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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1955
Page
1
The weatherman predicts a fair Christmas with high clouds and wind at times. Cool talk of a storm in California is uncertain, but overall it should be warm around 70 and mostly sunny.
Christians worldwide center on Bethlehem as Bethlehem Eve services proceed amid tense Jordan Israel frontier. Eisenhower grandchildren to sing at White House. baby born Wednesday keeps mother at Walter Reed. Queen Elizabeth II at Sandringham will broadcast on Christmas Day. Pope Pius XII renews peace appeals and arms restraint. American church leaders visit troops in Korea and Greenland. US units across Europe host holiday parties for tens of thousands of children and refugees. Radio Free Europe airs messages behind the Iron Curtain.
The United Community Campaign reached 600,500 in its drive for 21 local appeals, with 164,873 needed to meet 712,278. Volunteers raised an extra 53,095 in a mop-up effort, and Arthur N. Pack outlined plans for a January follow-up targeting tourist industry contacts and business gifts.
HAL BOYLE narrates Santa's Arctic voyage as the red sled overflows with gifts heading toward the American border. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police clear air lanes and Santa cheerfully welcomes three tuxedoed penguins hitchhiking toward Florida. Santa plans broad generosity this year, beyond the usual list, while elf Cluny asks for patience.
In a wintry scene Cluny presents Santa with a handcrafted angel of peace with butterfly wings and a wand. Santa declares the gift special and promises the angel will wave its wand over every home in the land for at least one day. The moment ends with Santa and reindeer launching the sleigh into frost.
Citizen Charlie notes no one solved this week's crossword but acknowledges near misses from 4,746 entries. He says the correct solution appears on page 32 and announces another $25 jackpot and a forthcoming $225 cash prize with a new puzzle Monday.
The Citizen prints only good news on page 1 in keeping with the season. The staff wishes readers a Merry Christmas and hopes world events could be printed as positive items daily.
The Quitman County Democrat plans a holiday edition with a whiskey ink prank. Editor Henry Burns allegedly mixed bourbon into printing ink and sprayed each copy with a bourbon filled device as it rolled off the press.
Pope Pius XI urged a world halt to atomic tests and weapons use, proposing three steps: renounce experiments, renounce use, and control armaments via international agreement. He warned a partial halt would doubt true intent and stressed colonial freedoms and rejection of communism in the church’s stance.
President Eisenhower schedules a quiet Christmas at the White House with no official engagements as doctors advised a warmer climate trip. He told Key West chamber chief Joe Pinder he doubts he can leave Washington, putting a southern vacation out of reach this year.
Grand Rapids Michigan Zoo director Fred Meyer received two diamondback rattlesnakes as a Christmas present from a friend in Laredo Texas. Meyer praised the gift saying they are real beauties and hard to top for a holiday surprise.
The Tucson Boys Band will perform Christmas carols tonight at 7 PM for the public at Saguaro Vista Guest Ranch on Wade Road. Tomorrow features a Merry Christmas event continuing the celebration.
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