1500 Low Rent Homes Sought by County Authority
Maricopa County Housing Authority filed with the Public Housing Administration for 1500 housing units in the Phoenix metro area at an estimated cost of 7.5 million under the low rent program. A preliminary loan of 300 thousand is sought for surveys studies and site selection. Buckeye may receive housing units and a joint county Phoenix survey is hoped to avoid duplication.
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Maricopa County Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Phoenix
Ralph A. Watkins
Buckeye
Watkins
Phoenix City Housing Authority
Phoenix Housing Authority
Chevrolet To Show New Models On January Seventh
DETROIT December 29 AP Chevrolet to publicly unveil its 1950 model automobiles on January 7 with optional automatic transmissions. W E Fish general sales manager announced the most widespread promotion in Chevrolet history. Details will be disclosed January 6 and the unfilled order list exceeds a quarter of a million units. The campaign will use about 6800 newspapers radio and billboards.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
W. E. Fish
Fish
Permit Denied Mercury Flying Service In Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission denied Mercury Flying Service of Phoenix permission to operate an intrastate scheduled air carrier. The commission found the service unnecessary as it would duplicate existing services. The proposal covered routes among Phoenix Kingman Pine Payson Casa Grande Tucson Nogales Bisbee and Douglas.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Mercury Flying Service
Phoenix
Mercury
Kingman
Pine
Payson
Casa Grande
Tucson
Nogales
Bisbee
Douglas
Action on Airline Route Application Deferred
The Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D. C. deferred Arizona Airways' request for a Douglas to Lordsburg route. H. O. Nelson, its president, said the deferral likely awaits an examiner's report on the pending merger of Arizona Airways with Monarch and Challenger lines.
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Arizona Airways
Douglas
Lordsburg
N. M
Civil Aeronautcs Board
Washington, D. C
H. O
Rocky) Nelson
Monarch
Challenger Lines
DC-3 Fate Remains Mystery After Disappearance
The Civil Aeronautics Board reported the DC-3 operated by Pacific Alaska Air Express, missing since November 4, 1948 after departing Yakutat Alaska for Seattle with 17 aboard, remains a mystery. Despite over a year of inquiry the probable cause is unknown though search efforts will be intensified in spring 1950 weather permitting.
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Washington
INS
Civil Aeronautics Board
Seattle
Pacific Alaska Air Express
Yakutat
Alaska
Term Imposed For Burglary
William Franklin Williams, 37, a transient sewing machine repairman, was sentenced by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dudley W. Windes to state prison for three to five years after pleading guilty to a $1,300 burglary of Sam's Food Market on East Henshaw Road. He admitted entering through the roof and taking cash, and also to a second entry at a Seventh and Mo have streets drug store the prior night. He was seized after escaping the front door scuffle with deputies, who recovered money along a ditch bank.
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William Franklin Williams
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
Williams
Sam’s Food Market
East Henshaw Road
Leo Pendergast
Seventh
Mohave Streets
1950 Plymouth Unveiled Here For Dealers And Newsmen
Arizona Plymouth dealers and press and radio representatives previewed the 1950 model Plymouth yesterday at a Fiesta Room showroom in the Hotel Westward Ho. Bruce K. Steele announced public display on Jan 12 and urged dealers to organize for intelligent selling as 14 million cars over 10 years old show demand. He cited rising real purchasing power and a return to strong selling in the auto field, stressing a historic selling genius behind the new market.
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Arizona
Plymouth
Westward Ho
Bruce K. Steele
Steele
Robert Burlan
Glenn Holsinger
Los Angeles
Fiesta Room
Massive West German housing shortage cripples postwar recovery
Bonn reports a 20 year plan to build 250000 dwellings yearly to house 32 million natives and 8 million refugees. The shortage exceeds all prewar German building and threatens health and public order as refugees and population rise overwhelm available apartments. English observer Lady Astor condemns living crowding and calls for urgent action.
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Bonn
Germany
Republic
Improved Rail Service Asked By Nogales Town
Nogales residents petitioned the Arizona Corporation Commission to compel Southern Pacific to upgrade the Nogales to Tucson passenger run. Chairman William T. Brooks announced a hearing set for January 20 in Nogales. The panel had previously denied SP’s request to drop the route as unprofitable.
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Nogales
Arizona Corporation Commission
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Tucson
William T. Brooks
Commission
Southern Pacific
Court Allows Woman To Run Her Own Bar
K. A. Elledge doing business as Kay's Happy Landing a buffet at 3815 South Central Avenue was free today to serve as bartender in her own establishment. Local No. 631 hotel restaurant and bartenders union had filed suit to block her from acting as bartender in her own place alleging it violated the terms of an agreement. Judge Dudley W. Windes denied the union local an injunction and granted the proprietor judgment.
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K. A. Elledge
Kay
Happy Landing
South Central Avenue
Local No. 631
Hotel, Restaurant and Bartenders Union
Maricopa County
Gazette Turnbow Defendants In Suit
W C Musgrave files a $60,000.89 suit in Maricopa County Superior Court accusing The Phoenix Gazette William Turnbow and Walter Hofmann of defaming him with November 16 to 19 publications. Papers include Turnbow under the Capitol Dome columns about a prison officials investigation and inmates seeking outside influence to gain freedom.
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Phoenix Gazette
William Turnbow
Walter Hofmann
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Maricopa County Superior Court
W. C. Musgrave
Musgrave
Gazette
Turnbow
Capitol Dome
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Ray Wilson
Kansas City
Kents City
Oenix
L. P. Cookingham
Toms
West Germany
Lady Astor
England
Fred and Mary Coles
Oa Printery
Sas Range
The
Butane Co
19Th Avenue
Linden
Diamond
Oxford
Diamond's
Diamond's Shoe Department
Second Street
Coats
Jean Harpers
America
Diamond's Dollar Saving Basement
Peggy
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