Williams Base Pilot Perishes In Jet Crash
At Williams Air Force Base March 27 a third fatal F-80 crash in as many days claimed Second Lt. Alban Wolff 22 of Mesa Arizona. He died returning from a routine training mission and his aircraft exploded on landing. Wolff, born Covington Kentucky, survived by wife Beverly Jean and parents Otto and Mrs. Wolff. Crews continued efforts to raise Capt. Bill J. White 27 of Mesa from the Missouri River near Kansas City Municipal Airport after his crash and death yesterday. Earlier, 2nd Lt. Daniel G. Anderson 23 of Denison Texas died in a Perrin Air Force Base area crash and Maj. Richard Welch of Detroit perished in a crash south of Luke Air Force Base during prior days.
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Gazette
Williams Air Force Base
Alban Wolff
Mesa
Covington
Wolff
Williams Base
Beverly Jean
Otto Wolff
Bill J. White
Missouri River
Kansas City
White
Daniel G. Anderson
Denison
Tex
Perrin Air Force Base
Sherman
Richard Welch
Detroit
Luke Air Force Base
Luke
Inductee List To Be Out In July And August
Selective Service headquarters said preparations to induct about 600 young men in the student category after 30 day induction deferments expire in July and August will cut the 20 year old bracket. Arizona April quota reduced from 355 to 183 men.
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Selective Service Headquarters
Arizona
Bronze Star Heralds Service of Phoenix Patriots
Serving Their Country lists numerous Arizona air and naval personnel awarded or serving in Korea and the Pacific. It names T/Sgt David E Weatherby and Maj Arnold Mullins with medal clusters, Capt LeRoy Alger at the controls of a B 26, Lt Robert Otondo and others in the Fighting 49th, and multiple sailors and marines from Phoenix area addresses. It notes Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman’s Badge and various unit assignments with Korea, the Seventh and First Cavalry Divisions, and Pacific Fleet ships, plus recruit training updates at Parris Island and San Diego.
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David E. Weathersby
West Tonto Street
Korean
Arnold Mullins
Crystal
West Holly Street
Korea
187Th Airborne
Mike N. Martinez
Anna Hernandez
Phoenix
LeRoy Alger
Jean Alger
East Cypress Street
Alger
Robert P. Otondo
Fighting 49Th
Lieutenant Otondo
Glendale District
Far East
Ernest Farinas
Donato Yabes Farinas
Mary R. Farinas
West Mohave Street
Robert W. Trabue
North Seventh Street
John V. Stewart, Jr
John V. Stewart
Elmo Lina Circle
Leonard A. Malenfant
East Fairmont Avenue
Joel E. Lard
North 27Th Avenue
Cecil E. Grant
West Madison Street
Alfred E. Ledford
H. A. Ledford
Peoria
Ira N. Whitten
Evelyn Dilts
West Palm Lane
Navy
Algel
Pacific Amphibious Fleet
El Salvador Bus Fares Rise To Four Cents
Citizens in El Salvador protest a fare increase to four cents, sparking debate over public transit costs and the burden on commuters amid a period of rising prices and limited wage growth.
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el Salvador
Civilian Jobs Open At Base
The board of United States Civil Service Examiners at this base announced examinations for several base jobs with starting salaries from 1.43 to 1.84 per hour. First consideration goes to eligible residents within commuting distance of Luke Base. Applications via post offices. no on base interviews.
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Luke
Board of Examiners
Civil Service Secretary
Navy to Recruit Women at Local Station
Lt Jeanett G Smith of the United States Navy Nurse Corps will visit the Navy recruiting station at 3833 West Washington Street to interview Waves enlistment applicants and Navy nurse commissioning candidates. Waves seekers must be 20 to 25, high school graduates, and unmarried. Nurses corps candidates must be registered nurses, unmarried, and 21 to 29.
