Auto Plunges 100 Feet Down Canyon injures three
Three persons were injured last night when an automobile overturned and fell 100 feet into a canyon on the Apache Trail 14 miles northwest of Mesa. Driver Culley, 30, suffered a fractured skull and possible rib injuries. two passengers Lehrer, 28, and Addy, 30, sustained cuts and bruises. All were admitted to Southside District Hospital, Mesa. highway patrol said the car skidded after braking for a cow in the roadway.
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Apache Trail
Mesa
Jerome Joseph Culley
Apache Lake
Jack and
Everett Jenkins
Canyon Lake
Culley
Scottsdale
Thelma Lehrer
Hawthorne
Calif
James D. Addy
Long Beach
Southside District Hospital
Tampa
Fia
John H. Bacon
Bacon
Liquor Sale To Indians No. 1 Graham County Problem
Graham County sheriff reports liquor sales to Indians as the most serious crime issue in 1949. Bootleggers rose from an estimated four or five in 1946 to over 200, with arrests and fines failing to deter operations. Indicted cases include assault, burglary, forgery, and bogus checks. jail overcrowding and financial losses to farmers due to drunks and bailouts.
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Graham County
Phoenix Gazette
Safford
Henry
Skeet) Bowman
Bowman
Graham County Superior Court
Boy Scouts Run Yuma City Government
On February 7 in Yuma the Boy Scouts took over city duties during Boy Scout Week. They occupied City Hall and acted as mayor, four council posts, police judge, police chief, fire chief, city engineer, and other city roles to learn how municipal government functions.
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Yuma
Christian Science Reading Room Promises Comforter Fulfillment
The article extols the Bible promise of green pastures and still waters fulfilled through the spiritual understanding taught in Science and Health. It urges readers to study the book, prove its teachings daily, and obtain comfort, supply, and health through Christian Science. It notes readings rooms in Phoenix at 100 Heard Building and nearby locations, inviting use via a coupon.
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Christian Science Reading Room
Christian Science
Reading Room Requests Science and Health Library Edition
A notice from the Christian Science Reading Room at 100 Heard Building Phoenix encloses $3 and asks for a postpaid copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures in the blue cloth Library Edition.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Y Drive Campaign Ends With Record Total
The drive surpassed 517,850 dollars, 103 percent of the 500,000 goal, aided by 109 percent of its Big Gifts quota at 414,835 dollars. The campaign adds to about 500,000 on hand from 1944 and will fund the sale of the current Y building site to reach a 1,000,000 target.
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Big Gifts Committee
Berney Park in Austin Amid Talks of County Aid and Decay
Local leaders lament Berney Park’s idle five acres with partial facilities and no storage or maintenance. Austin says cooperation with the county could unlock improvements, but past plans failed as county interest waned. The park, founded by Leo S. Berney for youth, now sits neglected since the 1947 death and county takeover in 1944.
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Austin
Service Club
Leo S. Berney
Berney
Berney Park
Council Seeks Legal Status Of Dual Posts
The City Council seeks a meeting with Douglas H. Clark to discuss the legality of his membership on the Civil Service Board. City Attorney Jack Choisser asserts Clark holds a salaried public office, subject to civil service rules, after the board rejected waiving competition for the director of public works. Wilson fears the outcome may dissuade strong candidates from applying for two other posts.
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Council
Douglas H. Clark
City Civil Service Board
Clark
Civil Service Board
Jack Choisser
Civil Service Ordinance
Ray W. Wilson
Kenneth K. King
F. A. Ford
J. H. McNeill
Wilson
Soil Group Has Election In Arizona Meeting
I. O. Rasmussen of Coolidge was re elected president of the Arizona Association of Soil Conservation Districts at the group’s opening session. Jules Vermeersch of Phoenix Frank Gyberg of Cornville and M. M. Larson of Solomonville named to the Board of Directors. W. W. Lane re elected secretary treasurer. Discussion focused on state legislation to extend soil conservation to private range lands. Kent Leavitt of Milbrook New York to address the session Cyril Luker of Albuquerque regional conservation director scheduled to speak.
