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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1961
Page
13
A quirky holiday fragment notes a mysterious elf named vif leaving verses in a newsroom. The piece weaves in a Tucson balance sheet of downtown business, a Christmas card anecdote, and social commentary on holiday blues and marital strain with light, humor-laced observations.
Arizona State Planning and Building Commission considers requests totaling 15 million across departments. The largest item seeks a 7 million, 20 story state office building with underground parking between Capitol wings. Additional asks include 335,000 for the State Hospital plus 826,000 from a farm sale and several other department projects.
This fourth of five pieces reviews John F Kennedy’s leadership after 11 months in office. It contrasts his stated goals with the difficulty of turning promises into action while noting mixed opinions from allies and critics about his management and direction.
The state Attorney General's office says the Legislature can raise county boards from three to five members without a constitutional amendment. Asst. Atty. Gen. Joseph S. Jenks laid out the opinion to Rep. Alvin Wessler, who plans to introduce a bill in January.
Frank Dunn creates rock and twig carvings from concretion stones in Coachella Valley. At a Raymond O'Day home party, guests including George Washington and Einstein were among Dunn's rock caricatures. Dunn, 61, says he lets natural shapes guide his figures and often donates pieces to friends.
An Arctic freeze grips the eastern two thirds of the nation as deadly fires kill at least 11 people, including seven children. Fires in Winters Texas Evansville Indiana Keokuk Iowa and San Benito Texas claim lives amid record cold and heavy snow.
Professor Andreas 5 Andersen, head of the University of Arizona art department, resigns to take a new state job. Regents chair Harvill announced the Feb 18, 1962 departure at a Tempe meeting. Andersen, 53, studied in Rome and Chicago and has works in IBM and university collections, with exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He and wife Louise Susan and daughter Mary Susan live at 2830 E. 3rd St.
Public notice lists an 8 p m Playbox Theater show The Spoofy doof's Funnybone at 504 N Fremont Ave Tucson Tonight Tomorrow and Saturday with admission charges. other meetings in this column are open to the public without charge.
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