City Court Holds Its First Jury Trial In DUI Case
City Court conducted its first jury trial amid plans for a regular schedule of four juries weekly. Michael Feeney, 27, owner of La Jolla tavern, faced a drunken driving charge after a Jan. 23 incident on Oracle Road. The panel of four men and two women heard three hours of testimony with final arguments pending. Officials warned of possible backlog and noted weekly jury costs around 250 dollars plus overtime for off duty police.
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Arizona Supreme Court
Shels) Perman Agyucomn
Michael Feeney
E. 26Th St
la Jolla
S. 6Th Ave
Feeney
N. Oracle Road
W. Prince Road
Frank Ellig
Norman Fenton
Paper Bag Full Of Savings Bonds Worth 100000
New York man Donald McComiskey Jr finds a paper bag containing savings bonds totaling 100000 dollars. The bonds, made out to Harry Lieberwitz of Great Neck, were stolen in a December robbery but proved nonnegotiable and safe.
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New York
Donald McComiskey Jr
Donald
McComiskey
Harry Lieberwitz
Great Neck
Lieberwitz
Sabino-Cloud Road rezoning delayed by Board action
The Board of Supervisors postponed action on a 22 acre Sabino Canyon and Cloud roads site rezoning to March 22. KTZ Corp seeks about 220 condominiums with costs of 20 000 to 30 000 each while transitional zoning would allow six units per acre. The county planning commission recommended denial shifting from suburban ranch to transitional.
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Sabino Canyon
Cloud Roads
Board of Supervisors
KTZ Corp
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Saul Tobin
KTZ
Sabine Canyon Road
Thomas Jay
Dennis Weaver
Weaver
Florence Highway
Catalina
Benson Hwy.Kolb Road
Homestead
Anaconda Co
Camacho pleads guilty in Valley National Bank robbery
Robert Camacho 38 of Nogales admits guilt in U.S. District Court for robbing a Valley National Bank branch last October. He stole 4272 dollars, was wounded and captured, and faces sentencing and possible trials for three other bank robberies in which a bank employee William Clore Jr. disappeared after pursuing the bandit.
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Phoenix
UPI
Robert Camacho
Nogales
U.S
Valley National Bank
Camacho
Pima County
William Clore Jr
Clore
Eye testing program eyed to aid poverty war effort
The Southern Arizona Optometric Society studies eye testing for children in Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise Counties as part of anti poverty programs. Several youngsters from private schools have already been screened and more screenings are planned.
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Southern Arizona Optometric Society
Pima
Santa Cruz
Cochise
Mexican Sites In Fatal Traffic Wreck
Natividad Ramirez, a 34 year old Mexican national, seeks 95000 in federal court damages. He claims injuries from a Feb 17 crash on Arivaca Road south of Tucson involving a car driven by his cousin Alejandro Ramirez and a truck driven by Robert Scott of Columbia Redi Mix Co. Alejandro Ramirez was killed in the collision and the suit names Scott and the company estate of Alejandro Ramirez.
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Tucson
Natividad Ramirez
Robert 5. Scott
Columbia Redi- Mix Co
Alejandro Ramirez
Richard Grand
Ramirez
Alejandro
Arivaca Road
Scott
Columbia
Duncan Files Action In Court
A motion to quash two perjury charges against John A. Duncan state liquor chief was filed in Superior Court. Attorney Michael Lacagnina cites eight grounds including an ineligible grand juror, no quorum, incomplete testimony, and alleged prejudicial questions. Judge Roylston weighs inspecting grand jury minutes in Harold Cook case as Cook seeks a bill of particulars. Duncan faces trial March 4. Cook on May 24 for conspiracy and bribery. Bowling faces June 7 alongside Cook on the same charges.
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Pima County Grand Jury
John A. Duncan
Duncan
Michael Lacagnina
Norman E. Green
Green
Grand Jury
Superior Court
Robert C.”Roylston
Harold Cook
Cook
Lawrence’ D’antonio
Roylston
Sandy
Bowling
D-Pima
APPA backs Bridge and Marble Canyon dams in Grand Canyon
Washington reports Alex Radin APPA general manager says combined 2 million kilowatts from Bridge and Marble Canyon dams would meet rising peaking power demand in the Lower Colorado River Basin over 15 years and boost local and national economies despite conservation group opposition. He notes 99 percent of the Grand Canyon National Park would remain unchanged and 500000 visitors yearly could access the remaining 1 percent by boat.
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American Public Power Association
Bridge
Marble ‘Canyon
Grand Canyon
Alex Radin
APPA
Colorado River
Radin
Marble Canyon
Bridge Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
GOP Leader Attacks Goddard Plan For Pima County Districts
Pima County Republican chairman Oliver Pierce accuses Gov. Sam Goddard of breaching his oath and attempting to purge his own party in a proposed Pima County legislative reapportionment plan. Pierce notes district deviations up to 14 percent with three Democratic, three Republican, and one swing district in a contested scheme amid federal court involvement. The dispute centers on which plan will be implemented as the court decides.
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Sam Goddard
Pima County
Oliver Pierce
Pierce
Goddard
Arizona
Gary Peter Klahr
Pima
Apartheid Defended by South Africa Official at Club Talk
Willem le Roux, information adviser for South Africa's U.N. mission, said separate development benefits the country and that South Africans accept it. He contrasted it with U.S. methods and cited Transkei leaders as proof of broad support for the policy.
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Union of South Africa
United Nations
Palo Verde Optimist Club
Africa
Willem le Roux
South Africa
United States
le Roux
Club
Tnn
Transkei
Passed nuclear secrets case ends as charges dismissed
George John Gessner once sentenced to life for passing restricted nuclear weapons data to the Russians is freed after the government dismisses charges. U.S. District Attorney Newell A. George told a three judge panel that without the involuntary confession there is insufficient evidence for a new trial. Gessner, 29, of Melbourne Florida, would be released today or tomorrow after the June 9 1964 conviction.
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Kansas City
Kan
George John Gessner
Newell A. George
U.S
Kansas
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gessner
George
Mexico
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Melbourne
Fla
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