Tucson Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • 56

Tucson Citizen Friday December 22 1939 High temperatures and sky conditions today 24-hour Information: Tune to 1 6240 megahertz (VHF-FM) Balow 10s -C3 C3 103 203 303 403 £03 £03 70s 20 Touch-Torw dialer may get latest weather conditions for any major city in the US or worldwide Cost 75 cents for first minute and 50 cents for each additional minute Local information: 623-4000 For free latest local weather information Brutally cold windy conditions were reported across much of the Central and Northeastern United States Yesterday strong northerly winds kept temperatures dropping right through the morning and afternoon hours Temperatures renamed bdow freeing al day from the Texas plains to the northern half of the Atlantic Coast A total of 40 cities reported new record lows yesterday hdutfng irtagesof 13 cities in Iowa The cold created shortages i heating oi in some Northeastern depots Schools were dosed in many Central and Northern states FRONTS: TV" COLD WARM STATIONARY 01989 Accu-Weather Inc 1 Pressure HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT CLOUDY CLOUDY Sateltitt dcud cowr at 1 un Tucon tim Temp Time Wthr Tamp Tima Wthr City Temp Tima Wthr City City 77 Sam dr San Jose San Sivdr 9 pm dr 1 pm pcdy 10pm dr Seoul 31 Stockholm 31 Sydney 46 Tokyo 49 Vienna 45 Warsaw 51 rain cdy cdy 9pm 1 pm 1 pm Canada Pan American Belize Cty Bogota i Mexico HI A low Acapulco 4 87 71 Guadalajara 75 48 Mazatlan 80 64 Mexico City 75 44 San Sivdr I High temperatures and sky conditions today Forecast Clear tonight with southeast winds 5 to 10 mph Low in the mid-30s Sunny tomorrow High in the low 60s Sun Intensity index Northwest Departs: Ovemht lew 25 to 40 Sunny and mild tomorrow High 55 to 65 utah cxo Page Sunday through Tuesday: Continued dry with sunny days and fair nights No large temperature changes Lows in the low teens Predicted for tomorrow Minutes to redden skin I NEV Grand Canyon 46 to near 20s mountains to low 30s to low 40s deserts Highs mostly in the upper 40s to low 60s mountains to mostly low 70s Yesterday Carbon monoxide 40 good Oxidants 22 good Particulate matter 48 good Northwest Fist aau: Overnight low in me teens Sunny tomorrow with little temperature change High 40 to 50 60 60 60 60 mMMMItWtWMM 1 9 am 10 am '11am Noon 1pm 3 pm 4 pm Central Basins: Overnight low in the 203 Sunny tomorrow with little temperature change High 50 to 60 1 Pollan it mold 1 30 days eta glance 60 60 60 60 November Rln High Low Northeast Plateau: Overnight low in the teens to 208 Sunny tomorrow with little temperature change High in the 40s Temperature by hour Yesterday Pollen index Vary low All pollens 6 Mold index Moder-atehlgh: Cladosporium 289 altemana 100 hyphal fragments 69 8spergillus-penicil-lium 32 helminthosporium 21 smuts and rusts 11 asco-mycetes 10 others 28 Total average 560 Mogoflon Rim: Overnight low 5 to 20 Sumy tomorrow with little temperature change High 40 to 50 i Yesterday AM 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 40 40 38 39 39 38 Ir 5 3 Surny i- 4Jto WTsit 0 tomorrow iVt 50 Sunset today 5:24 pm Sunrise tomorrow 7:22 am The moon rises at 3:27 am tomorrow and is at apogee PROMINENT STARS: Sirius rises 7:46 pm Vega sets 8:43 pm Deneb well above Vega Highest temp yesterday 63 Highest temp year ago 66 Highest this date (1 950) 78 Lowest temp yesterday 37 Lowest temp ago 36 Lowest this date (1 949) 22 Mean temp yesterday 50 Mean temp year ago 51 Normal mean this date 51 Wind speed yest 69 mph Peak wind gust yest 1 4 mph Average dew point 32 Pet possible sunshine 70 Highest humidity yest 76 Lowest humidity yest 26 Barometer Range 3022-3011 latinaMowjtefnsj High: 42 Low 28 iil Shomm T-tkxrm Bun Fkrma Snow Sunny A Ckmdy Cloudy 38 39 43 51 56 59 7:00 800 9:00 10:00 11:00 Noon Southwest Deaerta: Overnight low in the 30e to low 408 Sunny and mild tomorrow High 65 to 70 Hi Lo Prec City 830 1988 to date 1160 Normal to date 1083 Last rain Nov 21 03 PM South Central Ceeerts: Overnight low in the 308 to low 40s Sumy and mild tomorrow High 65 to 70 60 62 HHtimtIMHiatHHMI City HI Lo Prec Phoenix 66 44 Pinetop 47 13 Prescott 56 23 Safford 57 24 Sedona 67 31 Show Low 48 22 Sierra Vista 62 30 Willcox 60 20 Winslow 48 13 Yuma 70 44 State Wgfi yeetarday: 70 Yuma Yeatarday'a low 8 Alpine Southeast Arizona: Overnight low in the 20s