Wessler Sees Okay For Capitol Wings Plan
Rep. Alvin H. Wessler reports broad legislative support for a compromise to expand the Arizona Capitol with two detached wings. The plan, totaling four stories per wing and paired with a $500,000 remodeling, would require bids after approval, with no start before the next session in January. The fund holds about $5.44 million, with $2.5 million set for the Planning and Building Commission.
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Alvin H. Wessler
Pima
Tucson
Planning and Building Commission
Wessler
P&b Commission
RFC Ends as Last Day of Government Lending Arrives
Washington notes the Reconstruction Finance Corp ends its 1932 charter today with Sunday midnight official end. RFC, begun by Hoover on January 22 1932 with 500 million dollars and borrowing authority of 1.5 billion, funded major projects and banks, including a 111 million loan to Kaiser Steel and a 280 million loan for Colorado River aqueduct.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Herbert Hoover
Congress
San Manuel
Jesse Jones
Texas
Kaiser Steel Co
Fontana
Calif
Colorado River
Los Angeles
Prison Farm Mule Loses Job In Automation Move
Old Jack the mule at the New Mexico State Prison farm lost his task due to automation. State comptroller Ed Hartman first tried the game department, then sold Jack to Bill Kahn of Albuquerque. Hartman notes the mascot era is ending for political reasons.
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Santa FE
N. M
Jack
New Mexico State
Ed Hartman
Hartman
Bill Kahn
Albuquerque
Stolen Huff Silver Found In Desert
A cardboard carton of Huff family silverware taken from Freelin and Louise Huff's home after they were shot June 14 was found in the desert near Marana. Sheriff officials report an informer led to the discovery while a suspect remains under consideration for the burglary. Paul Richard Whalen, 29, faces trial for the double murder.
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Freelin Huff
Marana
Ed Hendricks
Ladd Payne
Huff
Arthur Grande
Freelin
Louise Huff
Paul Richard Whalen
Hendricks
Grande
Huffs
Soil Bank Money Agreement Reached on 1957 Payments
A Senate House Conference Committee reached a compromise agriculture bill approving about 500 million dollars for acreage reserve payments next year. The plan leaves the soil bank program intact with 325 million for conservation reserve payments and a top payment limit of 3,000 dollars to any one farmer. The full House vote is expected after the July Fourth recess.
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Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Jones Is Getting Old
COALGATE Oklahoma H S Jones 93 says he is getting old after a fall that broke his hip and sent him to the hospital. He notes it is his first time as a hospital patient though he has had every limb of his body broken from one to three times.
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Coalgate
Okla
H. S. Jones
Pima Budget Moves Toward Adoption Monday
The tentative county budget of 6.6 million dollars passes through revisions by the Board of Supervisors with general fund 3.99 million and highway 1.52 million allocated. Sheriff Clark notes the sheriff’s budget at 561 thousand plus 36.9 thousand for the dog pound, while Raul Castro’s request for a second special investigator was denied.
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Board of Supervisors
Sheriff's Department
James A. Clark
Pima County
Merritt J. Schwan
Clark
Raul Castro
County General Fund
Public Works Department
Lawyers For Williams To Appeal Two Rulings
Lawyers for murder defendant Leroy Williams filed notice of appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court challenging two Superior Court rulings. Williams, 25, is held without bond on first degree murder charges after a trial for second degree murder and a new preliminary hearing was ordered. The defense seeks a directed verdict of acquittal and argues double jeopardy, with a habeas corpus petition perhaps planned. Williams is accused of shooting 37 year old Willie Mae Davis at her home on April 18.
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Leroy Williams
Arizona Supreme Court
Wheke
Williams
Justice Court
Attys
Lawrence Ollason
Alfred C. Marquez
Hp Ete
Denver School Class Adopts Cargo Vessel
Fifth graders at Anna Laura Force School adopt the SS Jean Sykes a cargo ship touring Central and South American ports. They correspond with Capt. O L Brown and crew members and track the vessel with pins and colored yarn on a map.
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Denver
Anna Laura Force School
Jean Sykes
Central
South America
O. L. Brown
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O. Ft. Lowell
Eugene Meyer
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Washington Post Co
S. Silverberg & Sons
East Congress
Jones Is
Castro
Charles Coates
Gmac Financing
O'Rielly
Chevrolet Service Department
6Th Avenue
C.F.M
Arizona Mantenance
Miracle Cooler
N. Oracle
Cash & Carry
Ss Tucson
Smith & Waldman
Waldmoir
Via
N. Campbell
Tucson Appliance Merchandisers Assn
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