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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1951
Page
15
A summary of the front page items and briefs from The Phoenix Gazette on Saturday June 30 1951. Highlights include local notices, society notes, and regional briefs typical of a midweek newspaper page.
Kimball County’s first oil well was brought in this week. The Western Nebraska Observer marked the event by placing a spot of oil from the well on the front page for readers to see.
A bridge problem set with six hands and partner responses. It discusses double takeout aims, when to pass, and whether to nontakeout bids like notrump or major bids. Strategy notes emphasize signaling strength, hearing partner bids, and avoiding premature forcing bids.
Bridge games today feature a 7 45 p m start at the Shepler Club and Encanto Clubhouse with players gathering for evening play. Local organizers invite members and guests to join in the scheduled events and friendly competition.
Grid style clues cover across and down entries from Garret to debt. Includes wordplay for 324 country SW Europe, various plants, animals, and objects. Answers span common nouns to proper terms, with indications for states of action, possession, and status.
Detroit AP reports Harry Sandlin, 24, drank a pint then ascended a 386 foot tower on the Detroit side of the Ambassador Bridge. Rescued by maintenance workers, he told police he intended to jump due to personal troubles and was placed in Detroit Receiving Hospital's mental ward.
Florence Chadwick, a 32 year old California typist, began preparations in Dover Harbor to swim the English Channel again. She previously set a women's record by crossing from France to England in 13 hours 23 minutes and plans a Dover to Calais crossing possibly on August 8, weather permitting.
The Gazette articles spur a proposed Phoenix civic orchestra. Coulter and Salt call a rehearsal for 7 p.m. Monday in the orchestra room next to the North Phoenix High School auditorium. Salt would be personnel manager with Coulter conducting. the group aims for light opera and semi classical works as a summer project, possibly a pops concert at Encanto Park, separate from the Phoenix Symphony.
Anthony Brancato, listed by the FBI as a top wanted gangster, is free on 10000 bail after surrendering in San Francisco. He is due back Tuesday to be questioned about a Las Vegas liquor store holdup and was linked to past narcotics violations and gangland slayings.
West Berlin sources report 14,000 Chinese coolies settled in Silesia to help Poles industrialize Kattowitz and Beuthen. The area, largely agricultural, was lost by Germany in 1945 and ceded to Poland by the Russians, with Western allies never deeming the cession permanent.
Tony Pastor and his orchestra are booked for a concert at Riverside Ballroom next Friday night. The veteran bandleader, who rose to fame with the Artie Shaw Orchestra and cut ties with Joe Venuti and Vincent Lopez, is a singer, songwriter, and prolific recording artist who has also appeared in films.
Washington reports that the spare tire will return to new cars by September 1. Representative Dempsey says National Production Authority officials assured lifting of the ban on equipping new cars with a fifth tire. He did not disclose his source but said the assurance came from top NPR officials.
John Wells a 50 year old socialite and insurance broker shot his estranged wife Julia 45 and friend James Walsh 64 during a dinner in midtown last night, then killed himself in a basement. Police say Wells fired five shots, fled, and then used a .32 revolver to end his life.
Mickey Cohen’s Brentwood home, valued at $100,000, was discounted to $47,500 under a sale offer while Cohen remains jailed awaiting sentencing after his tax evasion conviction. He denied the previous value before tax agents and grand juries, with the rambling house put up for sale after his conviction and reflection on July 9 bail status.
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