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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1954
Page
5
Buckle down to meet the gravity powered racer inspection deadline one week from today. The last day for preliminary inspection is Saturday June 26 at 4 p.m. After that time the contestant list will be closed.
Tucson CAP cadets aged 15 to 18, about 50 strong, will be dropped at a Mt Lemmon site for a survival drill led by Lt. John R. Burrell and Capt. Kurt Steinbeck. Davis Monthan AFB will provide transport and air rescue crews will perform a search with food parachute drops.
Calcutta dispatch reports Indian customs impounded cargo aboard a Saigon bound French airliner after detaining four passengers overnight on suspicion of military personnel in civilian clothes. Passengers allowed to proceed to Saigon. some packages held for undeclared contents. Prime Minister Nehru ordered military air traffic with Indochina not to cross Indian airspace.
Hearings on 37 uranium claims on the Navajo reservation were recessed to August 2 by G Warren Spaulding. Black Mountain Uranium Corp of Ft Morgan Colo contests the assignment of claims by the Navajos to other firms, asserting their role in the deposits discovery. Chester Wright Mining Co of Denver previously received the awards. Spaulding noted Navajo rights are included in the protest. J Corder Smith represents Black Mountain as counsel and vice president.
Bertram Ducson, 24, was beaten and robbed of 15 dollars after a false fire alarm he triggered to draw help. Police and firefighters tried to help but noted the incident cost the city 600 dollars in response costs.
A June heat wave, the worst on record in parts of the Midwest, brought torrential rains and thunderstorms across the Great Plains. Chicago endured nine days above 90 as a cool Canadian air front lagged. A Nebraska tornado warning passed without twisters. floods threatened the Chippewa River at Eau Claire, and a man died in Esterville, Iowa, after being startled by lightning.
The Jewish War Veterans host their annual swim and dance at Fenster's ranch to benefit the hospital fund. Navy Mothers club No. 240 holds a meeting at Mrs. Ramsey Smith's home. Tucson Baha'i community gathers for Emeric Sala review. Monday events include Traffic Club at YMCA, Lions Club lunch at La Jolla, Tucson Press Club at El Conquistador, Sweet Adelines at Lighthouse on the Desert, Tucson Gem and Mineral Society talk by L. C. Halpenny on water as a rockhound.
A sequence of city fire department responses from 10:03 to 11:36 am shows sprinkler shutoff at Steinfelds, car gasoline leak at Congress and Stone, a house fire at 378 S Conv ent are, a false alarm at Park Avenue and 16th Street, and a freeway incident near Congress. Engines 1 2 4 and truck 1-1 were dispatched.
A humorous catalog claims the ideal Father's Day gift is HIS OWN telephone and bathroom with private space. It envisions a private dog and cat sitter, a personal television set, and early access to plans for a mortgage and car night outs. The piece plays on dad’s desire for privacy and simpler needs.
United Nations dispatch reports that the western Big Three back Thailand's request for a south east Asia peace patrol to go to the UN General Assembly after the Security Council veto. The move aims to prevent Indochina conflict from widening into Thailand.
A coroner's jury found Monroe N. Gable died from injuries after two trains collided in the Pacific Fruit Express yards. The verdict blamed bad judgment by the two crews for sending opposing car strings into the same siding at Phoenix track, causing fatal injuries.
French tanks and air support repulsed a large assault by Indochinese communists on the Hanoi Haiphong supply route west of Hai Duong. Rebels, who had seized two defense posts, suffered heavy losses with 35 dead as Moroccan sharpshooters and relieving troops pursued remnants along flooded rice fields.
Prescott report says Franklyn Jefferson Dana an early Mesa settler aged 83 died yesterday at the Arizona Pioneers Home He came to Mesa from Idaho with his parents in 1878 Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Monday at Meldrum Mortuary in Mesa
A list of traffic warrants, burglaries, escapes, assaults, and other cases along with trial dates and bond notices. Includes names such as Peter Sownile Joseph Smith Arturo Aguilar and George Steedman plus civil suits, divorces, and multiple birth announcements from Tucson area courts and hospitals.
Astrology predictions cover all signs with daily guidance on relationships work and home. A separate column highlights a healthy child born today with potential to influence influential people. The piece invites readers to request July forecasts via mail and payment.
London and early departure mark Groucho Marx’s trip after a brief stay. He boards a plane, comments the air is too good, and jokes he hates London when it’s not raining as he heads to New York.
Sweden's Foreign Minister Oesten Unden arrived back in Stockholm after a 10 day vacation in Russia. Government officials noted the trip as personal travel with no stated diplomatic agenda.
Pi Wallace A Bentley a retired blacksmith of New Marlboro Massachusetts will be 98 in August. He sawed nine cords of wood this past winter while exercising about two hours daily. He says longevity comes from chewing tobacco since age eight not from wood cutting.
Newport Rhode Island. Ens Robin L Guigley is among 21 Wave officers graduates with a 96.9 average the highest in five years of the school. Her father Maj Patrick A Quigley U S air force arrived from England to share the moment after being stationed overseas.
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