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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1973
Page
7
Arnold Air Society and Tucson POW MIA Inc. dedicated a Freedom Tree near Old Main with a plaque listing returned prisoners and those missing in action. The piece notes local debates on a Vietnam memorial design and mentions Cinco de Mayo festivities in Tucson.
The week saw Haldeman Ehrlichman resign amid Watergate fallout as Kleindienst also fell from the Justice Department. Nixon faces questions amid grand jury indications of indictments for the White House aides while the president’s culpability remains debated in editorials and public reaction.
In Phoenix this week the House defeated a proposal to raise gasoline taxes by one cent a gallon by a four vote margin. Separately a measure restoring the death penalty passed both chambers and goes to the governor. The week also saw votes on bad check remedies, union contribution bans, nude bars restrictions, mental health reform with drug sentencing, and several department creations and recall law tweaks.
The 18 southern Arizona representatives show major party splits on several Arizona measures. HB 2311 property tax relief passed 19 to 10 with votes for and against from listed legislators. HB 279 bad check remedies passed 33 to 20. HB 2318 gas tax up 1 cent per gallon passed 36 to 22. HB 2122 bans labor union contributions to elections passed 35 to 21. Recall election laws passed 39 to 16. SB 1334 insurance provisions passed 37 to 19. SB 16 mental health commitment laws passed 49 to 9. SB 1005 death penalty restored passed 42 to 10.
John Haugh, a member of Ari zona's National Committee, will speak on the national political future of Arizona over the next two years at a luncheon meeting of the Pima County Republican Club. The noon gathering will be in the Roman Room at the Pioneer Hotel.
The Arizona Senate approved a 42 million tax relief bill with 19 to 10 vote after three Democrats shifted to back the measure. It requires a computer valuation system for this year's private-home assessments and offers up to 25 percent rebates on tax bills mailed this fall. The plan also includes aged-person relief and faces a conference committee before final passage.
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