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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1966
Page
1
Thousands of South Phoenix residents returned to ruined homes as six Salt and Verde River reservoirs released water to avert a flood. Governor Goddard declared an emergency and ordered National Guard units after damages reached about 3 million dollars.
Thousands stranded as Mass transit workers walk off the job in New York City for the first time in history. The strike follows stalled contract talks with the Transit Authority and unions led by the TWU and ATU. Mayor Lindsay appeals for cooperation and warns schools will close. essential workers only.
President Johnson sought a meeting between Bethlehem Steel officials and his Council of Economic Advisers after the company raised prices. Gardner Ackley declined comment, calling the action inflationary, while Johnson warned against unwarranted increases during the holidays at his Texas ranch.
A compact index of sections for the edition including Church News Comics Crossword Puzzle Deaths Editorials Movie Times Public Records Sports TV Radio Dials Woman's View and page references guiding readers to each feature. It lists section names and page numbers for quick navigation.
Ronald Worman and family celebrate Tucson's first baby of 1966 born at Tucson Medical Center. The 8 pound 5 ounce boy arrived at 12 26 am in an incubator with prizes valued around 500 dollars pending official Derby results. Second and third infants followed later including a 6 pound 14 ounce boy and a 7 pound 5 1/2 ounce girl.
Weather forecast notes a shift to clear skies and rising temperatures for an auspicious New Year start. Mercury may rise to 64 tomorrow after overnight 35 with daytime high near 59 yesterday. today’s morning low was 37, noon 54 with 48 percent humidity.
A reprieve hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Florence for Karl Narten who was sentenced on January 14 in the state gas chamber for the 1963 murder of University of Arizona student Rickel Hansen. The State Board of Pardons and Parole will hear the case at 9 30 a m Walter Hofman of Phoenix chairs the board Tucson attorney Sitney William Tinney will represent Narten The condemned man was convicted of killing Hansen in the Redington Pass area during an outing with his fiancée Patricia Crusey He was also convicted of abducting and assaulting Miss Crusey
Charlie increases the crossword jackpot to 250 dollars as he teases a fresh puzzle Monday and new clues printed Tuesday. The solution to this week’s puzzle appears on page 26.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, after talks with Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei, left for South Korea on the final leg of his five nation Asian tour. Sources say Chiang urged a tougher U S approach to Vietnam.
In Vietnam near Saigon and Tuy Hoa allied and Communist forces clashed on New Year’s Day. Korean and Vietnamese troops claimed 63 Viet Cong killed and four captured at Tuy Hoa while paratroopers reported 125 enemy killed and 63 captured northwest of Saigon. Delta fighting in Vinh Dinh Province caused heavy casualties to a regional force as reinforcements arrived. Air strikes against North Vietnam continued to be withheld.
The Pulitzer Prize drama The Subject Was Roses comes to town under Tucson Festival Society and Broadway Theatre League. Dennis O'Keefe stars in the touring company at the Tucson Music Center starting Thursday at 8 30 p.m. Read What To See and Do Next Week in Citizen Magazine.
Pope Paul VI sent New Year messages to North and South Viet Nam leaders and to the Soviet Union and China urging intervention for a just peace. He appealed to Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem to avoid renewed fighting while praising recent cease fire steps and noting U.S. bombings paused to push for negotiations.
Paris reports the death of Vincent Auriol former French president who served from 1947 to 1954. He suffered a hip fracture in a fall last November at his Riviera home and died after transfer to a Paris hospital. He was succeeded by Rene Coty and later De Gaulle.
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