Ahkeah Leads Navajo Vote For Chairman
Incumbent Sam Ahkeah held a strong early lead for chairman of the Navajo Indian Tribe with 74 precincts reported. With 65 precincts in, Ahkeah had 5,472 votes while Scott Preston had 4,281 and James Becenti 2,955. Absentee ballots from Barstow Phoenix and Salt Lake City, totaling about 2,000, were expected to decide the final result after the two day election. Party turnout reached about 75 percent as voters used new photo ballots.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Sam Ahkeah
Ahkeah
Scott Preston
James Becenti
Barstow
Calif
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lawmakers To Visit Arizona Easter Services At Grand Canyon
Rep. John Murdock says members of the House Interior Affairs committees will attend Easter sunrise services at Grand Canyon National Park led by Governor Howard Pyle. Indian affairs members will go to Window Rock March 24 while public lands members tour proposed preservation work in national forests and parks and urged to visit Phoenix area if the Central Arizona Project passes.
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Washington
John Murdock
Ariz
House Committee On Interior Affairs
Grand Canyon National Park
Canyon
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Murdock
Interior Affairs
Indian Affairs
Public Lands
Window Rock
Avajo Reservation
Phoenix
Central Arizona
Mishap Said To False Nose Mishap Said To False Nose
PORTERVILLE Calif March 7 AP A man with an artificial nose was critically injured last night after failing to smell gas in his bedroom. Ex Roberts 49 a floor tiller suffered third degree burns while lighting a cigarette after stripping and entering the room. Doctors doubt he will survive. Roberts lost his sense of smell when his nose was amputated after a car crash years ago.
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Porterville
Calif
Jack Allison
Ex Roberts
Roberts
Coloradan Succumbs in Mesa After Brief Illness
Albert C. Chandler, 65, a Fort Collins Colorado resident and winter visitor at the Casa Loma Hotel, died yesterday at Southside District Hospital in Mesa after a brief illness. He was a retired cattleman.
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Tempe
Albert C
Casa Loma
Southside District Hospital
Mesa
Fort Collins
Colo
Chandler
Oklahomans Press Hunt For Escapees
In Pryor Oklahoma overnight a search continued for two Texans Chester Lee and Norman Davenport who escaped from Mayes County jail after over powering a jailer and fleeing in his car. Bloodhounds traced a trail to nearby caves as officers and farmers joined a large posse. The Davenport brothers from Wichita Falls were jailed on armed robbery charges tied to the February 13 abduction of Highway Patrolman Loyd Francisco who was released unharmed after a six hour gunpoint ride.
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Pryor
Okla
Hill Country
Here
Mayes County
Chester Lee
Norman Davenport
Spring Creek
Wichita Falls
Loyd Francisco
Ross Wedding To Roosevelt Anticipated
Los Angeles reports plans for Minnewa Bell Ross a socialite and Elliott Roosevelt son of the late President to marry in Florida this week. The ceremony is expected at Mrs Ross Miami Beach home after a final divorce decree from Dr Rex Louis Ross Jr. is obtained. Roosevelt and Mrs Ross have been linked for months and have both been married three times.
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Los Angeles
Minnewa Bell Ross
Elliott Roosevelt
Florida
Los Angeles Examiner Today
Roosevelt
Mrs. Ross
Faye Emerson
Ruth Googins
Elizabeth Donner
Miles Gray
William H. Burnside
Dr. Ross
ASC Students Pledge Blood Drive in Korea Support
Arizona State College Tempe students pledged blood for United Nations troops in Korea. Registration began Monday and continued today with a goal of 800 pints before evening. A Salt River Valley Blood Bank mobile unit will collect on campus March 12 to 15.
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Tempe
Arizona State College
United Nations
Korea
Salt River Valley Blood Bank
Institute To Hold Summer Session For Foreign Trade
The American Institute for Foreign Trade will run a first summer session with courses limited to Spanish and Portuguese. Dates to be announced. AIFT and University of Houston admins have an agreement allowing Houston students pursuing foreign trade degrees to complete part of their requirements at AIFT with Houston credits applyable toward elective work.
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Glendale
American Institute For Foreign Trade
William L. Schurz
AIFT
University of Houston
Tex
Houston
Here
Eugene H. Hughes
Texas School
Canada Seeks 12 000 Men As Volunteers
Ottawa reports Canada plans to field army brigades of about 6 000 men each in Korea and Europe this year entirely by voluntary enlistment. The goal is 115 000 in the armed forces by 1954, including women, with 66 000 now serving.
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Ottawa
Canada
Korea
Europe
Dominion
Quebec
United States
Britain
U. N
Douglas Rodeo Dates Announced For April 7 and 8
The Douglas Rodeo Association sets the annual event for April 7 and 8 after reaching an agreement with Prescott contractors Beloat and Lambert. They will supply a clown and other attractions for the show.
