Urban renewal urged for Tucson central core decline
Ben Shein chair of the City Planning and Zoning Commission told Tucson Retail Trade Bureau that downtown Tucson is shrinking in activity and riskier for investors. He warned three core problems—thoroughfares parking and warehouse space—threaten downtown, and urged urban renewal to expand the city and counter satellite developments in Vail Sahuarita Marana and Avra Valley.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Shein
Tucson
Vail
Sahuarita
Marana
Avra Valley
No Long Holiday For Tucsonians
Tucson observes July 4 as a one day holiday with most offices and stores open Monday. Tuesday becomes a general holiday for essential services only. About 34 000 homes face a lost garbage pickup and waste will be collected Wednesday. regular service resumes Thursday.
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Tucson
T. O. Price
These Rey
Grasshoppers threat compounds Great Plains drought disaster
The Great Plains faces a dual crisis as grasshopper swarms spread through about a million acres in eastern Montana and large areas in Wyoming, while drought sears five states and three Canadian provinces. Firefighters battled a 5 000 acre prairie blaze near the Little Missouri River as officials consider adding 30 counties to disaster status and open soil bank grazing options to salvage crops.
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Great Plains
States
Helena
Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Williston
North Dakota
Missouri River
Ellertson
ASC
South Dakota
Weather Bureau Celebrates 70 Years In Tucson History
The article recalls the U S Weather Bureau's 70th anniversary and outlines Tucson weather history from 1866 Army readings to 1940 Tucson station. Robert F King, head since 1948, and a 15 member staff run 24 hour operations with hourly readings and local inquiries.
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Tucson
Old Placita
Robert F. King
Weather Bureau
King
Washington, D.C
National Meteorological Center
Suitland
U.S
Britain bids for hands off Kuwait appeal to Arab nations
Britain urged Middle East Arab states to join a joint warning to Iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassem to spare Kuwait. Reports from Kuwait described Kuwaiti armored cars in towns during the day and Baghdad Radio said Iraqi maneuvers would occur July 1 to 8.
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London
UPI
Britain
Kuwait
Abdul Karim Kassem
Baghdad Radio
Iraq
Harold Macmillan
Brittan
Tucson Tonight Events Open to Public
Listings show a children’s play “Robin Hood” at Playbox Theatre 504 N Fremont Ave tonight with admission fee. Tomorrow night also features events. sports calendar referenced in sports section.
P Z Hearing July 11 On Penetration Routes
City Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled a July 11 public hearing for two penetration routes Butterfield Stage and Campbell Ave. The plans aim to ease freeway to city traffic with Campbell routing from the Municipal Airport to Polo Village and Butterfield routing east from Clark Street to 36th Street. Charles Rider of the Planning Department drew the alignments and right of way needs. Adoption would move the project to City Council and then to the State Highway Department for federal aid programming.
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Butterfield
Campbell Avenue
P&z
Campbell
State Highway Department
Charles Rider
Crosstown
Freeway
Clark St
McCormick and
13Th St
Southern Pacific
12Th St
Aviation Way
Plumer Ave
36Th St
Salazar Rejects UN Call on Angola in National Address
Lisbon premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar bluntly rejected a United Nations appeal to halt fighting in Angola during a national assembly report. He criticized U.S. support for NATO and accused the West of pursuing policies aligned with the Soviet Union while maintaining sovereign rights amid African conflict.
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UPI
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
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Angola
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National Assembly
Salazar
U.N. Security Council
NATO
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Africa
Soviet Union
Turkey declares martial law to crush rebel plot
The government of Turkey clamped martial law after uncovering a plot to overthrow Gen Cemal Gursel during September elections. A martial law communiqué said counter revolutionaries planned a bloody move during the constitutional referendum and detained several members, including Ahmet Ciftei who carried a leaflet inciting violence.
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Istanbul
UPI
Turkey
Cemal Gursel
Swap Talk Denied U2 Pilot Abel Prisoner Exchange Report
Reported negotiations to swap U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Soviet spy Col. Rudolf Abel faced denial from the State Department. News service cited sources alleging a condition of asylum in a neutral country, while Powers’ father had proposed the exchange after Powers’ 1960 capture. Abel, 30-year sentence for espionage, remains in federal prison in Atlanta.
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New York
UPI
Col
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Francis Gary Powers
New York World Telegram
Scripps-Howard
Oliver W. Powers
Russia
Abel
Brooklyn
Atlanta
U S Indicts Big 4 Moving Companies
A federal grand jury indicted North America Van Lines Aero Mayflower Allied Van Lines and United Van Lines along with the Household Goods Carriers Bureau for conspiring to fix rates on household goods shipments. The case alleges Sherman Act violations and names the firms and officials. The movers report about 150 million in annual gross operating revenue, roughly half of the top 140 shippers.
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Washington
UPI
Columnist On Vacation In This Paper
Don Schellie, whose column typically appears on this page, is on vacation. His column will resume upon his return.
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Don Schellie
Udall Named to House Post Office and Public Works Panel
House Speaker Sam Rayburn assigns Rep Morris K Udall to the Post Office and Public Works Committee. The panel handles issues like the $894 million annual postal deficit and proposed rate hikes for first class and air mail.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Rep
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
House Post Office and Public Works Committee
Motorola Profit on Army Contract Draws Senate Critique
Senator John J. Williams charged Motorola Inc of Phoenix with 58 percent profit on Army communications equipment contracts totaling 1.46 million dollars. He said the controller general found the excess was refunded, but officials noted no military concern over high profits.
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Motorola, Inc
Phoenix
Williams
Motorola
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