20 Acres Bought For Park Site In Tucson
The city of Tucson acquired 20 acres from the federal government for Kennedy Park at Mission Road and Ajo Way. The land cost token $2.50 per acre and will connect to a 60 acre parcel along La Cholla Boulevard. It will be developed as a picnic area with trails water and native trees, bringing the park to about 200 acres.
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Tucson
Kennedy Park
Mission Road
Ajo Way
Parks and Recreation
Gene Reid
la Cholla Boulevard
Reid
Dinah Advances Toward Philippines With Strong Winds
Typhoon Dinah pressed toward the Philippines with warnings issued to tobacco provinces on Luzon. The storm reached peak winds of 140 miles per hour as authorities prepared coastal communities and inland residents for potential impact.
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Manila
UPI
Dinah
Philippines
Luzon
Talks Resume Tonight in Arizona Construction Strike
Operating engineers and general contractors in Arizona plan to resume talks in Phoenix tonight after a two week pause. Union head William A. Gray says parties may be miles apart with two year pay and subsistence increases sought for engineers, while contractors push for a four year pact with no pay rise.
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Peter Starrett
Arizona
William A. Gray
Phoenix
Operating Engineers
Tucson
Lew Davis
William Naumann
Arizona General Contractors
Davis
Naumann
Gray
Milton Graham
Graham
Horace Bounds
Southern Arizona Building and Construction Trades Council
District 1 approves two federal aid programs amid dissent
The District 1 school board approved two federal aid requests totaling about 125,333 dollars with 90 percent funded by the government. The programs aim to expand counseling and guidance at Utterback and Wakefield junior highs and to establish adult night schools to curb illiteracy, with district shares estimated at 8,770 and 16,700 dollars respectively.
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District 1
Delbert Secrist
Higher Horizon
Utterhack
Wakefield
22Nd Street
Craycroft
Kolb
Palo Verde High School
Rolting Stones Beat Group Concert Ends in Mob Scene
In Glasgow last night a performance by the Rolting Stones beat group ended chaotically. Twenty five girls fainted inside the hall while fifty boys were arrested in mob scenes outside the venue.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Rolting Stones
Kitt Peak Plans Sun Probe Flight From White Sands
Kitt Peak National Observatory will launch an Aerobee rocket from White Sands Missile Range New Mexico carrying instruments to study the sun’s corona and soft X rays around 12 miles up. The mission will use pinhole cameras and a helium stabilization system to capture 84 photos during a four to five minute flight.
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Kitt Peak National Observatory
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Earth
Lyle Broadfoot
Russell Nidey
Kit Peak Space Division
Kitt Peak
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Lockheed Missile & Space Co
Palo Alto
Two Men Force Woman Into Car On East Side
Detectives seek two men who abducted Evelyn Bengal, 34, after forcing her into a car on Palo Verde Blvd near Speedway at 9:45 p.m. They drove her around for about five hours then robbed her of $5 and dumped her near La Cholla Ave and Overton Dr at 3 a.m. She was not seriously injured.
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East Side
Evelyn $. Bengal
Bellevue St
Palo Verde Blvd
Speedway
Negro professionals rise in New York area study shows growth
A Hunter College study reports Negro professional workers in the New York metropolitan area grew 91 percent from 1950 to 1960, outpacing the 27 percent rise for all professionals. Negros rose from 3 percent to 5 percent of professionals, accounting for over half the gains in social work and nursing.
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New York
Hunter College
New York Metropolitan Area
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Klaor
Jantzen
Kleinert
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