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Douglas
Douglas Rodeo Association
Beloat and Lambert
Prescott
Gas Concern Seeks Permit to Sell Stock in Arizona
Southern Union Gas Company of Dallas asks the Arizona Corporation Commission for authority to issue 2.4 million dollars in common stock and up to 50 thousand shares of preferred stock at par 100 dollars. Proceeds would fund gas distribution systems in Flagstaff Winslow Holbrook Prescott Williams Seligman and Kingman and retire debts while a 2.4 million dollar bank loan is arranged.
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Southern Union Gas Company of
Dallas
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona
Southern Union
Flagstaff
Winslow
Holbrook
Prescott
Williams
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Labor Dispute Not Brightening Says Wilson
Defense Mobilizer Charles E Wilson said the labor's dispute with the government over the mobilization program does not look brighter. He spoke as he arrived at the Capitol to confer with Senator Humphrey about labor leaders walking out from the program. The ULPC demanded a new labor board, wage policy changes, and other terms for further participation. Wilson said he and President Truman lack a clear understanding of labor's demands and emphasized maintaining mobilization and production for peace.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Capitol
Humphrey
Minn
United Labor Policy Committee
ULPC
Truman
Key West
Fla
Thomas Griffith Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Thomas W. Griffith 38 an accountant with Del Webb Construction died Monday in Denver will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow from the First Baptist Church Tempe Rev John V Speering will officiate Burial will be in Double Butte Cemetery Griffith had lived in Tempe and Phoenix 26 years with the Denver firm the past two years His wife and two young children survive.
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Tempe
Thomas W. Griffith
del Webb Construction Company
Denver
Colo
First Baptist Church
John V. Speering
Double Butte
Griffith
Phoenix
Yumans Elect Smith President of Water Users Assn
Yuma March 7 John C Smith Jr is the new president of the Yuma County Water Users Association Smith succeeds Marcel Forman Homer Kryer is elected vice president The vote results announce leadership changes in the local water users organization.
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Yuma
John C. Smith, Jr
Yuma County
Enraged Dad Strikes Daughter in Kitchen Outburst
A three year old girl suffered a broken nose when her father attacked her in a burst of anger after his wife asked him to mop spilled water. Deputies took the child to Humanity Memorial Hospital for treatment and then placed the father in County Detention Home.
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Sheriff's Deputies
C. H. Totten
Totten
Humanity Memorial Hospital
Regent Rangsit of Jainat Dies in Siam
Regent Prince Rangsit of Jainat died of a heart attack in Bangkok Siam on March 7. The government ordered all flags flown at half staff as an official tribute.
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Bangkok
Siam
Prince Rangsit of
Jainat
Frat Pledges Repair Homes For Inititation Twist
Alpha Tau Omega at Cornell asks pledges to fix two needy families homes in Ithaca New York as a constructive initiation. Chapter president James Ackerman said the move shifts away from pranks. Ithaca Welfare Department supplied family names and the fraternity provided 50 dollars for materials. The project will finish this weekend.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Alpha Tau Omega
Cornell University
James Ackerman
Ithaca Welfare Department
Chamber Urges Senate Backing of Trade Act
The Chamber of Commerce urged senators to approve extending the reciprocal trade agreements program for three years. It warned rejection would trigger economic and political isolationism while stressing the act lowers tariffs and promotes free-world ties. Morris S. Rosenthal presented the position to the Senate Finance Committee, noting personal opposition to amendments restricting trade with Russia and certain agricultural products.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
Morris S. Rosenthal
Stein, Hall and Company, Incorporated
New York City
Rosenthal
House
Russia
Baby Bought By Traveler
In Tucson the case of Mrs. Victorio Ybarra Nina from Bryan Texas involved buying a baby in Agua Prieta Mexico and its death. She admitted the infant was not hers and paid 35 pesos for the baby and 15 pesos for a birth certificate, receiving a $30 fine or 15 days.
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Tucson
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Justice Court
Nina
Douglas
Illinois Outing Planned Saturday
Nearly 1,000 Illinois residents and former residents are expected for the Illinois Arizona reunion and barbecue at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sunset Trail Ranch, 11 miles east of Mesa on the Apache Trail. John Eversole of Phoenix is president of the Illinois Arizona Association. The program includes prize awards entertainment and an old time barn dance with Owen Porter’s orchestra. Reservations available through Sunset Trail Ranch or the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce by Thursday night.
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Mesa
Illinois
Sunset Trail Ranch
Apache Trail
John Eversole
Phoenix
Owen Porter
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
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Victorio Ybarra Nina
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