Tucson Pushing Annexation Amid Service and Fire Issues
Tucson moves forward on annexation despite lawmakers blocking city initiated petitions. City manager Donald Wollfer reports a study of extending municipal services and plans to gather signatures from 51 percent of property owners to annex by petition. Fire protection, budget, and insurance considerations accompany the push, with April figures showing rising fire losses but potential premium reductions through diversifying appraisals and expanded facilities.
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Tucson
Donald Wollfer
Arizona Municipal League
Wolfer
Board of Fire Underwriters
Tulsa
Wolfer Promises Regular Monthly City Reports
City Manager Donald P. Wolfer pledges a monthly report on Tucson city government. His initial departmental summary was submitted to the city council this week, meeting a charter requirement long unobserved. The report marks his first three months in office and outlines core operations of municipal departments.
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Tucson
Donald P. Wolfer
Wolfer
Shoplifters Admit Guilt In City Court
A man and a woman were convicted in city court for shoplifting at Goodman's market. They were found with five meat packages concealed in a woman's purse and sentenced to $25 fines or 25 days in jail. The value of the meat was $3.76.
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Goodman's Market
South Cherry
East 22Nd Street
William Broder
E. Helens
Hortensia Larsson
28Th St
Paul J. Cella
Broder
Church Street Protests Engage City Officials
City clerk and engineer spent a busy morning reviewing protests to the proposed Church Street widening. About 60 protests were received, over 40 late yesterday, with a midnight deadline. Council was to meet to review officially as objections from 51 percent of property owners in the improvement district could halt the project.
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Church Street
Tucson Flier Aboard Wasp During Historic Sea Collision
Parents of Lt. J. B. Cranston Jr. awaiting word as their son, a Tucson naval pilot in the Wasp fighter squadron, survived a sea collision with the destroyer Hobson. The carrier, to New York, carried 61 Hobson survivors and Cranston’s unit was in flight during the incident.
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Tucson
Wasp
New York
Hobson
Julius B. Cranston
N. Santa Rita
J. B
Jack) Cranston Jr
Navy
Dartmouth College
University of North Carolina
Pensagola
Fla
Jacksonville
European
Transport Strike Hits Saginaw City Lines
AFL bus drivers and mechanics walked off, leaving Saginaw without mass transit. Workers seek a 30 cent hourly raise. current wages are 1.32 for drivers and 1.47 for mechanics, with 16,000 daily fares. Company ties wage hike to city commission fare increase. Factory workers and schoolchildren felt the impact as radio alerts warned the public.
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Saginaw
Mich
AFL
Testing Roast Chicken Doneness Without Juices
A reliable method checks the drumstick thigh joint for easy movement or separation. This avoids piercing the meat with a fork and releasing juices.
Davis School Circus Opens Tonight Under Big Top
Davis School primary grades present the annual spring program at 7 30 p m featuring a circus parade and performance. Eugene Benton serves as announcer and Bobby Mendez is mighty ring master with students acting as elephants clowns and more under the guidance of principal Rollin D Burr as circus adviser.
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Davis School
Eugene Benton
Bobby Mendez
Rollin D. Burr
U S Planes Rip Up Rails in Korea War Actions
Allied war planes disrupted Red railway lines across 840 gaps and added 104 more breaks near Pyongyang. Carriers Valley Forge and Princeton supported strikes over an 80 mile east coast segment including Hamhung. Naval forces reported bunker destruction near Kumhwa and 15 POWs captured at sea.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
Pyongyang
Valley Forge
Princeton
Hamhung
Chorwon
Kumhwa
U. S
Manchester
Evans
Navy
D. H. Fox
Souvenir hunter beats mayor to Boothill grave marker
Mayor Wally Foster reported the famous grave marker reading Jack Williams He done his damndest was taken from Boothill cemetery by a souvenir hunter. Foster had planned to remove it on Sunday but found it missing on Saturday night and asked custodian Lela Nunnelley to research whether any Jack Williams is buried there.
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Wally C. Foster
Boothill Cemetery
Foster
Jack Williams
Truman
Washington
Boothill
Lela Nunnelley
Young Lady In A Hurry In Absentee Ballot Mixup
An 83 year old woman in Lawrenceville Illinois asked for an absentee ballot. The county clerk urged her to vote then and hurry back to her job. She replied she must care for an old lady and rushed out.
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Lawrenceville, Il
Lawrence County
Bill Hensley
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Artcraft
E. Congress Street
Davis School Circus
Priser
East Congress
Mallory Lot
Sam K. Kaufman
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Westerner
Turson
FY Mortgage Co
E. 5Th Street
Mortgage Banker’s Association
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June Patton
Carole King
Martha Manning
Betty Gay
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Nouse
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