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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1968
Page
2
In a party caucus, House Republicans urged a six billion dollar spending cut for fiscal 1969 but avoided pledging support for a tax increase. Leader Gerald Ford warned a tax hike could attract more Republicans if the six billion cut passes.
Senator Paul Fannin urged Congress to offset any tax increase with a spending cut of at least six billion dollars. He warned that smaller cuts would fail to avert economic crisis and criticized lawmakers for showing contempt toward taxpayers. He noted difficult choices and potential program delays.
Washington AP reports the Czech government has rejected a U.S. proposal to settle compensation for American property nationalized by Czechoslovakia. The State Department confirms the rejection.
A Cash Box Pawn salesman testified that three days before her ex-husband was killed, Mrs. Voyles asked for a pistol suitable for their use and easy to operate. The burglary and murder case also involves her son Anthony, declared incompetent and placed in an Arizona hospital.
A Tucson couple failed to win $525,000 in damages against Dr. Harold Kosanke and Dr. Thomas Foreman. The suit remains against surgeon Dr. Max Costin and the Tucson Medical Center over a seven inch hemostat allegedly left in Mrs. Grace Hutchinson after a 1947 operation, later discovered in 1965, with ongoing pain and expected further surgeries.
In U S bankruptcy court a Section Three Corp bid to dismiss Coronado Foothills Estates petitions was challenged. Hearings reduced reported assets for Far Western Constructors and Subdivision Processors, while disputes over water system value and ownership emerged.
U S District Court Judge William Goodwin laid groundwork to control publicity for the June 10 trial of former Tucson couple Mr. and Mrs. William Thoresen II accused of shipping and receiving guns in interstate commerce. He cited Sheppard and ordered atmosphere limited to follow Supreme Court guidance while trial proceeds.
Barry Goldwater testified in a $2 million libel trial alleging that Ralph Ginzburg and Fact magazine published a 1964 issue that portrayed him as paranoid and unfit for president. He said the piece undermined public trust and caused lasting mental pain and doubt about smiling strangers.
Capt. Lynn Clawson, an Amphitheater High School and University of Arizona graduate, earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam. He is the brother of Mrs. Alice Schoenberger of 951 W. Schafer Drive and graduated from UA in 1960.
Gov Williams is expected to appoint Warren L Benson of Tucson as executive secretary for a newly formed Arizona Arthritis Council headed by Dr Sanford Roth. The council aims to improve medical facilities education and outreach for arthritis patients across the state including traveling teams and public education to combat quackery and improve care.
C. B. Brown will present a slide program on Arizona birds and weather phenomena at the 1 p.m. Monday luncheon of Tucson Chapter No. 55 of the National Association of Retired Civil Employes. The meeting will be at Farr's Cafeteria, 5601 E. Speedway Blvd.
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