Levees Hold In Midwest Flood Areas Amid Heavy Rain
Levees along the Mississippi held in Iowa Illinois and Missouri as flood crests moved past Sabula Clinton Keokuk Davenport and Rock Island. Rain threatened some areas and millions in affected drainage land faced concerns while Cant on Missouri reported evacuations and flooded Highway 61.
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Helen Merkley Succumbs At Mesa
Mrs Helen Merkley 58 a Mesa resident for 14 years died yesterday at her home Barr in Springfield I Mrs Merkley lived at 438 North Grand Street She is survived by her husband Parley and a daughter Mrs Faye Griffeth both of Mesa three sisters Mrs Angus Russell Phoenix Mrs Elizabeth Wehrwein of Milwaukee Wis and Mrs Pearl Skinner Blythe Calif and two brothers Elmer Gardner Chloride Ariz and William Gardner Milwaukee Funeral services will be arranged at Meldrum Mortuary here.
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Chloride, Ariz
William Gardner
Milwaukee
Meldrum Mortuary
Three Fugitives Caught After Desert Escape
Three of five Mexican nationals who escaped Mount Lemmon Federal Prison Camp were captured about 45 miles from the prison. FBI agents reported catching them about one mile south of the Sahuaro National Monument after a desert and brush pursuit.
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Clark Smith sandwich at Covered Wagon stirs wary humor
A dubious honor prompts playful jeers as Clark Smith faces a new sandwich creation at the Covered Wagon on Central Ave. The dish blends turkey and ham with cheese sauce and peppers, drawing jokes about corn and other quips while locals joke about donations and social causes near 2nd Ave and W. Van Buren.
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Safford High Banquet Set
Safford High School will hold its annual junior-senior banquet Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the Eastern Arizona College cafeteria Thatcher Curtis Jennings is junior class president and Betty Ruth Jensen is senior president Proceeds of a Spanish dinner Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. at St Rose of Lima Church hall go to the church improvement fund The Cinco de Mayo dance follows Saturday at Safford Armory Geneva Farmer named resident manager of Buena Vista Hotel Globe inherits post from Dominion Hotel era
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Koreans Stop Reds After Counterattacks Near Hwachon
Allied and Communist forces clashed seven miles south of 38th parallel with Reds abandoning Hwachon and Inje as U N artillery and air power blasted paths for counterattacks. Aerial and jet dogfights occurred with no reported damage.
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AP Chief Wodsinek and Peter Muenz Missing in Prague
Report from Prague says AP chief Wodsinek and Peter Muenz are missing after government probes. Oatis, sent to Prague to replace Polowetzky, faces expulsion tensions amid charges of unobjective reporting not documented. Reuters notes hotel room untouched and no sign of disturbance.
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Reuter
London
Plane crash at Prestwick runway narrows escape
A British Overseas Airways Stratocruiser nosewheel collapse caused the plane to plow 500 yards of runway at Prestwick Scotland. Forty three passengers and ten crew on the London Montreal flight escaped injury.
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Suspect Seized In Marijuana Sale On Phoenix Streets
Juvenile Bureau officers arrested a 63 year old man at 16th Street and Broadway. marked money bought two cigarets and six more were found. The arrest raises to five the number of so called salesmen stopped since Saturday in a campaign to curb marijuana sales in the Phoenix area.
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Earl Moore
John Thompson
Phoenix
Talks Continue At Goodyear
Special to The Gazette Goodyear April 25 management and labor held the third day of talks to end a strike idling 400 Goodyear Aircraft plant workers. The International Association of Machinists Union AF of L seeks higher wages and better conditions for 60 maintenance workers, with wage increases the main sticking point as federal conciliator W P Hanoran presides. The strike began Sunday midnight with picket lines in effect.
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Army plans recall of reserve officers to active duty
General Collins outlined steps to recall 15 000 reserve officers in May and June to aid training and operations, with only a few additional civilian units likely to be called up this fiscal year. He cited voluntary enlistments, selective overdelivery, and fewer Korea losses as reasons for lower inductions.
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Brehm Denies Accepting Pay Kickbacks in Campaign Case
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Ohio testified in federal court denying ever taking money for his campaign beyond conversations. He acknowledged Mrs. Soliday contributed about $600 in 1946-47, saying he learned of it only in 1950, and denied any cash from Mrs. Craven. His wife, Mrs. Brehm, was to testify as the final defense witness.
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Fluorspar Mine Sold to Rich Creek Corp in Illinois
Benson April 25 AP The Rich Creek Fluorspar Corporation Elizabethtown Illinois bought the Lone Star Mine in the Whetstone Mountains 15 miles southwest of Benson Arizona from Fluorspar Producers Corporation Los Angeles. The sale price was not disclosed.
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Pepperdine Foundation
Los Angeles
Fluorspar Producers Corporation
Pepperdine
Bimson Speaks on Business in Defense Economy at Safford Rotary
Carl A. Bimson executive vice president Valley National Bank Phoenix was principal speaker at the Safford Rotary Club meeting held here yesterday. Bimson discussed Business in a Defense Economy according to Clayton Hakes Sr program chairman and head of the bank's Safford office.
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Lula F Short Last Rites Held
Funeral services for Lula Frances Short 55 who died Monday at her Coolidge home were to be held at 5 p m today in Cole and Maud Mortuary with the Rev E M Ward of Community Church officiating. Burial follows in Valley Memorial Park. Short a Wilcox native and lifelong Arizona resident had lived in Coolidge 20 years. survived by husband William two daughters Mrs Ralph Grossmiller and Mrs Joe Ferrell a sister Mrs George M Ware and three grandchildren all of Coolidge.
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George M. Ware
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