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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1961
Page
4
Bolton Mass UPI reports the Whitcomb house built in 1680 remains standing. A rear well near the back door was used to avoid arrows while awaiting a waiter.
A winter storm blankets northern Arizona with snow while desert valleys receive heavy rain. Flagstaff reports 12 inches of snowfall and 6 to 12 more likely in 24 hours. Yuma sees 1.31 inches of rain. Roads are dangerous, chains required on many routes, and water-filled dips dot highways.
The latest figures report 2.31 inches of precipitation this year with half a month left. Prescott sees six inches of snow while McNary notes 18 inches on the ground and Maverick 28 inches. Grand Canyon has a 10 inch fall, Show Low six and Winslow three. The cold front is forecast to linger at least two more days.
Patrolman Douglas Dun can, 25, collapsed on his beat at Stone Ave. and Alameda St. He is in satisfactory condition at St. Mary's Hospital. Patrolman E W Moss helped him minutes after he fell. Dun can is under observation to determine the cause.
Doctors reported Earl Attlee is improving after his abdominal illness and heart attack last week. A bulletin from Amersham Hospital said the improvement is maintained and the anxiety period is over, and the hospital's daily bulletin is being discontinued.
Word reaches here of the death today of Marine Master Sergeant Elgin Ferguson son of Oceanside California. His wife Shirley De Spain Ferguson was raised in this city and attended Tucson schools. The death occurred in Oceanside. The family moved to California about five years ago. Survivors include daughter Wendy Kay and son Billy J. Funeral arrangements are pending.
A missing California plane believed headed for Tucson had its search paused due to poor weather. The flight from Long Beach departed Saturday night December 2 with passengers Ross Weber James O'Brien Jr. and owner William Powless.
Tucson radio and television stations join Pima County Search and Rescue to run Operation Airsweep for the United Community Campaign. From 1 p.m. tomorrow to 1 a.m. Sunday volunteers will collect donations at Pioneer Hotel while stations broadcast donors’ names and progress updates.
The State Planning and Building Commission seeks the cause of subsidence at 415 W Congress St Tucson. Water leaks drain an estimated 500 to 750 gallons on weekends while a Los Angeles engineering specialist is to investigate. The $600000 structure was built in 1959.
A Manitowoc, Wisconsin patron was about to quit drinking after leaving a tavern when two snowmen appeared inside his car, police said. The incident was reported yesterday and described as a strange, humorous encounter.
January Better Homes and Gardens features a Home Improvement Contest with first prize of 10000 and 95 other cash prizes totaling 30000 plus merchandise awards. The issue includes entry forms a free remodeling kit and a series of home improvement tips, available at a special 29 cent price.
Two men wearing full face masks robbed the Tidelands Motel lobby at 919 N. Stone Ave. They demanded cash and fled with about $230 from the drawer and the clerk’s wallet. The clerk Raymond Isennock lost $3 from his wallet. a safe was not emptied. The suspects used a small automatic pistol and were unidentifiable.
A mountain lion blamed for calf killings in the Sonoita district was tracked for seven miles and cornered in a canyon. Joe Quiroga of Canelo Hills ranch and Sewell Goodwin with hunting dogs fired two shots, killing the six foot eight inch, 140 pound animal.
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