16 Year Old Vet Back From War
Sixteen-year-old Charles Seanz returns from the Korean front as a machine gunner with United Nations forces for 20 months. He earned the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman badge before his discharge, parented by Mrs. Billie Kimberli, and seeks work as a deliveryman while planning a future in air force or navy service.
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Charles Seanz
Seanz
Billie Kimberli
West
Maricopa Street
United Nations
Murphy School
Saenz
Air Force
Navy
Phoenician Held Up By A Stranded Motorist Case
Police investigate two robberies and two burglaries after a woman named Mrs. Alice Stein reports she was robbed by a man posing as a stranded motorist on Baseline Road west of Central Avenue. The theft totaled about $330 in cash and jewelry valued at $3,000.
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Seanz
Manchurian
Alice Stein
The
Valley Highwayman
Baseline Road
Central Avenue
Washington, D. C
Stein
Allen Stein
Navy
Mariano Féliz
East
Grant Street
16Th and
Jefferson Streets
Feliz
Ethiopia to host industrial agricultural fair in Addis Ababa
Ethiopia announces an industrial agricultural fair to be held in November in Addis Ababa. Officials expect exhibitors from public and private sectors showcasing farming technology, agro processing, and rural development initiatives.
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Jury Probes Phoenician's Bond Offer
The Pima County grand jury resumed hearings amid probes into vice and corruption. County Attorney Robert Morrison aims to identify who sought to post a $7,000 bond to free Alice Miller, who did not want release on bail. Witnesses testified bribes related to houses of prostitution. indictments followed against former officials for bribe taking and conspiracy. Gilbert Martinez remains free on $5,000 bond after charges of perjury.
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Robert Morrison
Phoenix
Alice Miller
Morrison
Miller
Dolores Rains
Pima County
Los Angeles
Jerome P. Martin
Bryce H. Wilson
Maurice T. Guiney
Gilbert Martinez
Tucson
Republicans Elect Maricopa County GOP Committee Officers
The Maricopa County Republican Committee will meet at 1 p.m. today in the Round Up Room at Hotel Adams. Chairman Laurens L. Henderson announced that three vice chairmen an assistant secretary an assistant treasurer and a sergeant at arms will be elected for a two year term. A representative to the Republican State Advisory Committee will also be chosen. Nominating committee members include John P. Von Blum W. C. Boland B. W. Burns George B. Owen Barry Goldwater and James C. Wood.
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Republican State Advisory Committee
John P. von Blum
W. C. Boland
B. W. Burns
George B. Owen
Barry Goldwater
James C. Wood
Mrs Alma Adams of Phoenix Dies at 63
Mrs Alma Adams, 63, of 11 North 20th Street, died Thursday after a seven week illness in a local rest home. She will be sent to Durant, Ta., for funeral services and burial. A native of Durant she came to Arizona in 1925 from Oakland and had lived in Prescott and Wickenburg before moving to Phoenix in 1935. Survivors include her husband Ira O. Adams of Phoenix and two sisters, Miss Alfreda Joens and Miss Lulu Joens, both of Durant.
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Alma Adams
North 20Th Street
Durant
A. L. Moore and Sons
Adams
Arizona
Oakland
Calif
Prescott
Wickenburg
Phoenix
Ira O
Alfreda Joens
Lulu Joens
Social Security Plan Clears House in 39 to 27 Vote
Arizona House approves a bill adding a relatives responsibility clause to the state Social Security law. Adult children earning 251 monthly or more with parents on old age aid must contribute at least 15 monthly. Gov. Pyle supports. bill goes to the Senate for action.
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Bill Turnbow
Arizona
House of Representatives
Howard Pyle
Senate
Frank Robles
Pima
Oregon
Supreme Court
House
Verde Valley
Filming Sites Sought for Sweet Chariot Project
Representatives from M. L. Gunzburg Productions and General Service Studios scanned potential sites for the film Sweet Chariot about teenagers and hot rods and highway safety. They planned to assess the Chandler airstrip used for hot rod races and survey availability of local hot rods with Arizona Highway Patrol, after NSC and state patrol script approvals.
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M. L. Gunzburg Productions
General Service Studios
Hollywood
Z. Simpson Cox
National Safety Council
California
Arizona
Chandler
Cox
Arizona Highway Patrol
Retirement Plan Cost To Be Probed
The legislature will appropriate ten thousand dollars for an actuarial study of the Arizona Public Employer Retirement Plan to determine taxpayer costs. Speaker Raymond G. Langham announced the postponement of action on a referendum to repeal the plan and a May 29 special election. If the study shows low costs, the plan may go into effect.