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I. O. Rasmussen
Coolidge
Arizona Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Soil Conservation
Jules Vermeersch
Phoenix
Frank Gyberg
Cornville
M. M. Larson
Solomonsville
W. W. Lane
Kent Leavitt
Milbrook
N. Y
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Cyril Luker
Albuquerque
N. M
United States Soil Conservation Service
Jeep Riding Poke Killed on Private Arizona Property
A 60-year-old cowboy, Augustus Alexander Walker, was killed in Safford after being roped to a jeep on a private ranch property. The vehicle, driven by Ed Moyer for the 76 Cattle Ranch near Bonita, ran over him when the rope snapped taut. Walker died shortly after admission to a local hospital. authorities say it will not be listed as a traffic fatality.
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Safford
Augustus Alexander Walker
Ed Moyer
76 Cattle Ranch
Bonita
Walker
Arizona Highway Patrol
Phoenix
Council Acts To Avert Assessment Protest
The City Council directed City Engineer R Gail Baker to recompute fire improvement assessments in Northeast Phoenix lowering the total by about 25000 and spreading it over more property owners. Areas charged only a token 1 cent per lot were reassessed to align with others. The council also funded 25000 for 12 inch feeder lines to be city financed, reducing charges by about 9 percent. Property owners had organized to oppose the district assessments.
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Phoenix
R. Gail Baker
Baker
Tests Chief Named Washington UPI Feb 7
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Lee was named commander of Air Force units to participate in the new atomic weapons tests at Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific.
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Washington
Robert M. .Lee
Air Force
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
School Battle Resumed in Congress Over Education Aid
Washington February 7 1957 The House Labor Committee opened a final fight over federal aid to education amid a continuing dispute over religion that threatens any action this session.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Silver Shirts Leader William Pelley Freed From Prison
The United States Parole Board granted parole to William Dudley Pelley founder of the Silver Shirts of America. The 60-year-old was in Terre Haute federal penitentiary since late 1942 for a 15-year sentence after a Indianapolis court conviction for criminal sedition. He will be freed February 14 after long efforts including court actions and pamphlet publications defending his stance. His conviction stemmed from Galilean magazine content urging insubordination and disloyalty during World War II.
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Washington
United States Parole Board
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts of America
Pelley
Federal
Terre Haute
Ind
Federal District Court
Indianapolis
Parole Board
Fellowship Press, Inc
Noblesville
the Galilean
U. S
FBI rules out Shamrock bags tied to Boston robbery
Houston Feb 7 two money bags found at the Shamrock Hotel were not linked to Boston's January 17 million dollar heist and FBI agent in charge Galen Willis said the bags belonged to a person with a legitimate use for them. Willis gave a brief statement signaling the investigation's conclusion.
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Houston
Tex
Shamrock
Boston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Galen Willis
Willis
Fatal Somerton Fire Kills Store Proprietor George Budd
Authorities investigated a fire of unknown origin that destroyed a store three miles west of Somerton, killing proprietor George A. Budd. Budd, about 60, had moved to the area a year ago and is survived by a daughter and a son in Northport, Michigan.
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Somerton
George A. Budd
Budd
Northport
Mich
Uncle Sammy's Census Noses Out Fear and Fancies
In a satirical view of the 21 to 65 citizen census job, the piece imagines applicants facing awkward requirements, fierce dogs, and wary publics. It jokes about the public mistaking census takers for Gallup pollsters or Kinsey investigators, and wonders if 21 is adults enough to count noses.
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Sammy
Gallup
Kinsey
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David Blewett
East Pioneer Street
Frank T. Gossett
Harold Sloper
East van Buren Street
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Heard Building
Morey-Babcock
Mardian-Mieger
Page One
Soil Group
Silver Shirts
Parker, Sheaffer, Hamilton, Ronson
Rogers
Dennnisd—. Naughton Jewelers and Designers
West Adams
Cne
Arizona
Second Ave
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Crosley
E. van Buren
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