City Eyes West Santa Cruz River Bank Control Plan
The City Council will be asked to create the first flood control improvement district in city history to halt erosion of the west bank of the Santa Cruz River between West St. Marys Road and West Speedway. About 80 percent of nearby property owners petitioned for district creation while the plan awaits zoning approval and study of feasible methods such as cement sacks or pilings with rock retention.
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Santa Cruz
West St. Mary’s Road
West Speedway
Roger O’mara
John Flynn
Flynn
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Santa Cruz River
West ‘Bank
Erty
West Bank
Parole Bid Opposed Over Bar Slayer Case
County Attorney Norman Green protests the possible premature release of David H. Barker a 37 year old Tucson bartender and twice convicted killer slated for a June 19 commutation hearing. Green notes Barker has served about a year of a 6 to 8 year term and cites prior manslaughter conviction. State Attorney General Robert Pickrell says board weighs time served and self defense evidence while Barker’s family relies on welfare.
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State
Norman E. Green
Barker
Carlos
Ravago
Hector
Ramon Ravage
Ralph’s
S. 12Th Ave
Con
Green
Robert Pickrell
Car Death Charge Dropped After Settlement in Superior Court
A vehicular manslaughter charge against Homer D. Blackledge was dismissed after the Florentz family accepted a financial settlement. The misdemeanor leaving the scene charge was also dropped. Blackledge said he did not stop as he did not know the car hit the youth. The victim Michael Lloyd Florentz, 16, was struck July 20 on Miracle Mile Strip. Deputy County Atty. Morton Frielich cited unavailable witnesses in the felony-to-misdemeanor reduction.
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Herbert F. Krucker
Homer D. Blackledge
Michael Lloyd Florentz
E. Blackridge
Krucker
Arizona
Young Florentz
Miracle Mile Strip
Blackledge
S. Downing Ave
Photos May Be Clue To Body
City detectives said photographs of a missing Tucson man may identify the dead man found near Sahuarita last Saturday. Capt. William F. Ross noted officers are pursuing identification, with fingerprint results awaited from the FBI Laboratory in Washington. Justice of the Peace Clark H. Johnson signed a death certificate listing unknown causes.
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Sahuarita
William F. Ross
Tucson
James McDonald
Richard C. Smith
Sheriff's Office
FBI
Washington
Smith
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
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American Auto Rental
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By Jim Johnson
State Parole Board
County Atty
I Mortgage Co
Pha—V.a. Mortgage Loans
Sobot Lt Realty Co
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