Social Security Responsibility Plan Clears Arizona House
The Arizona House passed a bill by 39 to 27 to add a relatives responsibility clause to the state Social Security law. Adult children earning 251 or more monthly would contribute at least 15 toward care for parents receiving old age assistance, with the measure sent to the Senate for consideration.
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Bill Turnbow
Arizona
House of Representatives
Howard Pyle
Senate
Supreme Court
U S Likely To Lease Y Building
The federal government considers leasing and possibly purchasing the Y building at Second Ave and Monroe St for federal offices. Sen. Carl Hayden backs a bill to allow takeover, with action expected after a GSA briefing. The downtown structure is appraised at 259000. a new Y building on First Ave, near Van Buren, is under construction at a cost of 1 million.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Second Avenue
Monroe Street
Carl Hayden
The
Gazette
Washington
General Services Administration
Senate Committee On Expenditures
GSA
TFWAS
First Avenue
Monroe and
van Buren Streets
van Buren
Noted Figures Comment On Public Strife And Korea
International News Service reports Walter L. Dunham of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation muses on shouldering blame and stepping down. Attorney General McGrath criticizes freedom of the press versus state control. General Crerar weighs Korea as the opening maneuver in a broader global conflict.
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International News Service
Washington
Walter L. Dunham
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
McGrath
Ottawa
H. D. G. Crerar
Korea
Yugoslavia Accuses Kremlin of Military Pressure
Yugoslavia formally accuses Russia of military pressure and aiding Soviet satellites with arms and troops to overthrow Marshal Tito. A 481 page white paper will be sent to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie. Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Vejvoda briefing stressed the document targets Western powers and outlines provocations along the border.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Ivo Vejvoda
Cominform
Tito
Kremlin
Strikers March On Mexico City
In Mexico City on March 9 3500 striking coal miners and supporters began a mass demonstration against government labor policy. The hunger caravan traveled 900 miles from northern coal fields to seek labor union support. They blamed the government for job losses after a wildcat strike against U S owned mines failed.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Allies Press South Korea Offensive Near Seoul
United Nations forces push the Eighth Army 1.5 miles deeper toward Seoul as they flank the capital and widen the Han River bridgehead. Communist rear guards resist in the eastern mountains while Chinese withdrawals appear evident along the front.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
Seoul
United Nations
U. S
The
Han
Yangpyong
25Th Division
24Th Division
U.N
Soap price rollback trims cost per bar and packages
The government cut manufacturers ceiling prices on soap promising about a one cent drop per bar in many stores. Soap chips and soapless detergents may also fall two cents per package. HUAC chair Wood announced 26 subpoenas for the Hollywood inquiry opening March 21. Ambassador Jessup told Gromyko that rearmament in Germany is limited to the Soviet zone.
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Wood
D., Ga
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Philip Jessup
United States
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Germany
Soviet
Markets At A Glance: Mixed Early Trading Session
Markets at a glance show steady gains shrinking with bonds easing and government yields down. Cotton softens as hedge selling appears in new crop positions. oats edge lower with light trading, hogs active near 22.25, cattle holding fairly steady.
Arizonan disputes claim of wide Central Arizona Project benefits
Victor Corbell of Tempe told the House Interior Committee that 55,071 Salt River Valley Water Users Association members own 242000 acres tied to the Central Arizona Project. He corrected California claims, noting 7005 shareholders hold 1 to 5 acres and 42862 hold about 1 acre each, with eight holders above the 160-acre limit already adjusting. He warned that without a supplemental supply, thousands of acres may be out of cultivation as water rights tighten.
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Washington
California
Arizona
Victor Corbell
Tempe
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
House Interior Committee
Corbell
Salt River Project
Father Finds Two Daughters Dead in Old Icebox
In Mesa a distraught father, after an all night search, found seven year old Esther and four year old Julia suffocated in an abandoned five cubic foot icebox behind their home. Police and deputies investigated possible other children involvement while officials consider cause of death pending medical exam.
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Gazette
Kenneth Arline
Jack Hunsaker
Mesa
David
Ruth Gutierrez
Bob Lord
Julia
Maricopa County
Gutierrez
Attack On Long Term Program Beaten Back
In Washington a test vote in the Senate rejected an attempt to remove the long term universal military training plan from the Draft Man Power Bill. The program would require every 18 year old to receive at least six months of military training, expanding the Selective Service Act which expires July 9.
