Shovel Break halts traffic on Miami Superior road work
Travel on the Miami Superior highway was halted after a power shovel broke down while moving rock and earth. The road reopened about 4 a.m. after being closed from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Hundreds of travelers were stranded as mechanics repaired the shovel and debris cleared. Greyhound buses to Phoenix and Tucson were detained on the Miami side. Tucson high school students were among passengers. Cafes in Superior and Miami opened early to serve waiting travelers.
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Superior
Miami-Superior
Greyhound
Phoenix
Tucson
Miami
Globe
Motel To Hold Open House At Desert Inn Phoenix
The Desert Inn in Phoenix invites the public to an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. The 80 unit motel, built along 10th Avenue from Van Buren to Polk facing University Park, features a coffee shop, parking, sunbathing areas, a pool, and shuffleboard. Owners and builders include J. K. Orton, Al Stovall, E. A. Uhlmann, and Eugene T. Wesalowski of Phoenix.
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Desert Inn
Phoenix
10Th Avenue
van Buren Street
Polk Street
University Park
J. K. Orton
al Stovall
E. A. Uhlmann
Eugene T. Wesalowski
Phoe
Turnbow Talk Is Scheduled At Intercity Rotary Meetup
Bill Turn will address an intercity Rotary clubs meeting at the Gila River bridge Guthrie Tuesday night. The gathering occurs at the north end of the bridge on the Safford Clifton shortcut highway with members and wives from Duncan Clifton Morenci and Safford clubs. Willcox may send a delegation.
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Bill Turn
Gila River Bridge
Guthrie
Safford-Clifton
Rotary
Duncan
Clifton-Morenci
Safford
Willcox Club
Fair Commission To Appoint Te Poel
The State Fair Commission will officially appoint Lee E. Te Poel as superintendent of the Beef Cattle Department at its next meeting. George Blake, state fair secretary, said Te Poel has been recommended for the post and the commission is expected to approve the recommendation.
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Lee E. Te Poel
State Fair Commission
George Blake
State Fair
Te Poel
Agen
Commission
Boys State To Offer Lesson Of Democratic Rule In Action
More than 200 Arizona high school boys attend the fifth annual Boys State from May 30 to June 6 at the Arizona State College campus in Flagstaff. Sponsored by the American Legion, the program simulates state and local government with elections, law enforcement training, and constitutional planning led by figures such as Don Chiapetti acting governor and FBI instructor William Murphy.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
The
American Legion
James Ackerman, Jr
Litchfield
Boys State
Air Force
Don Chiapetti
Arizona State College
William Murphy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Delmar Layton
Mesa
Clayton Orth
Phoenix
Joe Rolle
Phil Bowman
Ted Wallace
Kingman
Elaine Bentley
Pyle
Traffic Mishaps Injure Patrolman and Infant Girl
A Phoenix motorcycle officer, Patrolman Newton Kendrick, 26, was injured en route to an accident scene at 10th and Sheridan. He suf fered head and right hip bruises and was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital. An other vehicle, a sedan driven by Jerry Gotlieb, 17, of 2525 North Ninth Street, was involved. Police also reported an auto pedestrian crash at 1805 West Lincoln Street injuring Roxie Diane Maxwell, 21 months, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Pauline Maxwell. She received emergency treatment at Memorial Hospital for four broken ribs after being struck by a car backing from a driveway driven by Jacqueline Broeder, 19, of 1807 West Lincoln Street. In another incident, Lovell T. Rousseau, 36, and John B. Davis, 40, were seriously injured on the Florence highway 18 miles north of Tucson when Rousseau’s 1950 coupe overturned. both were admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital at Tucson.
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Phoenix
Newton Kendrick
10Th
Sheridan Streets
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jerry Gotlieb
North Ninth Street
Roxie Diane Maxwell
Dorothy Pauline Maxwell
West Lincoln Street
Memorial Hospital
Jacqueline Broeder
Tucson
Florence Highway
Lovell T. Rousseau
Route 3
John B. Davis
Evergreen Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Liquor Sale Appeals Fail in Yuma Court
Yuma Justice of the Peace Ersel Byrd upheld convictions for sale of liquor to minors. Two Yuma waitresses pleaded guilty on April 23 and paid $100 fines. Byrd denied the appeals on the recommendation of County Attorney F Lewis Ingraham, saying the case was closed with payment of the fines.
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Yuma
Ersel Byrd
Byrd
F. Lewis Ingraham
Falsifying Age Brings Boy Fine
Lemuel Clark aged 19 from Queen Creek was fined 100 dollars or jailed 30 days by Justice of Peace Jack Hunsaker for falsifying his age to a bartender at Baseline Tavern. Clark and three teens sought beer. Marter, the tavern owner, was fined 100 dollars for selling liquor to a minor.
