Bus Strike Threatens LA Transit Shutdown
Hopes dim for averting a strike by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen set to begin at one minute past midnight. About 2,500 drivers may not report for work, idling buses across four counties and impacting 700,000 riders. Mayor Yorty assigned Prof. Spencer Pallard to mediate as talks stalled after Thursday night.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
BRT
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
Samuel Yorty
Spencer Pallard
Yorty
Orange
San Bernardino
Riverside
California
Funds Approved for Ryan Field Runway Upgrade
Federal aid totals 45 742 dollars to Tuc son for Ryan Field on Ajo Road west of the city. Project funds will reconstruct the runway grade and drainage for a taxiway following a request by the City of Tuc son.
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Ryan Field
Carl Hayden
White marchers in St Augustine tense race clash
About 300 white demonstrators marched through the Negro district of St Augustine under heavy police guard led by J B Stoner an arch segregationist. Police maintained order with 200 officers while 15 Negroes helped police patrols as the city braces for possible further protests.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
UPI
Mui Luagines US
Bryan Simpson
J. B. Stoner
Atlanta
Stoner
Washington Street
Goldwater Delegates Gain Amid Opposing Pressure
Sen. Barry Goldwater's delegate tally climbs to 574 on the first ballot with 81 votes needed for the nomination. Delegates from Connecticut Virginia Idaho New Mexico and Maryland shift as Missouri and Utah add to Goldwater's count while Scranton and Rockefeller gains adjust the map.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
William W. Scranton
Arizona
Associated Press
Connecticut
New Mexico
Idaho
Virginia
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Margaret Chase Smith
Scranton
Maryland
Baltimore
Goldwater
New York
Kentucky
North Dakota
Rockefeller
Delaware
Nixon
John J. Williams
Utah
Smotkin seeks city council overrule on high-rise zoning
Developer Edward Smotkin asks the City Council to overturn a Planning and Zoning Commission decision denying his request for high-rise zoning on the northwest corner of Broadway and Wilmot Road. The panel approved heavy business and duplex zoning for parts of the 40 acre parcel while keeping high-rise denial, citing ongoing work on a citywide high-rise ordinance. The ruling also requires drainage easements across parts of the site.
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Edward Smotkin
City Council
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Broadway
Wilmot Road
Smotkin
Commission
Robert Heineman
San Rafael Estates
Smotkin's
July 4 Target For Rights Bill
Senate Democratic Whip Hubert Humphrey said he hopes civil rights bill ready for Johnson’s signature by the Fourth of July. He predicted final passage by midweek after Senate moved to end the Southern filibuster, with Southern senators conserving time for a last push and amendments tied to labor union issues rejected.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Iam
Minnesota
Everett M. Dirksen
Souther
Humphrey
Time Out For Action On Rezoning
The City Planning and Zoning Commission approved a proposal to shorten rezoning hearings by combining sessions before the commission and City Council. Drafted by a joint subcommittee, it now goes to the mayor and council for final hearing and approval. An added change increases the appeal filing window from 30 to 60 days.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Commission
City Council
Joint Council Commission
Poes
Girl Killed Three Hurt In Highway 84 Collision
A head on crash on Highway 84 four miles west of Picacho killed 15 year old Helen R Brown of Sweetwater Texas and injured three others including her brother Donald R Brown 23 his wife Patricia 21 and Nasib Kalil 74 of 220 N Stone Ave Kalil who was alone in his car lost control crossed the divider and struck the Brown vehicle Kalil was in satisfactory condition all victims treated at Hoakeme Co operative Hospital Casa Grande The accident occurred about 540 am and pushed the year's fatality total to 235 up from 222 a year ago
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Tucson
Pjcadio
Highway Patrol
Helen R. Brown
Sweetwater
Tex
Donald R. Brown
Patricia
Nasib Kalil
N. Stone Ave
Kalil
Hoemake Co-Operative Hospital
Casa Grande
Globe man faces 10 liquor law counts in federal case
After nearly 10 hours of deliberation the jury told Judge James A. Walsh it could not reach a verdict in the case of Winston G. Watts of Globe. Watts faced eight counts of refilling liquor bottles and one count each of possessing and reusing bottles without destroying the federal tax stamp. Defense witness Dr. Quintus Fernanda questioned the government test, arguing it relied on inconclusive facts. Watts was defended by William Marsh with government for the United States by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jo Ann Diamas.
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U.S. District Court
James A. Walsh
Globe
Walsh
Winston G. Watts
Quintus Fernanda
University of Arizona
Watts
William Marsh
Asst
U.S. Atty
Jo Ann Diamas
Jury Awards 40800 For 1.9 Acres In Tucson Case
A Superior Court jury awarded Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Agron and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Agron 40800 for 1.9 acres at the NW corner of W Inn Road and the Tucson Casa Grande Highway. The land will serve the Casa Grande interchange at Ina. Appraisers for the owners valued the land at 85000, while state appraisers estimated 32900 and 35000. Judge Robert O Roylston presided.
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Tucson
W. Inn Road
Casa Grande Highway
Meyer Agron
Camino Miramonte
Austin Agron
E. Kent Place
Casa Grande
Ina
Agrons
Robert Stubbs
Lawrence Howard
Robert O. Roylston
Gun Wound Fatal To Tucsonian
Milton W. Marshall 58 of Tucson killed his son Stanley 27 then shot himself in South Gate California. Marshall and his wife argued in Tucson over gambling losses. Marshall died in a Linwood hospital the next afternoon.
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South Gate
Calif
Milton W. Marshall
Marshall
Compton
Linwood
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