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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
17
A four year old at a Miracle Mile restaurant fired a squirt gun from under a table, soaking diners before his mother stopped him. The page also mocks puns and quips about Arizona weather and local headlines, ending with a light verse on summer wear.
President Kennedy may appoint Gen Maxwell D. Taylor to a White House staff role. Hatcher declined to specify duties while noting Taylor is under study after leading an inquiry into the nation’s paramilitary warfare capabilities.
The Supreme Court, by a 5 to 4 vote, held that banning use of a worker’s compulsory dues for political purposes limits only the railroad union shop. Analysts say the same reasoning could apply to union shops outside railroads, with legality varying by state right to work laws.
AFL CIO leader Fred Rhodes of Tucson says the Supreme Court decision on union political dues will likely have little effect in Arizona where right to work laws exist. Labor counsel Ira Schneier notes the ruling mainly affects union shop cases, while COPE may remain unchanged. The debate centers on whether voluntary contributions could fund politics and how refunds for political dues would work.
A.LC. Manuel C Aquino age 22 of 1412 W Niagara St died at Davis Monathan AFB Hospital nearly ten hours after a high pressure jet tire being dismantled at the Air National Guard shop exploded. He was a full time civilian technician removing a 20 ply tire from an F100 jet when the tire at 240 pounds of pressure drove a wheel into him injuring his arm and forehead. The body was taken to Kerr Mortuary.
Open-to-public listings note a 8:30 P.M. showing of Marriage-Go-Round in the Rendezvous Room at the Santa Rita Hotel Corral Theater. Admission is charged. Runs through Sunday. see sports section for calendar.
The five day maritime strike ties up 75 ships in Atlantic Gulf and West Coast harbors crippling gasoline deliveries in New England and idling thousands in shipping allied industries. MEU extends picketing to all arriving ships and oil plants stall, while talks with owners stall and fears grow of invoking Taft Hartley.
The Rev. Dr. Chilton C. McPheeters was named the first superintendent of the newly created Tucson District of the Southern California Arizona Methodist Conference. The announcement came at the conference in Redlands California where Bishop Gerald H. Kennedy outlined the Phoenix and Tucson districts plan. McPheeters, a former Tucson resident, has served as pastor near Pasadena since 1955 and has a long career in ministry and education. He and his wife Julia Winn have three children and will reside at 5935 E 4th St.
An estate of 471113 dollars left by James N. Dyer co founder and treasurer of Chapman Dyer Steel Manufacturing Co was appraised in the probate division of the Superior Court He died last January at his home 1743 E Grant Rd at age 50 The inventory lists 319776 in securities 115321 in personal property including 1116 cash and 36015 in real estate He willed the entire estate to his wife Florence The appraisal was handled by John A Woolfolk Clarence Black and Roland Hicks
A small forest fire on the west side of Josephine's Saddle in the Santa Rita Mountains was reported burning out of control this noon. The fire, under ten acres, was started by lightning late yesterday at about the 6 500 foot level, according to Coronado National Forest Fire Chief Don Jirsa.
Salvatore Bonanno testified before a federal grand jury in Phoenix and discussed income tax questions tied to him and his father. He denied wrongdoing, criticized the probe as endless and linked to Apalachin, while noting prior appearances in Los Angeles and Phoenix. Other witnesses included Battaglia and Telesco relatives and associates. the probe yielded no indictments.
In a 9-6 closed vote the rules committee blocked floor consideration of Kennedy education measures while a third parochial aid bill advances. Speaker Rayburn told Kennedy the school bill is in trouble and prospects look dim, though backers push for federal funding of parochial and public education amid broader aid disputes.
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