Home Rule and Local Autonomy in Arizona Cities
State and local leaders at the two day Arizona municipal conference urged true home rule via constitutional protection. Discussion covered city manager plans, budget flexibility, and court trust in municipalities. Committee members highlighted the need for co operation between city and county governments to combat crime locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udall
Arizona
Municipal League
Jack Choisser
Phoenix
John H. Corbin
Glendale
Charles S. Godd
Casa Grande
S. A. Spear
Arizona Tax Research Association
Safford Elks Club
Levi S. Udall
Arizona Supreme Court
Safford Woman’s Club
Weather Update From Arizona River Flows and Dry Soil
Weather notes show dry soil conditions in the Salt River area with runoffs limited. Snow from Sunday absorbed by soil while rivers Salt and Verde gained about 50 second feet. Tucson clears then rain expected. year total 3.02 inches above normal. Mogollon Rim reports more rain. Phoenix temps 20 degrees below normal. airport readings 66 to 47. high near 70.
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Fossil Spring
Irving
Jake
Salt River Valley
White Mountains
Tucson
Mogollon Rim
Salt River Project
Phoenix
Airport Station
Canada Unit To Join British Korean Force
Canada will send its 7,000 member 25th Brigade Group to Korea as part of a Commonwealth division under a UK commander. Maj. Gen. A. J. H. Cassels will command the First Commonwealth Division, with Canadian troops forming about one third of roughly 21,000 men. The move aims to streamline administration and command, as the bulk of the brigade heads to join Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Brooke Claxton
Canada
Korea
United Kingdom
United Nations Forces
A. J. H. Cassels
Seaforth Highlanders
Crime Up the Underworld Rests With Officials
The committee urged stiffer penalties for drug trafficking, stricter immigration laws to remove undesirable aliens, and measures to oust racketeers from liquor and transportation sectors. It also called for larger federal law enforcement staffs, especially the Narcotics Bureau, and the creation of a federal crime commission. Senator Wiley dissented, fearing a national police force. Several suggestions target state action as well.
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Underworld
Narcotics Bureau
Wiley
Wis
Blue Shield membership rises to sixty six thousand seven hundred
Tucson May 1 AP The Arizona Medical Association reported 66 769 Blue Shield members up 14 932 from 1949. 1950 payments for surgical and obstetrical care totaled 493 981 78 covering 9 407 cases. 88 percent of licensed physicians in the state are members and 95 percent of Medical Association members belong. Dr C C Craig of Phoenix was reelected president with Dr E A Brown Prescott as vice president Earle Barrows Phoenix as treasurer and Dr David C James Phoenix as secretary.
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Tucson
Blue Shield
Arizona Medical Association
L. Donald Lau
Lau
The
Medical Association
C. C. Craig
Phoenix
E. A. Brown
Prescott
Earle Barrows
David C. James
Mica and Tungsten Exempt From Price Controls
Washington May 1 Exemptions for raw mica mica parts and tungsten ores from price controls announced today. The move affects suppliers and reflects wartime rationing aims.
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Washington
Effect Of New Arthritis Drugs Uncertain
Tucson May 1 AP It is too soon to be sure new arthritis drugs will meet hopes said Arizona Medical Association at its annual convention Dr Otto Steinbrecker of New York noted uncertainty vs older treatments Dr Harry E Thompson of Tucson cited cortisone and gold therapy as most effective in a study of 500 cases with high recovery and skin discoloration from ACTH mentioned Dr DeWitt Englund of Phoenix separated gout from gouty arthritis Elsewhere hearing problems in school children were discussed Dr John S Mikell of Tucson warned defective hearing can cause serious personality changes citing 4 000 000 American children with ear defects and that four of five failing grades involve ear trouble including a belligerent expelled child and reduced grades through earlier radi- um treatments.
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H. D. Miller
Mesa
League
Miller
Arizona
E. M. Pederson
Casa Grande
David P. Kimball
Maricopa
Glenn Hoopes
Graham County
Virgil Crismon
Henry E. Schrey
Glendale
Kimball
Clark Smith
Hisself
Tucson
Arizona Medical Association
Otto Steinbrecker
New York
Steinbrecker
Harry E. Thompson
Thompson
John S. Mikell
Mikell
Cradle Roll Day Planned by Local Church Group
In Coolidge on Thursday the Women’s Auxiliary to Community Church hosts Cradle Roll Day at 2 15 p m in the church parlors. Mothers and Cradle Roll children will be guests. Mention of 1500 sea brittle star species noted in passing.
Howsare Attacks Prosecution in Gambling Case
Tucson May 1 AP James M Howsare justice of the peace criticized the state for its handling of the gambling charge against W T Holmes deputy Pima County attorney He acquitted the civil deputy of the charge and said the state failed to prove the essential elements for conviction He cited the prosecutor Frank Barry Jr and county attorney Robert Morrison as involved in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
James M. Howsare
Justice of the Peace
W. T. Holmes
Pima County
Howsare
Bryce H. Wilson
Frank Barry, Jr
Nogales
Robert Morrison
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Florida
Fuller Warren
James Sullivan
Dade County
Miami
Dade County Grand Jury
Federal Parole Board
Capone
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Charles Binaggio
Kansas City
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Accardo- Guzik-Fischetti
Chicago
Costello-Adonis-Lansky
Sicily
Kefauver
Tobey
N. H
O’conor
Hunt
Wyo
Chae
Second Ave
West van Buren
Dewitt Englund
Innradiante
Paint & Glass Co
South 4Th Ave
Aat
J A
Ntes
E.van Buren
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