Little Donnie Gets New Bike After Santa Helpers Arrive
In St. Louis on December 19, a boy named Donnie Bunch received a $53 bicycle with his name etched on the frame. He had planned to sell his rusty 75 cent bike to cover costs as his siblings fell ill, but welfare workers intervened after two unidentified men delivered the new bike and $20 for gifts.
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ST. Louis
Donnie Bunch
Donnie
Santa Claus
Don
Jerry
Sharon
City Hospital
Florence to Build $125 000 School
Florence voters authorize a $125 000 bond issue to construct a new grammar school for sixth through eighth grades near the city park. Richard E. Fulton notes the building will serve about 150 pupils and should be ready for occupancy next fall.
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Florence
Richard E. Fulton
Grammar School
Sister's Tragic Plea Found
New Orleans report recounts an 11 year old girl Betty Lee asking Santa to bring her brother Bobby a walker for Christmas. Andrew Leither truck driver found the note attached to a Bonny River tree. Leither and coworkers pledged funds for the chair after reading Bobby's condition.
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New Orleans
Betty Lee
Brother Bobby
Andrew Leither
Bonny River
New Brunswick
Bobby
Santa Claus
Montreal
Leither
Eloy Attempts to Rebrand as Bar Scene Calm in Eloy
Eloy's six taverns cooperate with liquor authorities and deputies to enforce laws. Door men curb excessive drinking and fights while poker games are banned and closing hours observed. Inspectors monitor bars as state and federal agents visit, yet the town also boasts 19 churches amid its troubled image.
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State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Pinal County
Lynn Earley
Bert Hill
W. A. McGaughey
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Eloy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Taylor
Pemex Plane Reported Missing With Six To Eight Aboard
Mexican oil monopoly Pemex reports a plane missing in coastal airspace with six to eight people aboard. The aircraft last communicated Saturday morning and was overdue by Sunday. Authorities search the area and monitor radio chatter for clues.
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Mexico City
Pemex
TV Marches On At Local Auto Dealer
A second avenue dealer pitches a free TV with every postwar auto sale. The ad describes a family trying the set and failing until a blown fuse at KPHO TV stops the night’s viewing. The piece ends with the claim TV is advancing despite technical glitches.
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2Nd Ave
George Christie
Hugh Gruwell
Kpho-Tv
Seven injured in weekend traffic accidents at multiple locations
Seven traffic accident victims were treated at St. Monica's Hospital after weekend crashes. Names and addresses include Helen Ramsey 35 of 1702 East Whittier Drive, injured at Third Avenue and Roosevelt. Louis Turken 37 of 1101 West Culver Street as the other driver. Other patients: Mrs. John McGee 32 of 635 West Hazelwood Street. Mrs. Helen Rawlins 20 of 1417 East Polk Street. D. G. Handgis 26 of 1494 East Pierce Street. John F. Rawlins 24 of 1417 East Polk Street. Glenys L. Poor 28 of 1705 West McDowell Road. Virginia Zearley 30 of 1023 East Meadowbrook Avenue. R. J. Bowe 22 of 1608 East Stephen Lane. E L Perkins 29 Route 9. Harry F. Ashen 56 of 1424 South Ninth Street. Police report various car-to-car and single-car incidents across the city with drivers and passengers injured and undergoing treatment.
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St. Monica’s Hospital
Helen Ramsey
East Whittier Drive
Third Avenue
Roosevelt
Louis Turken
West Culver Street
John McGee
West Hazelwood Street
Kerrick’s
Helen Rawlins
East Polk Street
Central Avenue
Lynwood Street
D. G. Handgis
East Pierce Street
John F. Rawlins
Glenys L. Poor
West McDowell Road
Virginia Zearley
East Meadowbrook Avenue
R. J. Bowe
East Stephen Lane
Third Street
McDowell Road
Bowers
John Lopacinski
North Third Street
E. L. Perkins
Route 9
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
19Th Avenue
Apache Street
Harry F. Ashen
South Ninth Street
North Seventh Street
Willard R. Sultan
West Carol Street
Sunnyslope
Power Co-Op Opens Line Near Duncan and Red Rock
Greater service starts today on Duncan Valley Electric Co-op lines energizing eighty miles of new lines for about 108 new connections. The line runs north from Duncan to Guthrie, south and east into New Mexico to Red Rock, with an extra forty seven miles of transmission line across Greenlee and Graham counties due to be completed in February.
