Council Approves 16th Street Paving Plan
City Council approves widening and paving 16th Street from Villa to Pinchot at 60 feet with curbs and sidewalks. Project costing about 329,491 will be funded by state gasoline funds and property assessments of up to 10 per front foot residential and 12 for business. Some property owners opposed assessments and the deed method for sidewalk strips.
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16Th Street
J. M. Nixon
E. Willetta St
Kenneth K. King
Nixon
Otto H. Linsenmeyer
Ninth St
King
Villa
Pinchot
Guzik Reads In His Cell While Awaiting Trial
Charles A. Guzik, 41, sits in a county jail cell reading popular magazines and solving crosswords as he awaits trial on multiple charges of lewd conduct with teenage school boys. Jailer Herbert Green says he is kept alone because other inmates refuse to be near him. He has not joined jail cleanup work crews. Since incarceration last week, only visitors have been his attorney George T. Wilson and bail bondsman Sam Greenbaum.
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Charles A. Guzik
Herbert Green
Guzik
Green
George T. Wilson
Sam Greenbaum
Teenagers Admit Pillaging Cottages in Pinal Mountain
Four Miami youths pleaded guilty to vandalism for damaging summer cottages in the Pinal Mountain area. Sentencing by Justice Clyde Share set for Saturday. Ages 19, 17, 17, and 16. Doors broken, windows smashed, dressers ransacked. several cabins belonged to residents.
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GLOBE
Pinal Mountain
Justice of the Peace
Clyde
Sheriff's Office
City Adopts Plan For Job Classification
City council adopted a new civil service job classification plan after months of work by Public Administration Service of Chicago and a city employee committee. A concurrent pay plan will be heard June 6 at 7 p.m. and take effect July 1 with wage authority for new hires vested in the City Manager under the adopted framework.
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Public Administration Service of
Chicago
Civil Service Board
Nicholas Udall
Ray W. Wilson
Public Administration Service
City and Owner Reach Accord On Site Price
City Council and Mrs. Jimmiebel Gallsworthy reach a tentative 75000 compromise price for a low rent public housing site after a long dispute. The Phoenix Housing Authority sought the 7 1 3 acres for an addition to Frank Luke Jr Homes. A jury valued the land at 95000 in a condemnation suit. Final approval rests with the housing authority and U S Public Housing Authority officials in Los Angeles.
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Jimmiebel Gallsworthy
18Th St
Phoenix Housing Authority
Frank Luke, Jr
Maricopa County
Housing Authority
McCormick resigns as International Harvester chairman
Chicago May 29 International Harvester chairman Fowler McCormick resigns after bylaws shift chief executive power to the president John L. McCaffrey who took the post in 1946. McCormick remains on the board and cites disagreement with majority views. He began at the Milwaukee plant in 1921 and led the firm since 1946.
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Chicago
Fowler McCormick
International Harvester Company
John L. McCaffrey
McCormick
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Ariz
Camp Wamatochick Seeks Girls for Camp Fire Session
A nostalgic Camp Fire notice invites girls aged 7 to 16 to register for Camp Wamatochick at Prescott with expert counselors and medical examinations. Sessions run from June 11 to July 30, featuring shipwreck and South American themes, archery, horseback rides, and crafts. Fees are 18 dollars for Camp Fire members and 20 dollars for nonmembers, with guardians urged to apply promptly.
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Prescott
Miss Beulah
Beulah-Mae Hallford
South America
Doris Cunningham
Camp Fire
First Session of Boys State Opens in Flagstaff
Flagstaff hosts the fifth annual Arizona Boys State program through June 6 with 224 high school students living on the Arizona State College campus. Key speakers include Ray Martinez, Mayor Henry L. Hutchison, and Dr. L A Eastburn, while FBI agent William Murphy leads peace officer instruction. Governor Howard Pyle will attend the governor’s inauguration and state officials discuss government, with events culminating in a governor’s ball and the national meeting selection.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
Arizona Department of the American Legion
Arizona State College
Ray Martinez
Phoenix
Legion Department
Henry L. Hutchison
L. A. Eastburn
William Murphy
FBI
Charles Bernstein
Maricopa County
Howard Pyle
Levi S. Udal
Arizona Supreme Court
Wesley Bolin
Boys State
Washington
Arizona Seventh- Day Adventist Conference Opens in Phoenix
About 500 attendees from across Arizona join sessions at the Arizona Academy in Phoenix under Elder G. H. Rustad with daytime talks led by Elder Clifford L. Bauer. Phillip Knox discusses Palomar telescope findings and stargazing topics at 8 p.m. lectures.
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State
Arizona Seventh- Day Adventist Conference
Arizona Academy
North 14Th St
Phoenix
G. H. Rustad
Arizona
Clifford L. Bauer
Glendale
Calif
Pacific Union Conference
Rope
Palomar
North Phoenix High School
Bauer
Christ
Todd Quits ECA Post in Formosa After Two Years
Oliver J. Todd, chief of irrigation for the Economic Cooperation Administration in Formosa, resigned his post and sailed for the United States today after two years with the Marshall Plan mission. An official announcement gave no reason for the resignation.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Oliver J. Todd
Yellow River
United States
Marshall Plan
Todd
Economic Co-operation Administration
Tempe Civic Improvement Association’s petition denied
Tempe City Council denied the petition to appoint an advisory commission for city employees. The council passed a resolution opposing changes to administrative policies. Mayor Hugh E. Laird had appointed a four man committee to study the administration after protests of police department policies. The committee found 32 of 46 city employees opposed changes, six favored a commission, eight gave no opinion or were not contacted.
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Tempe
Hugh E. Laird
R. P. Groves
Six Planes Damaged In City Airport Incident
Valley rancher H. D. Conner escaped uninjured after his new airplane ground looped on landing at Sky Harbor Airport. An airport official said the craft was severely damaged but Conner climbed out and walked away. Earlier, five planes were damaged on the flight line when an un manned aircraft started moving suddenly and struck four others, ripping a tail off one and damaging three tails, with the propeller lost from the moving plane.
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H. D. Conner
Northern Ave
Black Canyon Rd
Valley Rancher
Sky Harbor
Conner
New NASA safe NAIR lotion promises smooth legs
A cosmetic lotion claims to dissolve hair close to the skin for legs that stay smooth longer. It markets as safe with hundreds of clinical tests and no irritant odor, offering 5 minute action and quick rinse at 79 cents plus tax in drugstores.
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NASA
Mesa Girl's Mishap Preview
Edna Vaughn a 15 year old girl from Mesa suffered a leg injury after dreaming of a broken leg and then actually breaking her leg while crossing an irrigation ditch on her way home from work. The incident highlights how a vivid dream preceded the real mishap.
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Mesa
Edna Vaughn
Edna
Workers Choose Bargaining Agent At Smelting Plant
Hayden May 29 AP Workers at the American Smelting and Refining Co plant voted 106 to 6 to name the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union as their bargaining agent. The AFL had urged the election and sought to be the agent.
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Hayden
American Smelting & Refining Co
Independent Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
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