Nixon pushes legal aid plan
President Nixon calls for creation of a Legal Services to provide free legal help to the nation’s poor. He urged Congress to fund an independent program to deliver services and replace the current Office of Economic Opportunity operated aid initiative. The plan envisions an 11 member panel predominantly lawyers, with no more than six from a single party, studying delivery of services by June 30, 1974.
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Nixon
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
Pation
Oni
City aide takes post in county
Elgene Laos the No 2 man in the Tucson Parks Department was named director of Pima County Parks and Recreation. Laos will earn over 20000 a year and replace Thomas Monahan who has been acting director since Gilbert Ray retired last January. The move aligns with plans to place the county fairgrounds under parks jurisdiction and expand the department.
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Tucson
Pita County
Pkime and Recreation
Board of Supervisors
Parks Department
County Parks Commission
Signatures Short on Apache Junction Incorporation Petition
Florence AP report says Pinal County official Bob Bean found 133 signatures challenged with 6 invalid. New count shows 10 signatures short of the 468 required to incorporate Apache Junction. Elderly residents had challenged the petitions and Bean may urge the Board of Supervisors to reverse last month’s incorporation by resolution.
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Florence
Pinal County
Bob Bean
Apache Junction
Beam
Bean
Board of Supervisors
Edelbrock Park Begins Industrial Construction Near Ajo Way
Edelbrock Development Co starts an 18 acre industrial park at Ajo Way and Park Avenue with a 12,000 square foot building, 4 second structures planned, and lease options from 1,450 square feet. The $100,000 building aims for Aug 1 completion. land sales, leases, and build-to-suit are offered with access to Tucson International Airport, I-10, and rail lines.
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Park Avenue
Edelbrock
Edelbrock Development
and Construction Co
Bunda
Calif
Hubert G.toll
Toll
Tucson International Airport
Lex Barker dies at 53 former Tarzan star passes away
New York UPI reports Lex Barker the 10th Hollywood Tarzan died after collapsing on a Midtown Manhattan street. He was 53 and pronounced dead on arrival at Lenox Hill Hospital. An autopsy would be performed. Barker known as Alexander C. Barker Jr. came from a Rye New York society family and studied at Philips Exeter Academy and Princeton after serving as a World War I major.
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New York
UPI
Lex Barker
Hollywood
Tarzan
Manhattan
Barker
Lenox Hill Hospital
Johnny Weissmuller
Alexander C. Barker
Japanese bomb found near Pearl Harbor site
Navy divers recovered a 200 pound 1941 Japanese bomb off Kalakau Bay, Hawaii, lodged 70 feet below the surface about 1,000 feet offshore. The artifact, the first recovered near Venduln in years, will be detonated by the Navy.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Kalaka Bay
Navy
Venduln
Gas crisis sparks shift toward small cars says Ford official
Henry Ford Jr. told stockholders the gas shortage will be serious for years and GM acknowledged a rising small-car trend. FTC officials fault oil companies for price and capacity issues amid a domino effect of energy shortages, while Tucson stations impose diesel limits and curb hours.
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Henry Ford Jr
Ford
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Massor Oil Company
Ia’ Morris
Triple T
Benson Highway
Federal Power Commission
Southwest
Yuma
Terminal Stations Inc
Wilmut Road
Shell
Wich
Exxon
Enco
Tucson
Gas Shortage Sparks Debate Over Diesel Cutbacks
Officials from mines and government weigh potential diesel cuts amid a broader fuel shortage. A 10 percent diesel reduction could shutter four big trucks per shift, while Magma Copper and Magni report resilience. County officials fear costs and stockpile options as El Paso Natural Gas cites regulatory challenges and long range plans to secure supplies and possibly synthesize gas in the Gulf Coast complex.
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Martin
Robert Lynn
Twin Butte
al Lewis
Mission Mine
Pima
Int
Magma Copper Co
Magni
San Manuel
McFall
el Paso Natural Gas
el Paso
Algeria
Canada
Alaska
Gulf Coast Energy Complex
Rights expansion urged at Arizona bar meeting
Harvard law expert Paul Freund urged state legislatures to broaden Miranda safeguards beyond the 1966 ruling. He proposed video taped confessions or magistrate oversight and warned courts did not fix content, only guiding rules. ABA President Meserve backed a National Legal Services Corp to aid the poor. The three day convention ends tonight with FCC Chairman R Dean Burch and Rep. Morris Udall speaking to about 800 attendees.
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Scottsdale
Harvard
Paul Freund
Freund
Arizona Bar Association
U.S
Bar Association
Tong
Supreme Court
Berger Court
Robert W. Meserve
American Bar Association
National Legal Services Corp
Meserve
Office of ‘Economic Opportunity
R. Dean Burch
Federal Communications Commission
Arizona Board of Regents
Morris K. Udall
Revenue sharing roles stressed at conference luncheon
White House adviser James H. Falk told state legislative leaders the revenue sharing package aims to bring programs closer to the people. He noted the president seeks open doors to state and local officials while stressing a strong state role and cautioned against inflation and tax increases. The administration plans to phase out the Office of Economic Opportunity, leaving community action to local governments.
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White House
James H. Falk
Tucson
Nixon
Council
National Conference of State Legislative Leaders
Office of Economic Opportunity
Garcia Wins Recount To Secure Tucson Ballot Spot
Superior Court Judge J Richard Hannah certified a recount for the April 28 Tucson primary. John R Garcia rose from seventh to 315 votes after 14 absentee ballots were counted, securing a place on the May 29 general ballot alongside six other Democrats and two La Raza Unida candidates for seven council seats.
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Superior Court
J. Richard Hannah
South Tucson
John R.’Garcia
Garcia
Felix C. Robles
Hannah
Robles
Daniel Ekstrom
Renaldo Santa Cruz
Beatrice Morales
Julia J. Velez
Jesus Q. Elias
Edward G. Trejo
la Raza Unida
Rachel Livas
Francisco Moreno
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Shell ‘Oe Co
Michael D.martin
Rincon Air Conditioning
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la Piazza
la Tucson
Broadway
Kolb
Tombstone Territory
Dragoon Mountains
Sheepshead
Coronado National Forest
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Roofing & CO
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