I Did It Student Confesses In Baker Slaying
Edward Gibbs a 25 year old married GI student admitted to killing Marian Baker a Franklin and Marshall College stenographer after entering the college president office and declaring I did it Gibbs signed a four page statement and was held without bail awaiting a murder hearing as investigators pursued few clues in the fatal attack January 10 near Lancaster Pennsylvania.
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Lancaster
Marian Louise Baker
Franklin and Marshall College
Fred Gleason
Edward Gibbs
Gibbs
Miss Baker
Theodore Distler
Distler
Max Hannum
Myrtle Doner
Scarf Hides Sheared Head At Hearing In Phoenix Court
An overflow crowd attended the East Phoenix Precinct Justice Court pre liminary hearing for Bertus H Verkay 40 accused of shearing his wife Dorothy Louise Verkay s long red hair with clippers after forcing entry to their home at 1905 North 25th Place She testified she was threatened with a straight razor and moved out her belongings with her brother and sister in law present Verkay was ordered held to answer in Maricopa County Superior Court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and is free on 2500 bond The couple wed on Christmas Day.
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East Phoenix Precinct
Bertus H. Verkay
Dorothy Louise Verkay
Verkay
North 25Th Place
Charles Snyder
Snyders
Maricopa County
Liberty
Churchill
Emma
Evers
Pleasant Weather Forecast For Phoenix Area
The United States Weather Bureau predicts continued fine weather for Phoenix today and tomorrow. Highs around 75 yesterday. lows near 43 and 39. Northern towns like Flagstaff and Payson show milder ranges, with 53 to 16 and 65 to 35 respectively. Mostly clear skies to increase in cloudiness tomorrow with variable cloudiness statewide.
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Phoenix Area
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Flagstaff
Payson
Phoenix
Flood and Weather Fronts Ravage Mid-America
Flood conditions remained critical along the Mississippi Ohio Wabash and other rivers as more than 11 000 persons were evacuated. The Army warned of possible action at 57 feet while a crest around 55 5 feet was forecast. Wabash levee breaks spilt floodwaters over 100 000 acres of Illinois farmland. Subzero readings hit Rockford Chicago and Montana as rain and snowiltered across the region.
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Illinois
Kentucky
Mississippi
Ohio
Wabash
Birds Point
New Madrid
Weather Bureau
Army
Missouri
Cairo
Midwest
Vincennes
Ind
Indiana
Pacific Northwest
Rockford
Chicago
Washington
Oregon
Rockies
Plains States
North Central States
Glasgow
Mont
Eau Claire
Wis
Pembina
N. C
Tennessee
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Nebraska
Idaho
Beatrice Klein Schmidt's Colorado River Project Study
Beatrice Klein Schmidt showcases a thorough study on the Central Arizona Project and Colorado River issues. The senior, daughter of Ervin and family from Cactus, earned a straight 1 grade and plans teachers college, while her history teacher highlights her analytical skill and scholarship potential.
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Central Arizona Project
Zinser
Colorado River
Beatrice
Central Arizona
Dave Brinegar
Howard J. Smith
Project Association
Ervin Kleinschmidt
Cactus
Raymond C. Branson
Railroad Veteran Dies in Springfield at 77
John A. Doggrell longtime Frisco Railway superintendent of transportation from 1915 to 1943 and railroader for over 50 years died today in a Springfield hospital at age 77.
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Springfield
John A. Doggrell
Frisco Railway
LA Beach Areas Rocked By Quake
An earthquake at 1:34 a.m. rattled beach suburbs and Hollywood causing many calls to police switchboards. police reported no damage.
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Los Angeles
Beach
Hollywood
Secret gun charged sent to Russians by wartime orders
The Times cites Col. Frank C. Lynch saying an American supersecret self aiming anti air craft gun was delivered to Russia in summer 1944 from Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland. Lynch recalled briefing a Russian officer, crate loading in Philadelphia, and accompanying the gun across the Atlantic, with the weapon claimed to reach very high altitudes using proximity fuses.
