Arizona life and climate contrasted with New York and Florida
By Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler the piece argues Arizona attracts more people than it can absorb, noting copper mining as the state’s big industry. He recalls summers in the desert, the climate, and local life, contrasts with crowded New York, and warns against political and social tensions fueled by propaganda.
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Florida
Jcksonville
Key West
Gulf Coast
Tucson
New York
Astern Seaboard
15 Are Killed As Plane Hits Home In Blizzard
A Northwest Airlines Martin 2 0 2 Mars crashed in a Minneapolis home during a March blizzard killing 15 people aboard and two children inside the burning house. Originating in Washington DC, the flight NEA 307 had stops en route and was diverted to Minneapolis due to weather. The wreck occurred near Fort Snelling National Cemetery as crews investigated a possible flagpole impact.
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Northwest Airlines
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Cleveland
Detroit
Madison
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Fargo
Grand Forks
Mal
Franklin Doughty
Education Aid Split Widens in Congress
Washington, March 8. The House Labor Committee blocked federal funds for parochial school transportation and moved to oppose any federal aid to non-public schools. The action widens the split over a $300 million school aid bill already passed by the Senate. The panel’s vote, 16 to 9, rejected Kennedy’s proposal as it pushed closed-door consideration of the Senate bill.
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Rep
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Military input targets civilian atomic energy control
U S lawmakers debate a plan to add active or retired military members to the Atomic Energy Commission to oversee the hydrogen program. Senators Tydings and Kilday push identical bills, splitting the joint Senate House Atomic Committee, while Bricker supports and Johnson opposes civilian control.
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March
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D-Md
Rep. Kilday
Dtex
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Senate
House
Army
Navy
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Armed Services
Kildar
Joint Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Kilday
Truman
Bricker
Ohio
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Record Price for Prize Beef Sought in LSU Show
Baton Rouge Chamber invites Shreveport Chamber to join bid for the grand champion junior baby beef at LSU stock show. Aberdeen Angus calf exhibited by Buddy Gardner of Shreveport aims to top the $2.40 a pound record set earlier in New Orleans.
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Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport Chamber Today
Louisiana State University
Buddy Gardner
New Orleans
Midwest Snow Blizzard Hits Wide Region
The Midwest endures a crippling blizzard spreading from the northern plains to Iowa and Lake Michigan. Hundreds of towns face isolation and business disruption as snow, sleet, and high winds close schools and strand travelers. A Northwest Airlines crash in Minneapolis adds to the tragedy as Red Cross mobilizes relief efforts. Winds reach 35 to 65 mph with higher gusts, leaving extensive property damage and reduced transport across North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
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Plains
Iowa
Lake Michigan
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis
Red Cross
Midwest Prairie Lands
Plains States
House Repeals Taxes on Oleo in Senate Move
Washington March 8. Senate action may send a bill repealing all federal taxes on oleomargarine to the White House before nightfall. The House approved the compromise 262 to 106 amid protests from dairy state members who added labeling and packaging requirements for colored oleomargarine. Tax repeal would remove duties on both colored and uncolored oleomargarine, with various annual taxes listed for manufacturers wholesalers and retailers.
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Senate
White House
House
August H. Andresen
Rminn
Nine Jurors Chosen In Miley Death Case
Alexandria La March 8 Nine jurors were selected today to try Charles Landrum and Marshall Hact for murder in the death of 63 year old Joe Niley carnival man from Portland Ind last Nov 8 New jurors Ivy Scroggs Walter Allen and J T Kimball filled station operators and mail carrier Fifty more prospective jurors were called
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Charles Landrum
Marshall Hact
Joe Niley
Portland
Ind
Ivy Scroggs
Walter Allen
J. T. Kimball
Ouachita Parish Officials Hear Wardens Reports and Grants Licenses
Ouachita parish police jury heard wardens reports on patrols and arrests, noted juveniles eyeing hunting activity, and approved beer and whiskey licenses for local applicants. Home agent Euna Spielman detailed 19 demonstration clubs and 396 members, while bids from three lumber firms were opened.
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H. O. Buckley
Grady M. Collins
Monroe
Collins
A. E. Montgomery
Euna Spielman
Tom Shannon
Wilds Ross
Jack Potts
Booker T. Washington
John Williams Lumber Co
B. L. Fletcher
Kellogg Lumber Co
Restrictions On Freight Coal-Using Service To Be Lifted Tonight
Pittsburgh March 8 The interstate commerce commission lifts restrictions on freight and passenger service by coal using railroads at 11:59 p.m. tonight except for coal rich lines with less than 10 days supply. About 6,161 B and O furloughed workers recalled as demand returns and steel production edges toward normal after the soft coal strike. The B and O moved 3,587 coal cars from mine tipples yesterday as 10,900 were laid off at peak.
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United Mine Worker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Truman
Butler
Nebraska
Watkins
Utah
Senate Interior Committee
Humphrey
D.-Minn
Morse
R.-Ore
Douglas D.ill
ICC
Baltimore and Qohio Railroad
B. and O
Cowboy Actor Jack Evans Dies at 57 in Hollywood
Cowboy actor Jack Evans known as the mayor of Gower Gulch died yesterday at age 57. He was a familiar figure around Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street, a longtime presence in the film cowboys district between pictures.
