Whitney Says Wite Taunts Led To Killing
Harold R. Whitney a 29 year old Kansas tire repairman faced a superior court jury over the December Tucson murder of his Belgian wife Solange Whitney 23. Closing arguments were set as evidence had just been completed Whitney testified he choked her after she taunted him with affairs and deception. He said the killing was in a moment of rage after she struck him with a clothes stick and accused him of infidelity. He was arrested after returning to Kansas with their three children.
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Tucson
Harold R. Whitney
Clathe
Kans
Whitney
Solange Whitney
Belgium
Kansas
Pima Figures Challenged by County Agent
Tucson July 21 AP G E Blackledge, Pima county agricultural agent, disputes Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service figures on planted acres and cotton yield. He argues 29 300 acres planted is about 4 300 too high and last year’s 14 100 acres in cotton should be 11 698 with an average yield of 1 053 pounds per acre, which would set a national production record.
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Tucson
G. E. Blackledge
Pima County
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Carl Krah Dies Cortaro Ranch Owner at 60
Carl Krah, 60, owner of the Lazy K Bar ranch near Cortaro, died yesterday. He directed the Southern Arizona Dude Ranch Association, Executives Club, University Club and Yale Alumni Club. Formerly credit manager for the Chicago Tribune and later business manager for the law firm Fleming Green Martin Ellis. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow.
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Tucson
Carl Krah
Cortaro
Southern Arizona Dude Ranch Association
Executives Club
The
University Club
Yale Alumni Club
Chicago Tribune
Fleming, Green, Martin and Ellis
Yoghurt Crusade Fails to Seduce the Dinner Table
A humorous account rails at a dairy obsessed yoghurt cult. The narrator laments the hype from ardent yoghurt supporters and recalls two failed attempts to try the product. A dinner scene ends with a waiter’s quip and the line I couldn’t stomach it, sir.
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Paradise
Dry Hot Weekend Forecast Across Arizona Cities
Dry hot weekend forecast with above normal temperatures across Arizona. Downtown Weather Bureau records 111 degrees, 83 low, Sky Harbor 109 to 82, western area clear, eastern area with few thundershowers, other cities listing highs and lows including Gila Bend 115 85 and Yuma 115 86. Prescott reports .02 inch precipitation.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Sky Harbor
Arizona
Douglas
Flagstaff
Gila Bend
Payson
Prescott
Tucson
Winslow
Yuma
Floods Affect Missouri River Towns and Power Line
Floods near Missouri River mouths forced villagers to move to second floors while St. Charles, Missouri, faced a power crisis as a 33,000-volt line pole washed out. Crews on a barge cut the pole to ease wire strain and two more poles began to settle. Airmen at Scott Air Force Base were alert for flood duty and Army engineers remained confident that major dikes downstream from St Louis would hold. Scores of workers labored at weak points amid the rising flood.
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Missouri
Power Company
St. Charles
Mississippi
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Army
St. Louis
Phoenician Dies At Door Of Home
Mrs. Selma Matilda Norrby seventy seven of 826 N Ninth Ave collapsed and died at her doorway while returning from a grocery. Police said she was found by her husband Charles. Death attributed to natural causes. Survivors include a brother Albin Olson of 313% E Polk.
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Selma Matilda Norrby
Ninth Ave
New Phoenix Resident Dies at 31
Mrs. Helen Roberta Warner, 31, died yesterday at her home 4144 N. 20th St. after a long illness. She came to Phoenix with her family 10 days ago from Alton, Illinois. The body will be taken to Alton for funeral services and burial.
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Helen Roberta Warner
N. 20Th St
Application deadline set for Winslow postmaster exam
The Civil Service Commission announced that applications will be received until August 14 for the postmaster examination at Winslow Arizona. The notice was issued in Washington. July 21.
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Washington
The
Civil Service Commission
Winslow, Ariz
CofC Officials Seek Fairer Freight Rates
Arizona chambers of commerce officials push a statewide campaign to secure a fairer Interstate Commerce Commission freight rate structure. C. Edgar Goyette cites West Coast territory rules as causing Arizona shippers to pay higher rates, with examples like a citrus grower shipping to Chicago. A University of Arizona bureau research unit may analyze Arizona and New Mexico distances for rate reforms.
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Williams
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. Edgar Goyette
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
New Mexico
FCC
West Coast
Chicago
Los Angeles
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
University of Arizona
Bridge and road contracts let in Arizona totaling 103571
Phoenix contractors were awarded road improvement jobs by the State Highway Commission totaling 103571. H L Royden won 60811 for widening the concrete girder bridge over Show Low Creek on the Show Low Springer ville highway. Phoenix-Tempe Stone Company got 42760 for paying three fourths mile of the Goodyear Avondale highway from the mutual city limit through Avondale. Halstead Lumber Company received 11350 for furnishing paint.
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Phoenix
State Highway Commission
H. L. Royden
Show Low Creek
Show Low-Springerville
Phoenix-Tempe Stone Company
Goodyear-Avondale
Mutual City
Goodyear
Avondale
Halstead Lumber Company
Forest Fire Ban Still On In National Forests
The ban on smoking and campfires remains in force across all national forests in Arizona and New Mexico. Kenneth O. Wilson, regional fire chief at Albuquerque, says fire danger remains high. Campers picnickers and fishermen may use the forests but must follow precautionary regulations.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Kenneth O. Wilson
Albuquerque
Eloy Announces Salary Increases for City Employees
The Gazette News Bureau reports Eloy adopted a 1951 52 budget of 78174 09 including annual raises for city workers ranging from 300 to 600 dollars. The council approved a budget $7103 50 higher than last year and aimed to operate without a city tax for the second year as an incorporated municipality.
