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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1956
Page
2
Former Pima County sheriff J P Martin died in a hospital at age 57 after a career marked by wartime service with the Navy and Seabees and a second term as sheriff from 1947 to 1950. His later life included a 1951 bribery conviction and a 1952 prison sentence, followed by health decline.
The American Legion Morgan McDermott Post votes to sell its 18 000 square foot building across from the courthouse. Executive committee to set price. post invested about a half million dollars, built in 1937 and expanded in 1949. High overhead and excess space cited as main reasons. no parking noted. County and city expect interest due to location.
Len dale community forms its first Optimist Club with a charter membership of 30. Don Cashman is president.
President Eisenhower held a 45 minute siting up work conference with White House aides and remained aloof from GOP convention planners. The White House cut daily medical bulletins to two and suggested a late next week hospital release. He signed 11 bills and accepted the resignation of Joseph Dodge from the council on foreign economic policy. He continues to recover at the hospital with a good night’s rest and progress described as satisfactory.
Richard J Jakobowski 31 of 5754 E Eastland St Tucson died yesterday in a local hospital. His body will be sent to New Britain Connecticut for funeral and burial. He was a former Tucson Newspapers employee and a University of Arizona graduate. He served in World War II and was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He is survived by his wife Jane and three children Therese Richard and Robert and his parents in New Britain.
A court order stops a $17,500 automobile injury suit after the word insurance is spoken on the witness stand. Judge Herbert F. Krucker declares a mistrial and excuses the jury. the case involving Charlies W. Fields and Genevieve Henderson stems from a May 1954 truck collision with Ralph T. Granillo. Attorneys Wolfe and Rogers appear for respective sides.
Geoffrey Bret Harte, 61, assistant director of Verde Valley School in Sedona and grandson of author Francis Bret Harte, died of a cerebral hemorrhage while swimming in Mazatlan, Mexico last Tuesday. He traveled with his wife Kit Trudge and daughter Kristin. survivors include two sons Lawrence of Tucson and John in the Army in Europe. Funeral plans are pending at Arizona Mortuary.
A Superior Court jury found 21 year old Phoenix farm worker Juan Jose Quintana guilty of illegal possession of narcotics after an all day trial. He was arrested April 16 with heroin valued at 1500 to 2000 dollars on the Tucson Freeway after returning from Nogales Sonora. State agents Leonard Hymer and Pete San Angelo made the arrest. Judge R C Stanford Jr. will sentence Quintana about a week from Monday. Defense was by Norman Goetz and prosecution by Jack I Podret.
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