Swim Program Helpers Get Awards Tomorrow
Bert Fireman of The Phoenix Gazette will host a dinner at First Presbyterian Church Monroe and Fourth Ave to honor volunteers in the 1951 learn-to-swim program co sponsored by The Gazette YMCA and the American Red Cross. Certificates will be given to pool operators. YMCA and Red Cross representatives will attend. The program taught swimming fundamentals to 8 to 14 year olds at 25 pools, reaching 2,736 children in the county.
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Bert Fireman
The
Phoenix Gazette
the Gazette
YMCA
American Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Monroe
Fourth Ave
John Carhart
Taylor Roberts
Maricopa County
Wes Stone
Army Clears Pair In Contract Case
Two investigators from the Birmingham Ordnance District Office are reinstated after being cleared of wrongdoing in awarding a $3 million defense contract to Elvair Corp. of Jackson Mississippi. A congressional committee had charged Elvair with lacking money equipment or experience.
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Birmingham
INS
Birmingham Ordnance District Office
Frank Legar
J. F. Mitchell
Army
Elvair Corp
Jackson
Miss
Elvair
Supersonic Skyrocket sets speed and altitude record
The Douglas Skyrocket, piloted by Bill Bridgeman, flew over Edwards Air Force Base reaching speeds unconfirmed above 1,000 mph and an altitude beyond 63,000 feet in a June 11 test. The rocket craft, emitting a sonic barrier break, was launched from a B 29 at 35,000 feet and detailed figures remain classified. A six year development by Douglas Arsenal included a 40 foot craft with swept back wings and a 15,500 pound mass.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Air Force
Douglas
Bill Bridgeman
Bridgeman
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc
Calif
Chuck Yeager
Man Identified as Pinto Killed by Switch Engine
Police identified 29 year old John Pinto of John Jacobs Farms as the victim killed near the Fifth Street crossing when struck by a Southern Pacific Railroad switch engine. He died en route to Memorial Hospital at midnight. Pinto, an Indian from Shiprock New Mexico, was found lying near the tracks before the accident.
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John Pinto
John Jacobs Farms
Memorial Hospital
Southern Pacific Railroad
Fifth St
Pinto
Shiprock
N. M
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Ashable
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