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Washington
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
John W. Bricker
Ohio
United States
Germany
Jury Probes Phoenicians Bond Offer
The grand jury probing vice in Pima County resumes after a recess and aims to identify who tried to post a $7,000 bond for Alice Miller. County Attorney Morrison says Miller fears for her life if released and she did not want bond. Authorities have heard bribe claims tied to houses of prostitution and indictments against former county officials. A Tucson club manager is free on bond after perjury charges. The report also notes Senate action on Universal Military Training and draft deferments with partisan support and exemptions criteria.
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Tucson
Pima County
Robert Morrison
Phoenix
Alice Miller
Morrison
Miller
Dolores Rains
Los Angeles
Jerome P. Martin
Bryce H. Wilson
Maurice T. Guiney
Gilbert Martinez
Burma Surgeon Freed From Prison
The Burmese Court of Appeal ordered release for Dr. Gordon Seagrave, the Burma surgeon, reducing his six year high treason sentence to about six months already served. The court found his aid to rebels amounted to aiding flight, granted due to age and service, and he walked free three hours after the ruling, seeking to return to his Namkhan hospital.
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Rangoon
Burmese Court of Appeal
Gordon Seagrave
Burma
Bang le Evpeis
Willis
Seagrave
Namkham
Namkhan Hospital
Isaac Bond Issue Vote Tomorrow
An election on a proposed 100000 bond issue in the Isaac School District will decide whether to build a 500000 dollar new plant at 31st Avenue and Roosevelt Street. Federal aid could provide 400000 for classrooms as 1100 students face overcrowded, half day sessions if facilities are not added. Voting runs 6am to 6pm in the main hall at 35th Avenue and McDowell Road.
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Isaac
31St Avenue
Roosevelt Street
United States
Arizona
Sunnyside
Tucson
J. B. Sutton
Altona Park
35Th Avenue
McDowell Road
Auto copper ban cuts use in car radio antennas
Washington March 9 The government banned copper use in making automobile radio antennas and parking rods that alert motorists they have reached the curb.
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Washington
Tot Stolen by Suspected Mother in West Texas
An adopted baby girl Peggy Evelyn Moore was taken from foster grandmother Mrs. Mary Brichta by a woman in black. Sheriff C C Maxey said he believes the kidnapper is the infant’s real mother Florence Bishop of Greenville South Carolina. The child, a strawberry blonde, was wrested from the arms of the elderly foster grandmother who noted the stranger wore glasses and grabbed a pink dress on leaving.
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West Tex
C. C. Maxey
Florence Bishop
Greenville
S. C
Peggy Evelyn Moore
Mary. Brichta
Mrs. Brichta
North Cold Wave Relents as Temperatures Rise in Some Cities
The north central Midwest sees temps above zero for first time in days while a brutal cold continues across Montana Dakota and Minnesota. Readings plunge to 23 below in Great Falls and Bismarck with subzero totals elsewhere. A slow climb begins today with more subzero expected tonight and warming forecast for tomorrow. Pacific Northwest remains cold with six inches of Seattle snow and flurries in Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and New York as fair conditions prevail elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Great Lakes Region
Central Plains
Great Falls
Mont
Bismarck
N. D
South Dakota
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Gulf States
Southwest
Wages Hiked Greyhound Buses Roll Phoenix Restart
Greyhound busses began rolling out of Phoenix marking the end of a week-long walkout by Pacific Division employees. About 225 workers were affected. The new 10 percent agreement raises long distance drivers to 7.23 cents per mile and hourly drivers to 1.57 dollars per hour, with station staff wages up 10 percent. Pacific Division workers approved the pact 92 percent.
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Greyhound
Phoenix
Bus Line
Pacific Division
J. W. Kemp
Kemp
Chandler
Coolidge
Light Showers Forecast for Valley and State
United States Weather Bureau projects increasing cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with only light showers for the Valley and the state. A few light showers are expected near daylight tomorrow, while the north remains windy today and tomorrow the wind shifts into the Valley. No major precipitation is foreseen through next Wednesday, temperatures near seasonal averages. Phoenix readings include 55 at downtown, 51 at the airport, highs of 73 and 74 yesterday. Grand Canyon snow has melted from the South Rim, while Flagstaff reports three inches.
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Arizona
United States Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Weather Bureau
Grand Canyon
Flagstaff
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