Fire Alarm System Payment Rejected by City Council
The Phoenix City Council refused a 109 962 20 payment on a 678 779 contract for installing a fire alarm system. It voted to request a full accounting of all contract funds and use and halted the payment on a motion by Hoden Foster. The system, by Gamewell Company, had a prior 103 853 19 payment and a 183 270 33 subsequent payment.
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Bob Dyer
Phoenix
Hoden Foster
Gamewell Company
Newton Upper Falls
Mass
Old City Council
Old Council
Charles N.alters
Aself
Foster
Senate weighs half million sanatorium expansion bill
The Arizona Senate introduced a proposed 500000 appropriation to expand tuberculosis sanatorium facilities near Tempe. Senator Sam J Head of Yavapai County sponsored the measure, plus an $85000 line item for a Phoenix health laboratory in the new State Building. Also on the second day five bills were filed including creating a budget director office, removing confirmation requirements for some governor appointments, and establishing a nine member Real Estate Board with a state commissioner. House notices mirrored the day’s activity as sessions adjourned to 10 am tomorrow.
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Arizona Senate
Sam J. Head
Yavapai County
State Department of Health
Phoenix
West Adams Street
Senate
House
William Sullivan
Gila County
Griffenhagen and Associates
Sullivan
Dan E. Garvey
Head
Tempe
Garvey
Aid Plan Vital In Cold War, Acheson Says
Secretary of State Acheson told a joint Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committee that continuing the Marshall Plan is doubly urgent to block what he called signs of increasing boldness by Russia. He argued Western Europe must receive American economic aid to thwart the Kremlin's expansion. Paul Hoffman, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, urged $3.1 billion for a 12 month recovery, with $2.95 billion in new cash and $150 million extra from unused funds.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Russia
Europe
Kremlin
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Paul H. Hoffman
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Hoffman
ECA
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports from London and Washington and Los Angeles brief notable quotes. Winston Churchill questions helping the submerged tenth. Henry Cabot Lodge cautions about offers prompting Soviet war pretexts. George Marshall warns Western Europe cannot rely on aid indefinitely.
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International News Service
London
Winston Churchill
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
House Debates 88.57 Million Navajo Hopi Rehab Bill
Debate on an $88,570,000 10 year rehabilitation program for Navajo and Hopi tribes opened in the U.S. House. The measure has Senate approval and awaits President Truman’s signature. The identical bill was previously passed this Congress after removing a prohibition on state criminal law applicability.
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Washington
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Truman
Congress
Toby Morris
Public Lands Committee
56-30 Vote Blocks Return To Committee
The Senate defeated 56 to 30 a move to send the $708.78 million Central Arizona Project Bill back to committee and pushed toward a final vote. Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney led the debate urging river development and a Supreme Court test on Colorado River water rights. He argued the project is needed to resolve ownership disputes between Arizona and California and cited a six month window to sue under a committee amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Central Arizona
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Central
Arizona Project
Wyoming
O’mahoney
Colorado
Arizona
California
Supreme Court
High Court
O'Mahoney
U S Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Bulgaria Regime
The United States cut off diplomatic relations with Communist Bulgaria after it refused to withdraw its demand for the recall of U S minister Donald R Heath. State Department spokesman Michael McDermott announced the move as Bulgarian charge d affaires Dr Peter Voutov was informed. The U S asked Bulgarian representatives to be recalled and withdrew its entire legation staff from Sofia.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
U. S
Sofia
Donald R. Heath
State Department
Michael McDermott
Heath
Voutov
Legation
Fire destroys Addison farmhouse killing seven children and father
In Addison Michigan a early morning blaze killed farmer Gerald Beagle 44 and his seven children aged 14 to 23 months. Only mother Dorothy Beagle survived severely burned after escaping through a window as the two story frame home burned in near zero temperature. Police and fire officials described a rapid spread from a basement furnace and a frantic rescue attempt.
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Addison
Mich
Here
Gerald Beagle
Geraldine
Barbara Jean
Eloise
Norma Mae
Paul
William
Linda
Dorothy Beagle
Hugh Dennis
George Miller
Miller
Bulgarians Say Heath Hid Spy
Sofia reports Bulgarian charges that American Minister Donald Reed Heath hid a spy for six months in the attic of the U S Legation. Indictment names Heath and others in espionage case against five Bulgarians with ties to the United States. A Bulgarian spokesman says the Sofia legation is at center of plots and espionage.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Donald Reed Heath
U.S
Legation
Heath
United States
People’s Republic of Bulgaria
United Press
Prague
Priest slain in Gregory Texas by youth in brutal murder
The Rev. Leonard Petrykus, a Roman Catholic priest in Gregory, Texas, was beaten to death in his church living quarters. An 18-year-old suspect, who wrecked the priest’s car nearby, was held under guard as authorities planned murder charges. Sheriff Kline described the crime as brutal and likely robbery motivated.
