County highway budget trims to fit 10 percent cap
The 1964-65 County Highway Department plan totals 2,279,000 for operations up 104,000 from last year while public works falls 500,000 to 1,977,000. Overall requests may exceed 9,000,000, with flood control 407,700 and roads and bridges 685,000. Parks requests include 26,000 for Forest Service cooperation and 7,000 for Colossal Cave parking expansion. the county engineer salary remains unsettled as Walter Burg leaves at 18,000.
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Ft. Lowell Park
Pantano Park
Tucson Mountain Park
Ajo
Colossal Cave
Marana
U.S. Forest Service
Board of Supervisors
Walter Burg
Two Navy Planes Collide Off Catalina Island
Off Catalina Island two S2F Navy anti submarine planes collided in flight. At least five men feared killed as wreckage from one craft with three aboard was sighted and a second crew still missing. One parachutist died on arrival at Avalon Hospital. Coast Guard Navy and sheriff's office led searches though sea rescue ended after an hour.
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Avalon
Calif
UPI
Catalina Island
Naval Air Station
Los Alamitos
Avalon Hospital
Roger Frost
Hypnautic
Long Point
Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Navy
Two Water Certificates Are Okayed by Arizona Commission
The Arizona Corporation Commission granted two water service certificates to Tucson firms. Metropolitan Water Co. receives a certificate to serve 6214 acres west of Oracle Road and Roller Coaster Road, with 1714 acres deleted after opposition by Kenneth Kamrath of KKK Building Corp. Catalina Foothills Estates wins approval for areas around Prince Road Tucson Blvd and 1st Ave River Road. The commission also transfers part of Farmers Water Co. certificate to Tucson Green Valley Development Co. The transfer area runs along the Santa Cruz River in Tucson Green Valley.
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Tucson
Arizona Corporation Commission
Metropolitan Water Co
Oracle Road
Roller Coaster Road
Kenneth Kamrath
KKK Building Corp
Kamrath
Catalina Foothills Estates
Prince Road
Tucson Blvd
1St Ave
River Road
Farmers Water Co
Tucson Green Valley Development Co
Santa Cruz River
Tucson Green Valley
Insurance Campus Hearing Set By County Panel
The County Planning and Zoning Commission agreed to schedule a public hearing next month on a re zoning request for an insurance campus in the Catalina foothills. W J Holliday Jr. seeks to relocate the insurance headquarters of an eastern firm north of Inn Road east of Campbell Avenue extended. The commission also weighed Lloyd Golder Jr.’s Tanque Verde Catalina Highway RVC request, recommending 124 acres be granted with a required development plan, and deferred action on special industrial zones for smoke odor or noise until growth planning advances.
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County Planning and Zoning Commission
Catalina Foothills
W. J. Holliday Jr
Inn Road
Campbell Avenue
RVC
Lloyd Golder Jr
Tanque Verde-Catalina Highway
Board of Supervisors
Youth burglar gets 2 to 3 year term in state prison
John T. Morris 18 of 935 N Alder Ave received a 2 to 3 year state prison sentence from Superior Court Judge Lee Garrett after a burglary on June 19 at E Corral Market 902 N Main Ave. He had been on three years probation for attempting to pass a forged check since June 2.
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John T. Morris
N. Alder Ave
Superior Court
Lee Garrett
Garrett
Morrris
Morris
E Corral Market
N. Main Ave
Equipment Fails In X-15 Flight
Edwards Air Force Base Calif UPI reports all guidance equipment failed seconds after air launch by a B52 mother ship forcing test pilot Jack McKay to alter his flight plan. Despite the instrumentation loss McKay completed the mission safely but reached only 98 000 feet and 3375 mph instead of the planned 180 000 feet and 3550 mph. McKay was previously injured in November 1962 when the X15 crashed on an emergency landing.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
UPN
Jack McKay
McKay
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Racket Bilks Major Firms of $100 Million
New York reports indictments in Brooklyn Federal Court reveal a nationwide coupon refund racket draining about 100 million dollars from firms such as General Foods Colgate Palmolive Lipton Campbell and Gerber over five years. Eight men face 51 counts of conspiracy and fraud for stealing unredeemed or counterfeit coupons. mastermind Harvey Sklaver among those named, with arrests in other regions and multiple dealers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
General Foods Corp
Colgate-Palmolive
Lipton’s Tea
Borden's Milk
Gerber’s Food’ Products
Campbell's Soup Co. l
Brooklyn
Matthew T. Abruzzo
U.S
Asst
Bult Palmer
Walter Palmer
Palmer
Palmmer
Joseph P. Hoey
Federal District
Hoey
Harvey Sklaver
Valley Stream
N.Y
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Insurance
Sam
Tucson Fertilizer Co
Fairview
Cow Shops
Country Club
APTS
Palo Verde Apartments
N. Country Club
Sklaver
Red) Weinstein
Frank Montalto
Francis Carlo
Maplewood
N.J
Chiam Schlafrig
New York City
Louis Cohen
Hillside
Sol Neufeld
Sody Urman
Wayne
Pima County Fairgrounds
Nogales Highway
Hacker
the Hill & Hill Distillery CO
Louisville, KY
Kentucky
National Life
John A. Bellows, Jr
CLA
Northwestern Mutual
Randall W. Ewing
College
Kenneth CG. Fitch
Jack J. Kleine
New York Life
John R. Stille
Vermont
Carlos G. Touche
Southern Arizona Bank
Eral Deposit Insurance Corp
Oratio
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