17 000 Acres Laid Waste In Sierra Fire Scorches Forests
Smoke filled the Sierra National Forest as 1 200 firefighters battled 17 000 acres of ruin amid 11 tanker planes. Campers were urged to evacuate as 60 million board feet of timber burned and air operations struggled in thick haze.
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San Francisco
California
Sierra National Forest
Hammer Field
Fresno
Oregon
Umatilla National Forest
Heppner
Rickover Urges End of Air Force and Merges Roles
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover told the House appropriations subcommittee on May 26 that Congress should abolish the Air Force. He proposed folding its duties into the Navy and Army to cut defense costs and ease budget decisions, suggesting combining the Air Force's Strategic Air Command with the Navy and its space and missile work with the Army.
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Washington
API
Hyman G. Rickover
Congress
Air Force
Rickover
Navy
Army
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Joe L. Evins
D-Temn
Strategic Air Command
Curtis Lemay
Lemay
Russia
House
Arizona Nonfarm Employment Grows 11,400 Year Over Year
Nonfarm employment in Arizona reached 340,500 at mid June, up 11,400 from a year ago per Bruce Parkinson director of the state unemployment division. Governmental employment fell 2,800 after school term end, with school and local government cuts offset by seasonal gains. Transportation rose modestly due to agricultural shipping.
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Arizona
Bruce Parkinson
Arlington County may act on American Nazi incident
Arlington County officials awaited a full report on July 8 after George Lincoln Rockwell's Ameri can Nazi group abducted and questioned Ricky Farber, a Jewish boy, near their Arlington headquarters. Commissioner Ralph Kaul urged action, suggested new laws if needed, and questioned why only two of the troopers were arrested.
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Arlington, Va
Arlington County Commissioners
Ricky Farber
Rockwell
Arlington County
Kaul
Potomac River
Washington
A. T. Lundberg
Court To Hear Wright Petition Against Recall
Superior Court Judge Francis J. Donofrio will hear a petition by Sheriff Laurence White to block a recall election in Pinal County. White argues state law requires six months in office before recall action, while Coy DeArman supporters push recall petitions. The Arizona Supreme Court previously ruled White lawfully won the November election.
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Wright
Florence
UPI
Superior Court
Francis J. Donofrio
Laurence White
Pinal County
White
Coy DeArman
DeArman
Arizona Supreme Court
Scottsdalian Insurance Agent Named for Prudential
Gerald E. Conner of 444 E Continental appointed agent for the Prudential Insurance Company of America. District Manager Raymond J. Coleman announced. Conner and his wife Wilma have four children Sharon K. 13 Terry L. 12 Michael D. 3 Maureen M. seven months. He is past treasurer and director of the Arizona Foundation for Blind Children and affiliated with the Moose and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He holds a BA from Gem City Business College Quincy Illinois.
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Scottsdalian
Gerald E. Conner
E. Continental
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Raymond J. Coleman
Conner
His
Wilma
Sharon K
Terry L
Michael D
Maureen M
The
Arizona Foundation For Blind Children
Moose
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gem City Business College
Quincy, Ilinois
Oregon Trail Caravan of 1843 Across Plains to Astoria
In 1843 about 1,000 settlers traveled from Independence Missouri to Astoria Oregon in a single caravan. The trek carried roughly 5,000 cattle over plains and the Rockies as part of the westward migration.
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Indepndence
Plains
Rockies
Astoria
Ore
Saloon License OK'd By Officials
Scottsdale's William D. Bird secured county approval to transfer a liquor license to Wild Bill's Saloon north of Scottsdale. The state liquor license superintendent must approve the transfer before Bird opens his Old West style restaurant at 7116 Becker Lane around August 10. The saloon features sawdust on the floor and a beamed ceiling.
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Scottsdale
William D. Bird
Wild Bill
Bird
Becker Lane
Scottsdale Road
Shea
Swordfish Battle Ends After 13 Hours of Tugging
In Hampton Bays New York Harry Neumann from Wyandanch hooks a 406 pound swordfish off Shinnecock Inlet after a 13 hour fight. Capt. Fred Muhs notes the fish was strong and foul hooked but finally brought aboard and weighed at Muhs' dock as a notable catch.
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Fred Muhs
Atlantic
Harry Neumann
Wyandanch
N.Y
Dolphin
Muhs
Neumann
Long Island
Shinnecock Inlet
Canoe Place
Santiago
Hemingway
ASU professor cited in national sales magazine
Dr. William H. Harris of Scottsdale and Arizona State University’s business department is recognized in Salesweek for his role in the Phoenix Sales Executive Club, a free wheeling lunch hour discussion group for local sales executives.
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William H. Harris
E. Holly
Scottsdale
Business Department
Arizona State University
Salesweek
Phoenix Sales Executive Club
Kefauver Presses Testimony on Drug Prices and Naming
Sen. Estes Kefauver convened 11 medical and pharmaceutical educators to testify on a bill to cut drug prices. He urged testing drugs for efficacy before marketing and encouraged using chemical names over brand names to reduce patient costs.
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Kefauver
Washington
UPI
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Dustry
American Medical Association
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Statewide Savings Bond Sales Hit 11.67 Million This Year
June sales across the state totaled 1 519 134 with Maricopa County contributing 769 622 or 52 5 percent of the quota. County and state figures compare to last year’s six month total of 11 227 424 and 11 668 824 this year reflecting the 20th anniversary bond program.
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U.S
Maricopa
Joseph C. Haldiman
Haldiman
Woman Killed as Car Slips From Jack in Phoenix
Betty Dodd 30 died when a car toppled from a bumper jack while she and husband Kenneth worked beneath it. Fire Capt. Kidwell said the jack slipped as he moved to adjust it. Dodd died after arrival at Memorial Hospital. She left two daughters, ages 9 and 3.
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Phoenix
UPI
Betty Dodd
W.E. Kidwell
Fire Department
Kenneth
Dodd
Kidwell
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Teakettle Experimental Range
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Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz Mountains
Ralph R. Kaul
United Press International
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Ernest Hemingway
Old Man and the
Ralph S. Villers
Hampton Bays
Newmann
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Helen
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
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