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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
24
Market ends a slow decline with copper and rail shares leading losses while bonds hold narrow changes. Commodities show mixed firmness with wheat and oats steady to firm and corn and soybeans rising on new crop demand. Hog and cattle futures gain, hogs up to 75 cents, cattle steers steady to 50 cents higher with tops around 23 dollars.
Tucson Councilman Harlow D. Phelps attended funeral services in Denver for his elder brother Horace Phelps 87 who died last week. Horace a lifelong Denver resident and lawyer who once practiced at Phelps & Phelps left a wife, a son Horace E. Phelps, a sister, three grandsons and seven great grandchildren. He held degrees from Northwestern and Yale.
Open market quotes show Canadian dollar at 101.71 U S cents, pound futures mixed, Deutsche mark at 23.80, Holland guilders 26.12, francs and lira unchanged, Argentine and Brazilian free rates listed, Hong Kong dollar at 17.
Providence Rhode Island The Episcopal Charities Fund favors anonymous gifts but Rhode Island Churchman argues the donor of a $20 contribution should identify and sign the check to ensure proper handling.
Van Nuys California a 20 year old youth Robert Lee Hunter was booked on suspicion of burglary. He told police he stole to prove to his father in law that he could support his wife as well as he could.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter and related commodities holding steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Receipts total 1 080 000 for dairy products and 14 900 for mixed lots. butter scores and values listed, incl AA 78.75 and B 56.25. Public interest shifts to price stability across dairy and meat contracts.
Tucson Methodist churches list staff changes with Rev Eugene Bell taking Pueblo Gardens and Dr Walter Williams moving to Menlo Park. Beauchamp retires after his wife’s death, Shaw may transfer, and Catalina Church gains Wesley Watts as third ordained staff. Other Tucson pastors include Hobbs Brown and MecCleneghan with several annual conference appointments announced in Redlands California.
A bogus check writer Newlin Abernathy with prior convictions received 2% to 5 years in Arizona State Prison after pleading guilty to issuing a bad check at the Hitching Post Tavern on March 10. Also sentenced were Roger Lee Dunn and Fred Douglas Lagrone to 18 months to 2 years for theft of three transformers from the Consolidated Dwellings project.
More than 1,000 people attended a commemorative banquet honoring the 75th anniversary of the Catholic Church in Phoenix. The event paid tribute to Most Rev Daniel J. Gercke who has led the Tucson diocese for 33 years. Earlier a bronze plaque was unveiled at St Marys Irish Church, the citys first mission church.
Los Angeles cattle demand holds steady to higher with strong fed steers and cows trading 12.00 to 21.50 per cwt. hogs range 16.00 to 18.90 with steady to higher tones. Chicago and Kansas City show mixed gains across steers heifers and bulls, with prime lots and stockers moving at 19.00 to 23.00 per cwt. Denver markets open high with firm fed cattle, calves light activity, hogs 16.50 to 17.25, sheep mixed on spring lambs.
A 50-year-old ex-Phoenix bartender Jacob Scott received eight years in federal prison after being found guilty of importing and concealing heroin. Co-defendant Robert Woods and others faced sentences for related offenses including a Dyer Act violation and transporting stolen vehicles. The courtroom also heard probation for Abraham Ruiz and others tied to heroin charges and tax info misstatements.
U S Senator Goldwater announced GSA approval for an $8.6 million federal office building in Phoenix. The 178000 square foot, multi story structure awaits review by the Budget Bureau and the House Public Works Committee after congress already appropriated funds.
Cotton futures in New York were mostly higher as first notice day for July approached and CCC sales loom. July and other new crop months rose on spot buying and demand while late trading retraced, with nearby prices around 34.88 for July and 32.67 for December amid light liquidation and mixed CCC activity.
Harry Rainey was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert S. Tullar to 5 percent to 100 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the July 31 fatal stabbing of Charles Wesley Miller. Rainey claimed self defense and defense counsel argued against improper rebuttal testimony and prosecutorial tactics.
Duane C. Morris, 19, of Douglas was in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital after a one car crash on West Ajo Way two miles west of the Old Tucson turnoff. He rolled his 1941 pickup several times, sustaining a lacerated scalp and possible skull fracture. investigators theorized fatigue may have caused the accident. The truck was a total loss.
In New York dry goods, scattered sales of printed cloths, broadcloths and sheetings were reported with prices roughly unchanged. Wool goods were slow though Australian wool markets remained firm on private advices. In rayon goods, small quantities of spun and filament fabric were sold for nearby delivery.
Savage storms from Missouri to Pennsylvania toppled trees and cut power in Detroit and Pittsburgh. The cool front sliced temperatures 10 to 20 degrees, with highs falling from 94 to 61 in Chicago and 44 in Grand Rapids. Farther impacts included flash floods, drownings in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a severe storm over Kalamazoo.
Spot non ferrous metal prices listed include Copper at 446 cents per pound in New York area, Lead at 16 cents per pound in New York, Zinc at 13 1/2 cents per pound in East St Louis, Tin at 95 1/2 cents per pound in New York, and silver at 90 cents per troy ounce in New York.
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