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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1972
Page
1
A long criticism piece questions the season's meaning and consumerism, citing scholars and editors. It contrasts charity and sentiment with hypocrisy and ornamental displays. The column laments the commercial drift and calls for a reform society. A brief Tokyo report notes discovery of two ancient Chinese coins in a razed house.
Local superintendents react to reports that the OMB plans a 10 percent reduction in federal education funding for 1973 74. Impacts include possible cuts to Title 1 and impact aid, with districts like Flowing Wells Sunnyside and Amphitheater weighing program reductions and higher local taxes.
Phoenix AP report states Sen. Paul Fannin was cleared of a drunken driving charge after his attorney showed he was under prescription medication at the time of citation on November 17. City Magistrate Thomas Wuster dismissed the charge. a lesser unsafe lane-change count will be heard January 25.
The Tucson Daily Citizen lists subscription rates with Home-Delivered options in Tucson and outside Tucson. Rates include Carrian and Auto-Route plans, monthly and yearly prices, with mail rates payable in advance for Arizona and outside Arizona including Canada and Mexico.
Riverside California Raymond Hudgens 32 was arraigned on unlawful flight charges after arrest the night before He is held on 100000 bond pending extradition talks with Arizona A hearing is scheduled for Friday Hudgens the second escaped killer from an Arizona prison last month was captured in Hemet near Riverside California after a six week manhunt He and Charles Schmid Jr broke out November 1 and Schmid was recaptured in Tucson Hudgens was sentenced to the gas chamber for the murder of his estranged wife and her parents in Kingman Arizona.
Arizona House and Senate committee assignments reveal a reshuffle with Pima County losing a seat on the 13 member Appropriations Committee. The Democratic and Republican lineups show shifts in leadership and minority representation across panels as Speaker designate Rep. Stan Akers distributes posts amid ongoing changes.
Steven G. Wallenda, 23, a member of the Flying Wallenda ring, fell from the top of an Army tank he was preparing for shipment for Food Machinery Corp. He was hospitalized in San Jose with back injuries. Five Wallenda relatives have died in prior high wire falls.
The Air Force says airman Mattie Fenter’s son, a Sunnyside High graduate of 1971 and former Daily Citizen carrier, went missing when a C130 went down in Laos. Voice contact was made with some crew on the ground. mother Mrs. Mattie Fenter was informed. Fenter planned to pursue Mormon ministry after service. His sister Mrs. Norma Henderson lives on E Hardy Drive.
President Hafez al Assad asks Vice President Mahmoud Ayoubi to form a new government following the resignation of ailing Premier Abdul Rahman Khleifawi. Ayoubi, 40, previously served as education minister before becoming vice president on March 2, 1971.
UPI reports former president is 88 and in critical condition due to lung congestion and low blood pressure. Doctors use medication to raise pressure while kidney function slightly declines.
A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Managua early today causing widespread destruction and panic. Communications to the city were cut off with initial reports of severe damage and collapsed buildings, though casualty figures were not yet released.
Businessman Hank Heiss disputed a parking meter ticket claiming the meter was frozen. Heiss presented the ticket and a silver dollar embedded in a large block of ice at the justice of the peace to protest paying the fine.
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