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City planner resigns himsel fo real estafe News/page3 South Tucson's By BRIAN MCGUINN Staff Writer South Tucson Police are still waiting for the FBI to positively identify the body of a man slain in his trailer at 450 E. 34th St. The body was found Sunday, March 23, at about i p.m. -- approximately seven to ten days after he had been bound and stabbed to death. The73-year-o1d man, known as "Harry Horn" was discovered by his landlord, Larry J. Naughton, lying face down near his refrigerator with multiple stab wounds. Naughton said he had been in California on business from March 9 to 15 and estimated the stabbing occurred on March 13 or 14. When the rent was not paid, Naughton went looking for Horn in several local hospitals as well as the Local Alcoholic Ei Independiente A 73year-oJd man knowii as "harry Horn" was found dead on was there for approximately seven to ten days before anyone March 2: in his trailer home located at 450 E. :44th St. The both' found it. Lan di ord fInd seÌ deny tenant dead more thanaweek afterstabbing Rehabilitation Center, but to ni avail, he said. Another elderly trailer court resident had suggested that Horn may have gone to the hospital when the lan-diord became aware his tenant was missing. Horn's trailer, 12, was padlocked from the outside, a usual indicator of the tenant being out, Naughton said. Horn was a good tenant, Naughton said. He received a pension, Social Security and veteran's benefits. The victim had a habit of drinking at the Brown Derby bar on Fourth Avenue and 34th Street, Naughton said. Sometimes coming home from there Horn would pick up transient "hippies" and let them stay in the spare bed in the rear of his trailer, Naughton said. On one occasion the lonely man found himself being "strong armed" by his No change expected ¡n '80 census I out of 3 families in S. Tucson live ¡n poverty By MARIANNE OBEID Staff Writer The 1970 census showed that one out of three families in South Tucson was below the poverty level. Almost 15 percent of these families had incomes lower than half of the poverty level income. The federal poverty index established in 1969 for a family of four was $3,743. In Tucson, 105 percent of the families had poverty-level incomes, and 3.6 percent had incomes lower than half the poverty level income, according to the 1970 census. "There is no reason to expect that these figures will change on the 1930 census," said Celestino Fernandez, a minority relations professor at the University of Arizona. "There is research that shows that Mexican- Americans are falling further behind the white. middle-class community instead Pueblo put last among districf's athletic priorities Sport s/page7 of making further gains," he said. Census data is often in error, especially for the Hispanic community where many weren't counted, said Homer D.C. Garcia, who has a doctorate in Chicano studies and teaches at the University. "I would argue that the people who weren't counted weren't highly educated and probably worse off that those who were counted. I think it would be more accurate to say one out of two families in South Tucson are below the poverty level. Chicanos have the second highest death rate in the- country--native Americans are first, Garcia said. Income,, he believes, - were overestimated and the rate of poverty in South Tucson is probably much higher than the 33.2 percent the census bureau found. A person's social class, Fernandez youthful guests, Naughton said. Horn cried out: "Larry, come help me. They won't obey," and Naughton rushed in and kicked the troublemakers out, he said. Residents of the trailer park recalled seeing Horn in the company of a "couple of guys," Naughton said. - Detective Sean deGuzman of the South Tucson Police Department said they are looking for three transients who were seen with Horn a couple of days prior to the murder. "Nobody had seen him before that and nobody since," deGuzman said. DeGuzman said the police have a problem with identification because the face was partially decomposed. Cecil Beckner, 66, of trailer 14, said "Harry was a damned good man but he (continued on -page 2) said, affects his whole life experience. "There is no dignity in being poor." Poverty is most often the result of external conditions, Fernandez said, but in the United States we tend to blame the victim of poverty and supposed internal conditions such as laziness, stupidity, inferiority, etc. He contrasts this to Latin American countries where, he said, poor people are able to retain a high level of self-respect. Garcia has researched the psychological effects of poverty and assimilation on the Mexican-American. "What I found is that Mexican- Americans who are impoverished and are assimilating into American society have low levels of self-esteem," he said. "It's like dominoes," Garcia said, when one falls it affects all the others." There is a strong correlation between Public opinion residents talk about the Law Editorial/page 5 Sinohuis awarded 2OO,OOO By JACK KNETZGER Staff Writer Superior Court Judge Ben C. Birdsall awarded $200,000 to the parents of the lateJoe H. Sinohui, Jr., ending months of litigation of the civil lawsuit in the 1977 shooting death of their son. Birdsall's ruling was the first, in the three years since the incident, to place liability for Sinohui's death with former South Tucson policeman Christopher Dean and the City of South Tucson. Dean fatally wounded