Drought Insects Threaten Nation's Grain
Drought and grasshoppers in the Northern Great Plains threaten grain, worst in 25 years. Farmers selling cattle for feed, some grazing land ruined, prices rise in Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City, and drought extends into Canadian grain country.
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Colorado
Union Signs Copper Contract With Kennecott Ray Mines
Three Arizona labor unions signed one year wage contracts with Kennecott Copper Corp Ray Mines Division. The International Association of Machinists Lodge 1957 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Lodge 942 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 314 agreed to raises averaging over 10 cents per car and resolved all local issues before accepting the offer.
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Kennecott
City County Agree On New Buildings
Phoenix officials and Maricopa County supervisors reached agreement on a $21.4 million joint office complex to be built in an eight block area between First and Fifth Avenues and Washington and Madison.
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Fifth Avenues
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Madison
Weather outlook with hot temperatures and scattered storms
Variable cloudiness today and Sunday with little temperature change. Highs near 107 today and around 108 Sunday, lows near 77 Sunday morning. West portion fair, east partly cloudy, scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms mainly over central and eastern mountains. Data covers 24 hours ending 4 am.
Media'ors Face Squeeze Play In Maritime Strike
Federal mediators seek to end a 16 day maritime strike as NMU accepts a $65 million four year wage deal while MEBA and others reject terms citing high costs and foreign flag rights. Cole pursues negotiations for a Taft Hartley injunction with daily sessions.
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Kennedy
Holiday Toll Starts In State With 4 Deaths
Thousands of Arizonans hit the roads as the Fourth of July weekend began with four traffic deaths reported. Victims include 19 year old Jonathan M. Quarbo of Sacaton struck on Kennilworth Road near Coolidge and a two-truck head on collision on U.S. 66 near Peach Springs killing Kenneth Smith and Gracie Olive Bryant and injuring others. The toll for the year reached 223, a year over year drop, with officials urging caution on crowded holiday roads.
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Vista Calif
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Rita Hayworth to divorce fifth husband Jim Hill
Hollywood star Rita Hayworth 41 plans divorce from fifth husband James Hill after serving separation notice. Announcement notes she has separated with divorce proceedings to follow. Hill, 44, was in Rome handling music for Hayworth's film The Oldest Confession. Previous husbands include Ed Judson and Dick Haymes.
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Confab On Crime Planned For ASU
The Seventh Annual Delinquency Control Institute at Arizona State University will be held July 3-7 with lectures by Frank Eyman, superintendent of the Arizona State Prison, and Capt. George Clemmer, Phoenix Police Department training officer.
Scottsdale area homeowners association reports progress
Directors were re-elected including Walter Holman and Jerry McKenzie. Mrs C F Carroll and Mrs Clara Crogan joined the board. The group discussed Camelback Road district and credited achievements such as cross walks stop signs school patrols traffic curb safety and cleanup of vacant lots. They aided annexation and road system inclusion and secured discounts on gas and electric installations.
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Newport Jazz Festival Opens Peacefully
Newport Rhode Island police praised a quiet start to the annual Newport jazz festival. About 11 288 attendees filled Free Body Park for the opening night with 250 officers enforcing new public drinking and loitering rules and confiscating small amounts of liquor from a few juveniles.
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Forgetful Thief Sentenced for Yuma Bank Robbery
Phoenix report says 57 year old transient painter comitted the May 19 theft of 8710 from the First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Yuma. Judge Chickey noted the robber lost the money before leaving the scene and sentenced him to ten years.
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Tucson Builder Receives One to Five Year Jail Term
Tucson developer William W. Mills was sentenced to one to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to obtaining money by false representation. Superior Court Judge A Smith Gibbons imposed the term after Mills waived a jury trial. The case centered on a $9,300 property sale where the buyer was not informed of a mortgage. Civil suits have been filed against Mills and his four companies.
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UPI
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A Smith
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Church Group Backs Freedom Riders in South
A Tucson laymen’s group of the Fifth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church adopted a unanimous resolution calling for moral and financial support to end racial discrimination in interstate travel. The four day convention closed with a donation to the civil rights fight and elected J D Williams of Kansas City as president, with Mrs Carrie Roberts of Phoenix as third vice president.
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UPD
Freedom Riders
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Fifth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
J.D. Williams
Kansas
Carrie Roberts
Phoenix
Gillespie Plans Freedom Ride To Test Segregation
Dizzy Gillespie plans a freedom ride to challenge racial segregation at Nevada casinos. Attorney Douglas Greer said he and Gillespie would buy tickets on a Harrah's Club bus to visit Lake Tahoe and Reno leading casinos, possibly this weekend, depending on Gillespie's return from South America.
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Nevada
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Gillespie
Lake Tahoe
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South America
Baffert Heads Arizona Development Board Name
Pierre Baffert of Nogales is named chairman of the Arizona Development Board, succeeding Paul Loucks. W D James of Flagstaff becomes vice chairman and Arlo Woolery of Bisbee joins the executive committee as the 14 member board also approves a $20 000...
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