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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1957
Page
2
A burglary at the Freelin Huff home near Marana occurred the night after Huff and his Japanese wife were shot to death. Only silverware was taken, while a rifle and field glasses were left behind. Paul Whalen, 29, was ordered held for trial after a Justice Court preliminary hearing.
A 40-year-old motorcycle rider was injured when his bike struck a panel truck on Tanque Verde road. Clyde Cable of Wrightstown Road received treatment at Tucson Medical Center for a leg laceration and possible ankle fracture. Lewis Huff of East 7th Street, turning into Country Club Estates, was uninjured. no charges yet pending investigation.
Rep. Harry Bagnall of the House minority said no action on Capitol remodeling will occur until the next regular session. He urged Gov. McFarland to call a special session only if urgent matters arise and noted the majority would handle its own timetable. Bagnall departs for the American Public Power Conference in New York for two weeks.
Truck driver Gerald Munson learns from a newspaper in a Bismarck hotel that six of his seven children died in the Fargo tornado. His wife and one child survived. the decimated family includes Phyllis 16, Darwin 12, Bradley 10, Jeannette 5, Lois Ann 2, and Mary Beth 16 months. He mourns as he travels to Fargo.
State Planning and Building Commission moves to build two detached wings to the Capitol after an implied House majority. Speaker W L Cook meets Maricopa County delegates as Sen. Clarence Carpenter and Atty. Gen. Morrison signal support. Wings would be 167 by 180 feet with three stories, housing Senate and House, plus first-floor spaces for tax and auditor staff.
Monaco Consul reports Grace Kelly wedding stamps sold out in New York. Elmont Stamp Co. lists a Paris office collection offering the complete Grace Kelly set plus other Monaco issues, 15 mint stamps for $1.00, as an introduction to its approval service from 61 W 35th St New York NY.
Pacheco and Lynch had the apparent low bid of 210385 dollars for county hospital improvements including an expanded outpatient clinic and new emergency surgery facilities designed by Scholer and Fuller with an estimated project cost of 225000 dollars. James Stewart Co. topped the nursing school bid at 20716 dollars. The board also authorized reimbursement of up to 18000 dollars to Duval Sulfur and Potash Co. for work on the Duval Mine road tying into a south Sahuarita railroad, with Duval covering right of way and related costs per county policy.
City purchasing agent William J. Bray announces a new field purchase order system for items under $100. The reform reduces processing to about 15 cents per transaction, cutting costs from $3.10 under the old method and simplifying forms for vendors. The system has operated about a month and earned national magazine notice.
Sen Lyndon B Johnson says President Eisenhower is moving to curb oil imports threatening national security. Johnson cited a report from Gordon Gray of the Office of Defense Mobilization and urged action after noting Texas oil producers are harmed by high imports.
Mrs. Gerald Munson, home from work at a Fargo tavern, learned her 16 year old daughter Phyllis warned of an incoming storm before the line went dead. She returned to find the house leveled with seven children. three killed and three fatally injured. Rickey, about eight, survived.
Grady and Kaldenbaugh advertise life insurance backed owner occupied mortgage loans for exes and mercantile clients. The prospectus lists two year terms and includes contact at 628 North 4th Avenue MA 2 3241.
Phoenix officials anticipate a twenty million dollar increase in Arizona property values as Thad Moore of the State Tax Commission notes. House sources project a property tax rate between 1.35 and 1.40 per hundred, with this year’s rate at 1. Last year boosts in mine railroad and communications valuations totaled over 100 million, though copper declines may cut mine values. Telephone and telegraph properties may rise by 7.5 million, railroads expected up, and new property on the tax rolls helps reach the 20 million rise.
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