Sinohui with an armor-piercing .45-caliber bullet through the back in a discharge of seven shots fired at the rear of the cab of Sinohui's truck as it pulled away from Dean on Sixth Avenue. Dean fired at the truck while crossing the street with a prisoner, one of l5øcivilians involved in a disturbance at the Jack-In-The-Box drive-thru, 3702 S. Sixth Ave. , during the early morning hours of June 2, 1977. Dean was one of some 30 officers on the scene. Wounded, Sinoflui drove his vehicle the few blocks to Veteran's Administration Hospital, where he died at 5 am. "I feel very good. All of that cover-up -- now there's no ifs and buts about it. The judge found him absolutely guilty," said Mrs. Lupe Sinohui. Birdsall ruled that Dean shot Sinohui withoutjustification and ordered Dean to pay $50,000 in punitive damages and the city of South Tucson to pay $150,000 in compensatory damages to the Sinohuis. A dozen co-defendants in the original $5 million lawsuit were not held liable by Birdsall. "We're very pleased and relieved. We feel that to have received any award helps to vindicate the truth. The fact that it was as large as it was is more than a relief," said Sinohui family attorney Michael J. Monroe. Monroe said he was dissappointed that Birdsall did not find (continued on page 3) being poor and a lack of achievement in school, Raul M. Grijalva, a school board member for five years, said.One reason for the lower achievement in the south-side schools is political, he said. At-tention is primarily given to areas of town with political and economic muscle. There have been few board members who identified with this particular constituency (south side), Grijalva said, Students in South Tucson's elementary schools score lower on standard achievement tests than elementary students on the east side. In the past, school administra tors have said the tests are culturally biased. But Garcia said the poor performance as a group shows some deficiency within the educational system. Garcia and Fernandez describe a (continued on page 8) Vol. III, No. 20 Published By The Journalism Department Of The Uni'orsitv Of Arizona April 4, 1980
Object Description
Title | South Tucson's El Independiente, 1980-04-04 |
Description | Published in Tucson, AZ. Published monthly during fall and spring semesters. Later title: El Independiente |
Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Journalism |
Date | 1980-04-04 |
Type | Newspaper |
Source | Newspaper |
Language | Spanish & English |
Relation | Historic Mexican and Mexican-American Press |
Coverage | 1967-1984 |
Rights | The contents of this collection are available to the public for use in research, teaching, and private study. U.S. Copyright and intellectual property laws may apply to the resources made available through this site. |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Description | Published in Tucson, AZ. Published monthly during fall and spring semesters. Later title: El Independiente |
Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Journalism |
Type | Newspaper |
Source | Newspaper |
Language | Spanish & English |
Coverage | 1967-1984 |
Rights | The contents of this collection are available to the public for use in research, teaching, and private study. U.S. Copyright and intellectual property laws may apply to the resources made available through this site. |
Full-text | City planner resigns himsel fo real estafe News/page3 South Tucson's By BRIAN MCGUINN Staff Writer South Tucson Police are still waiting for the FBI to positively identify the body of a man slain in his trailer at 450 E. 34th St. The body was found Sunday, March 23, at about i p.m. -- approximately seven to ten days after he had been bound and stabbed to death. The73-year-o1d man, known as "Harry Horn" was discovered by his landlord, Larry J. Naughton, lying face down near his refrigerator with multiple stab wounds. Naughton said he had been in California on business from March 9 to 15 and estimated the stabbing occurred on March 13 or 14. When the rent was not paid, Naughton went looking for Horn in several local hospitals as well as the Local Alcoholic Ei Independiente A 73year-oJd man knowii as "harry Horn" was found dead on was there for approximately seven to ten days before anyone March 2: in his trailer home located at 450 E. :44th St. The both' found it. Lan di ord fInd seÌ deny tenant dead more thanaweek afterstabbing Rehabilitation Center, but to ni avail, he said. Another elderly trailer court resident had suggested that Horn may have gone to the hospital when the lan-diord became aware his tenant was missing. Horn's trailer, 12, was padlocked from the outside, a usual indicator of the tenant being out, Naughton said. Horn was a good tenant, Naughton said. He received a pension, Social Security and veteran's benefits. The victim had a habit of drinking at the Brown Derby bar on Fourth Avenue and 34th Street, Naughton said. Sometimes coming home from there Horn would pick up transient "hippies" and let them stay in the spare bed in the rear of his trailer, Naughton said. On one occasion the lonely man found himself being "strong armed" by his No change expected ¡n '80 census I out of 3 families in S. Tucson live ¡n poverty By MARIANNE OBEID Staff Writer The 1970 census showed that one out of three families in South Tucson was below the poverty level. Almost 15 percent of these families had incomes lower than half of the poverty level income. The federal