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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1951
Page
2
The murder manslaughter case against Pittsburgh Steeler star Jerry Nuzum opens in Las Cruces District Court. Prosecutors may argue Coogler died after being struck by Nuzum’s car and a struggle occurred in Las Cruces before her disappearance.
In Riverbank California an estranged husband who begged gun shells from friends went on a shooting spree today killing his wife and her sister in law and then turning the weapon on himself. Victims were Ernest Gordon 45 his wife Norman and Opal Moore both around 40.
Jack Benny and Errol Flynn head a seven member USO troupe bound for a five week tour of the Korean area. The group sails from the United States, stops at Travis Air Force Base Honolulu and Tokyo before reaching Korea. Benny Venuta and Marjorie Reynolds are also part of the delegation.
The writer riffs on tiny midget watermelons priced at thirty three cents per mini fruit. He notes their diminutive size even for solo eaters, laments the grocery gimmick, and jokes about mass selection producing ever-smaller melons. He wryly suggests going to golf-ball sized fruit to peel and eat like grapes.
A set of measures to Arizona Senate requests a constitutional convention and funding for a state laboratory expansion, retirement act activation, and Arizona Youth Authority support. Sponsors include Sen. Harold Giss and colleagues Tom Collins Sam Head and John Pintek, with Sullivan and Hunt leading related grants. Plans would fund lab construction and equipment and provide 805000 for retirement act activation while Youth Authority would receive 75000 for juvenile psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation programs.
The AFL National Farm Labor Union suspended picketing in the Imperial Valley until fall though the strike remains active. Western director Hank Hasiwar says the union still demands removal of Mexican nationals brought to work in the fields under a U.S.-Mexico agreement, labeling them strike-breakers. The strike began May 24 as harvest nears completion and workers seek $1 an hour. temperatures in July and August may reach 120 degrees with planting starting in September.
State registrar R. S. Spoon said groundless reports of license cancellations under an amended contractors license law are unfounded. Legislators questioned him after confusion over industrial insurance rules for contractors who employ workers versus those who work alone or in a small partnership. He stated the office will issue or renew licenses to self employed contractors and partnerships without employees and noted no cancellations for failure to obtain workmen's compensation.
The legislature ended with shifts in funds including a $1.5 million appropriation intended to curb future tax rates as a reserve, a $1,200 allocation for a fish and game department survey, and a $500,000 line for a state hospital construction program. Debate centered on the fund’s purpose and source, with minor changes to the governor’s aims and the overall budget rising to about two million above March figures.
Washington June 26 The air force announced the voluntary retirement of Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead air defense commander at Ent Air Force Base Colorado Whitehead requested retirement after 35 years of service A veteran of both world wars he commanded the Fifth Air Force in the Pacific in 1944 1945 and was Pacific air commander and first commander of the Far East Air Forces.
General Whitehead commanded Luke Air Force Base near Glendale when it opened in 1941 and served about two years before a foreign assignment. The note highlights his role in the base’s early history and subsequent posting.
At Accar in North Lebanon about 1,000 armed men clashed in a political battle. Three people were killed and one seriously wounded before gendarmes restored order, as reported by Annahar.
Tulsa detectives search a neighborhood door to door for clues in the slaying of an expectant mother, Mrs Dorothy Waldrip. Police suspect a sex maniac linked to four prior unsolved crimes in ten years and question a dozen locals as seven police cars patrol the area. A scarf-like cloth was used to garrote the victim, found on a hillside by three berry-picking children.
Cease-Fire London reports U.N forces fortifying along the 38th Parallel and ready to shift to them if a truce is reached. An Allied official in Washington notes 16 nations seek firm alignment to act quickly on Malik’s meanings. China endorses Malik but calls for settlement on prior demands. GIs mock the Russian plan as soldiers doubt armistice terms, while Ridgway’s HQ warns a counterattack risks breaching any cease-fire.
Forest officials in Albuquerque announce a regional fire hazard proclamation by C Otto Lindh and C J Lillevig. All forest lands in Arizona and New Mexico are closed to smoking except on paved highways and inhabited places. Campfires allowed only in designated areas or with a permit, during extreme dry conditions.
Senate Democrats agreed to stay in continuous session through early fall to push a four point program including passage of a defense production control act, final approval of all appropriations bills, enactment of the foreign aid bill totaling 8.5 billion dollars, and a large tax bill. House Republicans indicated a new controls law could not be enacted by Saturday, favoring a 30 day continuation of current law.
Representative Hillings defends California Republicans against charges they focus on foreign policy at the expense of state interests. He notes California’s Senate opposition to the 788 million Central Arizona Reclamation Project is stronger this year with a 50 to 28 vote, contrasts with last year’s 55 to 28, and accuses Truman era Democrats of pressuring the bill. He says the fight for California water rights on the Colorado River is nonpartisan and that Republicans have prevented enactment of a bill harming California’s water supply.
Ernesto Molina, 36, of El Mirage, was charged in West Phoenix Precinct Justice Court with morals offenses involving a 13 year old girl. He was committed to jail.
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