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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1960
Page
3
Tucson leaders launch a city petition drive to place a statewide measure on the November ballot to boost municipal shares of the two cent sales tax to 25 percent from 10 percent. The Arizona League of Cities and Towns backs the plan requiring 32 000 voter signatures.
Ft. Huachuca funds two University of Arizona grants totaling 39 342 34 dollars. The larger 27 560 16 supports an automatic library search system in the UA computer center to retrieve abstracts from 100 000 documents in under an hour using 30 questions. The other 11 728 18 backs automating data processing for the meteorology unit at the U S Army Electronic Proving Ground to cut manual labor in preparing data for distribution.
The Tucson Beautiful Committee recommends that the Chamber of Commerce Board endorse extending East Speedway Parkway from Craycroft road to Wilmot road. The group also appointed Price, Steger, and Newhall to geographic study areas and a subcommittee to study Tucson approaches. A horticultural panel led by Pratt, Reid, and Trimble will handle beautification work.
Stephenville Texas UPI reports Gerald Madeley was named valedictorian in the 1960 Stephenville High School graduating class with a 95.72 average. His twin Phillip Madeley earned salutatorian honors with a 95.69 average.
The Senate military appropriations subcommittee voted to add full development funding for the B70 supersonic bomber to the defense bill raising total increases to about 895 million dollars. North American Aviation leads the program for the Strategic Air Command with potential future civilian and nuclear propulsion uses. This follows earlier administration cuts to a 75 million development effort and proposals for larger defense spending packages.
In Concord New Hampshire a skunk with a red collar, deodorized, is identified as a pet of Mrs Harriet Wilcox. The animal has been her pet since it was rescued from a hotel swimming pool and is involved in a Fish and Game Department advisory.
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