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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1950
Page
16
Big Spring’s Toots Mansfield roped his calf in 16.4 seconds at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show Rodeo in Fort Worth. The 34.3 seconds total on two calves leads the calf-roping standings so far.
Deputies raided a two bedroom house just outside Phoenix, arresting Peggy Harris aged 32 Jean Barns 22 Jean Anderson 24 and Thelma Scott 31 on vice charges. Officers said liquor was sold without a license and charges would be filed in West Phoenix Justice Court.
An explosion in the gas tank of an abandoned 1935 pickup sparked a fire that burned the shack where a 12 year old girl with a blood disease had recently died. Deputies tied the blaze to occupants including three adults and six children. A nearby kerosene stove fire destroyed a six room house on Buckeye Road, valued at about 5000 dollars, occupied by John Woods, related to Tolleson justice of the peace Arthur Webster.
The Journal of the American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation highlights Phoenix College social dancing as a model program. Dr Frances P Mousseau and John Riggs note male student participation and class impact on both sexes. Seventy two students met honors with 3 30 GPA, fourteen with perfect 4 00 including Mary Brayman Norma Bruner Dorman Congleton John Dorsey Shirley Dye Roger Ecker James Fedrick Charles Kindness Harold Moore Marguerite Marin Leon Schectman Robert Stone William Stone and Walter Wright.
The Arizona Corporation Commission will study proposed territory divisions between Estes and Pasqueletti garbage firms in a Phoenix area area. William T. Brooks says the board will also set rules for operations and equitable rates. A public hearing on rate schedules may follow before action.
Mexico City February 3 General Joaquin Amaro one of Mexico's best known soldiers was reported recovering from an operation Amaro a veteran of the 1910 20 revolution is commander of the Oaxaca Military Zone and has been suggested as a presidential possibility many times
An advertisement touts FASTEETH as a powder to sprinkle on upper or lower dentures to hold false teeth firmly in place without a gummy or gritty taste or sensation. It promises a chalky chocolate odor and urges readers to obtain FASTEETH at any drugstore.
President Truman approves Cmdr. Eugene Tatum promotion, a Navy officer who criticized defense policies at last fall's hearings. Senate confirmation would make him a captain, following earlier promotion of Capt. Arleigh Burke to rear admiral who led the Navy's case against Pentagon policies.
Canadian researchers developed a flameless match that generates heat without emitting light, according to the National Geographic Society.
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