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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
2
City officials say nearly half of 1965 arrests and a quarter of all local juveniles come from a five square mile zone around downtown. The area, 8.6 percent of the city, shows high rates of poverty, dilapidated housing, and uninsured services prompting a federally aided Model City proposal with an application due in three weeks.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller did not rule out entering the Oregon primary on May 28 while signaling no present plan to run. He said he would study a possible draft and kept his name off other primaries. The remarks came at a news conference after the Delaware River Basin Commission meeting with Udall, Shafter, and Hughes present.
1st Lt. Bruce D. Grossetta of Tucson received the Distinguished Flying Cross for escorting two unarmed reconnaissance planes over Hanoi. His F4D Phantom was hit but returned to base. another F4D was shot down. Grossetta, 71 combat missions, flies with the 435 Tactical Fighter Squadron from Ubon Thailand. He is the son of Col. (ret.) Grossetta and lives at 1777 N Norton Ave. He is a Catalina High School and Air Force Academy graduate, married to Gail Price.
The City of Tucson will receive a $122,300 HUD grant to fund about 2 miles of storm sewer in West Side Menlo Park, enabling at least $300,000 in additional federally aided work. Total project cost is $282,000 with $160,000 city funds. Mayor Corbett credited Edward Berger for securing approval.
A 21 year old Tucson cadet Paul Spears at the Air Force Academy was found innocent by a court martial of robbery larceny and forgery but faces aggravated robbery charges in Colorado Springs District Court. A Sanity verdict was directed as Speas has been an inpatient at Fitzsimons General Hospital near Denver.
A $100,000 damage suit filed by former secretary Kathleen Lowell against Kennecott Copper Corp. was dismissed in Superior Court after an out-of-court settlement. Lowell claimed she was wrongly accused of misconduct and blocked from finding new work after being fired in July 1963. The suit had been filed in August 1965.
William Browning, president of the Pima County Bar Association, will address the Pantano Republican Women at 8 p.m. Monday. His topic Appointment Versus Election of Judges will be presented at the Fireside Inn, 330 S. Wilmot. The session is open to the public.
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