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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1959
Page
5
In Karachi President Mohammed Ayub Khan sacks 84 senior government officials including secretaries, commissioners and police officers for alleged misconduct and corruption. The purge targets a wide range of high ranking officials across government departments.
Several high ranking officials were dismissed or reduced in rank including Abu Talib Nagi former interior secretary Abba Khalili commerce secretary Zafrul Hasan former PIA general manager and S N Baker former director general of civil aviation.
The Sons of Italy in America launches a nationwide drive to limit the word Mafia in press, TV, radio, and film. OSIA cites stigma of Italian-origin citizens and pledges education and action, warning of corrective steps if Mafia is used as a catchphrase or headlines.
Local No. 570 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers elected officers and board members on Saturday. Harvey Helm was named president for the next two years, with Herman E. Page as vice president and Bliss M. Price as recording secretary. William A. West became financial secretary and business agent, Horace Bounds treasurer, and Lexie P. Cole, Glenn H. Eastman, Dan Garrison, Wendell Walker, and John F. Walworth joined the executive board. The examining board includes Frank Aros, James Ball, John Baumer, Robert Conklin and T. R. Kneiser.
Lonnie Rolling 46 receives two six to seven year concurrent sentences from Judge Lee Garrett for two robbery counts. He admitted five holdups during April 6 to 18 with accomplices James Jackson 20 and David King 23. King already serves 8 to 10 years. Jackson to be sentenced July 8.
Gov Paul Fannin invited union and management leaders to meet at the State Capitol to resolve a statewide construction industry shutdown caused by a strike between the Operating Engineers union and Arizona contractors. He said many people suffer and urged negotiators to act for the public good and timely school construction.
Matt J. Batka of Tucson was installed as the 14th president of the Arizona Association of Realtors at a Prescott banquet attended by about 200 members. Walter Pocock of Phoenix yielded the presidency as James Trees Sr. and H. S. Morse were named first and second vice presidents with Nick M. Butera of Tucson installing.
Thefts of three shotguns and five rifles valued at 778 dollars from Myrl's Service Station threaten widow Loretta Shrank who runs the General Petroleum outlet in Tucson with seven children. She fears burglars target her stock again after a similar break in last year and contemplates restocking decisions. The crime occurred at 1847 East Speedway with a small window entry noted by Shrank.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon had breakfast today with former President Herbert Hoover in Hoover's Waldorf Towers suite. An aide said it was a personal visit with no disclosure of topics. Nixon also planned a chat with Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the same hotel.
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