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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
20
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Dr Carl Shipp Marvel a University of Arizona professor since February will be honored tomorrow and Thursday by about 200 colleagues and former students in a scientific symposium. The chemist studies polymers and related compounds, a Marvel specialty since 1928, after a career that included 40 years at the University of Illinois and 165 PhDs. Nobel laureate Dr Vincent du Vigneaud of Cornell will present a paper.
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The International Control Commission airlifted 220 neutralist and pro Communist troops to Vientiane for talks among Laos three princes Souvanna Phouma Souphanouvong and Boun Oum. The plan aims to form a coalition government with posts and guard details set by IC C. Talks run through Friday with guard planes and civilian advisers provided.
Tenn couple Charlie Johns and Eunice Winsted married January 1937 near Treadway. Johns, 22 at marriage, now recalls their union amid national uproar over age limits. They have nine children and eight remain on the 65 acre farm.
A bomb at the Bogota region army post during Christmas Eve services killed 51 people including 12 soldiers and 39 civilians and wounded 122. Investigators pursued leads pointing to an underground group, while others linked a soldier Gustavo Nes Barabbas as a suspect.
Cardinal Spellman wrapped up a Christmas visit to Berlin praising U S troops and the city’s separation from East Germany. He toured the wall by helicopter and spoke to Soviet border guards near Friedrich strasse before heading to Munich.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco left Central Air Force Hospital for El Pardo Palace after a Christmas Eve pigeon hunt accident. His left hand suffered multiple fractures including the index finger and second metacarpal. doctors reported the hand will not be permanently affected.
Orel Burris of La Posta Quemada Ranch dropped a Superior Court action after both sides agreed to dismiss a petition for a writ of prohibition. Burris sought to dismiss a misdemeanor charge alleging a simple neglect, claiming speedy trial and jury trial rights were violated. The City Prosecutor said Burris failed to appear and forfeited a $100 bond after a City Court trial was postponed from August to October.
In Houston, Tassie Ann Shilling asked Santa in a postscript to fix her broken record player. She wrote that she would leave it under the tree and hoped Santa would see to it, recalling how she received the gift years ago and how she figured out a repair.
Former Tucson Police Sgt James J Green was named administrative assistant to South Tucson Police Chief Cecil Cavender. He will train staff and manage records for the 16 man department with an estimated salary of 450 dollars monthly. Green will later hold the rank of captain and serve as second in command.
Leavenworth Kansas Warden J C Taylor cited a possible intoxicant from duplicating machines as the cause of death for Daniel Leon McRae 21 and illness in two others in the U S penitentiary The fluid is described as a clear poisonous liquid kept locked away It may have been mixed with water McRae died yesterday in the prison hospital Hill Kansas City Kansas prisoner and Pummill Astoria New York inmate are listed with improving conditions Hill held for unregistered firearms Pummill for bank robbery
In Fontana California a 30 year old mother Rosemary Starry and her husband Elmer both in critical condition after a fire gutted their home. The woman reportedly saved all eight children four of whom were over six from a prior marriage. Fire officials cited a floor furnace near a Christmas tree as a possible cause. Two firefighters suffered minor burns. The aunt, Mrs F A Lynch, was to care for the children.
Bids for portable and new construction projects at Mission View and Wheeler Schools in Tucson Arizona are invited by the Pima County Board of Supervisors. Bid documents, drawings, and specifications available from the Public Schools office at 1010 E Tenth Street Tucson. Bids due by 7 P M on the 7th. deposits and bid bonds required. contracts awarded per Arizona law. bidder licensing required.
The city considers leasing Fifth Avenue Coach Lines and Surface Transit Inc to raise revenue for a new wage contract with the Transport Workers Union without raising bus fares. City Administrator Tenney said a rental contract would cover the new agreement, keeping fares at 15 cents amid a threatened strike. Fifth Avenue Surface operates all Bronx service and most Manhattan routes.
Harry W Green is named president of the Tucson Unit of the American Contract Bridge League for 1962, succeeding Charles M Payne. New officer slate includes John W Wharton vice president Edna Holt secretary and Nathan Robinson treasurer. Board members are Horace Brannen Viola Cecil J M Johnson Lucia n and Mary Sie Esanheutip. Committees will form to plan the Old Pueblo Sectional Bridge Tournament set for January 5 to 7 at the Pioneer Hotel.
An auto crashed through the glass doors of the Circle K Market at 1602 S Craycroft Rd causing 600 in store damage and 100 to the car. Police say driver Marian Lilla Vaughn 31 of 2038 Albion St told them brakes failed. No injuries reported.
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