Rollback Showdown Nears in Congress as Price Cuts Stir Debate
In Washington and at the ceasefire talks in Korea, officials report pressure on price rollbacks. The House faces a pivotal vote on beef price cuts and potential bans on further rollbacks. GOP and Southern Democrats push to restrict future rollbacks while administration forces defend the 10 percent beef adjustment amid broader economic controls.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
HOUSE
Truman
GOP
Senate
Banking Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Cooley
N.C
House Agriculture Committee
Cox
Taft Backers Here To Feel Out Sentiment
Two advance agents for Senator Robert Taft met Arizona Republican leaders in Phoenix to gauge local support for his 1952 presidential bid. David Ingalls and Ben Tate visit after touring 28 states and plan to meet in Denver with Colorado Republicans as part of a nationwide effort.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arizona
Republican Party
GOP
David S. Ingalls
Cleveland
Ben Tate
Cincinnati
Taft
Phoenix
Denver
Colorado
Ingalls
Tate
Margaret Adams
Rockwell
Hotel
Adams
City seeks end to water crisis with voluntary cuts
City officials urged residents to curb use while talks with Salt River Valley Water Users Association stalled on finances. The council ruled out mandatory limits for now, noting the system runs at full capacity with 14 million gallons a day at risk and no reserve. Residents continued to reduce consumption.
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Water Department
Verde
Scottsdale
City
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Dario Travaini
Water Saving Rules Urged By City Officials
City officials urge Phoenicians to cut domestic water use and curb waste. Follow six steps: check fixtures and hydrants for leaks, alternate lawn watering by odd even days, avoid extra watering on non-sprinkling days, use evaporative coolers to reduce irrigation, raise thermostat on refrigerative coolers and shut off cooler water when not in use, and avoid car washing and nonessential water use.
Four Die as Greyhound Bus, Truck Collide in Rain
In Big Spring Texas a crowded Greyhound bus slid into a parked gasoline truck on a rain slick highway, killing four passengers and injuring twenty one. Driver P L Powell survived shock. Names include Oliver Harvill Ruby Rafael Mendoza Mary E McDaniel.
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Big Spring
Texas
Greyhound
Here
Oliver Harvill
Farmersville
Calif
Ruby
Rafael Mendoza
Fort Hood
Mary E. McDaniel
Douglasville
P. L. Powell
Pecos
F. C. Williams
Woman among 21 hurt in interstate crash near Globe
Mrs. Orra Denton, about 45, of a Globe area ranch was among 21 injured when an interstate bus collided with a gasoline transport truck yesterday. Four people were killed in the crash.
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Big Spring
Texas
Arizona
Here
Orra Denton
Globe
Pakistan protests over Indian troop concentrations in Kashmir
Pakistan complained to the United Nations that heavy concentrations of Indian troops in Kashmir threaten Pakistan and world peace. The protest was filed in Flushing Meadow, New York, on July 16.
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Flushing Meadow
N. Y
INS
Pakistan
United Nations
Kashmir
Remember To Forget Gun Threat Targets Polar Bar Waitress
Jean Applegate, 24, of 2842 W. Pierce and a Polar Bar waitress, said a customer frightened her last night by pulling a revolver on her outside a car after asking if she remembered him. She grabbed a tray and ran into the drive-in stand as the assailant backed away and drove north on Central.
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Jean Applegate
W. Pierce
Polar Bar
N. Central
Central
Telegraphers Approve 17 Cent Wage Hike at Western Union
About 35 000 Western Union Telegraphers and messengers voted to accept a company offer of a 17 cent per hour wage increase. AFL official Adolph Brungs said the tally is not complete but the approval appears substantial. The settlement covers adult workers averaging 1.27 per hour with a total cost to the firm of about 12.5 million dollars yearly.
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Western Union Company
Adolph Brungs
Western Union Division
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
J. L. Wilcox
Western Union
Wage Stabilization Board
New York
Lantz Spends Last Day In Death House
Harold Thomas Lantz, 28, condemned for strangling Ada C. Park in the Golden State Limited last year, awaits execution at 5 a.m. He failed to gain pardons review as Arizona officials stand firm. Medical experts deem him sane but with childlike mentality. He plans last rites and a final meal as he reflects on the case.
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Death House
Florence
Harold Thomas Lantz
Iowa
Southern Pacific
Golden State Limited
Arizona State Prison
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Tom Cathemer
G. P. Eckert
Casa Grande
Joseph D. Jacques
Ada C. Park
Grinnell
Bruce Hart
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Arizona
Miss Park
Minneapolis
Desert
Los Angeles
Douglas
Kansas City Girds For Giant Cleanup As Flood Moves East
The Kansas City area mobilized for a Herculean cleanup as flood waters moved eastward, striking Missouri river towns and leaving mud, wreckage, and damaged firms in its path. President Truman toured the disaster region while waters receded in cities across Kansas and Missouri, and fires burned out after a five day blaze that destroyed multiple firms and injured 14 firefighters.
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Missouri River
Kansas
Lexington
Wellington
Norborne
Hardin
Missouri
Oklahoma
Miami
Truman
Missouri- Kansas
Independence
Washington
Kans
Harvey Baldwin
Rainy Weather Stays for Arizonans Across the State
Weather readers woke to humid, damp conditions with a brief early morning shower in Phoenix of .02 inch and a lightning strike that caused a Florence power outage. Prescott and Grand Canyon regions await light rains while scattered showers delivered varied totals across Roosevelt Dam, Flagstaff, Tempe, and other sites.
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Chandler
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
South Mountains
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30Th Ave
Buckeye
Arizona
Prescott
Grand Canyon Country
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Flagstaff
Tonto Fish Hatchery
Douglas
Gila Bend
Tempe
Horse Shoe Dam
Verde River
Diamond Point
Reno Ranger Station
Vic Flint in The Case of the TV Murder
The Phoenix Gazette previews Vic Flint in a new comic crime caper where Verbal Bellows a soap salesman becomes an innocent pawn in a daring crime. Action and humor promise family entertainment starting Thursday in the comics.
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Vic Flint
Noted Figures Comment On Iran Nationalization Law
Iranian Premier Mossadegh vows to achieve the nationalization law with divine aid while President Truman welcomes legal protection as he signs a bill making the secret service a permanent agency.
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Tehran
Mossadegh
Truman
Secret Service
Dewey Dines With Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa Retreat
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York dined with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang at Grass Mountain retreat near Taipeh Formosa. The meeting highlighted U S allied relations as Dewey visited the Nationalist capital region during a summer tour.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Drouth Holds On Northern Arizona Range Despite Rain
H V Watson of a 180000 acre Flagstaff range reports only spotty rains have helped little. He hauls about 100000 gallons weekly to stock and notes 1000 deer drink daily. Northern Arizona outfits moved cattle to California and Montana earlier for water.
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H. V. Watson
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Grand Canyon
Watson
California
Montana
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Southwest
Drouth
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