Bus Forces Off Highway West Of Avondale Crash
A Phoenix bound American Bus Lines vehicle veered off two miles west of Avondale at 5 45 am and plunged onto a desert embankment injuring sixteen people including the driver Lawrence Smith 35 of Phoenix and three others identified as Wood Schultz Reisgo Weierbach Bass and Childers among 15 passengers. The driver said a westbound car forced him off the road and the bus did not overturn. The injured were taken to Humanity Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Auto
American Lines
Avondale
Kenneth Arline
Humanity Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Smith
South 13Th Street
American Bus Lines
Elwood James
Ee Wood
East Appeheoenix
Lionel
Central Avenue
Hoenix
George Schultz
Altona Park
Phoenix
Frank Reisgo
Tucson
Paul H. Weierbach
Allentown
William Bass
Santa Barbara
Calif
Jacquelyn Childers
Imperial
Claude Childers, Jr
Acosta
W. D. Willey
Smith
el Centro
Branham
Communists Lose 11 600 In Day s Fight
The Eighth Army advanced up to 20 miles on a 70 mile front in Korea as Red forces reel from a record 11 600 casualties in the first 24 hours of the assault. U N divisions punched into four fronts and air forces reported hundreds of enemy dead and wounded.
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Tokyo
Eighth
Korea
U. N
U. S
U.N
Han River
Seoul
Uv. S&s 2Th
Dragon Door
Yongpyang
Uv. S
Yongdu
Hoengsong
U. S. First Marine Division
Hongchon
Six U S Fliers Saved At Sea Eight Sought
Rome March 8—A Privateer crashed in a heavy rainstorm off Anzio Beach. Fourteen aboard. rescuers reported two survivors found by Italian destroyer and planes. Search continued for a second raft with eight Americans. The plane left Trieste en route to Rome, radioed engine trouble before disappearing.
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Rome
Italy
Anzio Beach
Tyrrhenian Sea
U. S. Navy
Trieste
Ciampino
Senator Virgil Chapman Dies After Auto Collision
Senator Virgil Chapman of Kentucky died hours after a car truck crash left him injured. Chapman, 55, had been elected to the Senate in 1948 following 11 terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
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Virgil Chapman
Chapman
Senate
House of Representatives
Spies Charged With Feeding Sketches Of Atomic Bomb
In New York the government prosecutor describes a conspiracy to supply Russia with sketches of the atomic bomb. Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg, and Morton Sobell face possible death if convicted of spying for the Soviets during World War II. U.S. Attorney Irving H. Saypol opened the case in federal court.
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New York
Russia
United States
Irving H. Saypol
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton Sobell
Federal Court
Saypol
Fall Guy Role Offered Says RFC Director
Walter L Dunham an RFC director said a fellow board member urged him to resign and become the fall guy in a senate probe of political influence. Fulbright heads the banking subcommittee with Rowe named as proposing memoranda to accompany a resignation. Capehart calls it a bid to force another director out. Saypol ties Rosenbergs to espionage cases and references atomic energy thefts and the atomic bomb as pivotal to national survival.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Walter L. Dunham
Senate
RFC
J. William Fulbright
D., Ark
Dunham
Edward Rowe
Fulbright
Senate Banking
E. Capehart
Ind
Florida
Rowe
Capehart
Saypol
Rosenbergs
Sobell
Greek High Command Shake-Up Retires Ten Generals
In Athens on March 8 AP reports a major reorganization of Greece's high command. Ten top generals were placed on the retirement list and six major generals were retired, marking a sweeping personnel change.
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Athens
Greece
Greek High Command
DDT Wipes Out Flea Circuses in Australia
Melbourne March 8 Maj J A Wilson secretary of the Victorian Showman's Guild said DDT is wiping out the world’s flea circuses. Fleamen once caught performers in movie theaters but most venues are now sprayed with DDT and the haul is meager.
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Melbourne
Australia
J. A. Wilson
Victorian Showman’s Guild
Ride's Over Says General To Fort Benning Troops
Fort Benning Ga March 8 AP Major General John H Church fresh from Korea said American doughboys will return to foot slogging and lose their wheels. As new infantry training center commandant he stressed self sufficiency and the need for realistic night training.
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Fort Benning
John H. Church
Korea
24Th Division
Church
TVE
Army General Church drills 24th Division on mountain warfare
General James A. Church took over the 24th Infantry Division after Maj. Gen. William F. Dean vanished at Taejon last July. He described troops exhausted by occupation duty in Japan facing adaptable North Korean forces along Heartbreak Highway from Seoul to the Naktong River line. He stressed using vehicles creatively, teaching soldiers to think under fire, and targeting likely positions at night to counter elusive enemies.
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Seoul
Taejon
Naktong River
Pusan
Church
24Th
William F. Dean
Japan
House Approves U S Worker Benefit Plan
The Arizona House of Representatives approved placing all state, county, municipal, and school district employees under the federal Social Security program. The House acted without dissent in the Committee of the Whole, signaling potential repeal of the Arizona Public Employer's Retirement Plan. A referendum on repeal was also advanced, while a surprising two thirds moved to repeal the Basic Science Law though final action was deferred. Salaries of eight dollars per day for legislators were noted as the session neared adjournment.
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Arizona House of Representatives
House Committee of the Whole
Arizona
House
Committee of the Whole
Marvin Burton
Pima
Burton
Senate Groups Seek Troops Compromise
The Senate Foreign Relations committees sought a compromise on U S troop deployment to Europe to reassure Atlantic Pact nations while defending committee control over armed forces. Leaders warned sharp division could hurt European morale as debates continued on the draft age and universal military training bill.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committees
Europe
Joint Committee
House
Senate
Noted Figures Comment On Current Events
The International News Service reports Defense Secretary Marshall calling 4 million a minimum strength for the armed services. John Garfield testifies on communism before HUAC, saying he hates communism and fears its tyranny. Senator Capehart suggests Dunham was used, not coerced. Jersey Joe Walcott concedes defeat to Ezzard Charles, insisting he did win the fight in spirit.
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International News Service
Washington
Defense
Marshall
Senate
Detroit
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Vandenberg Improves After Restful Night in Grand Rapids
Vandenberg Michigan senator after two restful nights showed a good day per a medical report. The update from Grand Rapids notes improving condition following illness.
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Vandenberg
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sen. Vandenberg
Sherman Cancels Athens Visit Heads Home
Rome dispatch reports Forrest Sherman chief of United States naval operations canceled his planned Athens trip due to bad weather and departed for the United States.
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Sherman
Rome
Forrest Sherman
United States Naval Operations
Athens
United States
Phoenix Firm Invests In Safford Bond Issue
Kenneth A. Ellis Company brokers in Phoenix returned from Safford with $800,000 in Town of Safford improvement bonds. Proceeds fund water and gas supply expansion under Graham County, with 2.855 percent average interest, dated July 1 1952 to 1980, overseen by Manager Guy Rhoades.
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Phoenix
Safford
Kenneth A. Ellis
Gila Valley Center
Ellis Company
John Muveen and Company of
Chicago
Equitable Security Corporation of
Nashville
Guy Rhoades
New Zealand Troops Ordered to Load Food for Britain
Prime Minister Sidney Helland ordered troops in Wellington to load meat and cheese onto strike-bound ships in three ports to prevent Britain from going hungrier. Dock workers have been on strike 17 days demanding higher wages.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Sidney Helland
Britain
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Waegwan
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Pupyong
Yangyang
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