23 May 1956
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Newspaper
Arizona Daily Sun
Location
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1956
Page
1
Report describes drivers fleeing through Aspen Avenue near the county courthouse as a metallic crash erupts, sending car parts into street hazards. Witnesses in nearby offices endure throbbing anxiety while crews body out to assess damage and potential curb damage.
A new Senate bill proposes outlawing heroin in the United States citing its lack of medical use and ties to youth crime. It would include wiretap provisions, severe penalties up to life imprisonment, and signals House action this session.
Washington notes report cards from Moscow where Russian staffers take English courses twice weekly with American tutors. The piece mocks cultural lessons, fashion lessons for Russian women, and mentions Ambassador Zaroubin and a party where he struggled to mingle. It also cites a Moscow embassy reception and a Czech national holiday event attended by U S officials.
Stewart Alsop reports on the Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearings showing a push to expose Soviet advances in strategic air power and intercontinental missiles. LeMay testimony indicates Soviet progress may outpace US, while policy makers and the president face questions about how the disparity was allowed to grow amid election year pressures and budget concerns.
State chief argues Russians changing tactics under Western pressure raise concern about Soviet policy shifts. He cautions Congress on foreign aid and notes Dulles skepticism over Soviet aims while warning against overconfidence in Western unity or Soviet concessions.
Joe Gadinez a 21 year old inmate pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a jail beating case. He was sentenced to sixty days in Wie County jail after the incident involving a fellow prisoner on Monday, per the sheriff's office.
A contract awarded by the state highway commission in Phoe for grading and extending a 6 mile stretch of the Cordes Junction Flagstaff leg of the McKinx Canyon Highway. The project runs from State Route Junction toward Camp Verde and McGuireville, at a cost of 376,989 dollars. Hewson presides over the contract.
A man accused of stealing property from the state was ordered to serve three days in county jail. Justice of the Peace Shelby McCauley ruled Monday on the charge.
A collage of aphorisms and quips on wisdom, love, work, and society. It riffs on opportunity, aging, rumors of divorces, and the future of civilization, with scattered observations about spring, wallpaper, friendship, invention, and a 1953 research and development figure.
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