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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1969
Page
1
Fire at Old Tucson on Kinney Road west of Tucson destroyed an amusement ride, Indian wickiups, fake offices and a railroad caboose in an hour. No injuries were reported. Officials said filming at the High Chaparral site would continue. loss estimated at $75,000.
The trial heard testimony about a alleged affair between undersheriff Wyckoff and Mrs. Lenahan. Wyckoff was shot at his Via Celeste home last November 24 after an argument. Mrs Lenahan collapsed twice during testimony and cried she loved him and would do anything for him.
Brezhnev warned that China plots nuclear conflict while vowing strong defenses for the Soviet Union and its people. He linked Beijing to a world domination aim and faulted the Mao regime for seeking to control world communism during a Moscow world congress. China agreed to meet June 18 in a Soviet border city to discuss boundary river navigation amid border tensions.
The Justice Department moved to compel a suburban Baltimore recreation area to admit Negroes, arguing it is a public accommodation. The suit followed a Supreme Court ruling in Arkansas that favored a group seeking admission to a recreation facility near Little Rock.
A two man U S Office of Education study team visited Pima College May 27 28 and urged stable leadership clear course planning fewer novations community involvement and better public image. The team backed continued federal funding while warning the college must act quickly and include minorities in planning to avoid a revolving door and poor outcomes.
Playbox Theater holds tryouts for Two For The Seesaw on June 14 and 16 at Trail Dust Town on Tanque Verde Road. Director Sylvia Reed schedules a July 10 opening for Gibson comedy with a two actor cast. Tryouts run 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and 7 30 to 9 30 p.m. Monday. This wraps Playbox’s season.
A flash explosion at the Supreme Service Station on West St Marys Road seriously burned 7 year old Elvia Cordova of 13 W Shawnee Ave. She is in guarded condition at St Marys Hospital with burns about five percent of her body. Her mother Emma Cordova and attendant Ramon Ahumada were not burned.
A pickup struck the rear of a car at a drive in theater entrance on Route 30 near Pittsburgh. Richard Bogden 16 died. James Ostrowski 19 and Daniel Barbinchak 19 were seriously injured. Two other youths in the trunk escaped unharmed. the driver, Charles E Wadsworth 37, was not injured. All victims were from North Versailles.
Albert E. Kinder J. was chosen president of the Tucson Kiwanis Club, succeeding Frank H. Watkins. W. D. Brooks was elected treasurer and assistant secretary, with Marshall Townsend named vice president. Bert Carlson Art Miller Jr Peyton Reavis and Howard Miller Jr. named new two year directors for the term starting fall 1970.
Mexican growers along the border say the USDA lifting its minimum tomato size ban comes too late as their season ends in about ten shipping days. They claim millions in losses from restrictions imposed in January at the urging of the Florida Tomato Committee.
Rental apartments are scarce in Tucson as occupancy runs around 96.3 percent and rents rise. Sam Witt reports 43 Verde Meadows townhouses under construction near S Park Avenue and Irvington Road, offering ownership at as low as 898 monthly with included taxes and insurance. The development features lighted streets, maintenance free desert landscaping, private patios and carports plus model homes open daily 10 to 5:30.
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