Korpusinski Receives Two-Year Prison Term in Fraud Case
Edward Korpusinski, 33, formerly of Chicago and Phoenix alias Thomas Moore, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of mail fraud totaling over 100000. He received concurrent two-year sentences, with possible early release for good behavior and parole after one third served. The case cites use of Petroleum Heat and Power Co. order blanks to obtain steel pipe, resold to Chicago contractors. A civil suit related to the fraud is ongoing in Chicago.
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C. M. McMillen
Chicago
United States District Court
Edward Korpusinski
Phoenix
Thomas Moore
Dave W. Ling
Jas
Korpusinski
Herman Lewkowitz
Lewkowitz
Mrs. Moore
Betty Rose
Petroleum Heat and Power Company
Federal
Valley Steel Company
East St. Louis
Train Strikes Bus in Southern California Tragedy
A Union Pacific passenger train crashed into an Air Force recreation bus at 73 mph in Ontario California killing seventeen people including eleven airmen and five girls and a chaperone. Only five bus passengers survived. Two civilian teens from Ontario were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Two airmen survived in critical or satisfactory condition. The incident occurred after a beach outing at Corona Del Mar.
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Ontario
Calif
Union Pacific
Air Force
Omega
Marquita Pearce
San Antonio Community Hospital
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Corona del Mar
pennant Winners Too Tired To Think About Wednesday
New York reporters noted both the Yankees and Dodgers were exhausted after pennant wins and not yet ready to discuss World Series pitching plans. Casey Stengel and Burt Shotton planned to name starting pitchers only shortly before game time with Ed Lopat favored for opening day if official word aligns.
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New York
Big Town
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
Phoenix
Casey Stengel
Yankees
Burt Shotton
Brooklyn
Boston Red Sox
Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
Stengel
Ed Lopat
Allie Reynolds
Tommy Byrne
Lopat
Vic Raschi
Shotton
Majority Bloc Names Imler for Phoenix Mayor Ticket
City Councilman Thomas J Imler is slated as mayoral candidate on the majority bloc ticket to be formally announced Wednesday at City Hall. A veteran Democrat and former Arizona legislator, Imler will face Mayor Nicholas Udall in the November primary as the bloc pursues full time leadership with a $6000 salary and expense allowance.
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Thomas J. Imler
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix
Imler
Arizona
Arizona Game and Fish Commission
Nicholas Udall
Charter Government
Senate Preview Of 1950 Farm Bill Debate
The Senate opened discussion on the compromise Anderson farm bill as it prepared to tackle the major political issue of price support for farmers, signaling a high stakes campaign focus in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Navajo Hopi Indian aid bill passes House unanimously
The House approved the Senate House conference report on an 88.57 million Navajo Hopi rehabilitation bill without dissent. The measure includes Section 9 changes affecting jurisdiction and tax rules, and confirms federal responsibility for most Social Security welfare payments to Navajo communities in Arizona New Mexico and Utah.
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Ore Nelson Gall
Washington
House Today
Senate House
Senate
E. W. McFarland
House
Fernandez
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Senator McFarland
John R. Murdock
Toby Morris
Oklahoma
Blaine campaigns for mayor amid council dispute
A caustic City Council member, H. W. Blaine of 510 North Seventh Street, filed for mayoral candidacy. He named C. W. Boyer as treasurer and joined John Lane of 23 West Washington Street and Mayor Nicholas Udall as candidates. Udall has backing from the Charter Government Committee.
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H. W
Jack) Blaine
North Seventh Street
James T. Deppe
C. W. Boyer
West Washington Street
Blaine
John Lane
PM Cocktail
Nicholas Udall
Udall
Charter Government Committee
Tito accuses USSR as Yugoslavia braces for war
Marshal Tito warned the Soviet Union of threats against Yugoslavia and said the Yugoslav army would defend the country to the last breath. The U.S. pressed Russia to arrange for return of two Marshall Plan officials and an American ship missing in North Korean waters. Nationalist China condemned Soviet recognition of the Communist government and cut diplomatic ties. The House Rules Committee advanced the social security bill paving four days of debate. A Vatican source said Tito may release Archbishop Stepinac, jailed since 1946 for collaboration with the Germans.
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Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
United States
Russia
China
House Rules Committee
Vatican
Alojzije Stepinac
Markets At A Glance Late Upturn In Bonds Cotton Steady Wheat Firm
New York markets show late upturn in bonds with irregular trading and declines. Cotton remains steady as mill buying persists. Wheat firm with May and July at new seasonal levels. Oats steady to 30 cents lower, top price noted. Cattle steady to 75 cents higher, top $34.50.
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New York
Two Robbers Trapped After Cape Cod Robbery
Two pistol brandishing robbers, identified as from San Francisco and Milwaukee, startled a sleeping couple in Osterville Massachusetts and looted the Cape Cod home of $25 000 in valuables before fleeing. They were trapped at a bridge to the mainland, police reported.
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Osterville
Mass
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Cape Cod
Texas Coast Faces Hurricane Threat From Storm
Corpus Christi and coastal towns brace as a 100 mph hurricane shifts toward the Texas Gulf Coast. Authorities urge evacuations, hotels and shelters open, with high tides and heavy rain already in the region. The Weather Bureau warns of gale to hurricane force winds, rain, and widespread flooding along the coast from Corpus Christi to Galveston and across to Louisiana.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Lake Charles
Texas Gulf Coast
Naval Air Training Center
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Texas
United States Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Pensacola
Fla
North Beach
Red Cross
Miss America Jacque Mercer Homecoming in Phoenix Parade
Miss America Jacque Mercer 18, of Phoenix College, arrives at Sky Harbor after winning in Atlantic City. A mile long parade to the State Capitol greets her as Gov. Dan Garvey and dignitaries welcome her home. Estimated crowds reach 60 000 to 70 000.
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Arthur Mercer
Oui
Capitol
Atlantic City
Jacque Mercer
Phoenix
Garvey
Jacque
Arizona National Guard
James Pitts
Prescott
Guard
Nicholas Udall
Frank Bendick
Mesa
Art Zieske
Litchfield Park
Jaycees
Roger Hagle
Sergeant Pitts
Frazer
Sky Harbor
Mercer
Capitol Building
Phoenix Union High School
North Phoenix
Phoenix Col
Senator Vandenberg Undergoes Major Lung Operation
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican Michigan spent over six hours on the operating table at University Hospital in Ann Arbor for major surgery. Doctors reported half of his left lung removed and his condition satisfactory with the operation still underway at 2:35 p.m. The illness was not disclosed and the patient had checked in a week earlier for a routine checkup.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Ann Arbor
Mich
Republican
Michigan
Uniersity Hospital
Senator Vandenberg
John Alexander
Vandenberg
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Camelback Road
Arizona Canal
Preacher Roe
Wallace Caywood
Jack Blaine
International News Service
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United Press
Ee Oman
Bulletin
Esther Clark
John Egan
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Miss Mercer
Col
Frank E. Fraser
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