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Los Angeles
The
Times Today
Frank C. Lynch
Army
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Russia
Lynch
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Fifth Juror In Smithwick Trial Picked
BELTON Tex Jan 19 The fourth day of Sam Smithwick murder trial began with five jurors selected Twenty seven retirees testified on the second floor of Belton old stone courthouse Albert Friedrich a Bartlett farmer was accepted Some jurors were dismissed for opinions on guilt or the death penalty Defense questioned others on self defense law W H Mason was slain on Alice street July 29 He was a veteran newspaperman broadcasting over an Alice radio station Smithwick was a Jim Wells County deputy sheriff then.
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Belton
Tex
Sam Smithwick
Albert Friedrich
Bartlett
Smithwick
James K. Evetts
Henry Taylor, Sr
W. H. Mason
Alice
Jim Wells
County Road Projects Held Up By Fund Jam
Maricopa County road work faces delays as the Arizona Highway Department withholds bidding on $590000 of projects due to unsatisfied rights of way. Lefebvre cites $37484.80 in federal aid lost and $53644 for a South Central Avenue bridge approach as consequences of county failure to clear obstructions.
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Maricopa County
Arizona Highway Department
W. C. Lefebvre
Lefebvre
Highway Department
South Central Avenue
Christy Road
Indian Hool Road
East Broadway
J Avenue
Cotton Lane
Perryville Road
Chandler
Camelback Road
North Seventh Avenue
Gilbert Road
State Highway Department
County Board of Supervisors
Y Bridge Game Results Announced
Young Men's Christian Association bridge results list top pairs in both directions. North south winners E F Freier and Walter Wallace of San Francisco with 274% match points. second place J D Westerfield and Miss Frances Budlong 26 1/34 points. East west leaders Walter Telma and Walter Ziegler with 264 match points, second Ray Ruksas and John Birnie 242 match points.
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Young Men's Christian Association
E. F. Freier
Walter Wallace
San Francisco
J. D. Westerfield
Frances Budlong
Walter Telma
Walter Ziegler
Ray Ruksas
John Birnie
Minnesota state flower Cypripedium spectabile
The pink and white moccasin flower is the state flower of Minnesota. It is known by the scientific name Cypripedium spectabile.
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Minnesota
Washington Post Names New Farm Placement Chiefs
Earl Redwine of the Arizona State Employment Service advances to agri cultural employment specialist at Farm Placement Service in Washington. James A. Rork announces Dee Reese to succeed Redwine in Reports and Analysis, Reese promoted from Phoenix office. Henry C. Carson to replace Reese as veterans employment representative with prior posts in Flagstaff and Kingman Mojave Office.
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Earl Redwine
Arizona State Employment Service
Washington, D. C
Farm Placement Service
U. S. Department of Labor
James A. Rork
Employment Service
Redwine
Department of
Dee Reese
Phoenix
Navy
Safford
Prescott
Reese
Administrative Office of Employment Service
Army
Veterans Employment
Henry C. Carson
Flagstaff
Kingman
Mojave
State Tries To Break Girl's Killing Admission
In Brady Texas state prosecutors sought to break Loretta Fae Mozingo’s claim that she held the murder weapon in the killing of Lewis Patterson. The 15 year old witness had earlier implicated Sandra Peterson in the Aug 25 roadside death, prompting court confusion and delays. Prosecutors warned of perjury and murder charges if she testifies further, while Sandra’s trial remains delayed until she turns 18.
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Brady, Tex
Sandra Peterson
Lewis Patterson
Loretta Fae Mozingo
Sandra
Patterson
Sam McCollum, Jr
Loretta Fae
Evans J. Adkins
Brady
San Angelo
Ralston P. Haun
Haun
Adkins
Sam McCollum
Texas
Liquor License Protest Renewed for Rocking Bar
A beer and wine license bid for the Rocking Bar at 709 West Broadway faces renewed opposition from residents living within a half mile. Organizer Ben E. Dean of 675 West Broadway chairs the protest, citing a previous denial and ongoing petitioning to block the license under new notices bearing Enid Jones and previously Walter Allen Jones.
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West Broadway
County Board of Supervisors
Ben E. Dean
Walter Allen Jones
North 10Th Avenue
Enid Jones
Dean
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