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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1955
Page
11
Safford resident Leland Branch, in his 15th year as Santa, distinguishes good children from bad and serves the rest of the year as the county juvenile probation officer.
The Glendale 20-30 Club sponsors a campaign to warn motorists not to leave ignition keys in cars. Deputy district governor Don Van Camp says keys in cars tempt juveniles. A club survey links car theft to 55 percent of juvenile crimes and notes many offenses rely on stolen vehicles.
Six residents protested a proposed rezoning on N Cherry Ave from Residence-1 to Residence-3 to permit fraternity houses opposite the University of Arizona campus. The planning and zoning commission approved the change December 13, and the City Council action remains pending amid heated debate.
Letters from Edith Triflett and others object to rezoning in their area alleging consent signatures are being rushed. They warn streets could become race tracks as the 75 percent threshold is pursued. The council tentatively schedules a Jan. 16 meeting to vote.
The Tucson Bridge Club announced winners for last night’s duplicate bridge. North South winners were Mrs Mayme Thorne and Mrs Lauryne Donavan first, Col. and Mrs. Thomas Thomson second, Mr and Mrs L A Lash third, Mr and Mrs George Tipesco fourth. East West winners were first Mrs Luetta Sheridan and Dr M E Nugent, second Mrs Rose Melbourne and Miss Edna Mims, third Mr and Mrs Dan Oliver, fourth Mrs Margaret Collins and Miss Caroline Mills.
In Chicago William Wohl a 47 year old railroad conductor continued his daily Lake Michigan swim despite frigid temperatures. The day reached nine degrees above zero with a morning low of two above. Wohl has maintained a two year daily swimming habit and reduces time to five minutes in cold weather.
The Arizona Power Authority will decide early next year whether to authorize a steam power generating plant in the Benson area. Wingfield said the project remains in the study stage with questions of capacity and location under review. If built, it would be financed by revenue bonds and would likely serve Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative among others.
Bicycle tags go on sale January 9 at police headquarters and two shops, Russell and Shepard Bicycle Shop and Ingham and Ingham Bicycle Shop. Tags cost 25 cents each. Bring or register current year bikes and bring bill of sale for new bicycles.
Dr Homer Bradshaw of New York says Communist bandits abducted him from a Chinese hospital in 1951 and kept him imprisoned over four years on espionage charges He and his wife arrived in Hong Kong and plan to fly to the Philippines once Mrs Bradshaw can travel Her account details brutal mistreatment and a forced confession before a five hour Communist trial may be released later by his Presbyterian mission and records are kept for proof
Rescuers pulled 120 pupils and their teachers to safety after their ship ran aground in fog off Germany near Langeoog island. The group had just completed a four week North Sea vacation bound for Bensersiel. Scandinavia faced blizzards and heavy snow with deaths reported in Norway and Sweden. Temperatures dropped to 23 below in Oslo and 27 below zero in Stockholm with avalanches feared in northern mountains.
Oklahoma manufacturing payroll rose to 91 700 last month per the State Employment Security Commission. The gain adds 100 jobs from October and marks an 8 600 increase over the previous year.
George Washington Suppiger, 84, longtime Idaho Industrial Accident Commission member, dies at home in Tucson after retirement. He practiced law in Moscow and Kendrick, Idaho, was a Mason for 50 years, and is survived by wife Eleanor Ballard Suppiger and two daughters. funeral plans not yet set.
A police warning urges caution as youths receive BB guns for Christmas. Within city limits, use is prohibited and parents are told to stop children from aiming at street lights, cars, or other targets. Officers note post Christmas damage rises yearly and may increase with the new annexation.
A Tokyo Metropolitan School Board spokesman defended a policy barring women teachers under five feet tall. He cited difficulties locating shorter staff outdoors and reaching the top of blackboards in classrooms.
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