Traveling salesman tale and Tucson 19th century diary excerpts
A humor filled note from Arizona Bob Kubista shares a traveling salesman anecdote about matching wits with a busy purchasing agent. The piece then revisits Ninety-Nine Years Ago with Mrs. Granville Henderson Oury’s diary of Tucson in the territory era, describing dreary streets, scarce comforts, exorbitant prices for basics, and a family adjusting to frontier life.
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Granville Henderson Oury
Arizona Territory
Action Please column answers Tucson drivers and water questions
The column addresses three reader inquiries. A vacant lot near Alvernon between 29th and Sylvane is private property. owners must fence or act to deter traffic. The Manana Water Co. may be bought by the city, which would set minimum rates at $3. until purchase, rates stay per the Arizona Corporation Commission. The Arizona driver license office remains closed Saturdays by state law. hours may only change with law alterations.
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Tucson
The
Tucson Daily Citizen
Alvernon
29Th
Sylvane
Manana Water Co
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona
James Musser
Arizona State Highway Department
Ring Moving In On Tucson Check Ring
Tucson police reveal a multi million dollar counterfeit check ring is shifting from Phoenix to Tucson. Sgt. Thomas J. Keeley notes the operation targets payroll and cashier checks, with insiders claiming about six kingpins and 100 passers. The gang has cashed over three million in forged checks across states, often using stolen printers’ checks and aliases to cash small payroll sums.
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Gordon Slessor
Tucson
Phoenix
Keeley
Bank cashier jailed for stealing to fund Scout troop
London UPI reports bank cashier John Cranham received a one year sentence after admitting to stealing 3,000 pounds from his bank to finance a Boy Scout troop he supported. Cranham’s action aimed to fund troop activities and supplies.
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London
UPI
John Cranham
Pineapple Kid's Blind Date Ends With Surprise
In San Diego a merchant seaman known as the Pineapple Kid met Dawn Cope for a blind date inspired by a message in a bottle from Honolulu. Dawn is the 16 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Cope. her brother Kevin hopes to continue his oceanic quest for friends.
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William) Oury
Durham
Robert Ventura
Dawn Cope
San Diego
Ventura
Hawaii
Dawn
Kevin
Pineapple Kid
Calif
Pineapple
Honolulu
the Pineapple Kid
Miss Dawn Cope
Mrs
Richard Cope
Waikiki Beach
Windmill Theatre to Close After Blitz Survival
The Windmill Theatre, London most famous for staying open during the 1940 blitz, will close Oct 1. Owner Sheila Van Damm cites nudity at nearby Soho strip clubs as the cause. The 320 seat venue, opened in 1932, helped launch stars including Peter Sellers.
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London
UPI
Sheila van Damm
Peter Sellers
Picadilly Circus
Tucson Foresees Freeway Network By 1980
Tucson Transportation Study director William G. Ealy told Tucson Retail Trade Bureau members that 680,000 residents in 1980 will generate nearly 2 million auto trips daily and require a freeway network. The study aims to map trips and the necessary streets and freeways, with completion soon after year’s start. Ealy urged integrating new streets into an overall network and coordinating development with arterials, acknowledging high costs but stating it is essential for future mobility.
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Steve Emerine
Greater
Tucson
William G. Ealy
Tucson Transportation Study
Tucson Retail Trade Bureau
Pioneer Hotel
Ealy
Baughman Proposes $11 Million District 1 Bond Issue
In a District 1 contest, Morris F. Baughman pledged to propose an $11 million bond package at the first January school board meeting. The plan would fund Sahuaro High School, four high school remodels, and several new elementary schools, with debate also touching on media and editorial influence.
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Baughman
Morris F. Baughman
Dietz School Parent-Teachers Association
Sahuaro High School
District 1
Tucson Tonight Tomorrow Meeting of Mental Health Advisers
150 delegates attend a meeting of the Southwestern Home and Institutional Mental Health Advisers Institute in Tucson. The brief note references the upcoming sports section for the calendar details.