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Arizona
Raymond G. Langham
House
Langham
U S Likely To Lease Y Building
The federal government considers leasing and possibly purchasing the old Y building at Second Avenue and Monroe Street. Sen Carl Hayden has introduced a bill to allow take over, with GSA details awaited by the Senate committee. The structure would be remodeled for federal offices, appraised at 259000 dollars, in the same block as the First Avenue federal building.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Second Avenue
Monroe Street
Carl Hayden
The
Gazette
Washington
GSA
First Avenue
Monroe and
van Buren Streets
van Buren
Long-Time Visitor Dies In Oklahoma
Chester H. Mills of Oklahoma City, a frequent winter visitor in Phoenix for 20 years, died recently at his Oklahoma home. Survivors include two Phoenicians, a daughter Mrs. E. A. Henderson and grandson Patrick C. Henderson, plus wife Winnie, two other daughters Mrs. John H. Spaan Sr and Mrs. Kenneth Smith, and grandsons John Henry Spaan Jr and Gary Mills Spaan, all of Oklahoma City.
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Chester H. Mills
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Oklahoma
E. A. Henderson
Patrick C. Henderson
Winnie
John H. Spaan
Kenneth Smith
John Henry Spaan
Gary Mills Spaan
Turkish Premier Menderes Cabinet Resigns in Ankara
Ankara reports Prime Minister Adnan Menderes’s cabinet has resigned due to nationwide conditions. President Celal Bayar asked Menderes to form a transitional government until a new prime minister is appointed.
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Ankara
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Celal Bayar
Menderes
Cotton Raising Interest Keen In Arizona
Dust clouds rise as lands clear for cotton in Arizona with seeds planted early in areas near Queen Creek Magma Gila Bend and Yuma County. Planting may begin in central regions Monday with total acreage estimated 500000 to 550000 across state and last year’s figure about 278000. If cold spells injure early crops some fields may shift to barley or feed crops.
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C. M. McMillen
Arizona
Queen Creek
Magma
Gila Bend
Maricopa County
Yuma County
E. S
McSweeney
Arizona Co-operative Cotton Growers Association
O. M. Lassen
Department of Agriculture and Marketing Administration
John H. O'Dell
Arizonan refutes coast charge on Central Arizona Project
Victor Corbell of Tempe challenged the California claim that 420 landowners would profit from the Central Arizona Project. He detailed Salt River project lands totaling 242000 acres held by 55071 members, with eight owners above 160 acres, and warned without a new water supply thousands of acres would be taken out of cultivation. Corbell argued an extra acre foot from the Colorado River is essential, and discussed proposed water exchanges and cost impacts to project users.
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Winifred N
California
Corbell
Salt River Project
Salt River
Arizona
Colorado River
Central
Chester McMullen
Fla
Salt River Board of Governors
Colorado
Arizona Project
Pinal County
Board of
Clair Engle
Calif
Engle
United States Treasury
John R. Murdock
Parker Dam
Mexico
Former Mine Official Dies
Brent N. Rickard 66 retired purchasing manager of American Smelting and Refining Company died in Tucson on Thursday. Born in Anaconda Montana he studied in Denver and at the University of Michigan and began with American Smelting in 1905. He held leadership roles in mining groups in the western U S and was a director of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Survived by wife a son and a daughter.
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Tucson
Grace Episcopal Church
Brent N. Rickard
American Smelting and Refining Company
Anaconda
Mont
Rickard
Denver
University of Michigan
American Smelting
Mexico
Murray
Utah
Tacoma
Wash
Arizona
American Mining Congress
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Institute
Pay Boosts Must Wait in Santa Cruz County Rise
Attorney General Fred O. Wilson ruled that making Santa Cruz County a third class area does not grant higher salaries before January 1, 1953. The opinion, for Sen. Hubert Merryweather, concerns Senate Bill 125 abolishing fourth class counties. Officers in Santa Cruz cannot receive pay increases while the term remains ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O. Wilson
Santa Cruz
Wilson
Hubert Merryweather
Senate
Arizona
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North Richland Street
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Grand Canyon
Robson Motor, Implement Co
Grand Ave
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Armstrong
Bartlett
Bloomquist
Brown
Burton
Craig
Dwyer
Evans
Ewing
Forbes
Frick
Horne
Hostetter
Hunt
Kane
McRae
Martin Pima
Martin
Yavapai
Miles
Morris
Morrow
Myers
Paul
Rhodes
Riley
Rosenbaum
Simms
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Sutherland
van Dyke
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Webster
Wessler
Willis
Speaker Langham
Barkley
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Ackerman
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Connolly
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Ellsworth
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Freestone
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Hodge
Johnson
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Lindsey
Lines
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Pulsipher
Robles
Ruppelius
Rush
Sims
Maricopa
Wilkinson
Cole
Daniels
Estes
Franklin
Kutch
Schaffer
State Department of Education
Treasury
General Fund
House Committee
U.S
General Services Administration
Senate Committee On Expenditures
Clark
DAY Nursery
E. Cametback
Paul J. Ritchie
DR. Hawkins
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