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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1973
Page
2
Tucson Transit Corp reports a 97 percent rise in passenger service for last month versus April 1972. Regular route ridership grew 84 percent in the same period, while total riders fell 8 percent from March to April as spring and early summer trends typically ease demand.
Tucson chapter of the Arizona Public Employees Association urges state officers to sue to block a plan shifting paychecks to biweekly cycles starting July 1. Members say waiting about nine days after a work period harms bill payments and adds an adjustment period, affecting roughly 10,000 of the 12,000 state employees.
U.S. District Judge James A. Walsh sentenced Kitty R. Crawford, 27, of Salt Lake City to seven years in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to unlawful importation of 10 ounces of heroin from Mexico. Two related charges were dropped. inspectors say she concealed heroin in a body cavity and allegedly assaulted an officer during arrest.
Two inmates of the Arizona State prison who escaped last November will stand trial September 5 in Superior Court on armed robbery charges. Billy Joe Wade, 33, already serving 20 years and life for robbery, and Jerry Joe Tillyer, 30, serving life for murder, pleaded innocent to robbing a South Tucson man of 10 000. The men were indicted last week for taking money from a car trunk after escaping on November 4. Hillyer was recaptured December 1 after a gun battle. Wade was caught December 13 in Hobbs New Mexico. A third escapee, John DeWayne Burrell, remains at large and is believed dead.
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