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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1963
Page
1
A coroner's jury absolves two Phoenix policemen in the fatal shooting of Robbie Belt, a 20 year old escapee from the Arizona State Hospital. The ruling notes no criminal liability for the officers.
Gordon Cooper's postponed 22 orbit space mission is set for tomorrow pending Bermuda radar station readiness. The Nation notes Navy Thresher probe clears the skipper, while Kennedy faces rail labor dispute guidance and Romney rules out presidential bid after interview.
The United States abruptly cancels three nuclear explosions at the Nevada test site after word President Kennedy is reviewing a Khrushchev note on test ban talks. The page also features a columnist recalling J Robert Oppenheimer's 1954 security risk controversy.
The new Syrian government vows to work toward a union with Egypt and Iraq while warning Nasserites that demonstrations will be crushed. On Hispaniola the OAS mission inspects the Haitian crisis as Dominican troops pull back from the border.
The University of Arizona likely enters the District 7 baseball race without key additions Ron Theobald and Bob Gauna who are JC transfers and may miss postseason action. Also notes discussion on baseball rule changes and golf schedule with Ed Updegraff heading to major events in Scotland and Pennsylvania.
Local page items include a bridge column, citizen notes, comic strip updates, a crossword puzzle, obituaries, editorials, financial news, Molly Mayfield’s column, movie listings, TV and radio dials, and a Woman's View feature.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower sharply criticizes the Kennedy administration for “spending for spending’s sake.” He cites a $98.8 billion budget, a 1964 deficit of $11.9 billion, and a tax cut plan he says could exceed $10 billion annually by 1965, urging reductions in spending and subsidies especially in agriculture.
In Dartmouth England Royal Marines suspend nights off for four weeks after six naval midshipmen from the Royal Naval College were kidnapped from the base and left in their pajamas five miles away.
In Englewood New Jersey thirty unregistered Negro children again sat in at Cleveland Elementary as leaders pledge to expand classroom sit-ins to two more schools. Lincoln Elementary remains the focus with ongoing protests and a walkout from the conciliation meeting. Abram Lebson resigns as school board attorney over time demands.
The Skylark’s commander Lt Cmdr Stanley Hecker is cleared as a party to the Navy court of inquiry into the Thresher disaster. The probe resumes behind closed doors as witnesses testify. a WWII submarine will be sunk for sonar observation to aid recovery.
Bernard Jackson Jr., 32, was held for Superior Court trials on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after stabbing Jesse Williams of 9 Gamboa Alley during a late May quarrel. Williams remained in critical condition at Pima County Hospital. Justice of the Peace Clark H. Johnson set bond at 2,500 dollars after a preliminary hearing.
In Sussex near Handcross a gang of seven masked robbers hijacked a truck carrying cigarettes and other tobacco worth about 112000 dollars. Police investigation follows as authorities search for the suspects.
Richard W. Buford, 42, of 3445 E Benson Hwy, and Ernest M. Bonillas, 35, of 326 W 2ist St, pleaded guilty in City Court yesterday to drunken driving charges. Each was fined $100 and sentenced to 10 days in jail.
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