Arizona Lawmakers Debate After Supreme Court Ruling
Arizona legislators weigh action on the Public Employees Retirement Act after the state supreme court upheld part of its validity. Speaker Raymond Langham backs placing all state employees under federal Social Security, citing potential $8,000,000 cost and avoiding taxpayer pain.
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Arizona
Employes Retirement Act
Supreme ‘Court
Raymond G. Langham
Gila
House
Rules Committee
Langham
Supreme Court
Expressions That Don’t Match Reality In Weather And Sayings
A designer notes how common phrases clash with lived experience. He cites winter in Phoenix, California rain, and terms like Apple Pie order and taking candy from a baby. The musing weighs language versus factual conditions and jokes about mismatched imagery.
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Phoenix
California
Norway
Hell
Kidder
Arizona's Largest Car Dealer on Second Ave and West Van Buren
A prominent Arizona dealership sits at the intersection of Second Avenue and West Van Buren, claiming the state’s largest volume of car sales. The outlet emphasizes a wide inventory, competitive pricing, and fast service to attract buyers across Phoenix and nearby communities.
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Second Ave
West van Buren
Arizona
Young Robber Seeks Loot After Air Base Payroll Heist
North Texas and Oklahoma officers hunted a young gunman after he robbed payroll officer Captain Ray D. Harwood and Corporal John J. Hersch of $33,000 cash at an air base. The man, about 20 in army fatigues, fled west on Highway 287 in the captain’s 1950 auto, with a single sentry at the north gate unaware of the crime until gunfire erupted as Harwood jumped from the car.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Air Parva
U. S
Harwood
Hersch
Highway 287
Inquiry Starts After Skeleton Is Discovered
Two hikers found an adult woman skeleton in the Gila River bottom near Buckeye. Sheriff deputy Woodrow Kilman ordered tests to determine cause of death, with the remains believed to have lain in sand for up to two years.
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Buckeye
Gila River
Here
Woodrow Killman
Grand Jury Reaches Indictment on Bribes in Prostitution Case
The grand jury alleges that a man received 300 from Alice Miller for money earned by prostitutes in her houses and a further 300 bribe for refraining from arrest on December 15 1949. It also claims a February to May 1950 bribe of 500 in cash from Dolores Rains. Dolores Rains and Alice Miller were named witnesses at Wilson.
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Alice Miller
Dolores Rains
Wilson
Grand Ury
Armored Division to Reinforce Eisenhower Command
Washington reports strengthen the plan to add four divisions to Eisenhower in West Europe with the First Armored Division reactivated at Fort Hood Texas. This move brings the United States to twelve regular divisions including units in Korea and at home. Brigadier General Bruce G. Clarke of Adams New York to command the First Armored Division after leading the Second Constabulary Brigade in Munich since 1949.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Europe
Fort Hood
Tex
United States
11Th Airborne Division
Korea
Germany
111Th Airborne
Bruce G. Clarke
Adams, N. Y
Munich
Four Filipinos Held In Briton's Murder
Manila police held four unidentified Filipinos for questioning in the murder of Francis M. Gispert a 50 year old British shipping executive. Gispert was shot in the breast with a .45 caliber pistol on the stairway to his office in the port terminal building.
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Manila
P. IL
Francis M. Gispert
Port Terminal
Unlawful to alter animal teeth to deceive buyers in Arkansas
Arkansas law prohibits altering the teeth of a mule or horse with intent to mislead a purchaser. The statute targets deceptive practices in animal sales.
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Arkansas
Tempe grade schools close due to illness outbreak
Tempe Grammar and Eighth Street schools shut for the rest of the week after attendance fell to 200 absences on Wednesday. Superintendent H M McKenny said nearly 1,300 pupils are enrolled, with most absences in lower grades, and classes may resume Monday if attendance improves. Europe, Payne Training, Rural, Guadalupe, Mount Carmel Parochial, and Tempe High notes follow.
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Tempe
Dwight Cool
Guadalupe
Louise Lynd
Air Force tests radio controlled lifeboat from plane
Dayton reports a 30 foot all metal lifeboat capable of guiding itself to survivors from an aircraft. The A-3 lifeboat carries 15 men, is lowered by parachute, released by radio from the plane, and steered to a set course before rescuers board. Installation expected by early 1932 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Equipment Laboratory
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Gracie Fields Plans To Live On Capri
English actress Gracie Fields plans to sell her Santa Monica home and move to Capri after 23 years at a small place there. She will make a few concert appearances en route to Europe via Canada.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Gracie Fields
Island of
Capri
Europe
Canada
Playschool Opens At Wingfoot Gardens In Chandler
Chandler March 1 Wingfoot Gardens owner Joe Dunlop announces a new children's play school open to Chandler and Williams Air Force Base residents. Supervising 42 mothers, the fenced acre offers playground equipment and facilities from 7 am to 6 pm for preschool and grade students. The third annual Easter egg hunt is set for March 25 at the high school football field, sponsored by Chandler Junior Chamber of Commerce members and the Jaycills wives of members.
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Chandler
Joe Dunlop
Wingfoot Gardens
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jay Jills
Sub Rescues 12 Fliers Off San Diego Coast
The submarine USS Sterlet rescued 12 naval fliers whose PBY patrol bomber crash landed at sea about 30 miles off San Diego last night.
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San Diego
Calif
Sterlet
Hungary aims to finish five-year plan ahead of schedule
Hungary’s deputy premier Erno Gereo told the second party congress that industry may hit its five-year target by mid 1953 and agriculture by 1954 if farmers raise productivity. He urged doubling labor output and halting worker emigration, while signaling further nationalization of wholesale and remaining private retail firms.
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Budapest
Hungary
Erno Gero
Gero
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