Co-Op Loan Approved for Sulphur Springs Valley
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 50000 dollar loan for the Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative in Arizona. The cooperative serves areas north of Douglas, with the project advancing rural power access in the region.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Oatis Testimony Showed No Espionage Evidence
The full record of William N. Oatis's trial in Czechoslovakia shows no signs of espionage. Officials note the transcript reveals Oatis conducted normal reporting duties, despite Communist framing as an espionage network head and attempts to prove he acted under orders from Western outlets.
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Washington
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Ellis O. Briggs
Prague
Department
Iron Curtain
Oatis
New York
London
Vladimir Clementis
Clementis
America
Diggers Race To Reach Miner Buried Under Ore
In Kee-watin Minnesota rescue crews tunnel through rubble and ore to reach miner William Torvinen 38 buried 200 feet underground after ore from a 55 foot gallery collapsed. Three fellow workers escaped and a fourth was pulled free after hours of frantic digging as 60 men worked in shifts despite searing heat. The mine owner pledged endless digging to locate him.
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Keewatin
Minn
William Torvinen
Torvinen
E. A. Schneider
Pickands, Mather and Company
Luke Airmen End Hunt For Missing Betty Jean Wright
Searchers abandon efforts to locate 2 year old Betty Jean Wright missing from a Peoria area home. Luke Air Force Base crews ended a two day search after covering irrigation ditches and nine mile surrounding area. Sheriff Boies suspects the child fell into a canal but investigators also consider abduction by a stranger. A possible sighting in Van Buren and 40th Streets was reported by Leo Long.
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Betty Jean Wright
Peoria
Luke Air Force
L. C. Boies
Betty Jean
Yancey
Leo Long
E. Jefferson
Sheriff's
van Buren
40Th Streets
Defense panel okays wartime construction push
Defense Marshall urged urgent action on a large construction program described as the biggest since World War II. Today's committee action only authorizes work, with actual funding to come later. The department originally sought 6.56 billion for a home and abroad program but asked for 4.5 billion to be appropriated now for projects to be completed before next July.
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Marshall
Defense Department
Draft Call Sent To Dead Son Huizar
In Bisbee a draft board letter was found intended for Francisco L. Huizar, who died in an auto accident north of Douglas on November 9, 1949. His father Ignacio Huizar, who speaks no English, presented the item at Justice of the Peace George Martin’s court, noting the envelope urged a five day return if undelivered.
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Douglas
Justice of the Peace
George Martin
Mario Che
Bisbee
Francisco L. Huizar
Ignacio Huizar
Flagstaff ASC Plans Okayed
Flagstaff ASC receives federal approval for the million-dollar Student Memorial Building at Arizona State College. Ground clearing has begun and work has been authorized with brick construction. The facility will include a spacious student union, a 1,200-seat auditorium, and second-floor recreation facilities.
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Flagstaff
Arizona State College At
Parking Tag Holders Warned at Gazette Mesa Bureau
Mesa July 21 over time parking tickets holders warned warrants will be issued for unpaid fines. City magistrate Jack Hunsaker said overtime fines are 50 cents and double if a special reminder is mailed. If unpaid a warrant worth 11 dollars to the city will be issued. Silvina Jimenez hired to help handle ticket load.
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Hun- Saker
Mesa
Silvina Jimenez
Potatoes Shipped From Santa Cruz Farms Near Eloy
The Santa Cruz Farms potato harvest near Eloy finished with nearly 200 carloads from 200 acres. Foreman M. E. Barnes reported an average yield of 325 100 pound sacks per acre. Land now being planted to carrots.
Six-Day Air Search For Pair Continues
Pasadena July 21 The six day air search for Mary Jane Walker 22 of Malverne Long Island and Klaus W Martens 28 continued with more pilots available for weekend flying over the hot dusty desert. The pair left East Los Angeles Airport last Sunday in a rented two place airplane bound for Blythe Calif 170 miles east. No word has come from them since takeoff. Leading the air search are the county sheriffs Aero Squadron the Civil Air Patrol and the U S Air Force.
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Pasadena
Calif
INS
Pretty Mary Jane Walker
Malverne
L. I
Klaus W. Martens
Los Angeles
Blythe
County Sheriffs Aero Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
U. S. Air Force
Heat Prostration Kills Two Farm Hands in Arizona
Two farm workers died of heat prostration in Central Arizona, with a third hospitalized. Antonio Ruiz, 40, of Marinette, died two hours after admission to Memorial Hospital. M. V. Gore of Gila Bend died en route to Maricopa County Hospital. Nick Vogel, 61, of 2221 S. 22nd Ave., was admitted with heat prostration.
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Arizona
Sheriff’s Office
Antonio Ruiz
Marinette
Memorial Hospital
M. V. Gore
Gila Bend
Maricopa County
Nick Vogel
S. 22Nd Ave
Blood-Disease Victim Gains From Surgery in Tucson
Karen Thompson a 13 year old victim of a rare blood disease has been removed from the critical list at St Marys Hospital Tucson. Doctors report transfusions totaling 37 pints and an operation removing her spleen have brought a quick upturn. Her father works as a sheet metal worker at Grand Central Aircraft Company. She has two sisters Helen 12 and Janie 5.
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Tucson
Karen Thompson
Karen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Grand Central Aircraft Company
Helen
Janie
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