Phone Cost Explanations Tie Arizona Rates To Conditions
W K Koch of Mountain States Tele o & Telegraph detailed Arizona higher operating costs, citing maintenance 3.61 per line yearly, higher trouble rates 95 per 100 phones, central office costs 3.85, and dial conversion costs 12.16 per line in 1948. He attributed climate, tree growth, storms, and irrigation as major factors. rehearing on a rate increase continues into a third day.
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Phoenix
W. K. Koch
Mountain States Teleo & Telegraph Co
Arizona
Koch
Tucson
J. R. Spangler
Wilson T. Wright
Wright
J. H. Shepherd
Arigona
General Supervision
State. Com
Attorney General's Office
Back After Being Thrice Deported
U S Commissioner Thomas H McKay ordered Domingo Nunez Rivera 35 held for grand jury action on illegal re entry. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Preliminary testimony showed he had been deported three times and crossed the international line about half a mile east of Naco on August 11.
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U. S
Thomas H. McKay
Domingo Nunez-Rivera
Nunez-Rivera
Naco
Cash Carry Thief Hits Seven Tucson Homes
A repeated cash and carry burglar roamed Tucson’s Veterans Boulevard area ransacking seven houses in two weeks. He entered by slit screens, searched drawers, dumped belongings, and left cash while avoiding valuables. The pattern matched at Moreno, Cassidy, Brayshaw, and other homes as deputies tracked the suspect.
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Tucson
Sheriff's
Charles P. Moreno
Moreno House
Margaret Cassidy
S. Seventh Ave
Cassidy
Brayshaw
Veterans Boulevard
James Jeffries
Veterans Blvd
Veterans Hospital
Sixth Avenue
Kenneth Smith
S. Liberty Ave
Banned Book Sparks Debate at Tucson High Schools
At Tucson and Amphitheater high schools seniors use American Government as a reference. The Houston school board banned the 1947 edition for a paragraph labeling elements as socialism and communism. Principals Carson and Paynovich defend the text as highly informative with limited student use.
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Tucson
Amphitheater
Charles Carson
Nicholas Paynovich
Houston, Tex
United States
Carson
THS
Paynovich
Presbyterian Men To Hear Mathews At Fall Dinner
Trinity Presbyterian Men's Council will discuss plans to care for two European displaced families at a 6:30 p.m. fall dinner. The General Assembly designates resettling displaced persons as a Presbyterian men’s project. William R. Mathews of the Arizona Daily Star will speak on New Frontiers in the Orient.
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Trinity Presbyterian Men’s Council
General Assembly of the Church
William R. Mathews
Arizona Daily Star
Orient
Break-in at Old Pueblo Sheet Metal Co report
The sheriff's office investigated a break-in at Old Pueblo Sheet Metal Co located at 2126 E 13th St. A bench grinder and two electric drills valued at 125 dollars were stolen. Entry was gained through a window.
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Sheriff's Office
Old Pueblo Sheet Metal Co
E. 13Th St
Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey Details
Calvert Distillers Corp of New York City markets Calvert Reserve blended whiskey at 86.8 proof 65 percent grain neutral spirits. The label notes Calvert Reserve as a premium New York produced spirit.
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Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Coffee At 25c For Each Cup In Gold Camp
Alaska, Oct 26. Two women arrive to join a booming Yukon river gold camp. Evelyn Grinnell opens a tent coffee shop selling 25 cent cups with doughnuts, while the first wife of a Ft. Yukon native travels with her husband to share in the frigid mining life. Gold discoveries extend along a two mile river stretch with small pea sized colors indicating potential further finds.
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Fishwheel
Alaska
Yukon
Evelyn Grinnell
Ft. Yukon
Evelyn
Arctic
Joe
Clifton Carroll
Carroll
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Dial
E Speedway
Homer Lininger Travel Service
E. Broadway
Doll Hospital
W. Congress
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M. A. Wuerschmidt
Monte Mansfield
Clara Dudley
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
Joan and Cook Furnishings
Colorado
Englewood
Colo
Kenneth E. Bellamy
Calvert
Rainbow Country
Turson Batly
Jack Drum
Coleus
Rangers
Pennington
Brunswick Drug CO
Stony
Jacome
Jacome’s
Dan River
Cohama
Madras
Chatham
San Fran
Thrifties
Wrisley
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