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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1973
Page
4
Snow flurries were expected in portions of the Rocky Mountain states and the Great Lakes area with showers along the northern Pacific coast. Warmer conditions were forecast for the south and central portions of the country.
The report lists yesterday's high 70 degrees and mean temperature 66 degrees, with yesterday's humidity at 26 percent. It notes a high of 84 and a low of 48 from the year-ago date, as well as a low record of 29 and a 1955 low.
The report notes moon phase and sky positions for March with full moon on the 18th. It lists humidity, barometer range, sunset, sunrise, moonrise, and star Bel adjacent to Orion, along with rainfall totals to date and last rain on March 14, 1973.
The forecast covers Tucson to the southeast and the Phoenix area with sunny or partly cloudy skies. Expect warm temperatures, breezy conditions, and increasing clouds in central regions with scattered showers and a snow level near 6000 feet in high elevations.
The Tucson Northeast Plateau and Little Colorado Valley Faix report increasing high clouds and widely scattered showers, mainly in the north portion. No significant precipitation is expected elsewhere.
The 329-foot USS Batfish, famed for World War II Pacific exploits, is stranded by a $386,000 debt. The Navy refused the vessel due to the debt, despite interest from buyers, after the sub was moved from Orange to Muskogee and listed 10 ports.
Gov. Thomas L. Judge signed a bill allowing hard liquor sales while polling places are open on election days. Earlier this year he had already signed a bill permitting beer sales on election days in Montana.
A 170 pound jaguar named Sheba escaped from her cage and roamed the Knox vile Zoo for an hour before being caught by zoo director Guy Smith.
A dense public records page lists marriages including Raoul J. Cwadinski and Isabell Giacomazzo both 20 of Tucson, Rolando Hernandez 46 and Gerine Longs Uesen of Tucson, and many other couples tied to Tucson. It also shows numerous divorce complaints such as Gergid Robert Morgan v Laura Katharine Morgan and Merle Suppolty v Darsines G. Salats, with local court actions and statuses. Medical and hospital notes follow, along with a lengthy crime section including robberies and sentences from Superior Court and police reports in the Tucson area.
Meyer Lansky, 71, a noted underworld financial adviser, is listed in satisfactory condition after open heart surgery to replace a defective artery. He faced trial for income tax evasion and was convicted of criminal contempt last month, free on bond awaiting sentencing. He returned to the United States after leaving Israel and failing to find asylum in several Latin American countries.
Dr. Rubin Bressler of the University of Arizona says chronic low mood is a widespread disease and the 12th leading killer. Many patients present vague physical complaints while ignoring underlying depression, often needing psychiatric help rather than tranquilizers.
Ed Higgins a Chaparral High School teacher was dismissed by the Scottsdale School Board after staging an unauthorized mock Civil War battle on the football field and leading a night class on brainwashing. Higgins was suspended February 26 for alleged insubordination. Principal James Curlett said the battle involved students in pickup trucks throwing objects and mud, and he noted Higgins held a brainwashing class February 23 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. without approval.
Tucson ranks 35th among the nation’s 60 largest cities for syphilis with a 65 percent increase last year. Gonorrhea in Tucson rose 29 percent to 268 cases per 100000, while Washington DC reported the highest syphilis rate and Atlanta led gonorrhea nationally. The 1972 national rates were 350 per 10000 for gonorrhea and 12 for syphilis. The US Public Health Service notes 2.5 million gonorrhea and 85,000 infectious syphilis cases nationwide last year.
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