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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1961
Page
3
New York report shows total heavy construction contracts fell 4 percent from April and 1 percent from May 1960. Private contracts rose 18 percent versus April and 11 percent year over year, while public construction dropped 19 percent from April and 13 percent from May 1960.
Construction Materials Inc. won a temporary permit from the District 1 Board of Adjustment to haul concrete 8 miles to Palo Verde High School from its 22nd Street plant, extending to February 15 and allowing Longview Estates service with limited residential area use. Board member G C Irwin supported the shorter haul, while Ruth Riker urged tighter limits. The board ultimately upheld the plan after arguments over reducing long hauls through residential zones.
Alabama Attorney General Mac Donald Gallion labeled CORE an active vehicle for communism and claimed Freedom Riders threaten America. He addressed 2,500 at a Citizens Council rally, accusing Kennedy of political manipulation and warning of recent Alabama clashes as harmful to the South. CORE rebuttal called Gallion’s attack unfounded and urged unity for an America open to all.
Japan and the United States reach a repayment accord for 490 million of the 2 billion in postwar economic aid. Kosaka says the sum will be repaid over 15 years at 2.5 percent interest, with a memorandum to be signed tomorrow and a formal treaty after Ikeda’s US visit. Opposition Socialists question the obligation.
Standard & Poor's monthly dividend survey shows May 1961 with 50 increases versus 74 in May 1960 and 23 omissions up from the prior year. Extras rose to 40 from 39, resumes 11 against 8, and decreases 15 versus 18 a year earlier.
The Arizona Game Protective Association criticizes Gov. Fannin for backing Kaibab North oil and gas exploration. Executive secretary Tom Calhoun argues oil rigs conflict with the forest preserve set by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. He notes over 40,000 Arizonans oppose opening the Kaibab.
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