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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1961
Page
5
Phoenix born McCormick resigns as head of the American Stock Exchange after criticism of market confidence and management. He led the exchange from 1951, joining the SEC in 1934, becoming a commissioner in 1949, and presiding as president since 1951.
A busload of airmen joined the 684th Radar Squadron atop Mt Lemmon around midnight making the first arrival since Saturday. Some staff had already been on duty around the clock since Friday as communications to Summerhaven remained down.
Chicago police superintendent Orlando Wilson orders a 24 hour guard at Police Headquarters as detectives work to solve thefts of tools and supplies from the building.
In a public Tucson Community Forum Rev George Whitney of the Unitarian Church defended the whitewash claim while a University of Arizona professor John Robson disputed it in a letter to the governor. The three man fact finding committee is set to meet tomorrow in Phoenix as its first session since appointment.
Record lows slam Colorado with Alamosa at 41 below and Pueblo and Denver also shattered December benchmarks. Arizona towns Flagstaff Winslow and Maverick endure subzero bites as snowdrifts up to 36 inches paralyze roads and rural Pueblo schools close while city schools stay open. An Iowa couple, trapped in the cold, is mentioned among the day’s sparse details.
Rogge urges Tucson to use its Charter to attach unpaid weed cleanup bills to property taxes and place liens, with possible sale of land after due process. He notes Phoenix already enacted such an ordinance but faces an upcoming legal test. Tucson may wait or try, risking costly court disputes if collections fail.
Orel Hugh McCoy and Emma Helena McCoy of Rockwell City Iowa died from suspected carbon monoxide asphyxiation in a car near Springerville after snow and sub freezing temps. The couple were among about 11 people trapped in five vehicles by two foot drifts on U S Highway 60 at the summit.
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