House Readies Traffic Code For Passage
The Arizona House has finished consideration of the Uniform Traffic Code and will place it on the third reading calendar for final adoption on Monday. The bill, long debated, has drawn amendments but faced little opposition as it moved toward passage. The session approved a prohibition on televisions in cars visible to drivers. Additional bills proposed include new supplemental and capital appropriations to state agencies, totaling about 238 thousand dollars to agriculture, mining, and the National Guard.
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Arizona House of Representatives
Senate
House
Committee of the
J. W. Estes
Maricopa County
W. E. Craig
House Highways and Bridges Committee
Estes
Craig
Arizona Agriculture and Horticulture Commission
Harold Giss
Yuma
A. J. Bisjack
Yavapai
Arch Bartlett
Pinal
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Arizona National Guard
Max Connolly
Lewis Burch
Ed Ellsworth
Maricopa
State Department of Mineral Resources
U.S. Sees Soviet Threat in Southeast Asia
The United States expects a major Soviet cold war offensive to bring Southeast Asia under Moscow influence. Officials say genuine peace talks are ruled out until this power test is decided, with any peace feelers seen as propaganda to mask Kremlin aims.
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Washington
United States
Asia
Moscow
United Press
Kremlin
Stolen Jewelry Valued At 175000 In Cleveland Heist
Police in Cleveland revised the value of jewels stolen from the William G. Mather mansion to 175000 after rechecking the loot. The seven-man gang tied up Mrs. Mather and her 92-year-old husband’s male nurse during the robbery. the items were not insured.
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Cleveland
William G. Mather
Two Youths Draw Prison Sentences in Wyoming
Murray Cretz aged 17 and Douglas Bright aged 20, deserters from a Marine base near San Diego, pleaded guilty to assault with felonious intent and were sentenced by District Judge Glenn Parker in Carbon County to three to five years. They had shot at Mrs. W C Miller driving near Bairoil on February 14, injuring her slight ly. They admitted planning to rob her for cash as a motive and were formerly held on separate gun theft charges from California and Nevada before transfer to Carbon County authorities.
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Casper
Bairoil
Haircut Price Fixing Ruled Lawful Here
The Arizona State Board of Bar ber Examiners can fix the minimum haircut price at $1. Judge W E Patterson in Maricopa County Superior Court dismissed the action brought by C C Edwards of Douglas, ruling barber act price provisions legal and enforceable. Edwards argued the provisions unconstitutional and an unfair trade practice as Douglas residents with low income seek cheaper haircuts across the line in Mexico.
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Arizona State Board of Barber Examiners
C. C. Edwards
Douglas Barber
W. E. Patterson
Prescott
Maricopa County
Edwards
Douglas
Mexico
Dan Morgan Rites To Be Held At Memory Chapel
Funeral services for Dan Morgan a 56 year old retired rancher who died Wednesday at his Oak Creek Canyon ranch home will be conducted at 3 30 p m today at Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. A native Arizonan born April 24 1893 in Lakeside he graduated Snowflake High School and attended Arizona State College Flagstaff. He entered the growing business in Maricopa and Navajo counties thirty two years ago and lived on Morgan ranches in Gilbert and Mogollon Rim before moving to Oak Creek retirement two years ago. He is survived by a sister Mrs Betty Davey Phoenix and two half sisters Mrs Marie Kampmann and Mrs Estella Selman of Los Angeles.
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Dan Morgan
Oak Creek Canyon
Memory Chapel
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Mr. Morgan
Lakeside
Snowflake High
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
WOLL
Maricopa
Navajo Counties
Hettie
Morgan
Gilbert
Mogollon Rim
Oak Creek Ranch
Betty Davey
Phoenix
Marie Kampmann
Estella Selman
Los Angeles
Portland 84 Private Planes To Cuba Visit
A convoy of 84 private planes carrying 244 people from Portland Oregon is due at Sky Harbor Airport between 2 and 4 p m tomorrow on a goodwill tour sponsored by the Portland Chamber of Commerce The fliers bound for Havana Cuba will be greeted by local chamber officials and former Portland residents Flights leave Phoenix at 7 a m Monday and continue via El Paso Shreveport New Orleans Tallahassee and Jacksonville before the over water hop to Havana Some travelers will stay in Las Vegas or Reno for the night
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Portland
Ore
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Sky Harbor
Havana
Cuba
Earl Riley
Harry Coffey
National Aeronautics Association
Ed Dwyer
Port of Portland
L. S. White
Portland Chamber
Aviation Committee
Oregonians
Jack Egan
Phoenix Chamber
Convention and Tourist’ Bureau
W. W. Pick
Phoenix
el Paso
Shreveport
New Orleans
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Legal Question Arises On Reed Appointment
A formal opinion on the legality of Charles Woods Reed’s appointment as Fort Grant Industrial School superintendent may be sought from Attorney General Fred O Wilson. Board member Mrs J P Ryan said she assumes the course, noting Reed’s selection based on merit, while concerns arise over whether he meets state residency and gender requirements. Reed replaces Jack Wilson, ousted after a board hearing.
