Iran Presses Nationalization of Bahrein Oil
The National Front Party in Iran urged nationalizing American oil interests on Bahrein Island as parliament moves to study a bill to nationalize the Anglo Iranian Oil Company. Bahrein Island, part of an archipelago near Iran, has long been claimed by Iran amid American operators. George McGhee, the U S assistant secretary of state, was visiting the region coinciding with the demand.
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Tehran
Iran
National Front Party
Bahrein Island
Persian Gulf
Iranian Senate
Hossein Makki
National Front
Bahrein
Bahrein Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company of California
Texas Corporation
George McGhee
United States
Middle East
Asia
MacArthur visits Korean front says everything going well
Gen Douglas MacArthur made a surprise visit to the Korean front near Chunchon traveling within 2000 yards of the line and reported everything going well. He observed massed Chinese forces along the base below the 38th parallel and returned to Tokyo Saturday night after the air clash involving an F 80 jet and a MIG, with both pilots presumed dead.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Chunchon
MacArthur
Nate Polowetzky
Jim Becker
Seoul
U. S
Han River
Suwon
Wonju
Hongchon
Legislature Holds 3 Pyle Sought Bills for Next Session
The 20th Arizona Legislature adjourned its first regular session with three of Governor Howard Pyle's proposals left behind the school district tax equalization plan the state tax rate stabilization fund and the use tax. Lawmakers will study revise these bills before convening again on January 14 1952.
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20Th
Arizona
Howard Pyle
Buckeye Road Fire Destroys Block Valued at 100000
A brisk wind fueled a fire on Buckeye Road that destroyed a block housing Adams Super Market and nearby shops. The loss is estimated at 100000, with damage to the building and adjacent beauty parlor and barber shop. Fire units from Phoenix declined aid. Rural Fire saved a trailer court.
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Buckeye Road
Phoenix Fire Department
W. V. Adams
Adams
Land S Department and Variety Store
Sol Konick
Enid Cope
Lee A. Williams
$2 Million Fire Destroys Plant in Owosso
A white-hot blaze at the Midwest Abrasives Company plant in Owosso Michigan destroyed part of the facility. Damage is estimated at $2,000,000 with a sandpaper department equipment set valued at $500,000. Cause not determined.
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Owosso
Mich
Midwest
L. BP. Jackson
Five Die in Navy Plane Crash Near Calhoun La
SHREVEPORT LA March 17 AP At least five persons were killed when a navy SNB twin engine training transport crashed near Calhoun en route from Pensacola to Hensley Field Dallas An investigating board from Barksdale AFB has been sent to the scene The plane’s passenger capacity was five plus crew officials reported
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Shreveport
Calhoun
Salvatore Pelle
Barksdale Air Force Base
Pelle
Pensacola
Fla
Hensley Field
Dallas
Tex
Barksdale
SNB
Navy
New Orleans
Juvenile court to decide on boy killer trial today
Sixteen year old Peter Saunders faces a juvenile court decision today on whether he remains under juvenile jurisdiction or is transferred to adult court for the robbery slaying of Leonard Fenton a 40 year old railroad switchman in Yuma. Saunders confessed in Phoenix that he killed Fenton claiming the act was an accident during a hunting trip. An inquest into Fenton's death is scheduled for Monday as authorities continue to piece together the case.
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Yuma
Peter Saunders
Henry C. Kelly
Corona
N. Y
Leonard Fenton
Saunders
Phoenix
Fenton
Here
Yuma County
Los Angeles
Maricopa County
Building collapse in Rome kills five and injures nine
A former school building housing bombed-out World War II families collapsed in Rome. About 20 families lived there. Authorities feared more victims in the debris. Five bodies recovered include an elderly woman, two men, a two-year-old child, and an infant.
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Rome
WAF Lieutenant Killed In Accident Near Natchitoches
A WAF lieutenant 1st Lt. Barbara W. Preston 38 from Pueblo Colorado was killed in an auto truck crash near Natchitoches Louisiana. Her elderly mother Christine Preston 74 was seriously injured and hospitalized.
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Natchitoches
INS
WAF
Barbara W. Preston
Pueblo
Colo
Christine Preston
Hair-raising escape from Red Rule in Hungary
Beautiful Katalin Karady recounts her perilous flight with Oliver Santos from Budapest as they flee a Red Rule regime. The duo narrates a cloak and dagger escape in a six chapter first person tale titled Height from Red Hell to be serialized in six daily installments starting Monday in The Phoenix Gazette.