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Hollywood
Jack Evans
Gower Gulch
Sunset Boulevard
Gower Street
Richardson Denies Order For Political Use Of Fund
Richardsons testimony before the Senate Finance Committee denied any instruction to use a proposed 5 million dollar highway fund increase for political purposes. Senator Louis Mahoney pressed for assurances while the committee approved the measure 11 to 2. The grilling followed calls in both houses for resignations or removals of highway officials as lawmakers scrutinized the highway department.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Department
R.B. Richardson
Senate Finance Committee
Louis Mahoney
New Orleans
Mahoney
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House
Senate
Sens. Mahoney
Guy W. Lockrider, Jr
Lake Charles
Appropriations Committee
Plea Heard On Feeder Air Service By Continental Southern
Washington March 8 civil aeronautics board heard final arguments on pleas of seven airlines for feeder flights in the southeast. A cab examiner recommended denial for six and authorization for Continental Southern Lines to operate four feeder routes mainly in Louisiana Mississippi with extensions to Tennessee and Alabama. The case traces back to 1947 when Southern Airways was allowed four feeder lines that later was vacated and reopened. Continental Southern formerly Southern Bus Lines would run routes from Memory, Tennessee to New Orleans via Clarksdale Greenville Vicksburg Jackson Natchez, Baton Rouge and Monroe Laurel Mississippi. Jackson to Mobile via Hattiesburg and Laurel. Shreveport to Monroe via Natchitoches Lake Charles and Alexandria. Lake Charles to New Orleans via Crowley Opelousas Baton Rouge and Houma. Six other carriers contest the examiner's recommendation including Southern Airways Magnolia Airways Aviation Trans-Texas Delta Eastern Chicago and Southern. Local city and state representatives and some congressmen attended.
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Southern Airways, Inc
Ferdinand D Moran
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Memoryhis
Tenn
New Orleans
Clarksdale
Greenville
Vicksburg
Jackson
Natchez
Miss
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Laurel
Mobile
Ala
Hattiesburg
Shreveport
Natchitoches
Lake Charles
Alexandria
Crowley
Opelousas
Houma
Boy Hangs Self Playing Lariat in Yard
In Shreveport area, five-year-old Charles Mack Flanagan died after an accidental hanging while playing with a miniature lariat. He reportedly looped rope around his neck and attached it to a cross bar on a six-foot pole, possibly jumping or falling from a two-foot bench. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Flanagan and the grandson of Mooringsport’s mayor.
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Shreveport
Charles Mack Flanagan
B. D. Flanagan
Mooringsport
H. Pardue
Maynardville Sheriff Charges Brother in Slaying
Maynardville Tennessee March 0 Sheriff Leslie Graves of Union County swore out a murder warrant charging his brother Carl with the slaying of an other brethren. The case centers on a fatal shooting amid local tensions as authorities pursue further details and potential charges.
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Maynardville, Tenn
Leslie Graves
Union County
Carl
Brether
McCarthy Names Woman In Charge
Senator McCarthy accuses Dorothy Kenyon a state department employee of affiliations with at least 28 Communist front organizations. The charge was voiced from Washington as part of McCarthy's ongoing anti communist investigations.
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McCarthy
Woman
Washington
R.-Wis
State Department
Dorothy Kenyon
Ateast
United States
McCarethy
Shipkov Receives Fifteen Year Bulgarian Spy Sentence
London dispatch reports former Bulgarian translator Michael Shipkov was sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying for the United States. Four co-defendants received varying terms, fines, and civil-rights loss. the case follows U.S. Bulgarian diplomatic tensions. The trial coincides with McCarthy probes into alleged security risks in the State Department, including Dorothy Kenyon’s affiliations.
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Michael Shipkov
U. S
Legation
Sofia
United States
People's Court
Shipkov
U. S. State Department
Bulgaria
State Department
Donald R. Heath
Raymond Courtney
Lafleur Begins Prison Term for Rape and Robbery
Orange Texas March 8 Paul Lafleur begins serving two 99 year prison terms for raping a Orange school girl and for shooting and robbing her teenage escort. He was taken to Huntsville state prison as Judge A Lindsey ordered the terms to run after four other sentences expire. District Attorney Robert Hillin said Lafleur must serve about 50 years before parole or a pardon becomes possible.
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Orange
Tex
Paul Lafleur
Huntsville
A. Lindsey
Robert Hillin
Lafleur
Arrest of Pair May Solve Crimes in Ferriday
Ferriday La March 8 specials two 18 year old youths Bennie Ray McGee and Jack Winbourne residents of Ferriday were arrested after intensive detective work by Police Chief Carl Rials. They face burglary charges for the Holly Inn Tummenellis cafe Gulf Service station cafe and Holdcrafts grocery.
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Ferriday
Carl Rials
Bennie Ray McGee
Jack Winbourne
Holly Inn
Tummenellis Cafe
Gulf Service Station
Holdcraft's
Passersby Rescue Couple From Canal Crash Near New Orleans
In a dramatic rescue on highway 90 near the Mississippi River bridge, passerby and truck drivers helped extract Mr. and Mrs. George Aucoin from a submerged car that overturned into five feet of water. Mrs. Aucoin suffered possible head injuries. Mr. Aucoin had body lacerations and shock. The pair were revived and taken to Charity Hospital.
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Mississippi River Bridge
George Aucoin
Charity Hospital
Aucoin
Robert O. Landry
Jefferson Parish
Sandy
Jesse Hoover
Irving Hoefelt
Flag flies over battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor
At Pearl Harbor March 8 the American flag is raised atop the battleship Arizona, honoring 1,992 crew who perished in the December 7 1941 attack. Adm. Arthur W. Radford notes the ship’s superstructure remains visible and the Arizona will fly the flag as before.
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Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
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