Sunny and rather breezy tomorrow Somewhat cooler High 45 to 55 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 6:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Midnight 62 62 61 55 60 46 45 41 41 37 Lunar phasss New First Full Last ODGXT 1227 14 1lb 118 MMHtniMMMniMati Santa Cna Vs2ey: Overnight low 25 to 40 Sumy and mild tomorrow High around 60 43 37 67 67 19 20 I Referendum petitions put paid state King holiday on hold By LARRY LOPEZ Associated Press Writer a special session this year when she got business leaders to say that a King holiday was needed to help Arizona's chances of landing a Super Bowl Lawmakers then agreed to the King holiday but only if it supplanted Columbus Day so that state and local governments would not have any additional expense That angered two groups of voters: those who believe the civil rights leader deserved a holiday in the first place and those who wanted a holiday for King but did not want Columbus Day downgraded Quaranta said his faction favored a federal-style holiday that would combine the separate Lincoln and Washington holidays into a single Presidents Day to make room for a King Day without affecting Columbus Day "I can assure you it is not our position to challenge the King he added had to take this route There was no other available to Sanders said his faction opposed the federal-style holiday however and that Americans do not believe (King) should be placed above Washington and by having his own day when Lincoln and Washinton do not Mecham predicted legislators would not try to forestall an election sought by so many people however think you will see the legislators run- ning from this like a bunch of scared he said might not know a lot of things but they know how to read i Corbin and others have explored legal moves that might invalidate the petition drive on technicalities but those discussions have angered some voters on both sides of the issue birthday will be a federal holiday on Jan 15 and a local holiday in some Arizona cities dogged the politicians for years Democratic Gov Bruce Babbitt created a holiday by executive proclamation as he was about to start a presidential bid in 1988 but Republican Attorney General Bob Corbin called it an illegal usurpation of the role and Republican Gov Evan Mecham rescinded it days before it would have taken effect The furor helped fuel a recall drive against Mecham but a Senate Court of Impeachment ousted him on other grounds before the recall vote could be held and the battle over King shifted back to the Republican-controlled Legislature GOP lawmakers offered to put the King Day issue on the ballot Supporters refused to go along saying privately that they feared such a bill would be defeated and publicly that they believed it would be divisive and would harm the state's image Democratic Gov Mofford who succeeded Mecham upped the ante during and said she feared a statewide vote on the holiday because state is almost Rut Tempe architect Julian Sanders a King opponent who started the referendum drive said accept that there is soundness in the argument that going to be embarrassed by having Arizonans express themselves at the Sanders and his backers gathered about 40000 signatures on the referendum petitions while Quaranta and his allies gathered about 45000 It takes only 43500 valid voter signatures to force a vote Supporters of the measure announced formation of a blue-ribbon group to campaign for the holiday if the measure gets on the ballot They also said they were still considering a legal challenge to the petitions or introduction of a new bill in the Legislature as a way to render the petitions meaningless Controversy over a King holiday has PHOENIX paid state holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr has become a dream deferred A bill trading in the Columbus Day holiday for King Day cleared the Legislature earlier this year and was signed by Gov Rose Mofford but opponents of King and fans of Christopher Columbus formed an uneasy alliance to force the law into abeyance pending a possible statewide referendum Secretary of State Jim Shumway declared the holiday suspended and said he believed the groups had filed enough signatures to force a referendum next November State Rep Sandra Kennedy a backer of the holiday called president Pat Quaranta of the Arizona American Italian Club.