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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1951
Page
21
City edition of the Phoenix Gazette for Wednesday August 15 1951 features brief items and notices across local topics. Readers find community notes and snapshots of everyday life from that midweek issue.
Harold J. Baker, 51, a bartender, pleaded not guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to assault with intent to murder in the shooting of 15 year old Warren Joslin. Judge Lorna E. Lockwood set trial for Nov. 14 and bond may be reduced from 10,000 to 2,500. The incident occurred July 30 at the Desert Rose Cafe near Arlington after a dispute over a board bill.
D F Farrell announces bids received for a new modern fire engine with a 750 gallon per minute capacity. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved the Wilson Fire District budget paving the way for equipment, hiring a chief engineer, and recruiting volunteer firemen from district residents.
Prescott Aug 15 More than 300 Future Farmers of America gather for their annual leadership conference. State president Max Kartchner of St David presides at a 7:30 p.m. opening. dinner honors five Standard Oil scholarships with top award 350 to Bruce Brooks. National VP Robert L Smith urges active leadership and cooperation.
Iran rejects the latest British compromise to settle the oil dispute, saying it conflicts with Iran's nationalization law that seizes Anglo Iranian Oil Co. properties. British negotiator Stokes says talks may continue. Iran sticks to 75 percent direct government profits and 25 percent impounded for compensation claims.
The new Veterans Administration Hospital on Seventh Street and Indian School Road will bar all visitors this Saturday and Sunday to ease patient transfers from Papago Park. Starting Monday a limited weekly schedule will apply with specified visiting hours on select days.
In Frost Texas a volunteer group nears a fifth rabies shot as part of an experiment to test rabies vaccination preventing polio. Officials like George W Cox and Dr J W Bass criticize the project amid safety concerns.
The U S Army and Air Force have accepted eight men for service at 213 N First Ave. James C George Richard L Bloch James K Williams Roberto T Ponce from Tucson. Tom A Zurick Udell P Whitney from Glendale Donald D Green from Maricopa James R Pierce from Miami.
An explosion at a Franco-Russian Society library near Paris city hall damaged the building. The blast is part of a string of attacks on French Communist sites, following two weeks earlier when four Communist information offices were destroyed by bombs.
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