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Duncan
Duncan Valley Electric Co-operative Lines
Guthrie
New Mexico
Red Rock
Greenlee County
Graham County
Power line expansion plans tied to Bureau of Reclamation project
The Bureau of Reclamation will sell power to electrical districts from Mesa and Coolidge substations. Three main lines will send power to Phoenix Tucson and Eloy while bids for minor substations are due soon. Construction at Coolidge starts around March 1 with 160 to 200 workers, and Mesa work starts after bids are let.
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Page One
Stewart Construction Company
Mesa
Coolidge
Phoenix
Tucson
Eloy
Bureau of Reclamation
Ecker
Cochise
Maricopa
Pinal County
Denver
L. N. McClellan
Posse Seeks Lost Hunter in Blue Mountains
Donald McDonald an 18 year old Walla Walla hunter has been missing four days. About 50 men with snowshoes and dog teams searched the snow swept Blue Mountains as conditions of ten below and deep drifts hindered the effort. McDonald was last seen Thursday noon on Black Ridge about 20 miles east of Walla Walla. His hunting partner Jack Farquaharson scoured the area before McDonald’s feet froze and he staggered into Walla Walla Saturday with news of the disappearance.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Donald McDonald
Blue Mountains
McDonald
Black Ridge
Jack Farquaharson
Wrong Car Gets Righting About Christmas Gift
In Muscatine Iowa a motorist reported his car stolen only to have police later learn a mechanic had repaired the wrong vehicle. The owner had left keys and instructions for pickup, and officers decided to withhold the mechanic’s name.
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Muscatine
Henry Blohm
Blohm
Bicycle Pedalcopter Demo At Naval Air Station
LAKEHURST N J Dec 19 An attorney and civilian Navy employee Charles K Paul demonstrated a pedal powered aircraft called a Pedalcopter inside the Naval Air Station hangar. He rode at 100 feet using a 5000 cubic foot helium bag and two helicopter style rotors, costing about 400 dollars with 60 dollars spent on helium.
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Naval Air Station
Charles K. Paul
Navy
G. F. Watson
Paul
Watson
U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
Christmas Aid Calls for Eight Family Help
A charity appeal describes Family No 79 with a deserted father, four children, a ill mother, and substandard housing needing $9 for Christmas meals and essentials. Family No 80 details a 74 year old asthma patient with no relatives, only county clinic room and board, seeking $4 for underwear for Christmas. Holly and Ivy linked to the appeal.
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Arizona State Hospital
Miss Krug
Sarah Layton dies in Safford leader in civic affairs
Funeral services for 62 year old Sarah Elizabeth Layton will be held in the Latter-day Saints Church in Safford with Bishop Chester Peterson officiating and Jesse Udall as principal speaker. Layton, a 35 year resident, led local civic efforts and served as Legion auxiliary president for three terms and Fourth District commander in 1948 and 1949. She chaired WWII Red Cross production for Mount Graham chapter. Survived by husband Martin, five sisters and four brothers.
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Safford
Sarah
Elizabeth Layton
Latter-day Saints
Chester Peterson
Jesse Udall
Layton
Swift-Murphy American Legion Post
Legion Auxiliary
Mount Graham
The
Red Cross
Martin
Linnie Lackey
Phoenix
Etta Pierce
Salt Lake City
Vinnie Fraker
Flagstaff
June DeLacey
Pearl Warren
Los Angeles
W. D. Young
Holbrook
Jim Young
Thatcher
Charles H. Young
Marion D. Young
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Ronson
Adonis
WM. Rogers
ANSCO
ARGUS
Revere
Washington
N. Central
A. L. Moore and Sons
Phoenician
Robert W. Finch
Washington State College
Lester Finch
North 16Th Street
Rudy
Cop
West van Buren
Power Co-Op
Posse
Lakehurst
N. J
Woodbridge
Sarah Layton
Phoenix Title
Phoenix Title & Trust Building
Hooper
West Adams
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