Gasoline Fire In Super Chief Crash At Azusa
The Santa Fe Super Chief hit a gasoline truck at a crossing in Azusa California. The truck driver was killed and the engineer Clem L. Hennessy and fireman F L Hanna were seriously burned. The train was en route from Chicago to Los Angeles at 36 to 38 mph.
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Azusa
Calif
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Chicago
Azusa Fire Department
A. L. Kendrick
Asbury Transportation Company
Kendrick
Clem L. Hennessy
San Bernardino
Covina Hospital
F. L. Hanna
Democratic Chairman Urges Revamped State Government
Democratic State Committee chairman Steve Langmade of Phoenix outlined a 1950 party policy to reorganize and consolidate the executive branch by abolishing 106 boards and commissions. He urged legislation rather than a constitutional convention and invited Republican input while planning a program for the 1951 Legislature and the 1950 party platform.
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Bill Turnbow
Arizona
Democratics Party
Steve Langmade
Phoenix
Democratic State Committee
Langmade
Democratic Party
Party Executive Committee
Highway 66 Crash Kills 2 Injures Eight
A head on collision eight miles west of Flagstaff on Highway 66 killed a 31 year old man and a 12 year old girl and seriously injured eight others. The victims were identified as Joe B. Goehner of Atchison Kansas and Martin Pannell of Weather Ranch California. The eastbound Goehner car and the westbound California car crashed near the highway center. Goehner drove the eastbound vehicle while the girl sat in the back seat of the other car.
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Flagstaff
Here
Joe B. Goehner
Atchison, Kan
Martin Pannell
Weather Ranch
Calif
Vernon Fugatt
Goehner
California
Truck overturns injuring fifteen farm workers near Phoenix
Fifteen men and women cotton pickers were injured, two seriously, when the truck transporting workers to fields overturned at the intersection of Litchfield Road and Avenue O, northwest of Phoenix. The Arizona Highway Patrol traced the cause to a swerved maneuver to avoid another car, with the truck landing upside down. They were taken to St. Monica's hospital in three ambulances and a seven passenger sedan.
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Litchfield Road
Avenue O
Phoenix
St. Monica’s Hospital
Arizona Highway Patrol
North Arizona Crash Kills 2
A car truck collision four miles west of here left two people dead and another seriously injured. Names not yet released. Navajo County sheriff's office in Holbrook is investigating the crash.
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Here
Navajo County
Holbrook
Salad Bowl spectacle draws Phoenix crowd for parade and game
Phoenix prepares for one of the state’s largest crowds as the Salad Bowl parade begins Monday at 10 a m on Central Avenue. Traffic restrictions and parking bans are in place along the route, with seating tickets selling fast for the parade review stand and the game at Montgomery Stadium.
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Phoenix
Central Avenue
McDowell Road
The
Republic and Gazette World Travel Service
California
Pasadena
Montgomery Stadium
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Arizona State College
Tempe
Adams Street
Seventh Street
Dennis Street
Victor S. Stewart
Phoenix Police Department
Encanto Street
Dowell Road
Stewart
Fair Grounds
Third Avenue
Pierce
Fillmore Streets
Hanny’s
Westward Ho
Phoenix Union High School
Phoenix Kiwanis Club
Chet Goldberg
Arizona
Saratoga
James F. Maguire
Long Philippines quake shakes Manila and provinces
A day of tremors struck Manila and a wide area of the Philippines from dawn, with the Manila metropolitan region reporting a 6 19 pm shock. Isabela province suffered about 250000 dollars in damage, and a landslide buried an unidentified woman. Two 300 year old adobe churches collapsed in Kawayan and Tumauini, while a jeep was swallowed by a fissure near Isabela. no deaths reported.
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Manila
Isabela
Kawayan
Tumauini
Communist Leader Confesses, Ends Life After Soviet Visit
Kurt Buehler 38, chairman of the Communist Party in Salach, Germany, killed himself after a trip to the Russian Zone. His family said he had vowed to quit the party on returning home, declaring that Communists kill all dissenters and the visit cured him of communism.
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Goeppingen
Germany
Communist Party
Salach
Kurt Buehler
Wilson to become 32nd city manager of Phoenix
Ray W. Wilson, part of a Kansas City administration team, will take office Tuesday as Phoenix city manager. He was chosen from five finalists among about 40 contenders. salary is $12,500 annually, the same as the current manager.
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Wilson
Ray W. Wilson
Kansas City
Phoenix
New City Manager Selection Highlights Phoenix Turmoil
James T. Deppe, city manager since 1947, was notified of his impending dismissal as Nicholas Udall and the incoming City Council selected Wilson as successor. Wilson planned to arrive in Phoenix today. The new administration will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow to discuss next steps while Deppe’s future remains unsettled.
