County Fair scheduled March 1 to 9 in Mesa
The Maricopa County Fair will be held at the Mesa Civic Center from March 1 through 9. County fair officials John C. McPhee and Marcel Delporte announced plans for a second annual horse show, miniature parade, and Liebrand's Carnival on the midway. Premiums exceed $6,000, with agriculture premiums doubled to attract winter visitors and boost entries.
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Mesa
Maricopa County
Mesa Civic Center
John C. McPhee
Marcel Delporte
Liebrand
Agriculture Department
McPhee
Delporte
Maricopa
Guards Drill For Governor Day Parade
Fort Huachuca August training continues as Arizona National Guard drills rifle mortar and machine gun fire to prepare for Governor's Day parade. Gov Howard Pyle official party will attend with Gov Ignacio Soto and Col Barry Goldwater among guests.
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Jay Brashear
Fort Huachuca
Arizona National Guard
Howard Pyle
Ignacio Soto
Sonora
Mexico
Barry Goldwater
Frederick R. Stofft
Glendale
213Th Combat Engineer Company
Globe
Black Tail Canyon
Tucson
Ordnnance Company
Phoenix
Soldier Wounded At Fort Huachuca
AP reports Pfc. Robert Dwyer was seriously wounded in the Fort Huachuca base hospital after a fellow military police officer, Pfc. Hal W. Ritcha, fired his gun during duty at the north gate.
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Fort Huachuca
Pfc
Robert Dwyer
Dwyer
Hal W. Ritcha
Ritcha
Buffalos Quartered On Fort Reserve Amid Defense Concerns
AP reports new quarters on a vast reservation prepared for the state's largest buffalo herd. Sheriff's officers and riders round up 400 animals to the new area placed to shield them from artillery fire.
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Fort Huachuca
Information Programs Planned By Mormons
Mesa Arizona plans daily evening programs for winter visitors at the Arizona Temple. In the Information Bureau museum room three parts each evening: Salt Lake Tabernacle choir music at 7 15, a short Mormon religion film at 8, and a Q A session by church members. Programs aim to inform non members about Latter day Saints and are informal and non proselyting.
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Mesa Bureau Mesa
Arizona Temple
New Information Bureau
Claude Pomeroy
Bureau
Salt Lake City
West
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Pomeroy
Citizenship training program urged for Indians by Arizona governor
Window Rock Arizona August 23 AP Gov Howard Pyle urged a 25 year federal state funded citizenship training program for Indians. He said Indians should gradually gain citizenship with state administration and land ownership. he cited mishandling by federal government and favored eventual independence for Navajo Hopi Mohave Apache Pima and other tribes. The governor also presented the Arizona state flag and H T Person reported irrigation project plans to water 118000 122000 acres by gravity flow at a total cost of 145 million dollars with Bureau of Reclamation review.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Howard Pyle
Navajo Tribal Council
Pyle
Arizona
State of
H. T. Person
Laramie
Wyo
San Juan-Shiprock
Bureau of Reclamation
Council
Mesa Youth Recounts Boys State Trips for Sponsors
Reed Done of Mesa who attended Boys State in Flagstaff and Washington, D. C., will recount his trip for the Hiram Club at the club meeting. He spoke to the Mesa Rotary on his visit with President Truman and Arizona senators. Also notes on local incidents include Kiwanis talk on church support and plans for a Mesa Pistol and Rifle Club gathering at City Hall.
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Mesa
Reed Done
Boys State
Flagstaff
Boys Nation
Washington, D. C
Washington
Hiram Club
Billy H. Oberle
Temple Drive
National Rifle Association
U.S
Oberle
Bone Disease Relief Through Joint Injections
New York August 23. Dr H Berger reports using procaine hydrochloride injections into knee joints to relieve osteoarthritis pain. In a small patient group all improved and some were completely relieved, the findings appear in the New York State Journal of Medicine.
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New York
H. Berger
New York State Journal of Medicine
Soviets attack peace plan voiced by US press
Moscow dispatch reports the Literary Gazette says a Japanese peace treaty without Chinese Communists would be meaningless. It notes U.S. invitation to San Francisco and Western press claims America barred certain countries, notably the Soviet Union, from participating. The piece portrays American diplomacy as dismayed by Russia accepting the invitation.
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Moscow
Literary Gazette
San Francisco
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Roadside Convex Mirrors Help France See Around Corners
France adopts convex roadside mirrors to improve safety at sharp intersections. The mirrors allow drivers to view hidden approaches, reducing collision risk at blind corners and improving traffic flow in rural and urban junctions.
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France
Burglary loot partly recovered in Tempe case
Tempe Police disclose part of the 175 dollars stolen from Gilsland Motor Company has been recovered. A warrant for the thief's arrest was issued. The burglar was interrupted before taking 142 dollars from the cash register. Chief Victor S. Stewart noted the progress.
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Gazette’s
Tempe
Gilsland Motor Company
Victor S. Stewart
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