Voters to decide Mission Park fire district plan
One hundred thirty five residents will vote Monday at Sunnyside Junior High School on forming Mission Park Fire District to serve about 3000 people in a four square mile area. The district would tax real property to fund a volunteer department, with boundaries set by Drexel road Nogales tracks San Xavier Reservation and the Santa Cruz River.
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Mission Park
South Side
Weli
Sunnyside Junior High School
W. Valencia Rd
Frances Gibbons
Mission Park District
Drexel Road
Southern Pacific
Nogales Tracks
San Xavier Indian Reservation
Santa Cruz River
Gibbons
Mission Park Area
Norman J. Liechty
Irvington Road
Board of Supervisors
North Side
Insurance rate drop delayed in Tucson annexed area
City Manager Porter W Homer says fire insurance rate reductions tied to annexation will be delayed due to possible state Supreme Court action to cancel the annexation. Annexation occurred March 26. hydrants and fire stations installed within 90 days. reductions await litigation outcome.
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Tucson
Mgr
Porter W. Homer
Arizona Fire Rating Bureau
State Supreme Court
Fire Rating Bureau
CofC Studies Tucson School Budgets For 1959 60
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce Tax Study Committee reviewed Tucson District No. 1 and Amphitheater School District budgets, set a subcommittee to attend the District No. 1 budget hearing, and noted no stand on the totals. The hearing on the $16.6 million budget is open to the public at 8 p.m. in the administration building.
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Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Tucson
Amphitheater
10Th St
Robert Addison
C of C
Tucson District No. 1
Robert Morrow
Ex-GI Admits Robbing Williams AFB Bank
John Thomas Ferriter, 27, a Hart ford Conn. native, confessed to robbing the Valley National Bank branch at Williams AFB near Chandler for 5700 dollars. He was arrested at the Naco border crossing by Cochise County deputy Jim Wilson and jailed as most of the money was recovered. Ferriter, formerly at Williams AFB in 1954, said he served in Korea and Japan and is now a civilian.
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Williams Afb
Bisbee
UPI
Hartford
Conn
Arizona
Naco
The
Valley National Bank
Ferriter
Chandler
Cochise County
Jim Wilson
Ann Bowman
Korea
Japan
New Floods Threaten Red China
Torrential inland rains in Kiangsi Province cause heavy damage while Canton faces a floodcrest threat from the Pearl River estuary. Peiping Radio reports 12 to 15 inches of rain since June 21 with 300000 acres of farmland affected and dikes strengthened to avert breaches. No casualties are listed.
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Tokyo
Red China
Canton
Peiping Radio
Yangtze River
Kiangsi
Kwangtung
Pearl River
Peiping
Sanitary District Awards Contract to Crane Co
The Pima County Sanitary District Board awarded Crane Co of Tucson a 33000 contract for 20000 feet of 10 inch asbestos cement pipe as the low bidder. The board also authorized purchase of four car loads of pipe totaling 10560 to meet current district requirements.
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Crane Co
Tucson
Pima County Sanitary District Board
Crane
Tucsonians file 100000 dollar counterclaim against firm
A Tucson couple sues the Nevada firm Vought and Cloeter Ltd for 100000 dollars in damages in Superior Court. The counterclaim seeks 40000 dollars actual and 60000 dollars punitive, adding John J. Inc of Florida as a third party. The suit stems from a prior 62500 dollar civil action over allegedly stolen mining equipment. The couple also seeks contempt against the Cloeters for violating court orders and asks to restrain disposition of property and its removal from the state.
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Tucson
Nevada
Leland C. Vought
Dorothy
Vought & Cloeter Ltd
John J. Inc
Florida
Voughts
John J
Francis Cloeter
Cloeters
Garden Variety Thief Strikes Milwaukee Florist
Milwaukee police seek a garden variety thief who stole a potted fern and four philodendron plants from a local florist. The incident is under investigation and no suspect has been named.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Fenton Given Stay of Execution
The Arizona Supreme Court stayed indefinitely the July 25 execution date of Robert Dwight Fenton, 25, condemned for the Feb 23, 1958 murder of Opal Keller Coward, Tucson druggist’s wife. His lawyers plan to appeal to the U S Supreme Court if the Pardons board fails to commute the sentence. The high court had affirmed the death penalty last week, labeling the murder brutal and depraved.
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Phoenix
State Supreme Court
Robert Dwight Fenton
High Court
Fenton
Opal Keller Coward
Tucson
Alan Hanshaw
Robert O. Lesher
U. S. Supreme Court
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Arizona High Court
Arizona Bank Assets Rise by 151 Million
Arizona state and national banks report assets up to 1.213 billion as of June 10, a gain of 151 million from the 1.062 billion total on June 23, 1958. The State Banking Department notes the year over year increase in bank assets across the state.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Banking Department
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By Alvin Bring
Scott Ave
DIAL
M.I.T.C
Mutual Investment & Trust Corp
N. Court Ave
Mutual Investment & Trust Corporation
Molly Mayfield
Superior Court
Atty
Nick Knez
Marvin L. Burton
Supreme Court
Knez
F. T. Gibbings
Don Hummel
Cofc
Chez Nous
J. Stern
E. Spdy
John Thomas Ferriter
Tucson Country Club
Catalina Mountains
Tanque Verde Road
Goa
South Stone Oe
East Broadway
Red
China
Sanitary District
Long
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Covington
B. B. Rayburn
Richard Boylston
Las Vegas
Nev
South Park
Arizona Bank
Birge
S&h
Colorcraft Paint & Wallpaper Co
E. Speedway
N. Stone
N. Swan Meats & Produce
Ddoouubellee
Oorraannggee Stamps
Bologna
Oleo
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