Collazo Jury Hears Targeted Statements On Truman Attempt
Secret Service agent Ellis testified before the federal jury that Oscar Collazo admitted planning to kill President Truman for political reasons during the Blair House attack. Collazo claimed his aim was a demonstration rather than assassination as he sought Puerto Rican independence.
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Washington
Secret Service
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Joseph J. Ellis, Jr
Collazo
Blair House
Ellis
White House
Grizelio Torresola
Gertrude Buxbaum
Puerto Rico
Alleged Bookie Arrested Here Near Buckeye Road
Sheriff deputies arrested Jack Rose age 36 of Paterson New Jersey on a warrant charging he conducted horse race bookmaking in New Jersey. The warrant was issued at Paterson and Rose was taken into custody at a motor court on Buckeye Road. He waived extradition and remains in the county jail.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Jack Rose
Paterson
N. J
New Jersey
Ay C. Boies
Rose
Buckeye Road
Boies
New Labor Demand Snags WSB Plans
Washington March 2 AP Rebuilding the Wage Stabilization Board faced a key hurdle as unions demand the board handle labor disputes as well as wage controls. Eric Johnston moved to create a new industry labor public board while labor leaders resign in protest. Johnston relaxed the 10 percent wage ceiling for cost of living gains to June 30 if escalator contracts were signed before Jan 25, aiming to avert unrest in the auto sector. He also set up a three member board to decide if packinghouse workers should receive a 9 cent hourly increase amid a substandard pay base.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Economic Stabilization
Eric Johnston
Charles E. Wilson
Johnston
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor Packinghouse
Auto Crashes After Driver's Heart Fails
A retired New York City policeman, Louis Hrbek, 59, died when his car crashed into a utility pole on Jordan School Road near Mesa. Investigators believe a heart attack caused the loss of control. his wife, Mrs. Hrbek, 54, suffered injuries but survived. The couple were visitors in the valley.
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Mesa
New York City
Jordan School Road
Here
Louis Hrbek
Mesa Southside District Hospital
Hrbek
Bus Crash In Japan Injures 64 Children
A school bus carrying 95 Japanese children overturned after striking a roadside pole in Kokura. The crash left 64 children injured, one of them seriously, as rescue workers rushed to assist at the scene.
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Kokura
Japan
Peoria High School Career Day Draws 40 Speakers
Peoria High School students enjoyed an early dismissal as they participated in Career Day with 40 guest speakers from diverse professions. Superintendent O K Wolfenbarger called the annual event highly popular, with girls exploring home economics and teaching while boys showed interest in mining forestry agriculture and radio broadcasting.
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Peoria
Peoria High School
O. K. Wolfenbarger
Peoria Public Schools
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Legislators Plan Saturday Session
The legislature will meet tomorrow with the Senate set for a lengthy third reading calendar and the House to discuss the public employees retirement issue. Bills include repealing the retirement law and placing state workers under the federal Social Security plan, with retirement plan officials invited to participate.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Legislature Passes Liquor Moratorium Bill for Governor
The legislature approved a one year moratorium on issuing retail liquor licenses and sent the measure to Gov. Howard Pyle for signature or veto. A companion bill to bar transferring a liquor license within a year after a prior rejection was also sent to the governor. The House completed final action, following Senate passage last week, along with six additional bills.
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Howard Pyle
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Fire Claims Two Children In Tacoma Apartment
Two young children died from asphyxiation in a March 2 Tacoma fire that swept a three story frame building. Nine others escaped uninjured as crews fought the blaze.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pyle Enters Oil Leasing Controversy
Governor Howard Pyle enters oil and gas lease and conservation law dispute as Texas oilman Harry Hines studies proposed measures in the legislature. Senate committee warns current leases lack protection and rates, urging study and no action until next January session, triggering conflict between House and Senate leaders.
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Howard Pyle
Harry Hines
Texas
Phoenix
Senate
Warner Mattice
Hines
House
Arizona
Parole Board Reforms Move to Public Vote
The house adopted a government reorganization bill proposing a voter referendum to repeal the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles law. The existing three member board would be replaced by a governor appointed board led by a citizen chairman, altering oversight of parole decisions.
