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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1951
Page
4
Newspapers across India will suspend publication on July 12 in protest of a constitutional amendment seen as a threat to freedom of speech and expression. The All-India Newspaper Conference urged editors to condemn the measure and publish the slogan freedom of expression is our birthright. It also called for voters to seek pledges from candidates to repeal the amendment.
Funeral services are planned for Howard S. Black, 40, KOY staff announcer killed in a head-on collision ten miles west of Waynesville Missouri. Services will be at 2 pm Thursday in Demotte Indiana with interment there. Codd Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Manuel Munguia, 45, serving a 10 day drunk charge, was reported to have a ruptured appendix. He disappeared after being prepared for surgery and was recaptured the next night. He refused the operation and is to return to the jail farm.
Acheson warned Russia that North Atlantic powers have built an armed force in Europe strong enough to retaliate if Western Europe is attacked. He said Soviets exaggerate Western alliance aggression and noted the alliance may not seek to invade the Soviet Union. He backed an Anglo Iranian oil settlement and Iran’s independence alongside British economic interests, pledging U S support for Iran’s stability and resistance to Communist subversion.
In 1950 Americans consumed 169,545,152 gallons of distilled spirits, averaging 1.14 gallons per person.
Lawmakers convene in a special session as the plan boosts the 1951-52 budget to over 40 million with about 12 million state aid to schools and 28 million from general and other funds. Proposals include shifting prison funds, forming an Arizona development commission, and allocating tens of thousands to various state agencies and offices.
Hill notes strikes by Los Angeles CTU locals and Hudson Motor Car Company workers in Detroit voting 3 to 1 for action over schedules. Over 10,000 CIO UAW members could be affected. In New York the independent International Fur and Leather Workers Union plans picketing against 650 fur and leather firms seeking a 10 percent wage increase and a 37 hour week for skin processors.
George P. Sellers Sr., former Arizona legislator from Pinal County, died of a heart attack at his home in Phoenix. He had lived in Casa Grande before moving here in 1933 and was a realtor with Sellers Realtors. Funeral services at Covenant Presbyterian Church with Masonic rites, burial at Memory Lawn Memorial Park, survivors include his wife six children and several siblings.
A mix of statements on a Korea cease fire notes rapid settlement possible but warns of counterattacks. Malik and Entezam discuss peace plans while the U N and U S debate arms lines and parallel positioning. Rumors say China endorses Malik, while ridgway headquarters question Russian aims amid a tense stalemate.
Ignacy Kuczborski 72 native of Poland and Phoenix resident for three years died Saturday at his home 4628 N 10th St He came to the United States 59 years ago worked as a wicker weaver for 55 years before retiring in 1944 Survived by wife Anna Phoenix one daughter Angeline Wesolowski Downers Grove Ill two sons Kasmier Chicago and Edward North Hollywood Body taken to Chicago for services and burial.
In Palmdale California the burned wreckage of a plane and four bodies were found in the mountains five miles southwest of town. The victims believed to be Edwin S. Coe and wife of Pacoima and Jerry F. Taylor and wife of Van Nuys, missing since April 6 after leaving Pacoima airport for Las Vegas and Prescott.
The average U S potato yield climbed from 110 bushels per acre between 1919 and 1938 to 238 bushels per acre by 1950, reflecting substantial productivity gains across the mid century.
Lt. James Rankin of Tiffin Ohio is in fair condition at Springerville Hospital after a one car accident five miles north of Springerville. Troopers say the crash occurred Sunday when Rankin apparently fell asleep at the wheel, he was thrown from the vehicle and suffered six scalp lacerations and a concussion.
Funeral services for Kirk Nuttall, 45, Cochise County cattleman, were held in Willcox after he died at his Dragoon ranch Saturday. He belonged to Cochise County Cattle Growers and Southwest Pioneer Cowboy associations and formerly served as a Southern Pacific signalman.
Amos Taub, a 31 year old professor of journalism and advertising at the University of Arizona, died in a Brooklyn hospital after returning home for treatment. He had been with the university about five years.
James Wesley Sutton 65 a real estate salesman and Phoenician since 1936 died yesterday at his home 1914 W Maricopa He was born Aug 19 1885 in Salem Ark and came to Phoenix 15 years ago from Fort Smith Ark He is survived by his wife Katherine two daughters Mrs Charles Hongara Phoeniz and Mrs T K Canterbury Mississippi three sons Jesse Phoenix Ray and Marel both of Arkansas 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 10 am Thursday in Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.
The American population grew 14 percent between 1941 and 1950 while per person domestic food consumption increased 3 percent in 1950 compared with 1941.
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