Garvey Plans Special Session Before March Fifteenth
Governor Dan E. Garvey will call the 19th Arizona Legislature into a special session likely before March 15 to address budget shortfalls in the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane and the Department of Public Welfare plus other emergency items. The move follows a conference with legislative leaders and the Special Legislative Committee on State Operations. Committee members expect a 10 a.m. convening date the next day, with details to be ironed out tomorrow.
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Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Special Legislative Committee On State Operations
Legislative Committee
Fred J. Fritz
Greenlee County
State Senate
William F. Kimball
Pima County
Warner B. Mattice
Graham County
Carleton Morris
Bisbee
Robert H. Wallace
Phoenix
Raymond G. Langham
Arizona House of Representatives
Globe
Garvey
Arizona State Hospital For
Arizona State Department of Public Welfare
Ann Frohmiller
Arizona Racing Commission
Y Workers Begin Building Fund Drive in Phoenix
About 600 Phoenicians gathered at a 7 15 a m breakfast at First Presbyterian Church for the YMCA campaign kickoff. J Howard Pyle urged that the fund is a once in a lifetime chance to build a youth monument, with Dr Fred G Holmes asserting early momentum toward the 380000 goal and a remaining 120000 to be raised.
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Phoenicians
Young Men's Christian Association
First Presbyterian Church
J. Howard Pyle
Phoenix
Fred G. Holmes
Cochairman
Big Advance Gifts Committee
YMCA
What Noted People Are Saying What Noted People Are Saying
Secretary of State Dean Acheson says withdrawing ambassadors from Spain as political pressure was a mistaken departure from established principle. House Majority Leader John W. McCormack warns that failure in South Korea could end democracy in northern Asia, threatening Japan and U S interests in the Philippines.
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International News Service
Washington
Dean Acheson
Spain
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
South Korea
Asia
Japan
Philippines
Johnson Plea To Keep Draft Draws Attack
Secretary of Defense Johnson faced strong opposition in the House Armed Services Committee as he pressed a three year extension of the Draft Act. A compromise plan to keep the law but bar actual inductions without congressional calls drew unexpected support while Johnson urged authority to call up in an emergency. The discussion highlighted the political stakes of extending selective service amid Cold War pressures. The secretary cited the act as a deterrent to communism and noted international reactions to a peacetime draft.
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House Armed Services Committee
Congress
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Truman
Paul J. Kilday
Texas
Carl Vinson
Georgia
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Moscow
Politburo
Free Nations of
Italy
Rent Controls Ended in California Cities
Rent controls were ended today in Long Beach Maywood and Huntington Park California according to AP reporting from Washington. The action ends price limits in these jurisdictions and marks a shift in local housing policy.
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Long Beach
Maywood
Huntington Park
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Dope Trade Reveals Easy Cross-Border Drug Flow
A 16-year-old Spanish American youth described easy marijuana access at Nogales and cross border delivery through the fence. He said a kilo could net about 40 dollars in Nogales and 5 000 dollars in Phoenix, with narcotics available beyond marijuana such as heroin opium and cocaine. The youth admitted starting at 13 and quitting work to sell drugs, noting deliveries via a fence hole and trips on a bus.
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Nogales
Son
Phoenix
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Champs Set for Rugged Garden Night in Golden Gloves
The Phoenix Gazette and the Optimist Club sponsor Arizona’s big Golden Gloves tourney ending tonight at Madison Square Garden in Phoenix. Ten bouts start at 8:30 pm with welterweight semifinals and title bouts across divisions. Tickets on sale at 2 pm. KRUX will broadcast parts of the show.
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Fifteen Perish In Blazing Homes Across Cities
A roaring factory fire in Toronto killed three and injuring many others. Fifteen people perished in homes including a family of five and two young boys in Minnesota. Four more died in a crowded Jersey City tenement. Ambulances rushed eight injured to hospital as a mother leaped with her baby from a third story window.
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Ralph Schmitz
Inez
Woodstock
Thain Hintk
St. Paul
Minn
Larry
James Banks
Laverne Banks
South St. Paul
Jersey City
N. J
Jersey City Medical Center
Anna Henry
Truman cites record export value and Navy halts Missouri rescue
President Truman told Congress the United States has exported a record 67 billion dollars in goods and services in the four years after the war. The Navy suspended efforts to free the stranded battleship Missouri after 21 ships labored for two hours without movement.
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Congress
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Missouri
Temperatures Today Across the Region
A fragmented weather snippet lists hourly readings from morning to afternoon with temperatures ranging from the mid thirties to the low seventies. The page also references sections such as Hollywood z omics Inez Robb Crossword and a readers guide with various column and puzzle listings.
Strike Plot Charged by UMW Official in Washington
UMW Vice President Thomas Kennedy accused major soft coal producers of plotting a strike to pressure President Truman to act. He said withheld payments to the miners welfare fund show a conspiracy among operators.
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Washington
INS
United Mine Workers
Truman
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Sudden Death Strikes Again In Motor Traffic Toll
A 23 year old Phoenician rider was killed at 14th Street and McDowell Road when his motorcycle crashed into a car. Passenger Wilfred James Piercey died. operator Elmo G. Owens survived with injuries. The crash left both vehicles westbound as Owens dragged 79 feet. The other car driven by James Troxel left unharmed. passenger Danny De Vincent fled to call police. Local highway patrol continues investigation as Arizona faces rising fatalities. Piercey belonged to veterans and metal lathers unions. his parents reside on East McKinley Street.
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McDowell Road
Arizona
Wilfred James Piercey
East McKinley Street
Woodrow Gibson
Bob Bahr
Piercey
Elmo G. Owens
West Sherman Street
Owens
St. Monica’s Hospital
James Troxel
East Brill Street
Troxel
Danny de Vincent
de Vincent
Veterans of Foreign War
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers Union
Albuquerque, N. M
Francis H. Piercey
McKinley Street
4Th Street
236-183 Vote Sets House Rules Battle Outcome
The Truman administration won a 236 to 183 roll call against a Republican and Southern Democrat bid to change House rules. The vote blocks tight control by the Rules Committee, though administration gains are not absolute. Republicans and Southern Democrats had argued the issue reflected whether the entire Truman program would succeed.
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Washington
House
Leo Allen
Illinois
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Allen
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Korea
Fog Left Coast Thins After Dense Overnight Bank
California coast fog lingered with less density, stretching from Santa Monica to San Diego. Inland reach stayed limited to about 10 miles around Long Beach, easing shipping and air travel compared with yesterday’s disruption.
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California
Weather Bureau
Santa Monica
San Diego
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