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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1968
Page
1
North Vietnamese forces driving a tank column into South Vietnam ambushed a U S Air Cavalry unit 20 miles west of Hue. The clash left American troops with moderate losses as they pressed toward a Communist stronghold in the A Shau valley.
A gray Irish Sea recovered four bodies near the Aer Lingus Viscount loss site off the southeast Irish coast. The wreckage lay about 50 miles west and 15 miles north of the prior search area as investigators review cockpit tape of the Cork to London flight with 61 aboard, including two Americans.
The House interior committee left in place a rule making the federal government responsible for supplying water to meet the Mexican water treaty under the Colorado River project. The panel works toward approving a 1.29 billion project, with the rule phrased as the first obligation of any water augmentation. The provision benefits Northwestern and lower basin states by shielding them from treaty obligations unless secretary declares augmentation funds available.
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A dispute over double taxation or reimbursement to the Pima County Sanitary District could arise if Tucson annexes areas before July 1, 1969. City officials, including Mayor James N. Corbett Jr., weigh options as a district dissolution vote looms. The Desert Steppes annexation corner near 22nd Street and Camino Seco draws interest and district cautions.
Tucson officials learn from four local attorneys that TUARAC as constituted cannot be used to review federal aid applications after July 1. HUD official Pollard says basic changes are required to meet 1966 law. Continued on Page 5.
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co and seven unions reach a tentative contract that could restore about 1 800 workers in the Globe-Miami area after an eight month strike. AS&R and Anaconda also reported tentative pacts, with talks to involve 750 Mission Mine and Hayden employees and possible ratification meetings this week.
The weatherman expects tomorrow to reach 75 or 80 as a low tonight drops to 45 to 50. Today at 2 PM the Tucson Weather Bureau measured 75 degrees at Tucson International Airport with 15 percent humidity, compared with yesterday’s 76 high and 48 morning low.
Autopsy finds 16 year old Jerry Lee Fletcher died from complications linked to heavy alcohol intake. Pathologist says vomiting caused choking and a stomach hemorrhage after he drank two bottles of vodka with two companions. Circumstances involve theft and curfew violations. vodka taken from Circle K Market.
Superior Court Judge John Collins ruled Daniel Rosenbloom not guilty on a three year vagrancy case after finding the statute unconstitutional. Rosenbloom, arrested in March 1965, had appealed a magistrate court conviction as the city council had rescinded the ordinance. The decision clears the case from the court calendar as the arrest occurred while the ordinance were in effect.
Nationwide unrest grew as National Guardsmen backed impeached President Marco A Robles used tear gas against opponents. A guard was killed in a Sunday brawl sparked by Molotov cocktails. Police raided the rival headquarters and 181 arrests were made as the National Assembly ousted Robles and swore in Max DelValle, while Robles refused to concede.
The Dow Jones averages show the industrials at 826.34 up 0.29, rails at 218.10 down 0.44, and utilities at 144.20 down 0.51 with a total volume of 5,820,000 shares.
In Tokyo a U S Embassy spokesman says Mount Suribachi no longer flies the Stars and Stripes as Japan prepares to regain the island this year The flag raising photo by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal remains a famed wartime image The Marines raised a bronze replica last week with no fanfare and the island's future status remains under discussion
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