poverty index established in 1969 for a family of four was $3,743. In Tucson, 105 percent of the families had poverty-level incomes, and 3.6 percent had incomes lower than half the poverty level income, according to the 1970 census. "There is no reason to expect that these figures will change on the 1930 census," said Celestino Fernandez, a minority relations professor at the University of Arizona. "There is research that shows that Mexican- Americans are falling further behind the white. middle-class community instead Pueblo put last among districf's athletic priorities Sport s/page7 of making further gains," he said. Census data is often in error, especially for the Hispanic community where many weren't counted, said Homer D.C. Garcia, who has a doctorate in Chicano studies and teaches at the University. "I would argue that the people who weren't counted weren't highly educated and probably worse off that those who were counted. I think it would be more accurate to say one out of two families in South Tucson are below the poverty level. Chicanos have the second highest death rate in the- country--native Americans are first, Garcia said. Income,, he believes, - were overestimated and the rate of poverty in South Tucson is probably much higher than the 33.2 percent the census bureau found. A person's social class, Fernandez youthful guests, Naughton said. Horn cried out: "Larry, come help me. They won't obey," and Naughton rushed in and kicked the troublemakers out, he said. Residents of the trailer park recalled seeing Horn in the company of a "couple of guys," Naughton said. - Detective Sean deGuzman of the South Tucson Police Department said they are looking for three transients who were seen with Horn a couple of days prior to the murder. "Nobody had seen him before that and nobody since," deGuzman said. DeGuzman said the police have a problem with identification because the face was partially decomposed. Cecil Beckner, 66, of trailer 14, said "Harry was a damned good man but he (continued on -page 2) said, affects his whole life experience. "There is no dignity in being poor." Poverty is most often the result of external conditions, Fernandez said, but in the United States we tend to blame the victim of poverty and supposed internal conditions such as laziness, stupidity, inferiority, etc. He contrasts this to Latin American countries where, he said, poor people are able to retain a high level of self-respect. Garcia has researched the psychological effects of poverty and assimilation on the Mexican-American. "What I found is that Mexican- Americans who are impoverished and are assimilating into American society have low levels of self-esteem," he said. "It's like dominoes," Garcia said, when one falls it affects all the others." There is a strong correlation between Public opinion residents talk about the Law Editorial/page 5 Sinohuis awarded 2OO,OOO By JACK KNETZGER Staff Writer Superior Court Judge Ben C. Birdsall awarded $200,000 to the parents of the lateJoe H. Sinohui, Jr., ending months of litigation of the civil lawsuit in the 1977 shooting death of their son. Birdsall's ruling was the first, in the three years since the incident, to place liability for Sinohui's death with former South Tucson policeman Christopher Dean and the City of South Tucson. Dean fatally wounded Sinohui with an armor-piercing .45-caliber bullet through the back in a discharge of seven shots fired at the rear of the cab of Sinohui's truck as it pulled away from Dean on Sixth Avenue. Dean fired at the truck while crossing the street with a prisoner, one of l5øcivilians involved in a disturbance at the Jack-In-The-Box drive-thru, 3702 S. Sixth Ave. , during the early morning hours of June 2, 1977. Dean was one of some 30 officers on the scene. Wounded, Sinoflui drove his vehicle the few blocks to Veteran's Administration Hospital, where he died at 5 am. "I feel very good. All of that cover-up -- now there's no ifs and buts about it. The judge found him absolutely guilty," said Mrs. Lupe Sinohui. Birdsall ruled that Dean shot Sinohui withoutjustification and ordered Dean to pay $50,000 in punitive damages and the city of South Tucson to pay $150,000 in compensatory damages to the Sinohuis. A dozen co-defendants in the original $5 million lawsuit were not held liable by Birdsall. "We're very pleased and relieved. We feel that to have received any award helps to vindicate the truth. The fact that it was as large as it was is more than a relief," said Sinohui family attorney Michael J. Monroe. Monroe said he was dissappointed that Birdsall did not find (continued on page 3) being poor and a lack of achievement in school, Raul M. Grijalva, a school board member for five years, said.One reason for the lower achievement in the south-side schools is political, he said. At-tention is primarily given to areas of town with political and economic muscle. There have been few board members who identified with this particular constituency (south side), Grijalva said, Students in South Tucson's elementary schools score lower on standard achievement tests than elementary students on the east side. In the past, school administra tors have said the tests are culturally biased. But Garcia said the poor performance as a group shows some deficiency within the educational system. Garcia and Fernandez describe a (continued on page 8) Vol. III, No. 20 Published By The Journalism Department Of The Uni'orsitv Of Arizona April 4, 1980 |