Pima County Fair Entries Near Close Deadlines Approaching
County officials urge quick entry submissions with March 15 deadline for most divisions and March 23 opening by Gov. Garvey. The event features new free entertainment, a Valley of the Moon Bunny land theater, a parade, performances, and national events in pigeon rabbit and poultry shows.
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Pima County
Norman B. Cobb
Fair Commission
Agriculture and Horticulture Department
Dan E. Garvey
Cobb
Pima County Sheriff's Posse
2348Th Air Force Reserve Training Center
George Legler
Tucson
Fred Chandler
Clay Lockett
Frank C. Davies
Orange
Calif
John W. Wells
Phoenix
Don Donathan
Amarillo
Tex
W. F. Fetterly
Ed Thrasher
Los Angeles
J. W. McSweeney
James R. Whiting
Pima County Fair Commission
Bridge Match and March Events Planned by Tucson Club
The Tucson Winter Visitors club will host a one night bridge tournament on Thursday March 17 with reservations due March 16. Other March events include trips to Ajo and Chiricahua, a Desert Willow ranch bridge party on March 26, and a three day Las Vegas excursion in early April. Reservations deadlines and contact details are provided by club director Mrs Thelma McQuade.
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Tucson
Thelma McQuade
Ajo
Desert Willow Ranch
Papago Indian
Chiricahua Mountains
Las Vegas
Parking Ban Sought on Washington Street by Resident
Mrs. Cabot Sedgwick of 135 Washington Street asked the city council to ban parking on one side of her narrow street. She said current rules allow parking on both sides, making passage of two vehicles almost impossible.
Legislator Describes Tightening A Loose Sanitarium Bill
Phoenix March 5. Rep Lewis R Burch jokes about sharpening a bill to create a board of examiners for state sanitariums. He narrates how peers Webster Fox Dryden Wallace Martin Perry Ling all tightened it until it became the tightest bill. The house passes it do pass though duties and funding remain unspecified.
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Phoenix
Mar
House of Representatives
Lewis R. Burch
Burch
Webster
Rep. Fox
Rep. Dryden
House
Rep
Wallace
Rep. Martin
Prescott
Perry Ling
Appropriations Committee
Pima To Study Complaints On Streets Here
The Pima county board of supervisors will meet at 10 a.m. Monday to review liquor license applications and street condition complaints. Six liquor requests are listed, plus a person to person transfer. A petition asks school zone signs for a kindergarten on Olsen Ave and a proposed street name change east of Craycroft. Dusty Swan road conditions between Broadway and Speedway are also on the agenda. A 2:30 p.m. hearing covers Vista Hermosa improvement district work.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
Richard E. Kolb
S. Olsen Ave
Fire at Earl's Cafe Blamed on Refrigerator Motor
A fire Friday night at the rear of Earl's cafe at 538 North Stone Avenue was caused by a short circuit in an electric refrigerator motor. The blaze was extinguished by the fire department. Damage was estimated at 100 dollars.
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Earl's Cafe
Stone ,Ave
Winterhaven Office Opens Near Fort Lowell Roads
Winterhaven sub division owner William Fraesdorf Jr announces a new office at 2749 E. Ft. Lowell Rd to show properties while curbs hydrants and savings are completed. The 90 acre tract will host 271 homesites with services funded by resident cost assessments.
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The
Canyon State Land Co
Winterhaven
Country Club
Ft. Lowell Roads
Ft. Lowell Rd
William Fraesdorf Jr
Fraesdorf Winterhaven
Keeling School Opens New Elementary Units
Two new building units at Keeling elementary school accommodate 350 students in grades one through four. A bronze plaque honors Mrs Helen B Keeling for 16 years as administrator of Amphitheater schools. W R Dubois and others named on the plaque attended the dedication.
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Keeling
Helen B. Keeling
W. R. DuBois
Christina Bloom
Arthur Softley
Emerson C. Sholer
Paul E. Guitteau
du Bois
Berta Shires
Keeling School
E. Indio St
Burglary at Phi Delta Theta Loose Change Missing
Police report a prowler entered the Phi Delta Theta house at 1539 E Speedway by removing a window screen and rifling sleeping students pockets. Nine students were short 164.50 overall after the burglary, which was reported Friday.
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University OF Arizona
Phi Delta Theta
E. Speedway
Chemical Society Plans Apr Visit to Apache Powder Plant
Student affiliates of the American Chemical Society met Friday to hear Prof H D Rhodes of the University of Arizona discuss employment prospects for chemists. They scheduled a trip to Apache Powder works near Benson on Apr 2 with a plant tour by the technical superintendent. Roy Keller of Tucson is student president.
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American Chemical Society
H. D. Rhodes
University of Arizona Chemistry Department
Apache Powder Works
Benson
Roy Keller
Tucson
Mitchum Friend Free On Second Dope Count
Robin G. Ford, 32, real estate man, is cleared of marijuana possession after a judge doubts a man would carry a marijuana cigarette in his hip pocket. He had been convicted with actor Robert Mitchum on another dope charge and was exonerated of carrying a reefer last Jan. 26. The judge noted the improbability of such a pocket placement as Ford awaited sentencing.
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Los Angeles
Robin G. Ford
Robert, Mitchum
Ford
Mitchum
Clement D. Nye
Guard Seeks Land In Park For Armory
The Arizona National Guard proposed to swap Tucson’s downtown armory for 10 acres in Randolph Park. Col Fred R Stofft said a new $500000 armory would be built on the site for the four Tucson guard companies. Federal funds worth $60000 are available but must be used soon. General A M Tuthill authorized the transfer of property.
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Arizona National Guard
Tucson
Randolph Park
Fred R. Stofft
158Th Infantry
National Guard
Willcox Contractor Arraigned on Theft of Cement
Victor C. Shaver, a Willcox contractor, was arraigned before U S Commissioner Thomas H McKay on charges of receiving stolen government property from December 11 and 22 1948. The case involves 150 sacks of cement on December 11 and 300 sacks on December 22. A preliminary hearing was set for 1:30 p m March 9, and Shaver remains in Pima county jail under a $1000 bond.
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Victor C. Shaver
Willcox
U. S
Thomas H. McKay
Shaver
Pima County
Break-in at Joe's Liquor Store Stolen Bottles From Window
Police report a break in at Joe's Liquor Store, 114 S and S Meyer Street, Saturday morning. Several bottles were stolen after the front window was broken. Proprietor Joe Hassey, residing at 450 North Granada Avenue, was notified but could not specify the loss.
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Joe's Liquor
S&s. Meyer St
Joe Hassey
Granada Ave
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