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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1962
Page
8
Government forces clashed with unusually large 300 man guerrilla groups in Ba Xuyen and An Giang provinces. In Chuong Thien district a battle began at 8 15 am with mortars and machine guns. The communique claimed 22 Reds killed and six government dead with two missing.
A University of Massachusetts junior Walter A. Schillemat, 20, was held on murder suspicion for the fatal shooting of Joy Stanello, 19, a Framington State College student he had known since grammar school. He said he feared she did not love him, and police noted he planned to poison her with oxalic acid before returning home to get a .38 caliber pistol. The two talked 15 minutes before a second shot was fired as she expressed pain and whispered, You shouldn't have done it.
Sandy P. Bowling, an employee of Hughes Aircraft and past president of Local 933 IAM, filed yesterday as a Democratic primary candidate for Arizona Legislature from District 17. A Portsmouth Ohio native, he came to Tucson a decade ago after Korea service. He cites labor-law familiarity and leadership roles in the Arizona State Council of Machinists and AFL-CIO delegation. He lives with wife Helen and two children at 5631 E 30th St. Mrs. Bowling works for Martin Aircraft Co.
A House Appropriations subcommittee refused to consider the administration request for 460 million dollars to start a nationwide fallout shelter program. The funds were sought for the Defense Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
At Davis Monthan Air Force Base a 12 hour combat exercise code named Operation Spruce Up began at 7 40 a m alarming at least a dozen Tucson residents. Nonessential traffic was halted and the base closed to civilians as personnel moved to shelters and combat centers. The drill tested the base s ability to withstand a nuclear attack with 800 personnel marked as dead maimed or wounded while recovery teams prepared for after effects and base commander Lt Colonel C F Byars said results would be announced next week.
A bomb destroyed the only taxi serving Negroes in Lake City, injuring no one in the home of driver Albert Jenkins and damaging a nearby store run by his wife. The 3 year old grandson slept inside unharmed. A separate report notes other national stories about drug charges, royal marriages, and political events from across the country.
A light blue blanket kite was found in front of a local business as Tucson experiences a kite craze. Linus Van Pelt's classified ad in the Citizen prompts Ben Wallis to respond. Two young readers send blanket pieces, Tommy Wasser and Barbara Meinel, hoping to ease grief and comfort Blanket Lovers of America Local No. 72 members.
Geneva reports West Germany's 1950 59 output rose 90 percent, a 7.4 percent annual compound rate, twice the US 46 percent gain. Italy Austria Switzerland France and others followed, while Britain Ireland lagged. Figures drawn from a forthcoming economic study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
London sources report Prime Minister Winston Churchill will take a two week holiday in Monte Carlo beginning next Tuesday. Friends say he is feeling well and looking forward to the trip.
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