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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
6
In Fort Worth Texas William Dewey Kempe Jr. seven walked from his home during a heated argument between his father William Kempe Sr and his girlfriend. He was fatally struck by a passing car driven by John Tonetti.
The Tucson Airport Authority reports steady progress on bonding negotiations to fund a new terminal and expects bond signatures and revised plans within 30 days. An election for new officers and three board openings will occur at the Jan. 8 annual meeting at the airport luncheon.
Two Ajo High School students were critically injured when the car they rode in plunged 150 feet into a canyon on Childs Mountain road ten miles north of Ajo. Driver Sally Denny 19 suffered fractures of the neck pelvis and elbow. Christine Melendrez 14 sustained brain damage and head cuts. she was to be moved to a Phoenix hospital when feasible alongside other passengers including Allen Giles 19 and Patricia Denny 15 plus an unidentified Luke Air Force Base airman. The Pima County Sheriff's Office investigated.
Yesterday brought Miami its coldest Christmas in at least 22 years with a low of 42 degrees, the coldest since 1939 when the Weather Bureau began records.
Five Campman grandchildren, Judy 15 Rita 13 Mona 10 Sandra 11 Janet 3, are in fair condition after a fatal auto collision that killed their parents Phillip and Mrs. Campman of Falconer New York. Lloyd Palmer 45 and Mrs Kathleen Smith 37 of Irvine died. Palmer’s daughter Mary 15 and others were hospitalized. Funeral plans set for Campmans. Palmer services in Youngsville.
Concord New Hampshire state police under Gov Wes Powell will strictly enforce the law against driving after drinking. Powell ordered troopers to arrest and lock up any driver found drinking, erasing any distinction from drunken driving. Under state law a driver can be arrested for driving after drinking even with minimal alcohol.
The County Planning and Zoning Commission approves a Lusk Corp. Indian Ridge Foothills plat with a 75 foot right of way along Cloud road west of Sabino Canyon. A 50 acre park site, a regional shopping center at Camino Seco Pantano, and zoning shifts are discussed for future action.
Three youths in the 3000 block of South Cottonwood Lane fired a .22 rifle and accidentally shot 64 year old Frank Chavez of 2900 South Mission Road. Chavez was in fair condition at Pima County Hospital with a bullet wound to the right thigh. Police questioned the three youths as one fled the scene near the city dump at West 40th Street and the Santa Cruz River. Discharging firearms within the city is illegal.
Two Phoenix men received suspended sentences and five years probation in U S District Court after pleading guilty to failure to pay tax on marijuana. Lewis T. Burch, 19, and Robin T. Platt, 25, were arrested Nov 12 on Nogales Hwy and later found with heroin and marijuana in their auto. Herbert G. Dorman, 21, of Charlottesville Va, was placed on five years probation for a Dyer Act violation after pleading guilty to driving a stolen car from Lan a to Globe on Dec 13.
Prospective jurors continue to be questioned in the Arizona Savings and Loan case. James R. Heron former associate president and Chuck O. Lee former comptroller face 23 felonies including embezzlement. Twelve of 40 veniremen approved. questioning to continue at least until Thursday before Superior Court Judge Warren L. McCarthy.
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