Stolen Cash Box At Jack's Tavern Office
A burglar unlocked a rear office window at Jack's Tavern in Avondale and stole a metal cash box containing 782 dollars and papers. Sheriff bureau supervisor D L McGovney said the entry occurred around midnight while customers drank at the bar. Only 98 dollars in checks were inside. missing papers included a lease copy.
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Phoenix Gazette
Avondale
Jack
D. L. McGovney
Sheriff's Identification Bureau
Paul Lueigg
Snowflake Stake Parley To Open With Benson as Speaker
The quarterly Snowflake Stake conference opens tomorrow in Snowflake attracting Latter-day Saints from 12 Coconino and Navajo County communities. Ezra Taft Benson of Salt Lake City, a Council of Twelve Apostle member, will be principal speaker as sessions run through Sunday with attendees from Flagstaff Joseph City Holbrook Woodruff Winslow Snowflake Taylor Pinedale Clay Springs Heber Showlow and Lake side.
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Latter-day Saints
Coconino
Navajo County
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Church
Council of Twelve Apostles
Flagstaff
Joseph City
Holbrook
Woodruff
Winslow
Taylor
Pinedale
Clay Springs
Heber
Showlow
Lakeside
Services Planned For J. L. Knight
Funeral services are scheduled for John Louis Knight a 36 year old Central Arizona Light and Power Company employee who was electrocuted Tuesday when he touched a high voltage line. Services will be at the American Legion Hall with burial in Louis B. Hazelton Cemetery. The Rev J M Lawson will officiate. Survivors include his wife Laura May two children his mother a brother and a sister.
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John Louis Knight
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
American Legion Hall
Louis B. Hazelton
J. M. Lawson
Knight
Laura May
Tanner Wins 73 Thousand Dollar Safford Highway Contract
SAFFORD November 25 The Tanner Construction Company of Phoenix announced a 73495 dollar 16 cent contract for the 4.2 mile Safford Bryce Highway. The project will extend to the Safford Airport improving access and regional transport.
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Safford
Tanner Construction Company
Phoenix
Safford-Bryce Highway
Safford Airport
Chandler Dinner to Honor Hawks Football Team
A banquet honoring Chandler High School football team managers and coaches will be held Monday evening December 5 in the school cafeteria. Ed Doherty of Arizona State College Tempe will speak. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Lions and Junior Chamber.
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Bill Moulton
Chandler Chamber of Commerce
Ed Doherty
Arizona State College
Tempe
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Polaris the Pole Star Distance from Earth Given
The Pole Star Polaris lies about 470 light years from Earth. A light year equals roughly 6 trillion miles, the distance light travels in one year.
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Polaris
Earth
Water Decline at Deer Valley Seen as Typical Arizona Use
Washington report notes Deer Valley near Phoenix saw groundwater decline 70 feet from 1941 to 1948, with 20 feet in 1948 as irrigation pumping surged from 600 to 88,000 acre feet. Area tilled rose from 200 to 21,000 acres. crops mostly commercial vegetables. Groundwater flow shifted east to west due to pumping, with water movement from Salt River Project area bringing higher chloride content. McGuinness says Arizona uses groundwater faster than replenishment, rate rising to about three to one.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
Deer Valley
Arizona
Phoenix
C.L. McGuinness
Deer Valley Survey
U.S. Geological Survey
Salt River Project
McGuinness
Union
California
Geological Survey
Coast Slough Yields Bodies Of Two Girls
In Stockton California two teenage sisters Rita Loschiavo seventeen and Joan Yanes nineteen were found dead in Whisky Slough eight miles west of Stockton. Authorities believe the bodies were in the muddy waters for about a week and rule out foul play. Deputies may drag the slough to locate a sunken car while noting jewelry and watches on the victims.
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Stockton
Calif
San Juaqin
Rita Loschiavo
Joan Yanes
Whisky Slough
Sheriff’s Office
Banker To Be Clinic Speaker In Pinal County Event
George W. Christie of Phoenix vice president of First National Bank of Arizona will speak at Greater Arizona's Pinal County Clinic banquet Monday evening at Casa Grande Woman's Club Building. Sessions begin 10 a.m. Monday at Casa Grande High School with economic jurors report Tuesday. The banquet is arranged by the Casa Grande Woman’s Club with over 200 guests expected. invitation extended by Don Lockwood and George Babbitt Jr.
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Phoenix Gazette
Casa Grande
George W. Christie
Phoenix
First National Bank of Arizona
Greater Arizona
Not So Young Any More at 105 in Avoca
Mrs Hedwig Slazyk of Avoca Pennsylvania postponed mushroom picking on her 105th birthday citing age and reduced mobility. She said she is getting older and cannot get around like she used to.
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Avoca
Hedwig Slazyk
Seniors Tested for Vocational Aptitudes in Arizona Pilot
Prescott Senior High School hosts an experimental federal program testing 136 seniors in a 15 test battery. The goal is to map 10 aptitudes to guide students toward 20 industry fields and 2,000 job classifications, with pilots in Prescott and Globe to gauge educational guidance benefits.
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Phoenix Gazette
Prescott
Arizona
United States
Clifford C. Coile
Bureau of Employment Security
Washington, D. C
Coile
Arizona State Employment Office
Raymond Kilroy
Prescott and
Globe
Irene Hallier
Sunnyslope Youth Council Plans Centered Youth Programs
Sunnyslope Nov. 25 The Sunnyslope Youth Council formed to act as the central clearing house for area youth efforts. Ralph O'Brian and Jack Baughman named president and secretary to guide plans for a gymnasium, youth employment agency, seasonal sports, craft shop, little theater, and sewing classes. Also notes Bazaar by Sunnyslope Presbyterian Church, Girls Club leadership at Wrigley Hall, elimination contest for local checkers, Helen C. Lincoln Day Nursery readiness, Red Cross home nursing course.
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Phoenix Gazette
Sunnyslope
Sunnyslope Youth Council
Ralph O’brian
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Jack Baughman
Desert Mission Recreational
Tempe Groups Schedule Meetings And Activities
Tempe branches of the American Association of University Women will hear John Myers Myers review his book Silverlock Monday at 8 p.m. in the Arizona State College studio. Also a special Eastern Star meeting and Camp Fire Council session are planned with multiple local leaders in attendance.
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Silverlock
Nadine Dresskell
Arizona State College
Katherine Turner
Society Studies
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Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Fred J. Fritz
Clifton
Fritz
Mesdames O. L. Barnes
E. A. Row
Joe Ramsey
George Irvine
Pearl Coman
Willcox Fire Destroys Outpost Café-Grocery
A fire at the Outpost, a cafe and grocery in Willcox, destroyed the building and living quarters, causing losses estimated at more than $50,000. Co owner Orville Tyra narrowly escaped suffocation from smoke as flames engulfed the structure after breaking out yesterday twelve miles from town.
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Orville Tyra
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