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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1964
Page
23
Don Schellie shares a brisk Tucson column of quirky local notes. Jokes about space aliens in a sand trap, Spanish greetings at city hall, a four cent postcard quip, and a humorous misprint on Tucson Bank news signs mix with a tale of teenagers marrying and fretting over “adults only” apartment listings in the Citizen classifieds.
A Tucson Daily Citizen column invites questions about local government issues. The first exchange discusses sidewalk street lighting and fire hydrants in central Tucson and the improvements district method, while the second covers sign restrictions on South 12th Avenue and illegal car parking, with city officials and police enforcement noted.
Lamara Joss complains five dogs in Broadmoor roam lawns and defecate. Local dog catcher has failed to curb issue. Fidel Rhodes of Pima County Animal Shelter vows action, plans targeted patrol with address details to locate the problem area.
Dean Burch, GOP chair, plans to send a detailed views summary to 132 national committee members meeting in Chicago on May 22 and 23 to decide his fate. Governors split, with Idaho's Smylie denouncing the move, while Oregon's Hatfield calls for concrete actions to show leadership. Colorado’s Love greets the statement as a step toward party unification.
Saratoga Springs residents endure outages as ice storm racks eastern New York and parts of Vermont and Massachusetts. Armory hosts hundreds displaced by the cold with food aid and shelter, while officials report 27,000 customers without power and one storm fatality from a live line in Hudson Falls.
Mary Brown, editor of the Tucson Daily Citizen's Home section, is the first prize winner in the Jim Chandler Memorial Award contest by the National Association of Home Builders. The award honors the best real estate news section of 1964 and was presented last night.
John Netherland Heiskell, 92, Little Rock editor of the Arkansas Gazette since 1902, is to receive the John Peter Zenger Award in Tucson on Jan. 9 for distinguished service to press freedom. Heiskell helped the Gazette stand for integration during the 1957 school desegregation crisis.
Former Air Force Maj Claude Eatherly, who piloted the Hiroshima weather scout, was found insane and ordered to a mental hospital. At 46, from Van Alstyne, he has a long history of legal trouble, war record praise, and guilt visions of the atomic attack.
University of Arizona hosts a busy slate of open events. Victoria de los Angeles sings tonight at 8 in the University Auditorium as part of the University Artist Series. Peer Gynt plays at 8:30 in University Theater with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2. Althea Levine gives a 5 p.m. flute recital in Crowder Hall. Gary Snyder reads poetry at 8:30 in Physics Math Meteorology Building, sponsored by Ruth Stephan Poetry Center. All events require admission.
East Pakistan officials report more than 2000 deaths from cholera since September. The toll reflects a severe outbreak across the region with continued fatalities and public health concerns growing.
An unmanned Apollo dummy was lifted six miles above White Sands New Mexico by a Little Joe II rocket to test the launch escape system. The capsule deployed two stabilizing parachutes at 21 000 feet and three main chutes at 11 000 feet to float safely to desert ground.
University of Arizona geographer Dr. Andrew Wilson told about 50 people at the Saddle and Sirloin Restaurant that Tucson is a merchant controlled town and its biggest liability. He urged a strong, long range plan to attract footloose industry and improve streets, planning, civic facilities, and schools while acknowledging weaknesses.
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