Dope Ring Smashed in Washington Area
Federal narcotics agents and DC police say they have shattered the biggest narcotics ring in the district supplying drugs to teenagers and army personnel. 35 arrested, 17 sought on warrants, including three women and four soldiers, in raids across district markets extending to Fort Eustis, Virginia.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Boyd M. Martin
Bureau of Narcotics
Martin
Fort Eustis
Norfolk
Road Planners Meet Tuesday in County Farm Bureau
Road committees of Maricopa County farm bureaus will meet at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the State Highway Department Building at 1739 West Jackson Street. Wayne Skousen of Queen Creek, chairman, urges rural residents to submit county road improvement recommendations to farm-to-market road committee members before the meeting. Recommendations will be presented to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors the following week, continuing the fourth year of bureau committees working with supervisors on rural road planning.
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Maricopa County
Corporal from Davis Monthan Held in Bank Robbery
James H. Wheelock, 19, a corporal at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, is held in San Francisco for investigation of armed bank robbery. He attempted to rob a Bank of America branch, threatening four people, but did not fire. He obtained $2,100 from the bank and abducted teller Joe Rogers before police arrested him after a faulty car incident and a struggle.
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San Francisco
INS
James H. Wheelock
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
Wheelock
Bank of America
W. R. Rost
Joe Rogers
Polio Chapter Meets Monday in Encanto Park Clubhouse
The Maricopa Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will hold its annual meeting at 7 pm on Monday at the Encanto Park clubhouse. Don Willis reports on the 1951 March of Dimes results, and an executive board election will occur. Speakers include Charles Newton Henry Goodman and Mrs. C N Churchill with a sound movie from the 1950 polio epidemic. There are 125 members active in polio support and public information efforts.
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Maricopa
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Encanto Park Club House
March of Dimes
Don Willis
Maricopa County
Charles Newton
Foundation
Henry Goodman
State March of Dimes
C. N. Churchill
National Foundation
Maricopa Polio
Gov Long to End Whippings at Angola Penitentiary
Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long announced plans to restrict inmate punishment to properly supervised whippings and urged alternatives like solitary confinement. He pledged that brutality at Angola prison would cease after the ongoing investigation concludes.
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Baton Rouge
INS
Earl K. Long
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Shah Grants Farmland To Davudabad Peasants In Iran
In Davudabad near Tehran 143 peasants bowed with land deeds as they received eight hectares each under a royal program to break up large estates and sell small tracts on easy terms. They will pay 2812 rials annually for 25 years, amid heightened police presence after the Razmara assassination crisis.
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Davudabad
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mossayab Bardahdar
Tehran
Russia
Shah
Ali Razmara
Phoenix GI 16 Is Cited For Combat Badge Return Home
Pvt. Daniel S. Garcia of 656 South 10th Street Phoenix Arizona was discharged after his commanding officer Col William W Quinn learned he was only 16 when he earned the Combat Infantryman's Badge in Korea The boy appeared to be 19 and was told his minority discharge would send him home His mother wrote to reveal his age Garcia left school to work in celery fields and said he might drive a furniture truck or work in a warehouse upon return to Arizona
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Korea
Daniel S. Garcia
South 10Th Street
Phoenix
Ariz
Garcia
William W. Quinn
Quinn
Arizona
Navajo Ordnance Depot Receives $225,000 for Utilities
Washington March 17 Navajo Ordnance Depot at Flagstaff has been allotted $225000 for utilities under present army refurbishing contracts.
Service Eligibles Get Legion Help
The Lake-Greenway Post of the American Legion seeks employer cooperation to keep men in civilian jobs until called for service. A committee chaired by Col Wilson B. Wood will recruit employers. James A. Murphy says some firms refuse hiring or discharge reservists guardsmen and draft eligibles.
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Lake-Greenway
American Legion
Wilson B. Wood
Arizona
James A. Murphy
Three Enter Service Acceptances at Recruiting Station
At the recruiting station 213 North First Avenue three entrants were accepted for military service. Raymond K. Jud of Flagstaff James R. Ack man Jr of Goodyear and George Gia of Chinle were named among the acceptances.
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Army
Air Force
North First Avenue
Raymond K. Jud
Flagstaff
James R. Ackman, Jr
Goodyear
George Gia
Chinle
Big Four Deadlock Over East West Conference Agenda
In Paris on March 17 the Big Four deputy foreign ministers adjourned after under three hours with no agenda for a full dress East-West powers conference. A Western delegate voiced frustration, questioning the conference’s usefulness, as Russia the United States Britain and France prepare to retry Monday to shape the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting agenda.
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Paris
INS
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Davies
Babs Hutton Returns to U.S. Divorceless
Barbara Hutton, heiress to Woolworth millions, arrived in San Antonio after customs. She had been in Cuernavaca seeking a quick divorce from Prince Igor Troubetzkoy and said she planned no definite plans, only a return to New York as she continued her bid for freedom.
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San Antonio
Tex
New York
Barbara Hutton
Cuernavaca
Mexico
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy
Woolworth
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Williams Air Force Base
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