Arizona Auto Deaths Rise To One A Day In 1950
The Arizona traffic death toll for 1950 shows a steady one day per death rate. The latest fatality was a four year old girl, Anne Pruitt, of Tucumcari, who died after a one car crash near Flagstaff. Her parents and relatives were hospitalized. Additional injuries occurred in a pedestrian auto wreck on 16th Street, and a collision near Casa Grande left Elizabeth Rey in critical condition. Several others sustained injuries, with varying hospital treatments. The report notes multiple incidents involving drivers and passengers across Flagstaff, Casa Grande, and Phoenix area locations.
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Arizona
Flagstaff
Anne Pruitt
Clarence L. Pruitt
Tucumcari
N. M
16Th
Harvard Streets
Jack Stant
East Colter Street
Louise Bullock
North 14Th Street
Elizabeth Rey
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Casa Grande
Armando Rey
el Paso
Tex
Norman
Richard Ramos
Fort Sill
Rey
Williams Air Force Base Hospital
Pilar Ronquillo
Abou Ben Smith
Sam
Truman Plans All Possible Public Power
President Truman said he is developing a nationwide program to provide public power where feasible. He aims to advance the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project but will not treat it as a separate program, seeking benefits for the entire country.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Lawrence
Speeding Car Hits Phoenix Bound Bus Near Searchlight
A speeding car crashed into a Phoenix bound bus 20 miles south of Searchlight. One man Morry Stewart of Las Vegas died. Two bus passengers suffered minor injuries. Stewart had prior warrants for leaving an Las Vegas auto shop without paying an $11 bill.
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Searchlight
Morry Stewart
Las Vegas
Stewart
Tugboat Strike Halts Baltimore Harbor Shipping
Ocean going shipping in Baltimore Harbor was stalled by a sudden strike of tugboat officers, halting port activity across the harbor and disrupting early January operations. The action affects vessels awaiting handling and could ripple through regional trade.
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Baltimore
INS
Phoenix Woman Charged With Pistol Slaying Of Escort
Elaine Whitney George 38, a department store clerk, faces a first degree murder charge in East Phoenix for the New Years Eve shooting of Clifford L. Willett 36 a Reynolds Metals timekeeper found dying near Camelback Road and 18th Street. Sheriff’s Captain Stanley Kimball signed the complaint. The case ties to a tavern party sequence and a witness reported Willett asked if the gun was loaded. George reportedly kept a loaded pistol for protection. She denies firing. Willett’s funeral arrangements are noted.
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East Phoenix
Elaine Whitney George
Clifford L. Willett
Camelback Road
18Th Street
Stanley Kimball
Harry E. Westfall
George
Willett
Reynolds Metals Company
Warren L. McCarthy
Weather Snapshot Reveals Snow and Ice Across Several States
A page one weather summary reports heavy snow and freezing rain sweeping Arkansas into Tennessee, northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana with ice blanketing Arkansas. Two brothers drowned near Walnut Ridge. Sub-zero readings hit Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Iowa, Wisconsin, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming while roads remained open in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Spring River
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Texas
Lufkin
Bryan
Waco
Temple
Austin
The
Weather Bureau
New York State
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
International Falls
Bemidji
Minn
Minnesota
Montana
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
18 Year Old Parker Foiled in $25,000 Extortion Plot
Tucson police charged Terry Gibson Parker with extortion after a staged handoff of a dummy package to a hotelman, Meyer Cohen, led to Parker's arrest. Eyeman said Parker confessed and a typewriter with notes demanding money was recovered. Police trapped the scheme after Cohen reported threatening instructions following a decoy call.
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Tucson
Frank Eyeman
Terry Gibson Parker
Romney
W. Va
Eyeman
Meyer Cohen
Parker
Cohen
Tucson Daily Citizen
Sacaton, Ariz
Stone Avenue
Mystery veils death cause of woman 40
Special to The Phoenix Gazette Buckeye Jan 5 a doctor s report casts doubt on the death cause of Cora Nolan a 40 year old cotton picker whose charred body was found in her burned cabin The coroner s jury failed to decide the cause of death prompting Sheriff L C Boies to continue the inquiry Justice of the Peace Billy Meck said the man who escaped the blaze and muttered a possible murder remark to witnesses added to the mystery Meck will pursue the case with the sheriff while the 39 year old occupant remains in town for questioning.
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Buckeye
Justice of the Peace
Billy F. Meck
L. C. Boies
Cora Nolan
Joplin
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Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Phoenix-Bound
Phoenix
Melvin George
North 12Th Street
Campbell Avenue
Whitney Funeral Home Chapel
Memory Lawn Memorial Park
Tsai Lun
Ho-Ti
China
Cidal Ae
Ave
West van Buren
Congress Street
Phoenix Gazette
Meek
First GM Service Corporation
W. Jefferson
St. & E. van Buren
Hollywood Red Outfit
CFLS
van Buren
Robertshaw
Axminster
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