Auto Wrecks Kill 3 Injure 14 on U S 66
Three people died and fourteen were injured in two crashes on U S 66 west of Winslow. Victims include Anella Gibbons 70 and grandson Stanley 3½ from Holbrook and Kenneth Yow 25 of Checotah. Others treated at Winslow hospital include Felix Morrison 26 of Okmulgee Rendel Gibbons 20 and his wife Bobby Lou 21 and their infant Melody. A second crash involved a five person car and an eight person car. fire followed a gasoline tank explosion but no one was seriously hurt.
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Anella Slade Gibbons
St. Johns
Stanley Gibbons
Holbrook
Kenneth Yow
Checotah
Okla
Felix Morrison
Okmulgee
Yow
Rendel Gibbons
Bobby Lou
Melody
Gibbons
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
Morrison
Winslow Hospital
Auto Ceiling Hikes Possible On Car Prices
Washington Aug 4 The government may allow auto ceiling prices to rise up to 10 percent in coming weeks while selling prices stay stable for a time Chrysler Corp and Ford filed applications with the Office of Price Stabilization for price increases up to about 10 percent Other automakers expected to follow OPS officials noted the agency may approve higher ceilings but that selling prices need not rise yet An OPS official said actions on applications would come within weeks and a spokesman said no firm intention to raise selling prices was stated by Chrysler or Ford.
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Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Office of Price Stabilization Yesteray
OPS
Chrysler
Ford
Computer at Fort Worth plant outpaces man by wide margin
An $80,000 computer at the Con vair aircraft plant in Fort Worth Texas can figure most problems 100 times faster than man, highlighting growing efficiency in automated engineering tasks and the shift toward machine aided analysis.
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Convair Aircraft
Fort Worth
Texas
Boy Found After Two Days Lost In Catalina Mountains
Eleven-year-old Joe Martinez from Casa Grande was found exhausted but alive in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson after wandering from Camp Lawton. He will be checked at the county hospital before returning home. The search also recovered Otho L. Davis, a 58-year-old Tucson plumber missing since July 5. Klaus Voelger, a German exchange student, located Martinez. autopsy planned for Davis.
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Joe Martinez
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Otho L. Davis
Klaus Voelger
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Young Martinez
Sabine Canyon
Martinez
Gila Valley Baptist Church Association
Clark H. Johnson
Davis
Handwriting Clinic Heads to Arizona Schools
Olive Mellon handwriting expert from Ohio will lead a week long clinic in Flagstaff starting August 13 on methods of handwriting teaching. Morning and afternoon sessions run 8 30 and 2 10 with consultations by appointment, at the college training school. Afterward she travels the state visiting Graham Greenlee Cochise Coconino Navajo Santa Cruz Yavapai and Yuma counties on listed dates through October 12.
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Olive Mellon
Ohio
Arizona State Department of Education
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Graham
Greenlee
Cochise County
Coconino County
Navajo County
Santa Cruz County
Yavapai County
Yuma County
Nearly Half Million Visit Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park welcomed 484192 visitors in the travel year starting October 1, 1950, a rise of 24639 from the prior year. In July alone, 130719 tourists viewed the mile-deep gorge’s scenery, according to Superintendent H C Bryant.
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Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
H. C. Bryant
Principal Resigns Post At Winslow High School
W W Armstrong resigns as principal of Winslow High School to enter private business after purchasing Superior Laundry. He joined the Winslow faculty in 1941 and became principal in 1946. He also coached basketball and football for several years.
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Winslow
W. W. Armstrong
Winslow High School
Armstrong
Superior Laundry
Insect Control Exhibits Set For Safford
University of Arizona entomologist Dr. J N Roney visits the Safford area August 17 and 18 for three insect control demonstrations at the Hooker ranch near Bonita LaMar Kempton farm Eden and Vance Marshall farm Bryce times 8 a m 7 a m and 9 a m respectively Also notes local arrests Solomon youths 13 and 14 on burglary charges and Jose Reyes 20 held on criminal assault charges with a Tuesday preliminary hearing Tom Guerena 17 sentenced to 3 to 5 years for attempted burglary after recent release from Fort Grant Industrial School
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J. N. Roney
University of Arizona
Harry Hooker Ranch
Bonita
LaMar Kempton Farm
Eden
Vance Marshall Farm
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Solomon
Skeet Bowman
Jose Reyes
Thatcher
Graham County
Tom Guerena
Arizona State Prison
Fort Grant Industrial School
Guerena
Robert Montierth
Eleven At Winslow Seek Postal Job
Winslow Arizona August 4 AP Eleven persons seek the Winslow postmastership. Forms to apply to the U S Civil Service Commission have been requested by Max Hathaway James M Lovett Vernie Martin Mary Ferguson K D Palmer Clay B Simer O M Letts Burl Vincent Helen D Delamere Camille Wohler and Mathew Wright. Mrs Ferguson is acting post master.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Max Hathaway
James M. Lovett
Vernie Martin
Mary Ferguson
K. D. Palmer
Clay B. Simer
O. M. Letts
Burl Vincent
Helen D. Delamere
Camille Wohler
Mathew Wright
Ferguson
Jean Carmack Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Jean Carmack aged 29 of 2229% E Buchanan were held this morning at Merryman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jay Fuller of Faith Temple officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. A Arkansas native, she died Wednesday in a local hospital after a long illness.
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E. Buchanan
Merryman Funeral Home
Jay Fuller
Faith Temple
Greenwood Memorial Park
Arkansas
New York Handles Majority of Nation's Wholesale Trade
More than 60 percent of the nation's wholesale business is conducted through New York state, underscoring the state's central role in national commerce and distribution networks.
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New York State
Cheating Scandal Rocks West Point Cadets
About 80 cadets confessed to cheating in a scope that sparked a nationwide Army inquiry. Undergraduates face general discharges while some graduates and officers may escape prosecution. The scandal began years ago within the football team and involved passing quiz questions between sections.
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Honor Board
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Truman
J. Lawton Collins
Washington
Flooded Arizona areas amid storms impact roads and crops
Floodwaters swamped regions near Buckeye and Litchfield Park while the Arizona Co operative Cotton Growers Association said rains mostly provided free irrigation for cotton farmers. Traffic on Highway 80 remained light as Centennial Wash and Hassayampa River runoff inundated nearby areas.
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Litchfield Park
Arizona Co-operative Cotton Growers Association
Centennial Wash
Hassayampa
Luke Air Force Base
Wounded Boy Improves in Arlington Shooting Case
Warren Joslin a 15 year old Buckeye youth wounded outside an Arlington cafe shows steady improvement at Memorial Hospital though remains in critical condition. Harold J Baker 51 Buckeye is held in county jail awaiting preliminary hearing on assault to murder after allegedly firing three .45 caliber shots over a $7 board bill dispute at the Desert Rose Cafe where he worked.
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Arlington
Memorial Hospital
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Buck
Leye
Murer
Baker
Joslin
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