Council Expands Parking Meter Area and City Measures
The Tucson city council extended the parking meter area to Driscoll and Mesilla streets after a long session with 75 attendees. They made 50 items progress including traffic shifts on Scott Street, set July 16 hearing for Jefferson Park assessments, and approved a city manager recruitment push while adopting cost of living increases for staff.
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Driscoll Street
Alameda
Pennington
Mesilla Street
Court
San Agustin
Scott
Congress
Pennington Streets
Jefferson Park
Friends of Arizona Libraries
Streets and Sewers Committee
Cactus Cleaners
Tucson
Board of Examiners and Appeals
League of Women Voters
E. T. Houston
Tucson Fine Arts Association
Merle Moore & Co
Harry A. Sellers
Board of Adjustment
William Codd
Dennis Weaver
Board of Health
Labor Plea to Overrule Board Delays New Safeway Store
Organized labor and Safeway management urged Tucson leaders to overturn the board of adjustment and allow construction at East Broadway and South Norris. City Atty. Elliott said the mayor and council cannot overrule the board. A July 18 tentative meeting date was discussed, though a quorum may be absent.
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Board of Adjustment
Safeway Stores, Inc
East Broadway
South
Norris Avenue
T. J. Elliott
Guy Bodenhorn
Phoenix
Safeway
Tucson Central Trades Council
Herman Berlowe
Trades Council
Council
Elia Mosesso
Retail Clerks Union
American Airlines Names Sales Manager Tucson
Trevor Cushman of New Haven Connecticut is named sales manager for American Airlines in Tucson. He succeeds Ralph Radcliffe who becomes Arizona state sales manager based in Phoenix. Cushman joined American 11 years ago after Yale graduation and will travel to the city with his wife and three children.
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Trevor Cushman
New Haven
Eight-Ounce Girl Born Prematurely in Miami
An eight-ounce girl born four months early survived into the day in an incubator at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Mrs. Ruby Ivey delivered the infant unexpectedly in Dr. Alfred Nadler’s office yesterday, the baby measuring nine and a quarter inches from head to toe.
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Miami
Fla
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Ruby Ivey
Alfred Nadler
City Purchases Report Highlights 100000 Expenditure Plan
City purchasing committee presented a lengthy report proposing more than 100000 in immediate spending. Contested items included legal advertising bids from Arizona Daily Cenanam and Daily Reporter, with supporters arguing savings of about two thousand dollars. The council approved water department purchases and contract awards for vehicles, sewer work, taxiway resurfacing, and a rescue truck funded by the oil industry and racing association.
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Arizona
Cenanam Fee Lid
Dalton
Sprunt
Daily Reporter
Water Department
Tucson
W. J. Ellison
Tucson Oil Information Committee
Fire Department
City Fire Department
Tucson Auto Racing Association
Horses Face Ouster Threat Over City Zoning Meeting Action
At a city meeting the mayor and council debated restricting horses in R-1 districts with two items continued and two denied. Neighbors urged removal of two Monte horses amid odor and fly complaints, while planning commission proposed an ordinance banning horses in all residential zones. Hearings were postponed to July 16 on these and other zoning changes including R-2 to R-3 multifamily and R-2 to R-1 business area requests.
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C. D. Monte
E. Waverly St
George Stanley
E. Seneca St
City Planning and Zoning Commission
North First Avenue
East Third Street
Planning and
South Park
East 22Nd Street
Campbell Avenue
East Seventh Street
County Budget Requests Exceed Legal Spending Cap
The county board faces requests totaling over 1.8 million dollars for 1951-52, above the 1.572 million dollar limit. Major requests include the hospital at 800,960, sheriff 328,004, assessor 135,890, with within-limit asks from the school superintendent and treasurer. The board will trim excess from departments to fit the 1951-52 increase, with salary raises prioritized. The first formal budget action is set for July 16.
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County Board of Supervisors
Tucson Justices of Peace
Ajo Justice of Peace
Health Department
Superior Courts
Sunshine Climate Club
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Ajo Chamber of Commerce
Tentative budget public hearing set for next year
County officials expect a public hearing on the tentative budget to authorize additional spending in growing departments. They note growth surpasses the 10 percent legal limit and say the only remedy is a new authorization. Previously the county often sought the state tax commission to exceed its budget, and this year was granted a rough $500,000 excess.
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State Tax Commission
Safford Mother Charged in Fatal Child Beating
Esther Garcia age 19 of Safford has been charged with manslaughter after admitting to beating her 2 year old daughter Gloria. The child died in a local hospital yesterday. County juvenile officer Leland Branch reported the admission.
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Safford
Esther Garcia
Gloria
Leland Branch
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Reggie Russell
K. Hammond
Pima Merchant Patrol
E. 13Th St
Isabell Wright
American Airlines
Steinfolas
Haduen Oller
City Purchasing Committee
George Dalton
The
D. V. Sprunt
City Central Republican Committee
Monte Mansfield Motors
O’rielly Motor Co
E. P. Hunziker Construction Co
San Xavier Rock & Sand Co
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Verna & Yocum
Dial
East Third
Tax Commission
Lee Hats
Bostonian
Ackley Optician
PIAL
E. Jackson
Mear
Seattle
Victoria
Vancouver
Lake Louise
BANFF
Great Lakes
Toronto
Montreal
Cass
Puget Sound
Canadian Pacific
West Sixth St
Los Angeles
Michigan
Kroehler
Coffen
Mitocaxy ‘Jr. & Mrs
Famous Mills
E. Broadway
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