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Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
House
Public Instruction
Cokes For The House Sparks Battle Over Oil Segregation Bills
In Arizona, Rep. Lee Ackerman proposed deferring liquor license bills until the Senate acts on oil and gas and school segregation. The motion drew only one supporting vote. Rep. Robert Wallace joked Ackerman should buy 72 Cokes, and the liquor measures passed while the Senate shelved the oil and segregation proposals.
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Arizona House
Senate
Lee Ackerman
Maricopa
House
Robert Wallace
Alhambra and Valley Schools Close Amid Epidemics
Influenza and childhood diseases drive widespread absences in Alhambra District and across Phoenix area schools. Measles, chicken pox, influenza, and whooping cough surge, with about 30 percent of 1100 Alhambra students out. Other districts report 10 to 25 percent absences due to illness and weather.
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Alhambra
R. E. Simpson
Simpson
Westwood
Phoenix
Roosevelt
Creighton
Washington
Osborn
BALSZ
Isaac
Scottsdale
Tempe
Arlington
Hart to Report on State Hospital Controversy
Dr Bruce Hart superintendent of the Arizona State Hospital for Insane will report to the Hospital Board of Control March 10 on charges filed against the institution by former staff doctor Victor H Simecek. The board sought the report after Simecek accused the hospital director of nursing of countermanding medical orders and said the hospital had become a penal institution rather than a place for treatment. The board meets in the Administration Building on the hospital grounds at 10 a.m.
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Bruce Hart
Arizona State Hospital For Insane
Hospital Board of Control
Victor H. Simecek
Hart
Simecek
Missing Vista rancher on Yuma flight to Oceanside
Los Angeles March 2 AP reports George Tassell of Vista California is missing after his single engine private plane departed Yuma Arizona at 834 am yesterday and was due in Oceanside California two hours later An air search has begun by March Air Force Base.
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Los Angeles
Vista
Calif
George Tassell
Yuma
Ariz
Oceanside
Civil Aeronautics Administration
March Air Force Base
Chest Board To Be Picked
The public is invited to attend the annual meeting at 4 30 p m Wednesday of the Phoenix Community Chest directors in the Community Service Building 702 East Adams Street for election of new board members who in turn are to choose officers for the coming year Present officers are R H Payne president Ben Projan vice president and Earle Barrows treasurer The position of secretary vacated recently by the resignation of Mrs John S McCall also will be filled.
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Phoenix Community Chest
Community Service
East Adams Street
R. H. Payne
Ben Projan
Earle Barrows
John S. McCall
Red Cross Reaches Eight Percent In First Day Drive
Maricopa County Chapter reports 8 percent of its 1951 goal, $19,920 of $248,978, after a single day. About 5,000 employees from 33 local firms contributed in a 100 percent participation. Mrs Ed Ryan and Mrs Guy Stillman lead Sunday's house-to-house solicitation.
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Maricopa County
The
American Red Cross
John T. Kimball
Ed Ryan
Guy Stillman
Suit for Fire Company Aid Continued in Maricopa
The South Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company case to compel Maricopa County to pay support funds was continued with a condition the county pay 10 000 immediately. Judge Rent L Jennings of Maricopa County Superior Court ordered continuation after a brief hearing. Fire officials sought 10 000 until a correct figure for district receipts under an Arizona Supreme Court ruling could be determined. The suit requests payment equal to 1.2 percent of the value of all motor vehicles registered in the fire district. Hearing set for May 2.
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South
City Invests Idle City Funds in 90 Day Treasuries
City auditor G W Carlile announced $527000 held in trust and bond retirement accounts will be invested in U S Treasury notes. The notes mature in 90 days earning about 1 percent, generating roughly $1800 to meet interest on general obligation bonds. Previously the funds were restricted by law to designated uses.
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Phoenix
G. W. Carlile
Carlile
United States Treasury
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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Claude Sharp
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Pima
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