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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
1
During a 78 hour Christmas weekend traffic deaths reached 521, with 83 fire deaths and 85 other fatalities, pushing total violent deaths to 689. Weather and ice contributed to wrecks across the nation as fires and accidents added to the grim toll.
The 1961 Arizona traffic toll rose to 494 after three holiday deaths. Michael Finney, 19, of Phoenix, died Christmas Eve when his truck overturned and burned near Brenda on U S 60 70. Harold Dean Holder, 21, of Bagdad, died in a crash on U S 89A near Prescott. Gregory J. Flatow, 19, of La Mesa, Calif., was fatally injured when his car left Arizona 69 near New River.
President Kennedy will have a year end medical checkup with Dr. Wade and Dr. Travell before finalizing the State of the Union budget plan. Top advisers, including Sorensen Feldman Bell Bundy, travel to Palm Beach for discussions while Kennedy recovers from illness in the family.
Governor Paul Fannin said a fact finding committee has wound up its inquiry into a controversial address by Civil Defense Director Ralph Redburn. The panel’s three members, including Maj. Gen. J. C. Wilson, prepared a final report as critics demanded his resignation after an audience claimed he urged an immediate war with Russia. Redburn defended quoting a State Department remark and said the committee has done substantial work in Tucson.
The United Nations will deploy Congolese National Army troops in Katanga with 900 soldiers to Kamina base and 90 slated for tomorrow. Gen Sean McKeown will command them as blue-helmeted UN forces join Indian Canadian Swedish and Norwegian troops at Kamina. Deputies and Katanga senators prepare to move to Leopoldville for constitutional talks to reunite the Congo.
Hollywood police search for two well dressed bandits who robbed two bars on Christmas Eve. They forced the bartender to hand over 160 dollars from the till 65 dollars from the wallet and gave free drinks to all customers before escaping with about 500 dollars in total.
Kenneth C Brook 21 of 263 N Haskell Ave used a blanket to smother a car fire on the Freeway near Prince road. The blanket caused a second blaze that destroyed the foreign car. Loss estimated at 1200 dollars.
The captain Adley Le Blanc and nine crewmen abandoned the leaking dredge Cartagena as 20 to 30 foot seas drove it off the New England coast. The Coast Guard cutter Acushnet towed briefly but the hawser broke. ten survivors were taken aboard, one man severely injured and given artificial respiration.
The defense ministry reported that 53 rounds were fired by Communist China at Nationalist Quemoy on Christmas Day, breaking a 3.5 month cease-fire. It marked the first shelling since September 11 and raised expectations of renewed every-other-day attacks on the offshore islands.
Four workers were briefly trapped when a 13-foot ditch on East Alameda street caved in while they braced the wall. Three were hospitalized with minor injuries. Manny Valenzuela escaped uninjured. The crew, employed by Sanderson and Porter for Tucson Gas and Electric, was repairing an old water main and piped wall collapse caused the cave-in.
Teen humor feature on page 4 showcases light entertainment while page 14 notes Maris earning the number one spot in a legislature and taxes context.
Clear tonight for enjoying Tucson holiday lights with mild late December conditions. Tomorrow brings variable clouds and wind with temperatures near 65, not enough to spoil outdoor activities. Mt. Lemmon reports excellent skiing with well packed snow up to four feet and light vehicle delays on the one lane road.
President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina completed a 35000 mile round-the-world goodwill journey returning home after a Christmas Eve meeting in Palm Beach with President John F. Kennedy.
In Ramle Prison near Tel Aviv Adolf Eichmann rejected a priest’s offer of a special Christmas service and spent the day pacing in his death-row cell. He did eat the traditional jail turkey and viewed Christmas cards from relatives while carols drifted in from other inmates.
A Christmas Day fire in 45 below zero weather destroyed the Edgewater Hotel, two restaurants, several other businesses, and upstairs apartments in Whitehorse Yukon. Fifty people fled the cold, heat was cut for many, but there were no casualties. Damage was estimated at about $1 million.
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