Jury Expected To Get Death Plunge Case Today
The trial of Wilmer Walter Evans for allegedly engineering his wife Frances death to collect 100000 in insurance was headed for a jury today in Baton Rouge. Prosecutor Harold Beelar pressed a claim of six marriages and prior accidents to argue for the death penalty while Evans denied guilt amid cross examination. Evans admitted multiple marriages and insurance focus but denied placing a stick or drugging his wife, insisting she appeared normal before the fatal plunge into San Carlos Lake last November.
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Wilmer Walter Evans
County Ay
Harold Beelar
Baton Rouge
Beelar
Evans
Frances
San Carlos Lake
Boelar
Driver, 81, Quits While He's Ahead
George Spragg of Alpena Michigan returns his driver's license after 45 years of accident free driving. The 81 year old says he cannot drive as well as he should and quits before he hurts someone.
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Alpena
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George
Spragg
Alpenaiman
City considers half cent sales tax ordinance passage
City Council likely to pass a half cent sales tax by ordinance to reduce the property tax rate. The measure could take effect immediately with an emergency clause, avoiding a referendum, while public support and debate continue during the morning meeting.
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Homer
Chamber of Commerce Tax Study Committee
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Chamber of Commerce Group
Tax Study Committee
Chamber
Life at the YWCA Hotel: 83 year old bachelor holds out
Frank Reilly, an 83 year old bachelor, remains the only male guest at the YWCA Hotel in New York as eviction orders drive out the other men under 70. He plans to stay years more and has even signed a YWCA membership card.
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Reilly
YWCA
Capitol Hotel
Widow Wins Fight With U S Social Security Benefits
Margarita Garcia of Tucson, a Mexican national, wins a reversed Social Security ruling. Administrative referee Charles J. Munz Jr. now allows $78 a month benefits after the 1933 church ceremony marriage was not civilly registered due to a Mexican revolution. The ruling cites the 1943 Pima County Superior Court estate recognition and the impracticality of civil registration during turmoil.
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Mexico
United States
Charles J. Munz Jr
Social Security Administration
Margarita
Garcia
12Th Ave
Santa Ana
Sonora
Social Security Office
Suiz
Rodolfo Garcia
Vicente Alfaro
Pima County
Benjamin C. Garcia
Benjamin
Southern Pacific Railroad
Damn Yankees Film Title Change Sparks Confusion
Warner Bros. announced the film version of the Broadway musical Damn Yankees will be titled Wheat Lola Wants for overseas shows. A studio spokesman said foreign audiences may not understand that Damn Yankees refers to baseball.
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UPI
Warner Bros
Parade of Homes to sit on bigger lots next year
County Board of Adjustment District 1 approved all variances from this week’s eight cases, with warnings to Tucson Home Builders Assn. to fix violations in the East Towner Street area where this year’s Parade homes were placed. Board member Ambacher criticized substandard side and rear yard approvals. Durham won zoning approval to extend business zoning for a shopping center at Grant and Alvernon.
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Tucson Home “Builders Assn
Ambacher
C. R. Wilson
East Towner Street
Wilkson
William Merodias
Mammalogy Group To Convene At University Of Arizona
The American Society of Mammalogists holds its annual four day meeting at the University of Arizona starting Monday. About 125 to 150 members plus families are expected for sessions with professionals and enthusiasts. Dr. W. B. Davis of Texas A and M serves as president and Dr. Bryan Glass of Oklahoma State University is program chairman.
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American Society of Mam~malogists
University of Arizona
Ama
W. B. Davis
Texas A & M
Bryan Glass
Oklahoma State University
UA Zoology
Bats and Rats Talk Set for UA Auditorium Presentation
Department heads Dr. Lendell Cockrum and Dr. Joe Marshall will discuss bats and rats in a program about animals living underground. A film about subterranean creatures will be shown at 8 pm Tuesday in the Biological Sciences auditorium, with the public invited.
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Lendell Cockrum
Joe Marshall
Ua" Biological Sciences
Collision Injures Merchan Cop
A Pima merchant patrolman, Edward C. Thompson, 104 Jacinto St., is in serious condition after his patrol car collided with a sports car driven by Mrs. Genevieve P. Gagnier, 44, of 8 Octillo Vista. Thompson has a fractured hip, puncture wound in the right thigh, and multiple bruises. Gagnier sustained no injuries and was cited for failure to yield the right of way. The crash occurred at 1:50 a.m. as Thompson traveled north on Dodge and Gagnier east on 3rd Street.
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Pima Merchant
Tucson Lision
Ard St
Jacinto
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