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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1959
Page
2
FBI and police probe a $113,200 disappearance after two deliverymen loaded cash at Bank of America vaults on 11th and Figueroa. The truck made 17 stops with 5 unguarded moments. investigators see no robberies at stops. Money possibly misdelivered to branches or businesses. insured by FDIC.
Pima County supervisors will hold a June 16 public hearing on a legal challenge to the North Side fire district plan covering about 120 square miles north and east of Tucson. The dispute centers on adjacent settlements required by the state statute and could derail the June 29 election if the board lacks jurisdiction.
On Omaha Beach France a solemn D-Day anniversary ceremony honored American soldiers sailors and airmen who died in the 1944 invasion. Veterans French residents and relatives laid wreaths at the St Laurent American cemetery where 9386 graves slope toward the landing beach. The 26th infantry of the 28th division and Virginia 16th infantry joined the remembrance as commemorations marked the 15th anniversary and the wall of the missing listed 1587 names.
A 33 year old Tucson man William J. O Fee drowned in his backyard pool yesterday afternoon. Neighbors and a police officer assisted after his wife Marjorie found him at the bottom of the pool. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Tucson Medical Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
The Del E. Webb Development Co. of Phoenix announced the purchase of 20,000 acres of Boswell Ranches northwest and west of Phoenix for more than 20 million dollars. J. R. Ashton said J. G. Boswell Co. long term leases will not be affected. The spread includes Marinette Santa Fe and Heading Ranch. This is viewed as the largest agricultural purchase in Arizona history.
The U S Geological Survey notes May drought tightened across Arizona rivers and reservoirs. Rillito Creek and the Santa Cruz River remained dry. Sabino Creek flowed 0.1 of normal. Major rivers showed record low or near low May discharges, with Salt River 16 percent of normal and Gila River 29 percent. Lakes Mead Mohave storage stood at 21.995 million acre feet, 115 percent of normal but down 1.694 million from a year earlier. Reservoirs statewide declined, Salt Verde down 764,130 acre feet and San Carlos at 26 percent normal for 40.95 hundred acre feet.
In London a court refused the divorce bid of spiritualist Frank Webb aged 47. The judge said the vibrations were all wrong in his wife's house and he was not getting good spirit reception.
An 11 year old boy Edwin Herty is ordered committed for 30 days of psychiatric observation in the slaying of a 12 year old girl in a blackberry patch. He is charged with sexually molesting and fatally stabbing the girl and with stabbing an 11 year old girl.
OSAN Korea Eleven American airmen are under investigation for alleged drug addiction. A military spokesman said the probe began late last month after Korean police arrested two Korean narcotics dealers near the base. He declined to provide further details.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp approves deposit insurance for the Bank of Tucson. Max Lininger says the bank will become a reality within days, with D. C. Saunders planning to issue a certificate and urge charter approval. The bank will occupy the former Tucson Savings building at Congress and Stone, remodel completed, with T. Smothers as president.
Joseph Gilman Reid Jr. was sworn in as chief scientist at the U S Army Electronic Proving Ground Ft Huachuca. A native of Arkansas, he held posts at the National Bureau of Standards and the U S uranium program and led the earth satellite office for IGY.
The Population Reference Bureau projects the U S population rising from 176 million to about 260 million by 1981 and 4 million more by 1980 if current growth continues. Growth since 1950 totals roughly 28 million, about 46 percent more than the prior decade, with birth rates and immigration cited as drivers.
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