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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
8
Congressman Udall of Arizona declares he will vote against a bill exempting natural gas producers from Federal Power Commission oversight. He argues gas is a public utility and requires rate regulation from production to consumer meter. The measure has cleared a House committee.
The Tucson Public School Board schedules a 7:30 p.m. session in room 101 at 700 E. 7th St. A 16 point agenda includes the proposed 1955-56 budget of 9 186 915 dollars, wage survey report, retirements, building inspections, and textbook change requests. The meeting is open to the public.
A coroner’s jury in Flagstaff ruled murder and self inflicted death in the case of Walter Wells, 68, who killed his wife Anna, 42, then shot himself. The couple were found in their bedroom with .38 caliber bullet wounds and a funeral note was found at the scene.
Inmates at Arizona State Prison will publish a monthly magazine on alcoholism next month titled Arizona Advocate. Sponsored by Alcoholics Anonymous the periodical will be written and printed by prisoners with drinking problems and distributed nationally.
A Tucson family received an eight month old rhesus monkey named Francis as a Fathers Day gift from Lt. Richard Wheeler of Ft. Knox. The primate caused chaos waking the household and neighbors, escaping into yards, and prompting a neighborhood manhunt before Francis was recovered.
Intermediary waits for word as rewards reach 15250 in West Palm Beach case. Circuit Judge C E Chillingworth and Marjorie disappear after Tuesday night departure from their Manalapan home. Investigators report no motive or clues, divers search the ocean floor with no findings, beds slept in, money pockets intact, bloodstains at the beach shelter raise abduction concerns. The FBI denied involvement, and the family asks Rev. Harry H. Waller to mediate.
Four Tucson youths, including Larry Price 19 and Duane Ericson 18, were free without bond pending a justice court trial at 10 a.m. August 2 on misdemeanor charges for furnishing beer to juvenile companions. A fifth 17-year-old was also involved. aggravated assault was listed for Ericson but not pursued.
A 17 year old airman assigned to crash crewman was arrested for damaging private planes to try to make them fly. He was found hiding in a plane at the Shears Crop Dusting Service field and admitted visiting private airports three times. He is jailed in the city juvenile tank.
The South Tucson Lions Club gathers Monday at La Jolla at 12 5 PM local time. At 7 30 PM Epes Randolph Lodge No 32 F and A M meets at the Masonic Temple to confer the third degree. Visiting Masons welcome.
Funeral services for Frances L. Kitson 25 of 1613 N Swan Rd Tucson are scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday at Bring's Funeral Chapel with Rev. Hayden Sears of Catalina Methodist Church officiating. Cremation will follow and burial will be at South Lawn Cemetery. She died Thursday after a long illness. Survivors include husband John daughter Kim Elizabeth parents Sgt and Mrs Chester A Williams three sisters Margaret Lois and Geraldine Williams all of Tucson a grandmother Mrs Clayton Stover an aunt Mrs Frances Fisher of Berrien Springs Mich and an uncle LaVern S Williams of Pampas Beach Fla. She was a member of Welcome F Mason chapter Order of the Eastern Star came to Tucson three years ago from Berrien Springs Mich and was active in Catalina Methodist Church young married group and local bowling circles. Friends may call at Bring's Funeral Home tonight tomorrow and Monday before services.
Mrs. Lelia Isabel Hoy, 66, died yesterday in a Nogales hospital after two years of ill health. She is survived by her husband Elmer, Nogales water plant manager, a daughter Betty Watts of Miami Arizona, a sister Dorothy Spring of Tucson, and a nephew Willard Cook of Nogales. Born in Massachusetts, she moved to Sonoita in 1912 with her parents and has lived in Santa Cruz County since. Funeral services likely Monday in Nogales.
A 17 year old airman is jailed in Maricopa County on juvenile status while police probe vandalism at Phoenix area private airports. Investigators say he admitted entering three private airports to “play with planes” and was found near a plane at Shears Crop Dusting Service Airport. Damages were reported April 28 and 29 at Shears Airport and Rex Williams Field. He serves in a crash crew at a nearby air base and says his goal of flying remains unfulfilled.
Arizona's American Legion resolutions committee backed a measure to study amendments to protect the veterans tax exemption. It supported the Bricker amendment, juvenile delinquency study, a home for disabled veterans, and NATO renegotiation. The panel opposed Hoover recommendations to close VA hospitals and curb veterans' civil service preference, and backed continued free $10,000 military insurance. A parade, a banquet with Col Everest, and talks by Brig. Gen. Edmundson and Richard Searles are on the program as the convention closes with elections.
An elderly man apparently fell asleep at the wheel causing a car to slam into a work train caboose in Arizona. Robert Roy Lang, 71, died 34 miles east of Globe. his wife Susan Lang, 63, was in fair condition at Gila General Hospital. A second crash derailed a 20 ton caboose and a man identified as John Marion Gunter, 41, was fatally injured.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer won full backing from the United States Britain and France to visit Moscow next fall for talks on diplomacy and trade. The foreign ministers also agreed to consult NATO partners before the July 18 Geneva summit of the Big Four.
Prescott reports the Arizona Northlands Association will meet in Payson for a day long session on Friday with officer elections to be held. President George A. Hill announced the gathering and agenda.
Miss Martha B. Akard of Blountville Tennessee received Japan's fourth degree Order of the Sacred Treasure for 36 years educating Japanese girls and aiding leprosy patients. Vice Minister Yoshio Tanaka presented the award and Empress Nagako personally thanked her.
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