Funeral Rites for Glendale Woman Arranged
Mrs Amy Louise Wilson, 44, Glendale resident, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital in Phoenix. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Monday at Leonard Lundberg Mortuary with the Rev Jack K Maben of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Rest Haven Park.
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Glendale
Amy Louise Wilson
Memorial Hospital
Phoenix
Leonard-Lundberg
Jack K. Maben
Calvary Baptist Church
Rest Haven Park
Bartender Faces Trial On June 18
Theodore Andone of 306 East Osborn Road posted 500 bond and awaits trial in East Phoenix Precinct Court on June 18 for allegedly selling beer to a 19 year old. State liquor agents linked him to a similar charge from March 28 after selling beer to a 20 year old Luke Air Force Base airman. Andone works at the Rainbow Tavern, 2825 North Central Avenue.
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Theodore Andone
East Osborn Road
East Phoenix
Andone
Luke Air Force Base
Rainbow Tavern
North Central Avenue
Clifton Man Dies On Funeral Trip
A Clifton man Jose Sanchez aged 71 died of a heart attack while returning from a funeral in Santa Ana California. Another passenger Pedro Aragon was unconscious in the back seat as the car reached a service station in Safford. Investigators noted a broken exhaust pipe on the vehicle.
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Safford
Clifton
Santa Ana
Calif
Jose Sanchez
Pedro Aragon
Pair Sentenced For Bar Burglary
Two Phoenicians were arrested while lifting stolen beer through a hole in a tavern roof and were sentenced by Judge Lorna E. Lockwood of Maricopa County Superior Court. Richard Rodriguez Dominguez, 18, of 115 G West Yuma Street, received 4 to 5 years and Ysrael Lechuga, 22, of 1160 West Papago Street, received 3 to 7 years. They burglarized Ruby's Bar at 1400 South Central Avenue.
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Lorna E. Lockwood
Maricopa County
Margaret Amadio Funeral Conducted
Funeral services for Margaret Lucy Amadio 11 of Lehi were held at the Lehi Ward Chapel following her death Thursday night at Mesa Southside Osteopathic Hospital. Survived by her parents four sisters two brothers and grandparents in New Zealand.
Rescued Infant Burns in Glendale Fire Critical
An 8 month old boy Tony Miranda survived a two room Glendale blaze but is in critical condition with second and third degree burns covering 60 to 70 percent of his body at Maricopa County Hospital. The fire at 212 South 10th Avenue occurred while his father Joe Miranda was away. mother Consuela Rodriguez discovered the flames and rescued the child.
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Tony Miranda
Maricopa County Hospital
Joe Miranda
South 10Th Avenue
Glendale
Consuela Rodriguez
M Crandall Gilbert Area Pioneer Dies
Myron Marcellus Crandall a 74 year old Gilbert area pioneer and rancher died at South Side District Hospital Mesa after a brief illness. He was born in Springville Utah came to Graham County 61 years ago and lived on his Gilbert ranch 34 years. He served in LDS leadership roles including officiator at the Arizona Temple and Gilbert Ward bishopric member. Surviving are his wife 10 children 44 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren two brothers two sisters and numerous inlaws.
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Mesa
Myron Marcellus Crandall
Gilbert
Arizona
Southside District Hospital
Mr. Crandall
Springville
Utah
Graham County
Crandall
Arizona Temple
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Glen D. Nowell
M. R. Crandall
R. D. Crandall
Safford
Adelaide Robinson
Los Angeles
Uzell Truman
Huntington
Martin Mohrdieck Dies After Collapse at Home
Martin Mohrdieck Jr., 33, of 1817 North Dayton Street, collapsed and died in his back yard. A salesman with a heart ailment, he was a Phoenician and WWII veteran who returned in 1949 from Ciudad Obregon, Sonora. Survivors include his wife Helen, his mother Nell, his father Martin of Boulder, and sisters Mrs. Robert Lee Edge and Mrs. Bertha Viceroy. Funeral services will be arranged at Grimshaw Mortuary.
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Martin Mohrdieck, Jr
Dayton Street
Mohrdieck
Ciudad Obregon
Son
Mexico
Porter Harrison Service
Glendale
American Legion
Helen
Nell Mohrdieck
Phoenix
Martin
Boulder
Colo
Robert Lee Edge
Bertha Viceroy
Los Angeles
Grimshaw Mortuary
Phillip W. Hamer Dies At Residence
Phillip William Hamer, 49, died yesterday at his home on East Villetta Street after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, with burial in Memory Lawn Memorial Park. He was a salesman for Builders Hardware Company and had lived in Phoenix six years after moving from Springfield, Ohio. Surviving are his wife Norma of Phoenix, daughter Dolores of Chicago, three sons Walter, Norman, and Phillip T., his mother Mrs. Anna E. Hamer of Springfield, and brothers Kenneth and Fred of Dayton.
