Dr Hart warns Arizona hospital staff of resignations
Hospital superintendent Dr Bruce Hart told employees at the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane to resign if they will not back him. He spoke after seven doctors protested Nurse Director Alva Aber and amid rumors of a mass walkout. Hart said all staff remain on the job despite the controversy and described obscene phone calls aimed at him and his wife. He invited doctors to meet privately to air grievances.
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Arizona State Hospital For Insane
Bruce Hart
Hospital Superitendent
Aber
Makting
Dr. Hart
Reed
Desert Caballeros Start Ride Over Desert
Wickenburg opens its fifth annual 42 day Desert Caballeros ride with 150 riders. The start from Fronter Street signals a 130 mile route to Ashurst Ranch, camping there before continuing along the Hassayampa River to Diamond 2 Ranch for the first night. Riders from 20 states join the event through Friday.
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Wickenburg
Desert Caballeros
Arizona
Frontier Street
Ashurst Ranch
Yavapai County
Hassayampa
Diamond 2 Ranch
St Francis Pupil Wins Maricopa Spelling Title
Connie Bollweg, 13, an eighth grader from St. Francis Xavier School, won the Maricopa County spelling contest at Monroe School. Sharon Canter was runner-up. Connie will represent the county at the state meet April 28 with fourteen counties and a Phoenix and Tucson contestant. The champion earns a trip to the national finals in Washington, D C.
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Connie Bollweg
St. Francis Xavier School
Maricopa County
Connie
Joseph Bollweg
West Turney Avenue
Sharon Canter
Buckeye Elementary
Sharon
Monroe School
Seventh
Monroe Streets
C. A. Sedig
Adams Hotel
Phoenix
Tucson
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Clara Keltner Dies In Glendale At 41
Mrs. Clara Keltner, 41, of Glendale, died early today at Memorial Hospital after treatment since February 14. She was born in Kentucky and wife of Forrest L. Keltner, manager of Glendale Lumber Yard. Funeral services are being arranged at Leonan Lundberg Mortuary.
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Clara Keltner
Glendale
Memorial Hospital
Forrest L. Keltner
Glendale Lumber Yard
Kentucky
Leonan- Lundberg Mortuary
Death of W G Wolfley prompts inquiry into toxic fumes
Walter G Wolfley age 60 retired real estate developer was found dead in a closet at his home after he reportedly sealed himself inside and inhaled fumes from a toxic liquid. Maid Lila Schlegel discovered the body near 14th Street and Northern Avenue as notes bearing his name were found for his maid, mortician, and a lawyer. Born in Delaware Ohio April 14 1890 he moved to the area 30 years ago and with his wife dead last October he had been despondent. No inquest will be held per coroner Westfall. Funeral arrangements are pending at Grimshaw Mortuary.
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Walter G. Wolfley
Lila Schlegel
Wolfley
14Th Street
Northern Avenue
Louis Hudson
Dreamy Draw
Sunnyslope
Harry E. Westfall
Delaware
Ohio
Buckeye State
Grimshaw Mortuary
Mama and House Forever at Feud Over Family Home
Kansas City writer recalls a 30 year feud with his mother over selling the family home. The eight room house, once big and hard to maintain, became a symbol of unity and memories as Mama vows to move to a small ranch while forever threatening to sell.
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Hal Bowle
Kansas City
Mama
Dad
Kathy
Deputies Seek Body of Drowning Victim
Sheriff's deputies search Roosevelt Canal near Lateral 24 for the body of James Babb 14 Tolleson district after he jumped in and did not surface Herbert Thurman 15 who swam with him summoned officers Babb's father Ott Babb from Lateral 22 Avenue K Earlier in the week Jackie Wayne Tibbett 9 was found dead in a Salt River gravel pit after leaving school for a swimming hole at Stevenson School
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Sheriff's
Maricopa County
Roosevelt Irrigation District
Lateral 24
Avenue J
James Babb
Tolleson District
Herbert Thurman
Babb
Ott Babb
Lateral 22
Avenue K
Jackie Wayne Tibbett
East
Durango Street
Salt River
16Th Street
Stevenson School
Dust Blamed In Auto Death Noted Near Salome Arizona
A dust storm 14 miles west of Salome caused a fatal crash killing Meron John Blevins 33 of Conta Creek California when his car was hit and demolished by a tanker driven by Leslie W. Penhall 37 of Westminster California Penhall could not see the stalled vehicle due to the dust. Arizona's 1951 traffic toll reached 804, below last year's pace.
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Desert
Salome
Arizona
Meron John Blevins
Cantua Creek
Calif
Leslie W. Penhall
Westminister
Blevins
Penhall
Woman Shot At Arlington In Self Inflicted Wound
Mrs Beatrice Shaw 36 of Arlington suffered a gunshot wound to the left chest and was admitted to Memorial Hospital early today. Deputies reported she said the wound was self inflicted but she could not provide details. The Shaws own the Desert Rose Cafe in Arlington.
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Beatrice Shaw
Arlington
Memorial Hospital
Gas Franchise Upheld by Arizona Judge
PRESCOTT April 9 AP Judge J Mercer Johnson of Pima County Superior Court upheld the Southern Union Gas Company franchise to supply natural gas to Northern Arizona cities. Northern Arizona Light and Power challenged the franchise, with Prescott City as co defendant and Flagstaff Winslow and Williams intervening. Johnson ruled franchises licenses and operating rights legal valid subsisting and Reilly said the decision will be appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court.
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Prescott
Southern Union Gas Company
Arizona
J. Mercer Johnson
Pima County
Johnson
Yavapai County
W. E. Patterson
Northern Arizona Light and Power Company
Southern Union
Flagstaff
Winslow
Williams
Educators Back Universal Military Training poll supports plan
UMIT Washington April 9 The American Council on Education reports college officials nationwide voted more than four to one in favor of Universal Military Training and service in a nationwide poll.
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UMIT
Washington
American Council On Education
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