Desert barbecue sparks share and stories near Phoenix
A private desert barbecue near Cave Creek serves locals and travelers with a welcoming sign and wood for grilling. It sits on Co. A. Brady’s land, 320 acres since 1929, where he plans a home after drilling a well 400 feet deep. Neighbors help keep the area clean as Brady funds future development.
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Cave Creek
Phoenix
Arizona
Co. A
Mr. Brady
WPA
Brady
Babbitts
Flagstaff
Valley of the Sun
Arizona Sun
President Truman defies calls to return home in RFC clash
In Key West on a three week vacation Truman ignores Republican demands to address the Reconstruction Finance Corporation corruption probe. He moves ahead with work and leisure while awaiting chief counsel Murphy’s arrival to quell labor unrest. He also nominates Alan Waterman to head the National Science Foundation. White House refuses further RFC inquiry comments.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Bor
Little White House
National Science Foundation
Alan T. Waterman
Waterman
Office of Naval Research
Senate Rfc
White House
Joseph Short
Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
William F. Knowland
California
Capehart
Knowland
House
State Traffic Deaths Drop in January 1951
The national average rose 17 percent while Arizona cut traffic fatalities by 24 percent in January 1951. Jack Acton, director of the Governor's Co-ordinating Committee for Traffic Safety in Arizona, announced the state ranked fourth in percentage reduction. Delaware led with 73 percent, Wisconsin 33 percent, and Connecticut 32 percent.
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Arizona
Jack Acton
Delaware
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Paroled man killed after toy gun threat
Louis Antonacci a Sing Sing parolee from Brooklyn was shot and killed after he threatened two New York City policemen with a toy revolver during a hold up at a Manhattan deli and liquor store on the 13th floor of an apartment building. Officers Mahoney and Parnell fired, killing him.
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New York
Louis Antonacci
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Charles Parnell
John Mahoney
Antonacci
Sing Sing
Flu Stricken Bridges Misses Massachusetts Speech
Boston March 10 AP Harry Bridges the convicted West Coast labor leader is reported desperately ill with the flu in New York. A spokesman said Bridges could not appear before about 300 people at a Progressive Party of Massachusetts event. Bridges was convicted last summer of falsely swearing at his 1945 naturalization hearing that he was not a Communist. His citizenship was revoked and he received a five year sentence. He appeals and remains free on 25000 bond. A new deportation order will await the appeal deposition.
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Boston
Harry Bridges
New York
U. S
West Coast
Bridges
Emerald Eve ning at West High prom theme a paper isle
West High girls plan Emerald Eve ning spring social with an emerald island set on the gym floor and a decorated auditorium. Chair Leone Kahn and general chair Shirley McCormick lead decorations with students making paper orchids leis and featuring palm trees and a water display.
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West High Girls League
Emerald Isle
Shirley McCormick
Dr Ross Aids Wife To Wed FDR's Son
Santa Monica California March 10 AP The wealthy Mrs Minela Bell Ross will drop her California divorce suit to wed Elliott Roosevelt. Dr Rex L Ross Jr says the suit is dismissed to allow an uncontested Florida divorce. They plan to wed once free and custody terms for their 7 year old son Rex Ross III are set with Mrs Ross retaining custody and the father gets two months summer and Christmas every other year plus 75 dollars monthly support. They married in 1941 and separated last summer.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Minnela Bell Ross
California
Elliott Roosevelt
Rex L. Ross, Jr
Rosses
Dons Plan March 18 Trip to San Carlos Apache Reservation
The Dons Club organizes a March 18 travelcade to San Carlos Indian Reservation for Valley visitors. 8 am assembly at the Gazette building. Greyhound buses available. 2,000 to 3,000 Apaches greet at the school. exhibits, cattle notes, rodeo and dances planned. Return to Phoenix about 5 pm with snacks provided by the San Carlos Women's Club.
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America
Dons Club
San Carlos Indian Reservation
Gazette and Republic
East
van Buren Street
Greyhound
Tom Fitzwater
Don Travelcade
Clarence Wesley
Fitzwater
Phoenix
San Carlos
Books Touting Molasses Seized
Federal action in Buffalo charges Gayelord Hauser's Look Younger, Live Longer misleads about molasses boosting life by five years and curing ailments. FDA agents seized copies of the book and the molasses shipment and filed a federal complaint.
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Washington
Gayelord Hauser
Food and Drug Administration
Buffalo
Roosevelt Ross Romance Emerges At Phoenix Airport Meeting
The Roosevelt-Ross romance surfaced publicly after they met at Phoenix airport several months ago. The pair’s initial encounter at the airport drew attention and sparked continued interest.
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Roosevelt - Ross
Phoenix
Diamond Smuggler Gets Prison Term
Lesser Weitman, 31, Austrian and confessed diamond smuggler, was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison and fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to two counts of smuggling gems valued at about $745,000 into the United States. He concealed stones in the hollowed heels of his shoes and on his person, with customs officers recovering 1,862 carats worth about $400 per carat.
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New York
Weitman
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