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James T. Deppe
Wilson
Phoenix
Deppe
Nicholas Udall
Two Americans Plan 12,000 Mile Big Game Hunt Abroad
J. E. Cooper and Horace Fowler intend a 12,000 mile round trip to Africa to hunt big game. They will travel to Kenya and Tanganyika in British territories for about 60 days, with the expedition slated to last around 90 days and cost roughly $15,000.
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J. E. Cooper
Horace Fowler
Africa
Kenya
Tanganyika
Cooper
Los Angeles
Fowler
Theodore Roosevelt
Equator
Valley pair chase Africa elephant safari from Phoenix
J E Cooper aged 68 and Horace Fowler 45, Valley of the Sun hunters, depart Sky Harbor at 1 30 a m Tuesday for a 90 day safari across Kenya Colony and Tanganyika Territory. The trip includes London and Paris en route, costs exceed 15000 dollars, and 5000 feet of 16 millimeter film is sent to Safariland Nairobi for equipment and guide arrangements. Ben Cahill of The Republic and Gazette World Travel Service has three months of trip planning on file.
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J. E. Cooper
Peoria
Horace Fowler
Douglas
Paris
Sky Harbor
Alaska
Mexico
London
Geneva
Rome
Athens
Cairo
Safariland, Ltd
Nairobi
Kenya
Ben Cahill
The
Republic and Gazette World Travel Service
Noted Figures Speak On Energy Taxes And Aging
International News Service surveys remarks from David Lilienthal Secretary Sawyer and Bernard Baruch. Lilienthal hints at secret 1949 advances in atomic energy while Sawyer notes many complaints about federal excise taxes depress retail sales. Baruch warns inflation erodes savings harming the elderly and future retirees.
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International News Service
Washington—Atomic Energy Commission
David Lilienthal
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Adopted Families Warm Hearts Through Christmas Giving
The Phoenix Gazette and Phoenix Community Council report 1 092 families, 8 156 people aided by 599 donors who gave 7 614 27 this season. Archive note shows last year 897 families aided by 4 333 individuals from 310 contributors totaling 4 751 97. Donations funded six month milk for five ill families and a year round washing machine for a crippled woman. A $30 check eased a dying cancer patient’s final payments.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Community Council
Lucy Krug
Gazette
Mildred Gillespie
Council
Anne Milliken
Gillespie
Legion
Deadly clash at hospital entrance leaves man dead
At 3 15 am at St Monicas Hospital main entrance a gun and knife battle left Robert Beatty 45 dead and Isaac Starks 35 critically wounded. Cary Starks 31 of Bakersfield Calif was also hurt. Policemen led by Capt Finley pursued Starks to Apartment 689 housing project where he was found with a gunshot wound. Robi described Beatty threatening with knife and gun before shots rang out. Esther Love 32 and other witnesses were present as officers arrived.
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St. Monica’s Hospital
Robert
Burt) Beatty
East Adams Street
Isaac Starks
West
Pima Street
Starks
Cary
Bakersfield
Calif
South Seventh _ Avenue
Richard Finley
Cary Starks
Alex Robi
Robi
Fifth Avenue
Yavapai Street
Dorothy Crosby
Esther Love
Glendale Avenue
Texas Flier Found Dead In Wilds
The frozen body of John Anderson, 35, of Houston, was found a mile from his crashed plane on Devil Step Mountain near Crossville Tennessee. He died of exposure and shock from a broken leg after attempting to reach help last December 22 and had left a note on a rock. A suitcase near the plane contained Christmas presents intended for relatives in Bristol Tennessee. Anderson worked for a Houston toll firm and had flown the route before.
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Crossville
Tenn
Texas
Devil Step Mountain
John Anderson
Houston
Tex
Anderson
Bristol
Floods Threaten Washington as Arctic Storm Lashes West
A second Arctic storm battered the Pacific Northwest with more rain and snow in Washington State. At least two people died in the first storm while relief efforts were underway for hundreds stranded or affected towns. Forecasters warned of rising rivers and additional flood danger as the storm moved toward Washington and British Columbia.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Washington State
United States
W. Woodward
Seattle Weather Bureau
Woodward
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Hope
Princeton
Greyhound
Towers Camp
Columbia River
Oregon
Weather Bureau
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Marietta
Nooksack River
Skagit
Chehalis
Washington
Sedro Woolley
Humptulips
McCleary
Aberdeen
Water Department
Wishkah River
Watson Lake
Interior
Vancouver
Canada
Chilliwack
Vancouver Island
Sooke
Victoria
B. C
Stevens Pass
U S Asks Word Of Pair In Eastern Europe Vanishing
The United States appeals anew to two Iron Curtain nations for information on Noel and Herman Field, brothers who vanished mysteriously in Eastern Europe last summer.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Noel
Herman Field
Europe
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Valley of the Sun
Georgetown
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Bernard Baruch
Ares
Beatty
U. S. Rockies
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Snohomish
Bennis McHenry
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