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Aransas Pass
Frank Hunt
Gregory
Kline
M. L. Raeder
Ingleside
Raeder
Father Garcia
Father Petrykus
Father Potrykus
Gregory- Aransas Pass
Nogales Captures 2nd Man In Search For Doctor's Killers
Nogales police arrest a second man in the case of the slain San Francisco doctor Dr Edward Muentzer. William Samuel Barton alias William Anson 32 was found with rolls of film linking him to the car and the crime. Robert Loma alias Robert Wilson 28 was arrested after Henry Sims the shoeshine boy identified him as seen in the doctor's car and a gasoline credit card was found on him. Federal charges include transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. The investigation involved Nogales police sheriff's deputies and the FBI with the first suspect Barton captured entering the car near the border.
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Nogales
Ariz
San Francisco
Herbert Wright
William Samuel Barton
William
Anson
Barton
Edward Muentzer
Parker
Bad Ant
Sonora
Wright
Richard Chamberlain
House approves bill to create $2 billion home corps
The House Banking Committee advanced an administration plan to form a two billion dollar corporation to spur construction of homes for middle income families. An undercover FBI source told investigators that Communist Party members were ordered since 1948 to destroy membership cards for security reasons. Dr Hermann N Sander’s mercy murder trial paused for lunch with nine jurors reduced to eight after a one hour conference in Judge Weigott’s chambers.
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House Banking Committee
Federal Bureau of Information
House
Communist Party
Hermann N. Sander
Harold E. Weigott
Markets At A Glance York Stocks Narrow Buying
Markets At A Glance reports selective buying in York stocks with narrow gains. Bond prices show quiet changes, while cotton trades remain active in buying interest and wheat mixed with near' contracts.
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York
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor Station
Readings from Sky Harbor Station show daily temperature trends with highs near average and a note on overnight cooling. City readers are advised to check local forecasts for specific hourly values and any upcoming weather advisories.
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Sky Harbor Station
Vogeler Sentenced To 15 Years As Spy
Robert A. Vogeler, American businessman, was sentenced by a Hungarian court to 15 years in prison on spy charges. Two Hungarian codefendants were sentenced to death, while several others received 10 to 5 year terms. The court ordered Vogeler and his aide expelled and banned from returning, with assets confiscated.
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Vogeler
Budapest
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
It&t
Standard Electric Works
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Istvan Justh
Kelemen Domokos
Standard Company
Edina Doery
Sanders
Churches Mark Start of Lent Tomorrow
Tomorrow Ash Wednesday opens Lent with special services across Phoenix and Valley churches. Catholic Mass times include St Agnes 6:30 7:30 8:30 a.m. St Anthony 6:30 7 a.m. St Catherine 7 8 a.m. St Gregory 7 8:30 a.m. St Francis Xavier 6:30 7:30 8:30 a.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary 6:30 7 a.m. St Mark 7 8 a.m. St Marys 6 6:30 7 7:30 8 a.m. 12:05 p.m. St Matthew 6:30 8 a.m. St Monicas Mission 8 a.m. Protestants observe Lent with World Day of Prayer and Holy Week services. Union services by Phoenix Ministerial Association. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Holy Communion 7 and 10 a.m. tomorrow, intercessions 12:15 p.m., children 4:30 p.m., 8 p.m. service. Weekday Holy Communion 7 a.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m. Wednesdays Thursdays. Central Methodist prepares youth membership training Sundays 5:30 p.m. Lent. First Presbyterian organ meditation 12:45 p.m. Wednesdays. First Congregational Holy Communion each Wednesday.
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Phoenix
Valley
ST. Agnes
St. Anthony’s
St. Catherine’s
St. Gregory’s
St. Francis Xavier's
Immaculate Heart of Mary
St. Mark’s
St. Mary's
St. Matthew’s
St. Monica's Mission
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Central Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
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Girande
Barry Goldwater
Los Angeles
George Marshall
Uss
River Project Bill
FiAhoney
U.S. House
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Winifred Nelson
Gall Gazette
Pat McCarran
Nevada
McCarran
George Steiner
E. R. Blakeley
West Edgemont Avenue
Mineralogical Society of Arizona
Pinnacle Peak
Scottsdale
Arizona State College
Constantin Gigorov
Dennis
Beagle
Michigan
Texas
2Nd Man
The
Associated Press
Imre Geiger
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Zoltan Rado
Ministry of Heavy Industry
Phoenix Ministerial Association
First Congregational Church
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