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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1955
Page
3
Volunteers gathered 5 000 toys for West Side children, with 2 000 attendees at the free party. Edna Pray noted 5 000 toys were collected, about 2 500 by Marines, plus clothing and 4000 pounds of candy. Remaining items will go to orphanages and institutions.
A University of Arizona survey for the Bureau of Indian Affairs finds the 25 000 square mile Navajo Hopi reservation rich in construction materials including crushed stone flagstone and lightweight aggregate. The report highlights unused resources for road building housing and economic diversification and notes tuff and DeChelly sandstone flagstone as marketable options.
Milwaukee police report 13 year old Duncan Himes was shot while delivering Christmas editions. Attorney John Burggraf, 29, of Wauwatosa, admitted firing the pistol and was released on $500 bond. The boy survived initial surgery and remained under care with doctors hopeful for life.
In Savannah Georgia a $1 000 Christmas tree is shown at the birthplace of Mrs Juliette Gordon Low founder of the Girl Scouts of America The tree honors national donations to renovate the home as a Girl Scout shrine Each ornament is paired with a cash gift and the total exceeds $1 000 The tree was gifted by the Girl Scouts of St Paul Minnesota and is decorated with holly from Oregon
In Little Rock Arkansas an IRS office received a $1,000 negotiable bond with a note to “Dear Mr. Collector” saying the bond is for an income tax that is nearly 20 years old. Officials said the bond will be deposited in the U Treasury.
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