Banquet Honors New Phoenix City Council Members
The Phoenix City Council was celebrated at a banquet for 250 at Hotel Westward Ho. Barry Goldwater urged sustained support as the Charter ticket seeks better government, while Mayor Udall praised city manager Ray Wilson. Other speakers included Council members Walters Rosenzweig Foster and Gruwell, banker Gruwell, and KTAR’s J Howard Pyle as toastmaster.
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Phoenix
Westward Ho
Barry M. Goldwater
Nicholas Udall
Ray W. Wilson
Margaret B. Kober
Frank G. Murphy
Charles N. Walters
Harry Rosenzweig
Hohen Foster
Hugh C. Gruwell
First National Bank of Arizona
J. Howard Pyle
KTAR
Audit reveals misused funds at Tempe college in 1948 49
The report targets college officials and a revolving fund, detailing $264.48 claimed for nine students on an agricultural trip, plus 7 cents per mile. It notes $170.33 repaid, with remaining sums unreturned, and criticizes local fund payments, unauthorised purchases, and disguise of state money. It highlights hidden costs in the All-Star game payments and calls for tighter controls by Regents and budget supervisors.
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e@ college
Tempe
Irish Hall
City Council Likely to Oust Manager After Public Hearing
The article explains that if nine counts trigger a public hearing, the council would vote to remove the manager. It notes the council is the ultimate arbiter of testimony and cites a 1915 Arizona Supreme Court precedent limiting courts to review proper proceedings and evidence, not substitute the council’s judgment.
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Arizona Supreme Court
W. A. Farish
Deppe
Phoenix area car accidents injure seven
Seven people were hurt in Phoenix area traffic incidents late yesterday and early today. Bonnie Anderson, 21, was hospitalized after a two car wreck at 13th Avenue and Hadley Street. Eimelee Whitehead, 22, and two passengers received treatment after a collision at the same cross street. Jim Gamboa, 55, sustained an ankle injury in a pedestrian auto collision at 40th and Washington, driven by Bill Crabtree. Margaret Spratlin, 51, was taken to St. Monica's after another two-car crash at 11th and Moreland, the drivers named as W. B. Spratlin and James D. Walden. Gloria Mae Kane, 8, escaped serious injury in a car-pedestrian incident at West Madison Street, with the car driven by Ethel M. Harper.
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Phoenix
Bonnie Anderson
West Hadley Street
St. Monica’s Hospital
13Th Avenue
Hadley Street
Eimelee Whitehead
South 10Th Avenue
Whitehead
Jim Gamboa
East
Buchanan Street
40Th
Washington Streets
Bill Crabtree
Litchfield Park
Margaret Spratlin
East Moreland Street
L1th
Moreland
W. B. Spratlin
James D. Walden
East Villetta Street
Gloria Mae Kane
South 11Th Avenue
West
Madison Street
Ethel M. Harper
North 25Th Avenue
New Inquiry On San Juan Gas Starts
The Federal Power Commission opens a new inquiry into San Juan Basin gas supplies in Northern New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado. El Paso Natural Gas seeks authority to build 450 miles to Topock Arizona Daily line capacity 165 million cubic feet a day for California and Arizona.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
San Juan Basin
New Mexico
Colorado
el Paso Natural Gas Company
FPC
San Juan
California
Arizona
el Paso
Marvin Farrington
Commission
Topock
Ariz
Arizona-California
Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California
Pg&e
San Francisco Bay Area
Permian
Texas
Allen R. Grambling
San Juan- Topock
Barker Dome
Grambling
Free X rays reach ninety thousand in 1949 health drive
Arizona Health Department reports nearly 90 000 free X rays given statewide in 1949, an 11 000 rise from 1948. The mobile unit visited 79 communities across 14 counties, stationed in Phoenix until February 15 for high school students and officials, then moves to Mesa for the Maricopa County Fair February 18 26. The note ends with a definition of academy linked to Plato and the grove of Academus near Athens.
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Arizona Health Department
Phoenix
Mesa
Maricopa County
Cold blast across Texas and Midwest grounds travel
A winter storm system extended from Waco across Central Texas to the Rio Grande Valley and Gulf coast. Temperatures fell to six below in Dalhart and one below at Amarillo as the storm moved in. Northern states faced hazardous highways, grounded airliners, and sub-zero conditions with thick snow and ice disrupting transport and services.
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Waco
Texas
Dalhart
Panhandle
Amarillo
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf
Bismarck
N. C
North Dakota
Northern Pacific
Eckelson
N. D
Jamestown
Fargo
Minnesota
Twin Cities
California
Los Angeles
Flaming Freighter Mormacreed Races Toward Halifax
The 6689 ton United States freighter Mormacreed speeds toward Halifax with fire in her hold. Fire crews were alerted to meet the ship at the pier when it docks late this afternoon, though the vessel is not believed to be in immediate danger.
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Halifax
N. S
United States
Texas Rodeo Couple to Wed After Met at Arizona Rodeo
A Texas cowgirl Rosemary Colborn age 20 and New York native champion Harry Thompkins age 22 plan marriage in Dublin Texas. Thompkins recently named RCA champion bull rider with top points and high placements in bareback bronc and all around. They met at a Phoenix Arizona rodeo two years ago as Jim Shoulders and George Mills attend as friends. Rosemary is a University of Arizona graduate.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
New York State
Dublin
Rosemary Colborn
Everett Colborn
Harry Thompkins
Peekskill
N. Y
Tion
Rodeo Cowboy Association
Jim Shoulders
Tulsa
Okla
RCA
George Mills
Pueblo
Colo
Phoenix
Ariz
Rosemary
University of Arizona
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