High Clouds Filter Sun Over Valley Forecast
Intermittent sun and considerable high cloudiness were forecast for the Valley with only small temperature changes. A storm moving from Sonora will reach the southeastern state tip. Humidity remains low. today’s high reached 108 and tomorrow’s low is near 77. Downtown readings ranged 106 to 74, Sky Harbor 106 to 75. Yuma and Thermal tied at 114 for hottest in the nation yesterday.
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Valley
Telay
Weather Bureau
Louis R. Jurwitz
Sonora
Sky Harbor
Yuma
Thermal
Calif
West Point Cadet Scandal Actions Amid Calls to Close academies
The army outlined disciplinary options for cadets who admit guilt or contest charges, including administrative discharges or court-martial. Senators urged shut downs of West Point and Annapolis, while President Truman faced pressure from parents seeking restoration and graduation. White House aides said action would wait on military officials. Sparkman argued limited officer supply from ROTC and warned closure would destroy naval and army cohesion.
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Army
Board of Investigation
West Point
Annapolis
Sparkman
Armed Services
Truman
White House
Navy
Double slayings tie to gangland past linked to others
The article details a multi state web around Brancato and Trombino, accused in a Las Vegas robbery, suspected in the Siegel and Cohen cases, with ties to Abe Davidian’s Fresno killing. It notes the gun’s last known owner, prior arrests, and a district attorney’s remarks connecting the crimes to a larger narcotics network.
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S. Ernes Roll
Abe Davidian
Fresno
Calif
Brancato
Trombino
Davidian
Ridgway rejects Communist bid to resume talks
General Ridgway sent a sharp message to Communist leaders denying their claim that a Saturday incident near Kaesong was accidental. He said armistice talks depend on full neutralization guarantees and warned that any further failure would end the negotiations. Joy and other U.N. negotiators stayed in Tokyo awaiting a response.
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Ridgway
Kaesong
Kim Tl Sung
Peng Teh-huai
Korea
Adm. C. Turner Joy
U.N
Tokyo
Purge Lists Screened for Japanese Officers in Tokyo
TOKYO Aug 7 AP The government screened 11 235 former Japanese army and navy officers for removal from purge lists awaiting approval by Allied occupation authorities.
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Tokyo
Navy
Egypt to Cancel Defense Treaty With Britain
Egypt warns that it will terminate the Anglo Egyptian mutual defense treaty by month end. The pact allows British troop presence at the Suez Canal and has troubled Cairo since World War II.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
J G Schweikart Dies Buckeye Pioneer At 75
J G Schweikart longtime Buckeye resident since 1898 died after long illness at his Buckeye home aged 75. Born in Germany he came to America at 13 and reached Northern Arizona in 1894 as a cowboy and road builder before homesteading Buckeye Valley. He ran a Buckeye grocery then Liberty store and served as postmaster until 1918. He was Buckeye Valley Bank director and vice president, active in civic groups and school boards, an Odd Fellows leader, helped form West Gila Valley Old Settlers, and held Buckeye Water and Conservation District posts. Survivors include wife Letha five sons two stepdaughters a sister and brother and 13 grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow in Buckeye Odd Fellows Hall with graveside at Louis B Hazelton Memorial Cemetery. donations to cancer fund invited.
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Buckeye
J. G. Schweikart
America
Germany
Arizona
Liberty
Schweikart
Buckeye Valley Bank
International Order of Odd Fellows
West Gila Valley Old Settlers Association
Buckeye Water and Conservation District
Letha
L. B. Holder
Bakersfield
Calif
Herschel
Douglas
Earl
Higley
Bert
Palo Verde
Wiley
Herman
Phoenix
Annie Currens
Lily Parker
Oregon
Maria Schweikart
Tempe
Buckeye Odd Fellows Hall
Louis B. Hazelton Memorial
Buckeye Odd Fellows Club
Cancer Fund
Contino to Hear Penalty in San Francisco
Accordionist Dick Contino, 21, appears in a federal court in San Francisco to be sentenced for draft dodging. He faces up to five years in prison or a $10,000 fine.
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San Francisco
Dick Contino
Freighter Collision Sinks Japanese Vessel Near Tokyo Bay
A 1300 ton Japanese freighter Masashi Maru sank after a fog collision with the 7000 ton Pan American Victory in the Uraga Strait near Yokosuka. All 28 crew were rescued by a Japanese patrol craft. Pan American Victory continued to San Francisco. American freighter operates under Far East Naval Forces orders.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka
Uraga
Pan American Victory
Yokohama
San Francisco
American President Lines
U. S
Far East Naval Forces
Colorado Justice on Colorado Supreme Court Dies
Justice Benjamin C. Hilliard, 83, of the Colorado Supreme Court, died at St. Luke's Hospital after a heart attack. He was rushed to the hospital last Friday.
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Denver
Benjamin C. Hilliard
Colorado Supreme Court
St. Luke’s Hospital
New Jet Fighter Demon Makes Maiden Flight at St Louis
St Louis August 7 AP One of the navy s newest jet fighters built by McDonnell Aircraft Corp maker of the Banshee named the Demon and powered by a Westinghouse jet engine stayed aloft for 24 minutes on two test flights.
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ST. Louis
Navy
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
Westinghouse
Funeral Services For George Scott Sr. In Mesa
Funeral services for George Scott Sr. age 90 who died Sunday at his Show Low summer home will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Gibbons Mortuary Chapel with burial in Mesa Cemetery. Rev. Wayne Moore will officiate. Scott, born June 17, 1861 in Eugene Oregon, long ran sheep and ranching interests shifting between Show Low and Mesa.
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Mesa
George Scott Sr
Show Low
Gibbons Mortuary
Wayne Moore
First Methodist Church
Scott
Eugene
Ore
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Bugsy) Siegel
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