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Southwestern Home and
French Airliner Crashes Off Spanish Coast
A French BCG airliner with 80 aboard crashed 45 miles south of Mazarron while en route from Paris to Mauritania. The Spanish Air Force rescue service in Seville reported 73 passengers and seven crew members with no Americans aboard. Wreckage was sighted by Spanish planes as survivors were noted, and the flight was operated by Union Transports Aeromaritimes MUTA.
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Madrid
UPL
Mazatron
Paris
Mauritania
Seville
Mazarron
Union Transports Aeromaritimes Muta
CofC Unveils Plan To Lure New Industry
Tucson Chamber of Commerce today announced a program to attract electronic optic and research industries and expand Incal plants. A two week San Francisco advertising blitz will precede a two day Bay Area visit by Tucson leaders. The plan funds a $4,000 campaign with ten subcommittees led by RCA, UA and local business figures. Wilcox aims to make Tucson the optic center of the world and notes both potential successes and inevitable failures.
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Tucson Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
San Francisco
Joseph Wilcox
Tucson Gas & Electric
Wilcox
Pioneer Hotel
Chamber
Newsom Holesapple
Bay City
Tucson
Plea For Common Bible Voiced At Ecumenical Council
Vatican City UPI The Ecumenical Council heard calls for Catholic scholars to collaborate with Protestants on a common Bible The debate focused on a constitution about the sources of revelation with over 2 000 church leaders present at St Peters Basilica Some urged harmony while others warned the move could undermine church tradition and rigidity in doctrine
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Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council
St. Peter's Basilica
Ottavio Beras
San Domingo
Dominican Republic
Mrs. Agron Found Dead In Home
Tucson community leader Mrs Rose Agron was found dead at her 642 Camino Miramonte home after a fire damaged the bathroom. An autopsy was inconclusive. a candle reportedly lit by her, a heavy smoker, may have played a role. She was 56 and a former Woman of the Year for the Tucson Jewish Community Council.
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Rose Agron
Tucson
Meyer
William Saiers
Combined Jewish Appeal
Brotherhoad Week
National Council of Christians and Jews
Marvin Vork
Albert J. Bilgray
Temple Emmanu-El
Marcus Breger
Congregation Anshei Israel
Agron
Parker- Arizona Morwary
1St St
Evergreen Cemetery
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Don Schellie
Bob Kubista
F. Broadway
Pamela Busse
Manhattan
Mrs. Oury
Granville) Oury
22Nd Street
Kolb Road
H. F. Schriever
Calle Cuernavaca
Frank Brooks
Ma~ Nana Water Co
Ruth Tar
Chala
16Th Ave
Musser
Thomas J. Keeley
FBT
AP Wheehote
Kevin Cope
Copes
Mrs. Cope
Soho
Blonde Monday Mayer
Rita Hayworth
Transportation Group
Walter Harley
Citizess
Dan McKinney
Harley
Cofc
Bay Area
Allan Creighton
Toeson
RCA
Wikiam Henderson
University of Arizona Bureau of Business & Public Research
William H. Smith
the Valley National Bank
Martin Ginsburg
Arthur Schendel
Arizona Trust Co
Burton Struthers
Southern Pacific Co
Nathan Feldman
Arizona Maintenance Co
Lil Harwood
Harwood Advertising, Inc
Richard K. Bilby
Boyle, Bilby, Thompson & Shoenhair
Henderson
John van Dodewaard
Harlem
Holland
Enrico Nicodemo of
Brari
Mexico
Jose de Jesus Alba
Tehuantepec
Mrs. Rose Agron
Louis Hirsch
Carener
Hirsch
Children's Milk Fund
March of Dimes
Pima County Unit
American Cancer Society
Member of
Temple Emanu-el
Apron
Austin
Barbara Kurn
William Schreiber
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