Fort Worth oilman controls uranium mine in Colorado
Fort Worth businessman R. O. Dulaney says he now controls a uranium mine in Southwestern Colorado that supplies about 60 percent of the nation’s rare metal. He bought half of the property last May and recently acquired an additional 25 percent from F. A. Sitton of Dove Creek. He predicts uranium and atomic energy may later replace oil in industry.
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Fort Worth
Tex
R. O. Dulaney
Colorado
Dulaney
Five Traffic Safety Committees Formed for Governor Conference
Governor Dan E. Garvey and state officials designated five committees to study highway safety for the Governor's Highway Safety Conference in Phoenix January 26 and 27. The panels will report at North Phoenix High School Auditorium. Members include John Babbitt, Phil Martin, Dean Butler, Harvey Taylor, and Charles Willis as chairs, with many other officials and private sector leaders appointed as officers and members.
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Phoenix
Jack Acton
Arizona
Standard Oil Company of
California
Dan E. Garvey
Acton
North Phoenix High School
John Babbitt
Flagstaff
William F. Kimball
Tucson
Kel Fox
Yavapai County
Francis Donofrio
Phil Martin
Earl O’clair
Dysart Murphy
David J. Marks
Bisbee
Dean G. M
Charles Willis
Harry Montgomery
The
Phoenix Gazette
John Mills
Phoenix Hotelman
Howard Pyle
KTAR
Jack Williams
KOY
West Coast and Southwest eyed for Air Force Academy
Locations in the West are under study for the proposed Air Force Academy Col. F S Tandy of the Army Corps of Engineers announced. The San Francisco Bay area Los Angeles area and sites in Utah Arizona and Texas are under consideration. Criteria include proximity to a metropolis transportation utilities and affordable land. Arizona communities Tucson Prescott Phoenix and Chandler expressed interest in hosting the academy.
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San Francisco
Air Force Academy
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F. S. Tandy
Army Corps of Engineers
San Francisco Bay Area
Los Angeles Area
Utah
Arizona
Texas
Military Academy
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Tucson
Prescott
Phoenix
Chandler
Four Arizona Mine Deaths Set New Low
State Mine Inspector Clifford Murdock reports 1949 saw four fatalities in Arizona mines the lowest on record with 360 accidents and 6908 workers employed. Two deaths came from an American Smelting and Refining Company explosion, one each at sane Copper and Skyline.
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Clifford Murdock
Murdock
American Smelting and Refining Company
Sane Copper
Skyline Ne
Stable Employment Reflected Here By Insurance Charges
Arizona firms show stable employment reflected in unemployment insurance charges for the year ending June 30. Bruce Parkinson of the Employment Security Commission says 56 percent of active employers receive statements, with 44 percent having long-established records of stability. Total employer charges reached 2,424,050 dollars, funding a shared unemployment reserve.
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Arizona
Bruce Parkinson
Employment Security Commission of
ESC
Co-Ed Club Picnic-Dance Party At YMCA Camp
Phoenix YMCA Co-Ed Club plans a picnic-dancing party from 7 30 p m to midnight at the South Mountain Camp. Club president Joan Smelser says Joyce Berude Charlene Basinski and Jake Carter head the Special Events Committee. Members meet at the YMCA at 6 30 p m for group departure. guests invited.
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Phoenix Young Men’s Christian Association
YMCA
South Mountain Camp
Joan Smelser
Joyce Berude
Charlene Basinski
Jake Carter
Oil Company Forbidden To Sell Stock In Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission orders Glenn Oil Company to halt stock sales and require officials to appear Jan. 23 to show cause why its stock sale permit should not be canceled. The firm faces possible receivership as its assets reportedly understate liabilities amid ongoing Paradise Valley drilling near Phoenix. President E W Duhame, secretary-treasurer G E Dunbar, and director Paul H Biery head the company.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Glenn Oil Company
Commission
William T. Brooks
Mit Simms
Wilson T. Wright
Earl Hastings
Attorney General’s Office
Paradise Valley
Phoenix
E. W. Duhame
G. E. Dunbar
Paul H. Biery
Air Force Reserve uses helicopter to land Santa in drive-in theater
In Birmingham from December 30, the Air Force Reserve launched an enlistment drive that included a publicity stunt landing Santa Claus by helicopter at a local drive-in theater.
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Birmingham
Ala
Air Force Reserve
Santa Claus
Dope Charges Bring Terms For Two Men In City Narco Case
L. T. Jackson, 41, of 1126 East Garfield Street, and Roy Estes, 45, Grand Hotel, started 180 day sentences for violation of city narcotics laws after police found them asleep in a car on East Osborn Road with narcotics in their system and burglary tools. The incident linked to a spate of local thefts in Phoenix as investigators pursued narcotics-related burglaries. City Magistrate C. W. Pensinger described the pair as known safe blowers.
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Burrglary
L. T. Jackson
East Garfield Street
Roy Estes
Grand Hotel
East Osborn Road
Bondsman Bilked in Theft Radio Theft Attempt
Atlanta dispatch reports bondsman J. W. Maxwell went to post bond for a theft suspect. Upon returning to his office, his radio had been stolen, prompting police inquiry into the incident.
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Atlanta
J. W. Maxwell
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