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Phillip William Hamer
East Villetta Street
Walter Hofman
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Memory Lawn Memorial Park
Hamer
Builders Hardware Company
California
Phoenix
Springfield
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Norma
Dolores
Chicago
Walter
Norman
Phillip T
Dayton
Anna E. Hamer
Kenneth
Fred
23 Million Available For Roads
The State Highway Department will have nearly $23,000,000 for highway construction in the 1951-52 fiscal year. Earl Rogge, State Highway Commission chair man, announced the total. Of this sum about $11,000,000 is new money from gasoline tax and other motor vehicle sources plus federal aid. next year about $5,500,000 will come from federal funds. a carryover of about $12,000,000 remains obligated on projects not started or not completed this year. The $11,000,000 in new money will fund $6,105,000 for primary state highway system construction, $2,272,000 for state secondary routes, $1,190,000 for urban routes, and $1,719,000 for non-federal aid highways.
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State Highway Department
Earl Rogge
State Highway Commission
Fines Slapped On 5 Drivers
Five motorists faced penalties in Phoenix area courts. William M. Carlton, 33, Glen dale, admitted reckless driving after a hit and run at Lateral 17th and Avenue J, facing 10 days or $75. Joseph R. Cordette, 28, East Mountain View Road, fined $25 for similar charges. In East Phoenix Precinct Court three others, Bardelio Gomez, 44, John R. Wattlaufer, 61, and Clell J. Williams, 41, each received $100 fines or 10 days jail after pleading guilty to drunken driving.
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William M. Carlton
Glendale
West Phoenix
Avenue J
Joseph R. Cordette
East Mountain View Road
East Phoenix
Bardelio Gomez
Yavapai Street
John R. Wattlaufer
Palmer Drive
Clell J. Williams
South 26Th Street
Georgia police chief cleared in self defense shooting
Warner Robins Georgia May 12 coroner jury cleared Hawkinsville police chief James T Bragg of shooting two unarmed handcuffed AWOL Fort Bragg soldiers near Robins Air Force Base The jury said the bullets entered at close range supporting Bragg s claim of self defense The slain troops were Pvt Lon G Asman and Pvt Louie L Passmore both white and from California and North Carolina respectively
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Warner Robins
Georgia
Hawkinsville
James T. Bragg
Fort Bragg
N. C
Robins Air Force Base
Calif
Louie L. Passmore
Fayetteville
Bragg
Tommy
Water Line Accusation Returned Over Valves on 32nd Street
Dario Travaini city water and sewers head blamed county for lack of permit records on an old Phoenix line along 32nd Street. Howard Shelp replied no permit was on file, valves were paved over between Thomas Road and McDowell Road, and work will pause until Monday for a city survey to locate buried valves. Travaini expects lower costs than first feared.
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Dario Travaini
City of
Phoenix
Howard Shelp
Shelp
32Nd Street
Thomas Road
McDowell Road
Travaini
Cooties Chief Graves Visits Phoenix Grand Lodge
P W Graves of Washington DC supreme commander of the Military Order of Cooties arrived for an official visit to Arizona. Maricopa Post 720 and the grand lodge met him at Sky Harbor Airport. He planned to address the grand lodge at the VFW Foxhole and a dinner in his honor. He would tour Papago Park VA Hospital and the new hospital site the next day.
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P. W. Graves
Washington, D. C
Military Order of Cooties
Order
Grand Lodge of
Arizona
Maricopa
Howard Horn
Grand Lodge
Graves
Sky Harbor
VFW
West Washington Street
Papago Park Veterans Administration Hospital
Veterans’ Hospital
France and Germany Agree to Joint Film Production Pact
France and Germany sign a new pact to assist each other in film production. The agreement aims to boost collaboration, share resources, and advance co produced projects across European cinema.
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France
Germany
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Phil Albins
C. A. Mackey
West Jefferson
North High
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Ben Salt
Indianola Avenue
Dick Hays
East Whitton Avenue
Eugene Hutloff
Cherry Lynn Road
Angelo Filigenzi
Whittier Drive
Dick Palmer
Sheridan Street
Carolyn Winham
Montecito Avenue
David Lange
East Pinchot Avenue
George McConnell
Gerald Houck
Nick Ragus
Harold Hensen
Wickenburg
Clifton Yancy
Dan Yurkovich
Ajo
Curtis Kimball
Pima
Melvin Zinner
Herman Price
Bisbee
Clarence Giles
Alex Nader
Howard Pyle
Kendrick
Fifth Avenue
Encanto Park Boulevard
Acci
Wilson
Sun Valley
SUN Valley Call
20Th Ave
Margaret Amadio
M. Crandall
Gilbert Area
Martin Mohrdieck
Phillip W. Hamer
Freek
Standard Roofing Supply Co., Inc
South 24Th Street
Cootie
Fred Hartung
M.vc
M.A
Nas
Rte
Sears
Kenmore
H.P
Kenmore Portable
Sears, Roebuck and Co
E. Adams
Phoenix, Arizona
Kenmore Vacuum
Adams
Second St
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