Unbilled stunt plunge leaves Niles near death
Robert L. Niles, 24, stunt jumper, survived a 150 foot fall in Pasadena after a rope from a bridge failed to deploy his parachute during a rehearsal for a planned Empire State Building jump. He previously leaped from the Golden Gate and Bay bridges and tangled with guards at the Empire State Building. He faces grave injuries including likely fractures and possible internal damage with doctors unsure of recovery. Police and motorists witnessed the dramatic mishap. ambassador
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Pasadena
Zalif
Robert L. Niles
Niles
Golden Gate
Bay Bridges
San Francisco
George Washington Bridge
New York
Arroyo Seco
Empire State Building
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Golden Gate Bridge
Bay Bridge
Calif
Budget Hearings, Amendments Loom On State Budget Fight
The House Appropriations Committee will hear the state hospital budget on Friday as Speaker Raymond Langham travels to Tucson to confer with Rep. R. H. Forbes about a proposed constitutional amendment on oil land leasing and study. Langham also plans talks with Rep. W. E. Craig on a public hearing for a uniform traffic code. A caucus Sunday night will discuss internal issues. Governor Garvey will address the joint Senate and House at 10 a.m. Monday.
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House Appropriations Committee
Raymond Langham
Tucson
R. H. Forbes
Pima County
House Natural Resources Committee
Langham
Forbes
W. E. Craig
Maricopa County
House
Senate
Fred J. Fritz
Dan E. Garvey
Planes Join Search For Missing Piper Clipper Fliers
More than 40 planes from Civil Air Patrol Navy and multiple bases hunted for a four-seat Piper Clipper missing since Saturday. Maj. Jack Tuller said CAP activity covered Show Low Prescott Yuma and Phoenix regions with terrain including Mogollon Rim Four Peaks and Superstition Mountains. CAP and sheriff units logged hundreds of flight hours as Air Rescue Service joined with C 82 helicopter and ground teams under Capt Frazee.
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Sal Biit
Arthur Austin
Les Gardner
Holbrook
Falcon Field
Mesa
Show Low
Mogollon Rim Country
Four Peaks
Superstition Mountains
Civil Air Patrol
Tuller
Maricopa County
U. S. Air Force Air Rescue Service
March Field
M. C. Frazee
Navy Hopes Flying Boat Still Afloat
Corpus Christi Texas February 15 Up Navy officials cling to hope that a missing PBM flying boat with nine airmen aboard is still afloat in the Gulf of Mexico. The Martin Mariner last reported at four p m Friday about 90 miles south southeast of Galveston. Beachcombers found life raft wreckage near Galveston but cannot confirm it belongs to the missing plane.
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Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Navy
Galveston
Galeston
Arizona convention list shows varied gatherings and dates
A fragmented schedule lists conventions and meetings from various groups such as the Arizona Hotel Association, PEO Sisterhood, Christian Businessmen, and the National Stationers Association. It notes event dates from April through November with attendee estimates ranging from 75 to 1,000 attendees.
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Arizona State Society of X-ray Technicians
Arizona Hotel Association
Chandler
Distributors Institute
PEO Sisterhood
Christian Businessmen’s Committee International
National Association of
Holiday On Wings
Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Stationers Association
Arizona Community Conference
National Recreation Association
Arizona Medical Association
Arizona Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
State Grand Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Arizona Building Exposition
Arizona Association of Insurance Agents
Southwestern Medical Association
National Confederation of Mexican Chambers of Commerce
United States
Anti Red Finland Chief Re-Elected President Paasikivi
Juho Paasikivi, 79, named president of Finland for a second term by the 300 member Electoral College. He won 171 votes to lead for six years amid Cold War tensions.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Weather and flood storms disrupt New England and Mississippi Valley
Snow and sleet blanketed New England with up to ten inches, while up to a foot fell in upstate New York. The storm caused 11 deaths in New York and several in Pennsylvania and Illinois. Flood fears rose in Louisiana amid evacuations of thousands. levees held at Baton Rouge but the Mississippi near Cairo surged toward record levels with Ohio near 56.5 feet. Coast Guardsmen aided rescues as 3,000 prepared to evacuate the New Madrid floodway. Fifty-five feet on the Ohio was forecast and a panic of fuel shortages hit pumping operations. In Pennsylvania, 35 people were marooned in a tavern after cars were abandoned in six-foot drifts.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New York City
Louisiana
Natchez
Miss
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Cairo
Gulf
Ohio
New Madrid
Charleston
St. Francis River
Missouri
Scranton
City weighs ending Phoenix assessor office control
City Council and city manager discuss eliminating the Phoenix city assessor’s office and transferring duties to Maricopa County. Bear outlines advantages and disadvantages, including a potential $54,500 annual saving, doubled city tax rate using county values, and loss of city control and equalization, with timing and back taxes at issue.
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Phoenix
B. W. Bear
Bear
William E. Stanford
Maricopa
Boards of Equalization
Board of Supervisors
El Paso Nabs Suspect In Local 800 Forgery
A paroled convict, Earl Argetsinger, 34, was jailed in El Paso after attempting to pass a forged 535.15 check at a jewelry store. He allegedly forged 13 checks in Phoenix and admitted staging six burglaries in El Paso, including theft of check blanks from Sidney Myers. Myers filed a felony charge, with possible prosecution in both Texas and California.
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el Paso Nabs
el Paso
Tex
Clem. Hoyt
Phoenix
Arnold Green
Hoyt
Earl Argetsinger
California
Folsom
Argetsinger
Sidney Myers
North 13Th Avenue
Phoenix Gazette
The
Arizona Republic
Myers
Green
Mild Spring Like Weather Stays In Phoenix Valley
The United States Weather Bureau forecasts continued mild and sunny conditions across Phoenix and the Valley through tomorrow with spring like weather extending over most of the Southwest. Yesterday's high reached 71 degrees while this morning's lows were 39 at Sky Harbor and 43 downtown.
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Phoenix
United States Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
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