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Red Rule
Hungary
Katalin Karady
Oliver Santos
Budapest
Red Hell
Britain to Seek Nevada Test for Own Atomic Bombs
Sources in London report Britain will produce atomic bombs and seek U S permission to test them in the Nevada desert, with production orders issued to start immediately. A new jet bomber is also planned, and officials weigh how to transport the bomb to the United States amid tight security.
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Britain
Nevada
London
United States
Ministry of Supply
George Strauss
Nevada Desert
U.S
British Isles
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Noted Leaders Comment on Washington Korea and Soviet Standards
International News Service reports from Charlottesville Paris and the Korean front. House Republican Leader mocks Washington's ability to distinguish political labels. General MacArthur visits the front to reconnect with marines. Ernest Davies comments on Western standards in Soviet talks.
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International News Service
Charlottesville
House
Martin
Washington
Plane Crash Lands Afire In Arizona Flight
Four Arizona legislators and a Phoenix mortician escaped injury when a Beechcraft ruptured into flames at 5000 feet near Toltec after a smoke outbreak. Pilot A Lee Moore steered toward a plowed field east of Casa Grande, attempting to reach Williams Air Force Base.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Raymond Langham
Globe
Lee Moore
Toltec
Casa Grande
Williams Air Force Base
James Ewing
Tucson
Jack Cummard
Mesa
John Smith, Jr
Yuma
University of Arizona
Sky Harbor
Langham
Moore
Smith
Sunday events dot Phoenix area schedule
The item lists multiple Sunday activities across the Phoenix area including church services, travel clubs, a book review at the Arizona Museum, a Kentucky Club picnic at University Park, a Wickenburg caravan to Rich Hill, the annual Gila Bend Rodeo, AAA Offenhauser midget auto racing at South Mountain Speedway, Thoroughbred racing at Arizona Downs, Greyhound racing at Greyhound Park, and a polo match at Paradise Valley Polo Club near Judson School.
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Palm
Church of
Dons Club
San Carlos Indian Reservation
Gazette
Republic
Second
van Buren Streets
Cecil Prior
Tempe
Anya Seton
Arizona Museum
West van Buren Street
Kentucky Club
University Park
10Th Avenue
van Buren Street
Wickenburg
Rich Hill
Gila Bend
Phoenix
South Mountain Speedway
Arizona Downs
Greyhound Park
Paradise Valley Polo Club
Judson School
Camelback Inn
Rawhide Roundup Climax Ends Midnight at Mesa
Mesa reports a rip roaring finish to the 1951 Rawhide Roundup as gates open at 7 p.m. Festivities include free stage acts and a beard contest winner announced at 9 p.m. A male burlesque show featuring prominent Mesans is slated. Over 3,000 witnessed the marriage of Yvonne Bullock and James Taylor in Rawhide City with a Grand Canyon honeymoon prize from Mesa merchants.
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Gazette
Mesa
Old West
Rawhide
Rawhide City
Yvonne Bullock
James Taylor
Grand Canyon
Civic Center
Sweden Signs Aid Pact With Czechoslovakia
Sweden agreed to furnish Czechoslovakia with iron ore steel steel alloys and ball bearings under a new officially announced pact signed today in Prague.
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Prague
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Ailing Vandenberg Maintains Condition In Battle For Life
GRAND RAPIDS Mich March 17 The personal physician said Senator Arthur H Vandenberg is apparently holding his own for the second successive day in the battle for life Dr A B Smith reported from Vandenbergs Grand Rapids home that the Republican senator is substantially the same though he had a better night and is slightly more comfortable.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
INS
Arthur H. Vandenberg
A. B. Smith
Vandenberg
Savings Bond Sales Rise in Arizona in February
Arizona bond purchases show Series E F and G totaling 1 218 702 75 dollars in February with year to date sales at 2 677 980 00. County breakdown lists Maricopa Pima Pinal and Navajo among others with varying amounts and an unallocated category.
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United States Savings
Coconino
Gila
Graham
Greenlee
Maricopa
Mohave
Navajo
Pima
Pinal
Santa
Yavapai
Yuma
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Buckeye
Phoenix Department
George Nolf
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Ernest Davies
West
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