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Jeanett G. Smith
United States Navy Nurse Corps
Navy
West
Washington Street
Waves
Nurses Corps
Banner-Story Hero Saves Supplies Across Han River
In Korea, Captain Benjamin D Maiden of the First Cavalry Division directed cross river convoys to prevent supply losses as the Han River rose from 18 to 46 inches. Over 400 trucks crossed the flooded water using seventeen ton bulldozers and tank treaded carriers, with three bulldozers lost but recovered later.
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First Cavalry Division
Korea
INS
United States Army First Cavalry Division
Benjamin D. Maiden
Douglas, Ariz
Han River
Chipyong
Captain Maiden
Han
Volunteers Announced for Army and Air Force Service
The United States Army and Air Force Recruiting Station at 213 North First Avenue reported volunteers for military service from Arizona towns including Phoenix Tucson Safford Yuma Wickenburg Apache Junction Queen Creek Gila Bend Sonora Winslow Buckeye Casa Grande Superior Ashfork and more. Thirty plus men were named with hometowns and addresses noted.
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United States Army and Air Force
North First Avenue
Charles A. Bates
West
Madison Street
Arzey G. Holcomb
East
Sherman Street
Donald G. Williams
Phoenix
Robert F. Miller
Willis R. Riba
Tucson
J. M. Echols
Virgil G. Hubbard
Safford
John H. Behdiou
Yuma
Hoyt O. Townsend
Superior
Lawrence D. Wells
Ashfork
Idaho Battalion Ordered To Duty
Sen. Henry Dworshak announced the 148th Field Artillery Battalion of the Idaho National Guard will report for active duty on May 1. The unit is to train at Camp Carson in Colorado.
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Washington
Henry C. Dworshak
Idaho
148Th Field Artillery
Idaho National Guard
Dworshak
Camp Carson
Colo
Five Sought By Red Cross in Maricopa County
Maricopa County Chapter of the American Red Cross seeks five persons. Mrs. Rania Senory last saw at 711 East Culver Street. George M. Kalakibos with the 26th Infantry in Germany. Mrs. Betty Jean Hall in California to prove her son's Korea marriage for widow's benefit. Mrs. Willa Mae White in Chicago seeks Nathaniel Hood Jr. in Phoenix six months ago. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hanes sought by Victor Montana chapter due to father’s death and invalid mother. Call local Red Cross, 3rd Avenue, Phoenix.
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Maricopa County
The
American Red Cross
Rania Senory
East Culver Street
Set
George M. Kalakibos
Rmany
Salinas
Red Cross
California
Betty Jean Hall
Tommie Lee Hall
Korea
Phoenix
Willa Mae White
Chicago
Nathaniel Hood, Jr
Vernon Hanes
Victor
Mont
Hanes
Would-Be Soldier Ordered Deported
Francisco Gomez-Cruz age 20 granted four year Glen dale residence and attempts to join the United States Army ended with a U.S. District Court order. He is sentenced to 30 days in jail and to be returned to Mexico. He claimed U.S. citizenship born in New Mexico and previously lived in Sonora while later joining the National Guard.
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Francisco Gomez-Cruz
Glendale
United States Army
United States District Court
Mexico
Gomez-Cruz
National Guard
U. S
New Mexico
Sonora
Haiti to clear slums and build low cost housing
Haiti's new administration plans a nationwide slum clearance and the construction of affordable housing. The initiative targets rapid housing for low income families and aims to address urban poverty through funded programs and new development.
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Haiti
Air Force rejects Goldwater assignment after request
Barry M. Goldwater Phoenix businessman and city council vice chairmen will not be called to active duty. A reserve lieutenant colonel, he had been slated for a top staff job at Luke Air Force Base but a request by Col. Henry J. Amen was denied. Goldwater helped organize the Arizona National Guard 197th Fighter Squadron now on active duty at Luke.
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Barry M. Goldwater
Phoenix
United States Air Force
Goldwater
Luke Air Force Base
Henry J. Amen
Arizona National Guard
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Naval Air Technical Training Center
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