Defense Rests Case In Sonora Riot Trial
Florence May 17 in the manslaughter trial of Joe Frank Jordan 67 a former Pinal County deputy the defense rested its case. He is accused of fatally wounding Marcus Gaspar a Sonora miner during a disturbance in front of the Sonora jail. Witnesses included Jordan and Walter Christopher who said they were beaten as a crowd attacked them after Ruiz threatened to kill Jordan. Gaspar died days later from a gunshot wound to the stomach severing his spine. Local officials questioned whether Ruiz was under arrest at the time.
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Florence
Joe Frank Jordan
Pinal County
Marcus Gaspar
Sonora
Jordan
Walter Christopher
Pinal
Christopher
Mario Ruiz
Ray
Greenlee County
Ruiz
Gaspar
William Scanland
T. J. Mahoney
Gun Duel Concluded On Court Lunch Break
Court recessed for lunch as the gun duel case against Juan Telles neared verdict. County Attorney Ruffo Espinosa rested the state's case after witnesses detailed the confrontation at the stock pens with Caspar Hathaway. The defense sought acquittal claiming justifiable homicide. Witness Cicero Martin described the moment Telles drew a rifle and a six shooter, exchanging shots that felled Telles, while Hathaway’s rifle shattered the wind shield and left Telles dead behind the stockyard fence. Frank Harrison testified to heated exchanges about Mrs Hathaway and a woman friend, and threats to return with a gun. Hathaway defended proceeding with cattle to load and staying put.
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Ruffo Espinosa
Juan Telles
Cicero Martin
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Martin
Telles
Hathaway
Frank Harrison
El Paso Utility Rates Muddle Over Arizona Property Value
El Paso would keep the old rate for the utility, leaving settlement between the utility and the tax commission. Mullane warned that higher assessments could force a court appeal. Moore failed to obtain exact Arizona property valuations and later requested detailed 1951 capital investment figures by county and the first five months of 1951.
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Tax Commission
Mullane
Thad M. Moore
Arizona
Moore
el Paso
Casualties in Korea Rise by One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Eight
The Defense Department reported that American casualties in Korea total 65,523, up 1,468 from last week.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
Korea
Truman urges higher taxes and stronger controls
President Truman pushes Congress to extend and strengthen price, rent, and wage controls expiring June 30. He warns the public cost of living will rise if lobbies defeat stabilization, and stresses need for taxes to fund defense, curb inflation, and balance the budget while resisting exemptions for special interests.
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Mr. Truman
Modernization Aims at Arizona Border Stations
Arizona plans to modernize border inspection stations to curb crop disease and pest importation. Thirteen stations will drop to eleven with four Agriculture Commission sites closed. New facilities include toilets water shade and private booths, shared by Agriculture Commission and Motor Vehicle Division.
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Arizona
Goodson
Ehrenberg, Parker, Yuma
Kingman
The
Agriculture Commission
Motor Vehicle Division
Globe, Solomon, Benson ,and Holbrook
Topock
Springerville
Motor
Agriculture and Horticulture Commission
Choisser heads OPS post to private practice role
Choisser leaves 1939 OPS post to enter private practice after war service in the navy as a deck officer in the African invasion. He and his wife and two children reside at 1737 West Earls Drive. Jones, 41, joined the county attorney's staff four years ago and is a graduate of National Law School in 1941. He served in the navy for 3% years and previously assisted Senators Ashurst and McFarland during his Washington schooling.
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Choissers
West Earls Drive
Jones
National Law School
Washington
D. C
Navy
Henry F. Ashurst
Ernest W. McFarland
Belair
Sunnyslope
Choisser
OPS
San Francisco
Western Union Postpones Training Plan Halting Walkout
Western Union announced it would postpone a supervisory training program that had triggered a walkout by telegraph operators in at least 10 states. Union officials said the strike would not end immediately, with 10,000 idle workers awaiting posting of the notice in every office nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Western Union
Eichelberger Letters Tied to Voting Machine Contract
Letters bearing J. W. Eichelberger Sr. signature urged Frank T. Stone of Automatic Voting Machine Company to route contracts through “the right channels.” Stone released the letters to public officials. no action reported. Photostatic copies given to County Attorney Warren McCarthy. Western Union postpones defense traffic program amid interference. Nationwide telegraphers strike spreads from July 1 wage demands, crippling service in major cities and many states.
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Kimball
J. W. Eichelberger, Sr
Frank T. Stone
The
Automatic Voting Machine Company
Stone
Gazette
Warren McCarthy
LA Walkout Would Snarl Arizona Service
Roy Hill of the Commercial Telegraphers Union says Western Union service in Arizona would be affected if the Los Angeles office joins a strike. About 110 local employees could be impacted if the walkout spreads from Cincinnati Philadelphia Oakland and San Francisco. Union notes wage talks reopen July 1 and the company has fixed raises, seen as opposing collective bargaining. Wires from Arizona pass through Los Angeles for perforation and relaying to destinations. No supervisory staff are trained on manually operated machines here. The firm will accept telegrams from struck areas only with sender approval of indefinite delay.
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Western Unton
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Oregon
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Delaware
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Western Union
Arizona
Los Angeles
Roy Hill
Commercial Telegraphers Union Local
American Federation of Labor
San
Hill
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Redewile
Phoenix
Truman
Jim
George Howarth
American Federation of Labor Commercial Telegraphers Union
Eichelberger
Page One Chine Company
China
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maryland
District of Columbia
LA Walkout
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Camelback Road
Grand Avenue
Avenue J
Litchfield Park Road
Stanley & McDaniel
A.G.A
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