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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1957
Page
1
Union Utah four amateur inventor Andrew L Phillips developed a fast way to clear lawns of autumn leaves. He built a device with two 20 inch electric fans on a rolling base and a lawnmower style handle. He invites others to adopt the contraption by plugging it in.
A man attaches a socket and wheels to move a blower around his yard, tossing leaves into adjacent fields and flower beds where they can be spaded under as natural fertilizer.
Albert Judstra scored three points to lead Plano High School as they trailed 40 to 5 at Alexandria. Rodney Poling added Plano’s other two points, and Plano scored all its points in the first half before falling behind.
Rep. Charles Bloomquist called for a full explanation from the Arizona Board of Regents on its swift move to set up a test junior college in Yuma. He criticized the rush action, noted a lack of report completion details, and urged public and legislative clarity during the next session. He stressed two successful junior colleges exist and cited statewide plans and a joint study committee draft awaiting introduction.
Lt. David A. Steeves, the Air Force jet pilot who said he survived 54 days in the California High Sierras after bailing out, has been released from active duty at his request. He was placed on inactive status Nov. 30 at Craig AFB Alabama. The Air Force will not disclose his reasons. Steeves, 23, returned to his Connecticut home after the wilderness ordeal and a canceled Saturday Evening Post contract over discrepancies in his account. He provided information on survival techniques while the service pursued the wreckage and cause of the accident. He is reported to be in good standing and his wife Rita greeted him upon return. she had considered divorce earlier but changed her mind.
NEW YORK. P D S Honeyman vice president and general manager of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co was named company president at a New York board meeting. He succeeds R S Newlin who was recently named vice president in charge of all operations of Anaconda Copper Co Inspiration subsidiary. H Carroll Weed was named general manager and Carl G Stunz was chosen assistant general manager.
Gerald Sarracini, 30, Canadian star of Romanoff and Juliet, died from a brain concussion after a Boxing Day beating near 64th Street following a Broadway show. He collapsed at Roosevelt Hospital after a running assault by unidentified men. understudy Ben Janney takes over the Romanoff role.
Eight cars of a southbound Florida East Coast passenger train derailed near Cocoa halting the Miami to Jacksonville line. Early reports said at least three injured as heavy rain pelted the area. The blocked cars carried holiday travelers from the New York area toward Miami, with Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center about 15 miles east.
Charleston's police chief notes J. F. Keith St. Pier of Surrey England applied for a police job after obtaining U S immigration visa. He is 6 feet 3 inches tall and 210 pounds but cannot qualify as he must be a Charleston resident for three years under civil service rules.
Snow tale from Jersey City involves Frank Scaglione who had not seen snow in 10 years. He packed snow balls in a can with dry ice and sent the item to Buck Brown of Largo, Florida in a quirky exchange via radio.
Alameda County will begin experimental film based physics lectures in January to help curb the decline of science teachers. The 162 half hour lectures cover properties of matter and nuclear physics and cost 13500 dollars to produce by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. Dr Harvey White of UC Berkeley is the in classroom expert, selected by the National Academy of Sciences and educators.
Portland fire chief Carl P Johnson warns about jet bicycles used by teens who attach a metal pipe to bicycle frames fill it with oily rags and ignite them to create a flame and smoke streamer rearward Johnson calls it a dangerous fire hazard and urges parental grounding of riders.
Farragut High School in Chicago receives a brass deck tread plate from the USS Hartford honoring Civil War admiral David Farragut. Lt. H. D. McCahey presents the plate, taken from the ship at scrapping, to be embedded in the school floor, per Principal William E. McBride.
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