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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1951
Page
3
Mrs Lucile Vogeler recounts the torture her husband endured after being kidnapped and imprisoned in Vienna and later released due to a press driven public outcry. She speaks of his nervous state, solitary confinement, future plans near New York, and gratitude toward Americans and the media.
Florence May 3 AP A privately funded dam project named Twin Butte would be built 29 miles south of Florence at an estimated cost of 10 million dollars. It would impound about 300000 acre feet of water from the San Pedro River to irrigation about 100000 acres experiencing severe drought. The Twin Buttes Dam Project Association announced plans with Col Randolph M J Evjen as general manager and farmers financing the venture. Association members would include water users from the San Carlos project.
Police investigate thefts at West Town Motors and a burglary at Sun Valley Manufacturing. Items stolen over three weeks include three tires with wheels, 30 cigarette lighters, three auto radios, 30 hub caps, four cases of oil, plus a cash box and $13 from a filing cabinet. Marsh L Lawson reported the offenses.
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE May 3 The Phoenix Exchange Club will hold its sixth annual model airplane competition May 20 in conjunction with the Armed Forces Day open house. A flight strip will be set aside for gliders and rubber and engine powered models reserved for grammar school students. Information from Capt. Wilson Deaver or the Roosevelt Council BSA Phoenix.
A 43 year old man in Maricopa County jail for drunk and reckless driving was exposed as an Oklahoma escapee after fingerprints sent to Washington DC showed he was Marvin Stepp, who fled McAlester Penitentiary in March 1949. Stepp previously used the name Buddy Lee Paul of Tempe, sentenced April 19 in Tempe Justice Court to pay 175 dollars or 70 days in jail for the offense. In Oklahoma he faced an assault with attempt to commit murder and mayhem sentence.
John Curtain elected president of the Men of Trinity at Trinity Cathedral succeeding Adrian Babcock. George Miller becomes vice-president and Howard Moore secretary-treasurer after about 90 men attended the final meeting. A film on science and religion titled Dust or Destiny was shown. Next meeting likely in October. The climate in Ecuador’s central basins is springlike year round.
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