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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1961
Page
13
Don Schellie recounts a rain soaked visit to Mannheim as he guides a U.S. group through language mishaps while shopping for lederhosen. Clerks struggle with English as they help select child sizes and joke about boys wearing leather pants.
Former President Harry S. Truman condemned the Freedom Riders as outside agitators stirring trouble in the South and urged peaceful, legal steps to achieve civil rights goals. He spoke during an early morning walk in New York after arriving with Mrs. Truman to visit their son-in-law Clifton Daniel.
Governor Paul Fannin reviews a tentative $71 million plan to modernize Arizona interstate highways for 1961 62, up $10 million from the current year. The Arizona Highway Commission expects at least $60 million in construction awards starting July 1, with $15 million set aside for secondary farm to market roads. Arizona totals $129.4 million in highway funds, split between state and federal sources.
Phoenix report notes Rep E B Thode and committee push self help welfare plan. Welfare Commissioner Hildreth to brief on federal rules. Mrs Thode backs work in public parks as an aid to self respect while seeking jobs. Rep Hathaway emphasizes prudent use of welfare funds.
A professional safe cracking gang used torches to open a five foot safe at Holmes Tuttle Broadway Ford and escaped with about 2100 in bills and a customer’s station wagon. Police suspect at least two burglars based on torch handling and escape in a 1960 wagon. The firm’s safe held roughly 15000 in cash and checks. checks and loose change were left behind. The crime was discovered at 7 am by janitors. the loss was not insured.
Miller succeeds Sen. Thruston B. Morton as chairman of the Republican National Committee. The 47 year old Olcott New Yorker is the party's 43rd chairman and the second Roman Catholic to hold the post since 1856. Miller, a lawyer in his sixth House term, helped lead GOP gains as chairman of the House Republican campaign committee.
The president of Southwestern Glass & Millwork Co. in Phoenix said he is spending 8000 dollars to convert a waste burning operation to a non burning method, pausing production during the changeover. City officials and health leaders praise the move as a model anti smog step amid rising air pollution concerns.
A mallard and seven ducklings caused a rush hour traffic jam as they waddled single file across a Dearborn street. Police blocked traffic with a patrol car until the family headed toward the Rouge River.
Arizona steering committee for air pollution study and control convenes in Casa Grande to coordinate statewide efforts. Ralph Patey and Dr. S F Farnsworth will lead. Southern Pacific adds a 250 dollar pledge to the Tucson Community Council fund.
In Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic Gen Rafael Trujillo Jr moves to consolidate power after his father’s assassination. A suspect in the killing, Huascar Tejeda Reina, is arrested while Father Gabriel Maduro is detained for harboring him.
The Internal Revenue Service announced it has accepted 1.94 million dollars in settlement of back tax claims against the late Bishop Charles M Grace widely known as Sweet Daddy Grace. Grace led the United House of Prayer for All People headquartered in Washington and died in Los Angeles in January 1960.
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