Winds Drive Rain Toward Valley in Arizona Weather Alert
Strong winds moved rain toward the Valley of the Sun as the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast light to heavy showers statewide through tomorrow. Climatologist Carl R. Erickson warned winds up to 25 to 30 miles per hour accompany the rainfall, with intermittent rain across Phoenix Payson Flagstaff Prescott Gila Bend and Yuma. Phoenix reported .80 inch of moisture in the last 24 hours.
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United States Weather Bureau
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Prescott
Gila Bend
Yuma
Flood Drowns Six Americans in Korea Patrolling Imjin River
Six U N soldiers drowned when the Imjin River rose and overturned their truck at Munsan. Seventy two Allied troops were rescued by helicopters, including fourteen saved after six hours on a broken pontoon bridge as debris threatened the perch.
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Rainfall drives Salt River storage rise near Phoenix
Heavy rains fed runoff into the Salt River Project storage lakes as Phoenix tallied 3.55 inches downtown and 3.85 at the airport. McNary and Maverick areas measured multiple inches while white mountain tributaries fed continued river flow. Officials expect runoff to persist for about a week before easing as elevations drop.
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McNary
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Robert D. Wilson
Co-Operative Weather Bureau
Police Duel at Berlin Brandenberg Gate Across Sectors
West Berlin police and an East German Communist agent exchanged shots at the Brandenburg Gate straddling the Soviet sector. Two Western detectives and several patrolmen were unharmed. the Soviet man, long suspected in West kidnappings, disappeared behind repaired stone columns after firing. Soviet guards watched from the Russian memorial.
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Two Navy Torpedo Bombers Reported Long Overdue
Hamilton Field Calif Aug 29 Two navy torpedo bombers carrying three men each were missing from a six ship formation that left Long Beach for Moffett Field. Severe weather prevented searches and a rescue spokesman said the planes are down somewhere but the exact location is unknown.
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Moffett Field
Los Alamitos Base
Long Beach
San Francisco
Arizona Road Conditions Report With Closures
Arizona road conditions show Phoenix Buckeye Gila Bend route closed while Gila Bend to Casa Grande remains closed but may reopen later. Salt River crossings at 40th 16th Seventh streets and 19th Avenue in Phoenix and areas north of Mesa closed by high water. All other major arterials open yet wet and dangerous in many locations.
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Mesa
Truce Parley Resumption Left To Reds
Gen Ridgway challenged the Communists to end their delay and resume armistice talks when ready. He rejected reinvestigation of the Kaesong bombing and said U N negotiations would restart only after the Reds prove willingness to proceed. The Reds broke off talks after the bombing dispute and gave no clear date to return.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Kaesong
Ridgway
U. N
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-huai
Peiping
Theft and purse snatch amid stormy street chase
Earl Moore, guard at Reynolds Metals, reports three film rolls a knife and a wrench stolen from his mud stuck car at Seventh Avenue and Osborn after he phoned for a tow. Meanwhile two boys grabbed Katharine Ulrichs purse on First Street near Washington, fleeing in the rain with $3 and ID papers.
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Earl Moore
W. Carol
Reynolds Metals Company
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Osborn
Katharine Ulrich
Fifth St
First Street
Washington
Southern California Is Spared By Storm
A tropical storm passed inland south of San Diego with winds near 60 mph, prompting Weather Bureau to drop storm warnings. The system weakened over Baja California deserts, and forecasts said heavy rain would fall to the Northwest and Northern Arizona while San Diego evacuated naval aircraft.
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Alameda
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Burbank
WSB Holds Hearing In Copper Walkout
The Wage Stabilization Board took over the copper strike at the president's request as it holds hearings. It urged the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union and a dozen AFL unions to return to work while the dispute is reviewed, signaling potential White House involvement if the walkout continues.
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White House
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AFL
Reds Send More Men To Front
On the Korean front the Reds moved reinforce ments in the Iron Triangle and east of Kaesong while pre dawn assaults across the eastern front pressed to the UN lines. A jet battle above the frontier involved sixty fighters in the air. In the copper strike the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers push for a 20 cent per hour raise as the Taft Hartley act looms. Negotiations include John Clark and Nathan Witt with wage talks continuing in Denver and El Paso.
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Board of Inquiry
Kennecott Cooper
John Clark
Denver
New York
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Orville Larson
Globe, Ariz
Charles Wilson
el Paso
Larson
Federal Mediation Service
Windham Bay Fire Quenched Quickly
The navy reported that a fire in the aft engine room of the light carrier Windham Bay was extinguished quickly with only minor damage.
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Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Windham Bay
Head On Collision Kills 3 in Rainstorm Near Chambers
Three people died and two were injured in a head on crash on U S 66 near Chambers during a rainstorm. Victims were Marvin Shelton 47 Darrel Hamm 26 and Marion Hamm 29 all from Topeka Kansas. Injured were Julian Zutz 33 from California and Helen Heise 23 of Topeka. Arizona traffic deaths for 1951 rose to 238 with this accide.
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Chambers
U. S. 66
Arizona Highway Patrol
Marvin Shelton
Darrel Hamm
Marion Hamm
Topeka
Kans
Gallup
N. Mex
Julian Zutz
California
Helen Heise
Arizona
Kansas
Shelton
Zutz
Rail links between Nogales and Mexico City disrupted
August 29 Nogales Sonora AP officials report rail connections between Nogales and Mexico City will be out for at least a week due to bridge washouts. A bridge near Benjamin Hill failed Saturday hindering motor traffic between Nogales and Hermosillo as rains continue in Sonora. The Rodriguez Dam on the Sonora River at Hermosillo runs near spillway capacity.
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Sonora
Mexico City
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Benjamin Hill
Hermosillo
Rodriguez
Goodyear Flood Swamps Aircraft Plant and Town
Floodwaters swept Goodyear and surrounding areas 16 miles west of Phoenix driving out more than 100 families. At Luke Air Force Base 120 servicemen evacuated as water covered housing. Deserts and White Tank Mountains sent cresting waters, with properties, plant facilities, and a naval air station heavily damaged. Red Cross opened a kitchen. roads and crossings were impassable. Local officials reported more than $100,000 in civilian property damage and widespread inundation along the canal and town infrastructure.
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Kenneth Arline
Goodyear
Naval
Phoenix
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Litchfield Naval Air Facility
American Red Cross
Avondale School
Southern Pacific
Avondale
Litchfield Park
Francis Donnell
Associated Press
Westwood Manor
Avondale Circle
Red Cross
Donnell
Agua Fria
Tragedy in Easton: Distraught Mother Kills Two Children
A distraught mother hanged her two children in a College Hill home near Lafayette College and then fatally stabbed herself. Victims are James Jr. 4 and Maria 7, with mother Dorothy Gunning Liebermann 34. Husband James W. Liebermann found the scene. Coroner notes self-inflicted deaths, notes left are rambling, mother had long mental health struggles.
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College Hill
Lafayette College
Dorothy Gunning Liebermann
James Jr
Maria
Liebermann
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