Big Waste Of Water Criticized
William E. Warne assistant interior secretary told a Reclamation Bureau field engineer conference that excessive water loss occurs in the Southwest from unlined canals. He cited 200000 acre-feet yearly in California’s 80 mile Coachella canal and 1000000 acre-feet from unlined parts of California’s All American canal into the Salton Sea. Observers noted the Arizona California Colorado River dispute involves about 900000 acre-feet yearly, suggesting lining canals could aid a settlement.
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Washington
William E. Warne
Reclamation Bureau
Southwest
Coachella Canal
California
Salton Sea
Warne
Arizona
Colorado River
Arizona Central Project letter urges balanced view in paper
Howard J. Smith of the Central Arizona Project Association compliments The Los Angeles Times for conciliation in the river project dispute and asks it to repudiate a California propaganda booklet. He urges informing Californians that Arizona also presents its side as the Senate prepares a first major test after Congress reconvenes.
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Howard J. Smith
Central Arizona Project Association
L. D. Hotchkiss
Los Angeles Times
California
Arizona
Colorado River Association
Central Arizona
United States Senate
Mrs Thomas Announces Bid to Fill Vacated Seat
Outside court, Mrs. Parnell Thomas said she will seek the Seventh Congressional District seat in New Jersey left by her husband, pledging to continue the fight against subversive influences. The attorney general orders a special election to complete his unexpired term ending in 1950.
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Parnell Thomas
Committee On UN- American Activities
Seventh Congressional
New Jersey
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
Family in need seeks Christmas aid amid poverty
A mother and her six to seven children face hunger and cold as tuberculosis and poverty strain the family. With a deserted father and an ailing grandmother, she struggles to earn even a little money. A $7 donation would help ease the hardship and renew their worn wardrobes.
Gila Bend Texaco Station Robbed for Fifty Dollars
A gunman robbed the Gila Bend Texaco station of 50 dollars. Night attendant H R Miller said the robber demanded cash after showing a pistol tucked in his coat. Described as about 22 years old, five nine, 150 pounds, bareheaded, he fled on foot and a search was underway.
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Gila Bend
Texaco
H. R. Miller
Miller
Husband plastered wife with paint in Milwaukee case
Milwaukee wife Dorothy Grace 22 forgave her husband James after he slapped white paint on her face during woodwork painting while intoxicated. Judge Harvey Neelen placed Grace on probation and she planned divorce but would give him another chance.
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Milwaukee
Dorothy Grace
Harvey Neelen
James
Grace
Mayor Urges Support for Central Arizona Water Project
East area faces severe water shortage as Mayor Nicholas Udall appeals to New York City's Mayor William J. O'Dwyer for backing the Central Arizona Project Bill. He notes Arizona's generation-long threat of inadequate supply and cites the Colorado River water need.
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Nicholas Udall
Central Arizona
William J. O’dwyer
New York City
Arizona
Colorado
Woman Killed in 1949 Road Toll Rise Near Flagstaff
California woman Elsie S. Denton, 47, dies in a one car crash 27 miles east of Flagstaff while riding with her son A Earl Denton, who was unhurt. Denton’s daughter Edna, 16, and sister Ethel Jamison, 45, from Turlock, are injured. Car overturned four times during passing maneuver. Arizona’s 1949 highway toll reaches 259, 20 fewer than the same date last year.
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Arizona
California
Flagstaff
Elsie S. Denton
Hughson
Calif
A. Earl Denton
Ethel Jamison
Turlock, Calkff
Vernon Fugatt
Denton
Orange Abashes His Family Tree
Detroit report states 32 year old Orange Francis Lashbrook told a judge his name causes embarrassment. He asked to be known as Fred and the judge granted the request, noting he is commonly called Fred by family and friends. The case centers on a name change.
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Detroit
Francis Lashbrook
Fred
Lashbrook
AEC Licks Problem Of Waste Disposal
The Atomic Energy Commission said it has no tough waste disposal problem, stressing safe handling of radioactive byproducts. It noted that atomic energy can expand if plants laboratories and hospitals avoid harming people animals or plants, with only two radiation deaths in the project’s history.
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AEC
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S. Atomic Project
Radiation Wastes Challenge Growing with Atomic Industry
The article explains that radiation hazards arise from gases, fluids, and solids produced by atomic research and production. It notes cooling and containment methods at Hanford, including diluted gases released, liquids stored or discharged, and solids buried or incinerated. Advances aim to reduce waste volume and costs, with concrete drum burial 30 miles offshore as one disposal option.
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Hanford
Wash
Pacific
Accused Slayer's Arraignment Set
Leola Mills a 38 year old woman was scheduled for arraignment in West Phoenix Precinct Court on a first degree murder charge for the stabbing death of her husband James aged 40 last Friday in their home at 1112 Buckeye Road. Mills said she stabbed him in self defense after he attacked her with a chair during a quarrel.
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Leola Mills
West Phoenix
James
Dinner speaker set for sixth Phoenix Community Council event
The Rt. Rev. Arthur B. Kin solving II, bishop of the Episcopal Missionary District of Arizona, will speak at the sixth annual dinner of the Phoenix Community Council. The event, a Red Feather Service for health and welfare planning, will be in the Colonial Room at Hotel Westward Ho next Monday. Reservations via Mrs Mildred Gillespie. Christmas selections by North Phoenix High School a cappella group directed by Mrs Del Shelley.
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Arthur B. Kinsolving
Episcopalian Missionary District of Arizona
Phoenix Community Council
Westward Ho
Paul M. Roca
Community Council
Red Feather
Phoenix Community Chest
Mildred Gillespie
Council
North Phoenix High School
del Shelley
Range program urged at wool growers convention
Denver December 9. Cooperation between cattle and sheep raisers to work out uniform range regulations was urged as the National Wool Growers Association wound up its 85th annual convention.
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Denver
National Wool Growers Association
West Pocket Views on Washington and a buried White House relic
A satirical column attacks Washington politics and government meddling as the nation digs into a White House relic. The piece mocks Goldwater era “Men Only” invitations and a prank G Man kit, noting public curiosity and humorous family misadventure.
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