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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1956
Page
8
Fairfield board of education chair Roger W. Hartt says replacing five aging schools with new buildings would reduce annual maintenance costs by 145000 dollars. He told fellow members that the project would save money over time.
Rain fell in the Northeast and Northwest while eastern parts stayed fair and warm. Light showers dotted eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and southern New England with heavier rain at Tatoosh Island. Temperatures ranged from 40s in New England to 90s in the Dakotas and Montana.
Louis Martinez, 14, remained in critical condition at County Hospital following a two car crash on the Nogales highway early Friday. Mr and Mrs Joseph Martin Garcia Papago Indians were killed in the collision. Martinez rode with the couple and was among four injured. Coroner Clark H Johnson said an inquest will be held later when witnesses can testify.
ANN ARBOR Mich four A University of Michigan sociologist says automation and the atom will place more importance on the middle class of workers. Asst Prof Harold L Wilensky says middle class salaried white collar and professional people will be set by the blue collar factory worker who already is merged in income and with automation will become more mental and less physically minded.
University of Arizona director William H. Smith told Sertoma members the student body will rise to about 17 000 within ten years with 11 500 by 1960 and 22 000 by 1970. He called these figures very conservative and noted growth in electrical engineering, agriculture, and arid land research.
AiResearch Manufacturing Co of Arizona announced a total of 5250 in scholarships to the University of Arizona College of Engineering. Nine 500 dollar awards will be distributed over three years beginning this fall with 20 dollars yearly for administrative costs. The program, now in its fourth year, is the largest yet and will be administered by a UA committee led by M J Thornburg.
Two youths stole beer from a delivery truck on El Pichelito Drive Inn. Pete Romero 19 of 1214 N 13th Ave was booked for petty theft and minor in possession. his 17 year old companion was given to juvenile authorities. The case followed a pursuit by tavern owner Robert L. Perez and a deputy who found two cases in the back seat at Romero’s home. Also charged were Charles Wilson Tucker for bogus checks and two separate incidents involved a fire at 410 W Oregon St and break ins at St. Joseph's Academy, plus other minor detentions.
The Agriculture Department reversed course and will pay soil bank benefits for 1956 crops damaged by drought or other natural causes and for immature crops plowed up. Secretary Ezra T. Benson announced the change, saying the department will align with the law’s spirit and letter while noting 1956 rules apply only to that year.
A Superior Court jury awarded Frian Cathey of 2001 N. Stone Ave. $1,000 damages from Crystal Coca Cola Bottling Co in a suit claiming he swallowed a dead fly and suffered mental anguish pain and loss of earnings. Cathey sought $3,000. Martin Rogers represented Cathey and Conner & Jones aided the bottling firm.
An apparently deranged man from Mobile Alabama, Levi Williams, 38, was struck and killed by a truck while wandering Highway 66 west of Seligman Arizona. Williams reportedly went berserk before the fatal incident and his family tried to restrain him as officers arrived. The highway patrol could not determine a motive.
Oklahoma City 11 year old Jimmy Paulk runs a snail business selling three for a nickel. He claims a full grown snail moves about an inch in 15 seconds and keeps about 400 snails as stock. Snails are used to clean fish bowls by aquarium owners and Jimmy says they are easy to raise with no mess.
Ray Manley Commercial Photographers at 2307 E Broadway will headline the August Arizona Highways issue devoted entirely to the studio. All photos including a Tucson downtown night scene and a full color cattle spread will carry the Manley byline and the two page center spread reaches over 250000 readers.
Police report a thief who broke into a downtown billiard parlor in Cushing Oklahoma and stole a television set. The thief later left the set at the depot with a note claiming it belongs at the Broadway pool hall and sent a letter to the pool hall manager detailing the location. The man did not mention the two beer cases eight cigarette cartons and cigars also taken.
About 300 lone horses inhabit a remote Nova Scotia sandspit. The origin remains uncertain with theories of wreck survivors or a French cavalry stock. Hoofed residents face starvation winters, with 150 mares to be moved to the mainland this year.
In Wheeling West Virginia Herman Levite argued for immediate start of a police training program after placing a dime in a nickel only meter by mistake. He added a note and found a blue ticket reading knuckles only air beside it, written by a policeman.
Dallas residents face sticky humidity as Texas Weather headlines compare conditions to Houston. The region endures a warm, humid day with typical summer coast climates shaping daily life in the state’s largest city on the Gulf.
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