Tempe Devils Face Xavier In Salad Bowl Rain Forecast
The Arizona State Sun Devils hope for a dry field as 20 000 fans gather for the Salad Bowl kickoff at Montgomery Stadium at 2 p m The Musketeers lead by Ray Stackhouse loom as 14 point favorites while Tempe relies on Whizzer White Cecil Coleman and Manuel Aja to counter Xavier’s beefy line amid rain doubt forecasts.
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Arizona State College Sun Devils
Xavier University Musketeers
Montgomery Stadium
Devils
United States Weather Bureau
Tempe
Ed Doherty
Musketeers
Coleman
White
Manuel Aja
Marko Markichevich
Charlie Beall
Ang
Sun Devils
Xavier
Ohioans
Ray Stackhouse
Husky Muskies
Arizona
Camelback Inn
Juanita Hopkins
Eloy
Velma Lewis
Clarkdale
Joan
Arizona State
Hugh O’brien
LE Cliff Hugeboom
Jim Treguboff
Tom Duff
Joe Tassinari
Ken Robinson
Bill Gosselin
Frank Domanico
John Zucco
James Marck
Keith Gunville
Jim DeFranco
Bob McQuade
Bob Rippel
Cecil Coleman
Cliff Wilke
Wilford White
Bob Finnell
John Saban
Charles Beall
Train Kills Four In Car Near Waco
Four persons were killed and another seriously injured in a train automobile collision near Waco Texas. The engineer E C Kelley of Denison said he did not see the car until impact at a little used crossing. Victims were Leonard Doyle Capps 19 his wife their 9 month old son Leonard Wayne Capps and Nathan Earl Yarborough 28 all of Route 4 Waco.
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Waco
Tex
E. C. Kelley
Denison
Leonard Doyle Capps
Leonard Wayne Capps
Nathan Earl Yarborough
Storm Hits Exactly Year After Big One
A blizzard struck the West and crossed into Montana and Wyoming, heading toward the Dakota rangelands as a nationwide death toll rose to 290 from accidents during the New Year holiday. Safety experts linked adverse weather to higher crash rates. highway fatalities were expected to reach 330.
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Chicago
West
Plains
Canadian
Montana
Wyoming
Dakota
National Safety Council
Two Servicemen Killed in New Year Traffic Crashes
Two servicemen died in traffic accidents on New Year’s Day 1950. Claude J. Harrison, 51, Tempe, a bonded special sheriff’s deputy and watchman, was found in his car and believed to have suffered a fatal heart attack moments before his vehicle struck another.
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Tempe
Claude J. Harrison
Traffic Mishaps Kill 281 in State
An unofficial 1949 Arizona tally shows 281 deaths from traffic accidents statewide, 20 fewer than 1948 and possibly rising with late December injuries. Phoenix reported 18 fatalities, tying the city’s all time high from 1947, while 1947 statewide deaths were 256.
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Arizona
Arizona Highway Patrol
Phoenix
Fatal Vehicle Crash on Tempe Bridge Claims Sailor life
A driverless car collision on the Tempe Bridge caused the death of James Brinton Burgess, 27, a sailor from San Francisco, who died from head injuries after the vehicle plunged over an embankment. Manuel Orderson, 19, of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, was killed almost instantly in the same incident. Details follow on Page 8.
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Tempe Bridge
James Brinton Burgess
San Francisco
Tbe
Manuel Orderson
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Noted Leaders Comment On War And Peace
International News Service quotes Juho Paasikivi of Finland urging no enemies of the Soviet Union in Finland, the Rev. C Leslie Curtis advocating bold mercy in a cancer patient case, and Mao Tse-tung saying China seeks peaceful economic reconstruction under the Communist Party.
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Juho Paasikivi
Finland
C. Leslie Curtis
Candia, N. H
Hermann N
Sander
Mao Tze-Tung
Communist Regime of
China
Moscow
Communist Party
Central People’s Government
Conductor Kills Three In Family and Self
GRAND ISLAND Nebraska January 2 UP A railroad conductor shot and killed three members of his family and then killed himself Police Chief Joe Bosler said Durwood H Johnson 55 a Union Pacific Railroad conductor his wife 51 their son Mercer 19 and C W Mercer Mrs Johnsons father were found in their home. Johnson apparently shot the three sometime yesterday and then killed himself. The bodies were found when a daughter Mrs Jack Morris who lived next door returned home from an out of town visit last night. She was under treatment for shock and was too hysterical for questioning immediately Bosler said.
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Neb
Joe Bosler
Bosler
Durwood H. Johnson
Union Pacific Railroad
Mercer
C. W. Mercer
Jack Morris
Gun Ownership Traced In Murder Case
Sheriff deputies traced ownership of a .32 caliber silver plated pistol used in the killing of Clifford L. Willett 36 found near a ditch after a New Year’s Eve celebration in Phoenix. Elaine Whitney George 38 a Diamond’s Boston Store saleswoman held in jail denied firing the fatal shot and gave conflicting statements as investigators pursued the weapon’s ownership. Melvin George the former husband was mentioned in connection with the case.
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Clifford L. Willett
Campbell Avenue
Phoenix
East Camelback Road
Maricopa County
Elaine Whitney George
Arizona Salad Bowl Parade Dazzles Phoenix Crowds
An estimated 100000 gathered along Central Avenue to witness the 1950 Salad Bowl parade through downtown Phoenix. The event showcased 39 bands and 38 floats highlighting Arizona's heritage and wealth, with Princesses and Miss America 1949 Jacque Mercer drawing cheers aboard the Phoenix College float. Proceeds from the day benefit handicapped children.
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Jacque Mercer
Phoenix College
Patricia East
Prescott
Sharon Lee House
Tommy Murray
Larry Allotta
Arizona
Tempe
ASC
Our Agricultural School
Dan E
Convict desperadoes flee as 100-strong posse closes in
Three armed convicts escaped Tucker Prison Farm after killing a guard and wounding an officer. A high speed chase across Lonoke County ended when their car crashed in a ditch. Officers, including Lt Peterson, vowed to shoot to kill if necessary. The fugitives fled on foot into the woods east of North Little Rock.
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Tucker
H. RB. Peterson
Arkansas State Police
Memphis
Lonoke County
Earl Jackson
Ken Brantley
Lonoke
Here
Kerr Junction
L. W. Wilcox
Ray Shipp
England
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Trotter
Alton Meeks
Charles Carroll
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