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Charles Woods Reed
Fort Grant
Fred O. Wilson
J. P. Ryan
D. E. Nelson
Safford
Reed
Bloomington
Ill
Arizona
Ryan
John Schapps
National Association of Probations and Paroles
Jack Wilson
Phony quarters surface in multiple cities and Phoenix
Secret Service agent George W. Walker urged Phoenicians to report discovered counterfeit quar terollars found in Phoenix San Francisco and elsewhere. The fake coins weigh about 104.7 grains versus 96.45 for real, and their silver content resists acid tests. They show sharper features an elongated nose on the obverse and irregular rim thickness unlike genuine coins.
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Phoenix
San Francisco
George W. Walker
United States
Secret Service
Continued Warm Weather Forecast In Arizona Valley
The extended forecast from the United States Weather Bureau predicts continued warm weather in the Valley of the Sun with above normal temperatures statewide through Wednesday and no precipitation. Phoenix reported a 24 hour high of 81 and low of 48 at the Weather Bureau office, while Sky Harbor Airport logged 89 to 43.
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Valley of the Sun
United States Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Counties Face Aid Cut For Arizona Fairs
The Arizona Fair Commission warns it must limit state help to county fairs due to reduced horse-race income and a large building program. Executive secretary Paul F. Jones asks county supervisors to adjust fair plans, noting state support may not exceed 500 dollars. In three years the state spent 200000 on new buildings while horse race revenues fell 60 percent. 1949 race income was 7000 versus 17500 the prior year.
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Arizona Fair Commission
County Boards of Supervisors
Paul F. Jones
Commission
Jones
Brief Illness Fatal To G A Williams
George Abner Williams of 4800 North 12th Street died Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital after a four day illness. A World War II veteran who came to Phoenix from Lansing Michigan three years ago, he was born June 26 1926 in Locke Township Ingham County Michigan. Funeral services and interment are arranged by A L Moore and Sons Mortuary in Williamstown Michigan.
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George Abner Williams
North 12Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Williams
Phoenix
Lansing
Mich
Locke Township
Ingham County
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Williamstown
1200 Seek Census Jobs in Maricopa County
More than 1200 persons have applied for census enumerator jobs in Maricopa County and no further applications are being accepted. William J. Eden of the Census Bureau announced that 239 enumerators will be hired after written exams beginning tomorrow at Phoenix Union High School. Tests are scheduled in Room 202, Building 8, at 9 am 1030 am 1 pm or 2 30 pm. Census work starts April 1 and will last about a month of door to door canvassing.
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Maricopa County
William J. Eden
United States Census Bureau
Phoenix Union High School
Osborn Daughter Has Son In China
Mrs. Robert A. Crawford, daughter of the late Governor Sidney P. Osborn, gave birth January 18 to a six pound twelve ounce boy in Hong Kong China. Announcement was received by Governor Dan E. Garvey's office. Crawford is an executive of the Coca Cola Company in Hong Kong. The couple has lived there since 1948.
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Robert A. Crawford
Sidney P. Osborn
Hong Kong
China
Dan E. Garvey
Crawford
Coca Cola Company
Phoenix bid lands low for Ehrenberg to Quartzsite highway
Tanner Construction Company of Phoenix submitted the lowest bid at 63836 dollars for 4.5 miles of new alignment and surfacing. Work to start about 7 miles east of Ehrenberg. Highway commission to award the contract on March 17.
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Tanner Construction Company of
Phoenix
Ehrenberg
Highway Commission
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