Scottsdale Woman Flier Enters Race
Mrs. Melba Beard of Scottsdale will represent Arizona in the fifth annual All-Women Trans continental Air Race August 15 to 19 from Santa Ana to Detroit. Phoenix is one of 13 airport stops for time in flight checks. The event awards several prizes including $850, $500, $300 and $100, with perpetual trophies for the top winner. Mrs. Crowl notes the race emphasizes emergency transport capability and showcases women who fly beyond work duties.
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Melba Beard
Scottsdale
Arizona
Santa Ana
Calif
Detroit
Marty Crowl
W. Solano
Saguaro Arizona
99S
San Diego
Greenville
N.C
Crowl
Beard
Phoenix
Cessna Aircraft
Ryan Aeronautical
Taylorcraft Aviation
Key Witness Found Slain in Missouri River
The mutilated body of Matt Jones, 48, identified as a missing key witness in a Kansas City contempt case, was found in the Missouri River near Waverly. Police say the killing appears amateurish, with concrete blocks tied to the legs and an axe-crushed head. Jones had been missing since Sunday night. He was to testify in a contempt case against Alfred H. Osborn, a prominent attorney, involving bribery of a witness in a civil suit. Cards in his billfold identified him as Jones.
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Waverly
Kansas City
Missouri River
Matt Jones
Frank Collins
Lafayette
Lambert Schlueter
George McKeam
Korea Armistice Talks Progress Amid Supervision Demands
Allied spokesmen push for international air and ground supervision of a cease fire and armistice in Korea with a supervising commission. Prisoner exchange favored man for man while demand for foreign troop withdrawal is resolved later. Negotiations continue as Ridgway warns of divergent views and ongoing fighting until all points are agreed and signed.
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Korea
United Nations
U.N
Red
Ridgway
William P. Nuckols
Brush Fire Started By Boy Controlled
A brush fire started by a 7 year old boy on a dare was brought under control between San Fernando and Sunland north of Los Angeles. Shifting winds eased the threat of evacuations for 645 residents in 225 homes and three rest homes in Kagel Canyon.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando
Sunland
Kagel Canyon
Acheson Warns of Major Communist Attack if Armistice Fails
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told Congress the United Nations forces in Korea are ready for a major Communist assault if armistice talks collapse. He defended the $8.5 billion foreign aid program as essential to sustained U.S. security, noting sacrifices and years of hard work ahead.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Congress
United Nations
Korea
Acheson
Kaesong
Eral Ridgway
United States
Gracious Vienna Dreams Of A World Long Gone
Vienna remains steeped in old world ritual amid Socialist reality. A butcher notes Kaiserschmarrn while the city clings to memories of Franz Joseph, Hapsburgs, and Imperial color schemes. The café society, delayed modernization, and the notion of Schkamperei define daily life in a dreamlike Vienna.
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Richard O'Regan
Vienna
London
Paris
Europe
Franz Joseph
Old City
Hitler
Austrian Republic
British Cabinet Delays Reply To Iranian Talks Offer
London July 26 AP The British cabinet met to discuss the Iranian oil nationalisation crisis but put off a decision on accepting Tehran’s offer to talks with a British government mission. Officials seek more information from Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd in Tehran.
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London
Francis Shepherd
Tehran
Quiet Front Masks North Korean Build Up At War's Front
On July 26 peace talks in Kaesong contrasted with ongoing combat as front-line officers noted persistent Communist buildup of troops and supplies. U S casualties reached 79 723 with 584 in the week, the third smallest weekly total of the war. About 1 200 trucks moved behind enemy lines, mostly southbound, while small scale probes and two company attacks occurred near Hwachon Reservoir. one assault aimed at Allied elements on a hill northeast of the reservoir produced bitter combat and undetermined results.
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Nam 1
Red
U.N
Kaesong
Korea
Korean Front
Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Hwachon Reservoir
East Central Front
Supposedly Slain Man Found Alive in Denver
A man once believed murdered in 1949 reappeared in a Denver barbershop and admitted his identity to police. Sam Jones, alias John Calvin Harper, told reporters he had not heard of the Easterwood trial. A jury had acquitted Easterwood of the murder and a $100 gift funded a new start. The case began March 11, 1949, when Jones vanished from a filling station. A decomposed body found in a Mississippi River swamp near Jefferson Parish was later identified by Jones’s wife Patricia as his.
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New Orleans
Denver
Colo
Sam Jones
John Calvin Harper
Louisiana
Jones
States
Donald Easterwood
Émurder
Fasterwood
Easterwood
Mississippi River
Jefferson Parish
Patricia
Fiefield Death At Holbrook Ruled Murder
Bert Fiefield a 36 year old Holbrook businessman was murdered by unknown persons, a coroner s jury ruled in Holbrook. His body was found Monday in his car on U S 66 about 12 miles east of town with a bullet wound to the left temple. Robbery is suspected as motive. his wallet and wristwatch were missing and authorities warn of large denomination bills. The jury included Albert Baca Stan Owens C T Youngblood Demetrio Pera A G Aldrich and R P Dyer with witnesses from Albuquerque and Phoenix.
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Holbrook
Bert Fiefield
Fiefield
U.S. 66
Here
al Doudy
Doudy
Albert Baca
Stan Owens
C. T. Youngblood
Demetrio Pera
A. G. Aldrich
R. P. Dyer
C. A. Gleason
Albuquerque
Bob Fiefield
Phoenix
Patagonia Enters Third Year Without Property Tax
Patagonia, July 26 AP reports the town has begun its third year of incorporation without levying a direct property tax. Funds for expenses are raised from its portion of the sales tax, according to Town Clerk Bob Lenon.
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Patagonia
Bob Lenon
Pima County Deliberates Retirement Plan Withdrawal
Arizona Attorney General Fred O. Wilson ruled that Pima County may withdraw from the state retirement system but urged caution. The earliest withdrawal date is June 30, 1952, after which the county could seek federal Social Security coverage, though vested rights in the state plan may block approval. Hospital employees may qualify for Social Security as governmental workers.
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Fred O. Wilson
Pima County
W. T. Holmes
Pima
Wilson
Federal Security Agency
David H. Palmer Jr
Yavapai
Palmer
Polio Victim’s Stomach Opening To Be Sealed
Emory MacPartland a 13 year old from Cactus is set for surgery to seal a gastrostomy opening in the abdominal wall. He had a prior tracheotomy and swallowing muscle paralysis since polio began in September at Memorial Hospital. Officials note 21 polio patients in care, the highest in chapter history, including 11 iron lung cases. Countywide polio cases total 57 this year, with 19 from Valley towns outside Phoenix.
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Emory MacPartland
Memorial Hospital
Emory
Maricopa County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Avondale
Chandler
Phoenix
Restaurateur’s Breakfast Egg Mimics Chain Reaction
In Guelph Ontario on July 26 AP reports restaurateur Joe Contini cracked an egg for breakfast. The yolk and white fell into the pan and a second smaller egg dropped in blistering a yolkless mishap.
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Guelph, Ont
Joe Contini
Brannan Urges Western Europe Farm Boost Plan
FRANKFURT Germany July 26 AP US Secretary of Agriculture Charles F Brannan said boosting farm potential in western Europe is as vital as military strength against the Soviet threat He emphasized that resistance hinges on food and noted his tour to inspect US aided farm projects.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Charles F. Brannan
Western
Europe
Brannan
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