President Truman's Car Delays Reporters at Independence
In Independence on Sept 6 President Truman and Mrs Truman were halted by a motorcycle officer to allow reporters through as they returned from Fairfax Airport. The President waited at the signal and joked about escorting important people. Earlier, neighbors greeted him warmly. The piece notes 1948 corn production at over 3.5 billion bushels, far above 1938.
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Independence
INS
United States
Truman
Fairfax
Kansas City
Kaw
White House
Secret Service
Harry
Hunt Brothers Lead In Encanto Park Fishing Contest
Joe Hunt Jr and brother Jimmie won two top prizes in the seventh annual Encanto Park Lagoon fishing contest by the Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce drawing 795 entrants. Joe Jr captured the grand prize with a 17 inch catfish and Jimmie won for the largest fish by a boy with a 16 1/2 inch carp.
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Joe Hunt, Jr
Jimmie
Joe Hunt
Hunt
West Edgemont Avenue
Encanto Park Lagoon
Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joe, Jr
Norma Nelson
Walter A. Nelson
Rose Lane
Earl Walters
South Ninth Avenue
Walters
James Ledford
East Thomas Road
Alice Wal
Phoenicians Flee Sonora After Citywide Parade
In Hermosillo, Sonora, a group of Phoenician visitors fled their hotel after a Popular Party parade and a reported city blackout. Hotel manager Cesar Gandara said the night lights and water experienced outages but no incidents were reported. A Catholic youth group reported 2,000 marchers near the Governor's Palace, prompting the exodus of about a thousand visitors led by Tau Gamma Alpha members.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Cesar Gandara
Laval
Gandara
Popular Party
Catholic Youth Organization
TGA
Phoenix
Dorothy O’rourke
Tau Gamma Alpha
John H. Oates
Autopsy Planned In Coast Death
William Clarence Thedaker, 50, died after collapsing while repairing a refrigerator in his Burbank home. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause, with officials unsure if fumes or a heart attack caused the death.
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Burbank
Calif
William Clarence Thedaker
Thedaker
Lopez Heads No 2 Sonora Government Amid Rival Claim
The Popular Party installed Jacinto Lopez as Governor of Sonora and took an oath at midnight. His appointees were named to posts while Ignacio Soto’s government, declared elected by the State Congress, has not acted. About 1,000 Lopez supporters gathered in Hermosillo with no incidents reported. Lopez keeps a small capital office on Calle Serdan. he hails from Ciudad Obregon and polled under 1 percent in the July 3 election.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Partido Popular
Popular Party
Jacinto Lopez
Lopez
Ignacio Soto
Calle Serdan
Ciudad Obregon
State Congress
Hotel Employee Killed By SP Train
Montecito California September 6 1950 INS Sheriff John Ross reports Edgar P Beier 54 a Miramar Hotel employee was killed by a Southern Pacific train while walking on the tracks Beier’s body was found by a train crew in Ventura after being struck by an earlier train
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Montecito
Calif
INS
John Ross
Edgar P. Beier
Miramar
Southern Pacific
Beier
Ventura
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Wayne Barnes
Apache Street
Judy Hurley
Polk Street
Richard Herbert
West Weldon Avenue
Mary Ella McDowell
South Mesa Drive
Mesa
Bill Sasser
West Lynwood Street
Maribel Wilson
Washington Street
Danny Jones
North 26Th Street
Carol Sue Kellum
Almeria Street
Emmett Pipkens
East
Cocopah Street
Carolyn McDowell
Norman Fierros
South Third Street
Ethel Inez Walters
South
Ninth Avenue
Bobbie Phelps
Mary Ellen Ross
North 15Th Avenue
Norma Loo
West
Hadley Street
TWA
Mall
Woentix
Yours
Forstmann
Juilliard
Deering
Milliken
Wyandotte
SUEDE
Diamond's Yardagse
Jimmy Horne
Betty Lee
Diamond's Men's Shop
Arizona
C.C.D
Dox Juan
Textron
Diamond’s Men's Shop
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