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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
2
The San Juan Day observance at St. John's mission is postponed as local Indians focus on crop tending. The community, rooted in Michoa legends of central Mexico, traditionally prays for rain on June 24 1540s.
The Rongelap atoll residents, 82 islanders exposed to fallout from the Mar 1 hydrogen bomb accident, moved from Kwajalein to a new Ejit village near Majuro. The U S Navy and AEC care for them, with a plan to return to Rongelap in about a year as scientists expect contamination to clear.
Philip D. Reed of General Electric says a decade of expansion lies ahead as the economy strengthens. He predicts GE will match its 75 year output in the next ten years and outlines six reasons for confidence including housing demand, more researchers, need for schools and roads, rising foreign markets, favorable policy, and American dynamism.
Patrolman John Cantillon attempted to serve a summons for letting a vicious dog run at large. The dog, a mix of collie and shepherd, bit him on the leg, prompting Cantillon to consider pressing charges and risking a continuing cycle of summonses.
City council enacted an ordinance making unauthorized night swimming at city pools or fenced areas illegal with penalties up to six months in jail or a $300 fine or both. Police report frequent violations and yesterday recovered a cash register from the Santa Rita pool deep end.
President Eisenhower transmitted to Congress a request for a $3 million increase to fund the immigration and naturalization service program in fiscal 1955. The aim is to expand the border patrol, buy new equipment and deport illegal Mexican aliens and smugglers amid worsened wetback flows caused by peso devaluation and other factors. Arizona lawmakers question enforcement alone, favor easier legal farm labor, and raise concerns about proving employer knowledge, while debates over anti-wraud injuries and enforcement measures continue.
A $6,621.21 flood damage suit continued in superior court. Plaintiff S. O. Morgan of 29 W. Silverlake Jd. charges Julian wash flooded his property July 14, 1953, due to a clogged drainage ditch. Morgan seeks damages to personal property and baled hay. defense by Gordon Aldrich. Presiding is Judge Lee Garrett in division No. 2.
About two dozen Gypsies camped on the lawn of Methodist Hospital in Dallas awaiting news of their injured queen, 75 year old Rosie Evans. She broke an ankle at a farmers market Friday night. Calls from tribe members overwhelmed hospital operators as a large crowd gathered. The hospital listed her condition as good and a vigil continued into Monday night.
Last night 1,250 cars were checked at the third roadblock of a June campaign to boost traffic safety in Arizona. Five sheriff's deputies along with eight auxiliaries, 16 highway patrol reserves and two motor vehicle department members staffed the block from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at East Speedway and Arcadia Boulevard. Of the vehicles, 750 had safety stickers, 500 received okay stickers, 81 had faulty equipment, and 17 citations were issued.
At the San Francisco AMA convention a proposal to brand as unethical any doctor who joins a closed panel medical plan is not being acted on. The five member reference committee will recommend further study and defer action until the Miami meeting in December.
Turson Baily is noted in a brief 1954 report from the Citizen newspaper, dated Wednesday evening June 2, highlighting local events and civic happenings of relevance to residents.
North Korean Foreign Minister Nam Il warned of a new march northward and accused the Syngman Rhee clique of inciting anger in the Korean populace. Nam Il and a North Korean delegation are in East Berlin as guests of the Soviet zone government during the Geneva conference period.
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