Alva D. Myers dies. Nevada mining king on coast
Alva D. Myers, famed as the father of Goldfield and a major Nevada mining figure, died in Tujunga California at 77 after a long illness following a 1953 auto injury. He built Goldfield, discovered Mohawk Mine, owned seven Nevada banks, and helped Tex Rickard launch boxing matches that spotlighted the mining boom era. His widow Hedwig Myers was at his bedside.
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Grocers Hear Talks On Selling Strategy Series
The Arizona Retail Grocers Association will hold the second of seven winter meetings tomorrow at 8 30 p m in the Phoenix Technical School Auditorium. Speakers include L W Block of H J Heinz Joseph Shorrock Roger Wilco Market and Walter Ong of Central Market. E F Massingale will preside. An informal discussion and a National Association produced film on merchandising will follow.
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Land Firm Wins Suit Between Subdivisions Near Tucson
The State Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favor of Solano Land Company of Tucson in a dispute with John W. Murphy of Tucson over a right of way between adjoining subdivisions in the Catalina foothills outside Tucson.
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New York Times backs Dulles over Lehman in Senate race
The New York Times endorsed Senator John Foster Dulles over former Governor Herbert H. Lehman in the New York Senate race. The paper cited Dulles foreign policy leadership and potential party reform as reasons, while noting it respects Lehman. Also mentioned is the first major league baseball game televised in 1939 Brooklyn versus Cincinnati.
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Police Break Up Oakland High School Marijuana Ring
Oakland police say they busted a marijuana ring supplying McClymonds High School students. Five people arrested after a two week plan raid on two adjacent apartments yielded about $4,000 in marijuana. Suspects include Eddie Torres 21 Frankie Bennett 18, Albert Pando 25 Mrs Pat Prudencio 19 and Edward Lazoya 21. Police say pupils regularly visited the flats and a student was left stupefied in class. Sergeant Skelton notes undercover work spanned 11 weeks and the operation aimed to stop sale to youths.
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