Employment Dips In Tucson Area
In mid May the Tucson-Pima County area saw a decline in employment for the first time in four months with 62,900 people employed, down 300 from April. officials attributed the drop to seasonal hotel and service needs marking the end of the tourist season. Non farm state employment totaled 298,000, down slightly from April but up 20,300 from last year. Average weekly wages for most workers rose modestly from April.
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Tucson
Pima County
Bruce Parkinson
Arizona Employment Commission
Phoenix
Tucson-Pima County
State Office
New Tucson Telephone Books Ready With CYpress Prefix
8065 additional listings appear in new Tucson phone books to be distributed starting Monday or Tuesday. The CYpress 7 prefix will be active at midnight June 26, with directories in use the following day. 85 336 subscribers will receive home deliveries. old directories won’t be collected.
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Cypress
Tucson
Cypress Exchange
J. R. Albright
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Albright
Telephone Company
Arizona State Employment Service
Two Truck Firm Heads Beck Indicted
New York state and federal officials charged former Teamsters president Dave Beck with accepting 200000 from two trucking firm presidents Roy Fruehauf of Fruehauf Trailer Co and Burge Seymour of Associated Transport both indicted for their roles. The money allegedly passed on June 21 1954 with pleas set for June 24. Possible penalties include 10000 fines and one year in prison for each defendant and 10000 fines for each company. Beck already faces prior sentences including a five year term and a 60000 dollar fine for tax evasion.
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New York
Teamster Union
Dave Beck
Roy Fruehauf
Birmingham, Mich
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Detroit
Burge Seymour
Litchfield County
Conn
Associated Transport, Inc
Beck
Teamsters Union
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Union Car Sale Leads to Double Sentences on Appeal
The case centers on a union owned automobile sale with a defendant sentenced to 15 years, both sentences now on appeal. Seymour, linked to trucking firm leadership that funded the money to Beck, disclaims knowledge and claims he only learned of the affair moments ago.
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Seymour
Beck
Power Co Sets 24 Hour Output Record in Tucson
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Co. reported its highest 24 hour kilowatt output at 3,234,000 kWh, up 25.5 percent from the year prior. President J. Luther Davis cited hotter weather and more AC use as the cause, noting 60,284 residential customers and a Tucson area population of 234,125 per the utility’s formula.
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Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
J. Luther Davis
Tucson Gas
Tucson
Mrs. Effie Scott, Ex-Citizen Society Editor, Dies
Mrs Effie Leese Scott former Tucson Daily Citizen society editor died in a Nebraska hospital on June 6 at about age 80. A Nebraska native she edited Tucson society pages and led local National League of American Penwomen chapter. She later served as social director at Cornhusker Hotel Lincoln until 1948 and belonged to several national clubs. She is survived by a son and sister. husband preceded her in death. Funeral services were at First Presbyterian Church Lincoln with Wyuka Cemetery burial.
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Effie Leese Scott
Tucson Daily Citizen
Nebraska
National Writers Assn
International Hotelwomen’s Executive Assn
Scott
Tucson
Lincoln
William Adrian Scott
Clara Leese Raber
Berkeley
Calif
First Presbyterian Church
Wyuka
Driver faces hearing in death car collision
A 22 year old Tucson man Humberto Francisco Justiniani charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Feb 12 crash at East 22nd street crossing. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Clark H. Johnson and released on a 500 dollar bond. A passenger Anthony J. Barchi of Davis-Monthan AFB died in the crash. A preliminary hearing is set for July 23.
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Humberto Francisco Justiniani
E. Adams St
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Justiniani
East 22Nd Street
Anthony J. Barchi
803Rd Combat Support Group
Davis-Monthan Afb
City Officials Named in $75,000 Injury Suit
The City of Tucson and two recreation and parks department heads face a $75,000 personal injury claim filed by Mary Garcia. Her son Daniel, 8, was injured December 17 at Oury Park when a wooden gate broke as he swung on it. He suffered a broken leg and other injuries requiring a month hospitalized.
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Tucson
Oury Park
Mary Garcia
Anita Ave
Daniel
Loveless Gardner
Gene Reid
John
West St. Mary’s Road
Church Behind In Rent Delinquent Tenant Named in Arizona
Wade Church, former occupant of the Arizona Savings and Loan Assn building, is in arrears on rent totaling 3595.36 dollars since January 19. V F Kanan, president of the association, says offices were closed and offices moved without settlement and hopes for collection through receiver ship and State Banking Superintendent David Saunders.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona Savings and Loan Assn
General Wade
V. F. Kanan
Church
Kanan
David Saunders
Wade Church
John Harlow Presents Gardening Tips in Around Your Home
John Harlow writes the Saturday gardening column for the Citizen in the Around Your Home section. The feature covers practical plant care, seasonal tasks, and home garden ideas for readers seeking practical advice.
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John Harlow
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Wilmot
Power Co
Citizen Society
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