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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
2
Dr. D. L. Secrist urged approval of the county $1 million recreation bond during a talk to the Uptown Optimists Club as a private citizen. He said Tucson needs new recreational facilities and warned the issue is urgent, noting pools may move wherever.
A Card of Thanks extends sympathy and support for Dolphus Acton while public optimism and debate on a bond issue for high school pool facilities intensify. Optimists urge building pools with schools, citing costs, governance, and year round, with a projected $1.75 yearly tax impact for the average homeowner.
A Tucson physician argues for full time recreation jobs to attract top coaches and expand summer programs. He notes about 70 teachers are hired yearly by city and county recreation departments. Pools on school property are urged with three design options and bond-issue objections to be addressed. He supports a five member Board of Supervisors and a cooperative city council to advance recreation growth.
Tempers flared in Tucson city hall over the mayoral choice of an official greeting car. Mayor Hummel broke a deadlock by backing a DeSoto at 3290.82, after Drescher Gonzales Carroll urged a Cadillac at 4800. Funds in this year’s budget cover the replacement of a 1950 Chrysler junker.
In San Francisco the Arizona Indian tribes critical to Colorado River water claims in the Arizona California suit. Justice Douglas ordered action as Special Master Rifkind set a conference to decide if federal representation for the tribes is adequate. Littell seeks to include Indian rights and questions the attorney general’s role as intervenor while noting treaty and contract obligations touching 1.5 million acre feet to Mexico and 8 million for the basin.
GALVESTON Tex Forty two cerebral palsied children were evacuated safely when the Magdy State School fire damaged the one story building. Smoke poured from air conditioner vents and within one and a half minutes all 42 children and 45 staff members were out. Fire Chief W J Henderson injured his hand severing an artery while battling flames. Damage was unofficially estimated between 40000 and 6000 dollars.
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