces seventh Summer Program
Lighthouse YMCA opens its seventh summer season on June 19 for boys and girls aged 6 to 12 with day camp swimming instruction and overnight trips. The program includes arts and crafts air riflery camping archery and Catalina Mountains trips plus swimming lessons. The swim team serves ages 6 to 18. four two week sessions run June 19 July 3 July 18 and July 31 with rates 20 for members 30 for non members.
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Lighthouse Ymca
Catalina
Lighthouse
E. 5Th St
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Tucson Daily Citizen
The
Citizen Publishing Co
North Stone Ave
Arizona
Salvador Estrella
Maza
Estrella
Luis Caceres Michel
E. Speedway
B&r Garage
North Stone
U.S. Dept. of Health
Curb-wate
Curbwate
Coe
Nutrition Center
E. Broadway
Steno
6Th St
Tom Inglis
Penning
Terry
Air Cruiser
Leeds
Luggage Dept
Stone
Pennington
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