Arizona racing control law labeled failure by Brophy
Frank Brophy of Phoenix, vice chairman of the Arizona Racing Commission, called the new horse and dog race control law a failure due to insufficient funds for enforcement. He warned Arizona may have the world's worst racing, while the commission seeks $45,000 more this fiscal year to cover salaries and operations.
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Maricopa County
Chicago
New York
Walker Awaiting Braatelien Resignation Acceptance
Highway Patrol Captain E H Braatelien has submitted his resignation to Governor Dan E Garvey after a three page letter criticizing Patrol Superintendent A G Walker. Walker indicated he will accept once transmitted, following Braatelien's eight day suspension for taking excessive time from duties.
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Horace Moore
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Woodland Search for Ruth Aberle Continues in Cascade Forest
In OSTRANDER JUNCTION Washington rescuers launch the largest forest search for 15 year old Ruth Aberle missing since Sunday while cutting a Christmas tree. About 700 woodsmen townspeople and National Guardsmen comb the Cascades amid snow mud and beaver dams hoping to find her alive.
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Adopt-A-Family: Phoenix Gazette Drives Help for Local Kids
Public appeal details three Phoenix families in need. Family No. 62 seeks a $6 donation to buy a pink dress and essentials for a girl and her brother. Family No. 63 relies on yard goods for four boys and a dress for their mother. Family No. 64 faces a harsh night as a mother and children struggle with cold and poverty.
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Phoenix
Lucy Krug
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Italian Peasants Rise in Montescaglioso Unrest
Five persons were wounded in clashes with police as peasant agitation for land reform erupted in Montescaglioso, about 40 miles south of Bari. The incident marks a flare of unrest tied to demands for land reform in the region.
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U S Tells How Russia Bullied Romania Into Communist Ring
The United States details how Andrei Vishinsky compelled King Michael of Romania to accept a Communist government in Bucharest. Witness Constan tin Visoianu recounts Vishinsky's furious ultimatum demanding the king’s reply by six. The account notes Soviet tanks and threats that pressured the monarch into capitulation.
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New York
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Philippine Rebel Attack Reported
A Batangas Province report said revolutionary forces led by General Francisco Medrano attacked a Philippine Constabulary barracks on Tuesday, freeing rebel prisoners. Several constabulary men were wounded and two rebels were killed.
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Downed flier survives six days in mountains
Radar technician Robert Bryant, 26, a Navy veteran, lived through six frozen days after a light plane crash 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles. He subsisted on acorns and melted snow, was rescued by a 13 man party, and carried five miles to an ambulance. Doctors report frostbite and multiple injuries but say he is in surprisingly good condition.
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Los Angeles
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L. J. Klingbell
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San Francisco
Missing 16 in Dutch ship blast off Florida
Coast Guard plane found the burning corps 300 miles east of Miami with sixteen missing after an explosion and fire aboard the Dutch motorship Corps. Eight rescued including a chief engineer. No survivors sighted and cause undetermined. Survivors to be picked up near the Hole in the Wall at Abaco Island, Bahamas.
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Fifth Victim Misses Death Heater Blamed
Special to The Phoenix Gazette Eloy December 14 Four men were asphyxiated by unvented natural gas heater fumes as they slept in a Roszell Court restroom. One man survived in serious condition. an inquest is set for 2 p.m. tomorrow.
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John Leon Hickman
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Buckeye
Ed Redman
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Tenn
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Stockton
Calif
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Ammonia leak vents gas through Oakland streets
Ammonia gas escaped from a tank car at a fertilizer plant in Oakland before dawn. Four men were hospitalized as responders closed the area around Third and Center streets and moved in with heavy equipment to dissipate the fumes after a pipe split and spilled the liquid.
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Mama Dolls and Trains Drive Santa Fund Drive
Hundreds of children will receive Mama dolls and windup trains this Christmas as the Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts a Christmas party December 24 in front of the Federal Building. Jaycees aim to raise over $2,000 by selling The Phoenix Gazette Friday, enlisting 125 members to canvass downtown, offices, and outlying districts. Some buyers have paid large sums, including a rancher at $150, and an office secretary, to fund gifts, oranges, nuts, candy, and stocking gifts for underprivileged children.
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