Four Councilmen To Be Elected Here December 5
Four council seats are up for election on December 5 as voters narrow a field of 45 candidates to eight in the primary. Incumbents Bailey Newcomer and Stahl seek re election while Giusti does not run. Primary contenders include Warner Thillips Gonzales Polhamus and Bingham. Polls open next Tuesday from 6 to 9 pm at five polling sites city hall Leeper Motor Carnegie library basement and the fire station. A note on Big Bend National Park mentions camels once imported for patrol duty during frontier times.
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R Bailey
Floyd Newcomer
James Stahl
B.A. Giusti
Commeling
Wile Ler Warner
Helen Thillips
Henry Gonzales
Isaac Polhamus
Vern. B. Bingham
Tad P.m
Bdby Folly Motor Company
City Hall
Leeper Motor Company
Carnegie Library
Mesa Fire Station
Christmas Street Lights On Again In Yuma
Yuma merchants celebrate the return of Main Street holiday lights paid for by the chamber of commerce. The decorative lighting, purchased in 1949 and 1910, spans downtown and is powered by the chamber, with city workers assisting and the power bill covered.
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Yaumi
Yuma
Main Street
Averme
Mesa
Yuenny’ Chamber of Commerce
J. Gwynn
Arizona. Bison Company
Theity of
Chamber of Comerce
Hayden Confers With President On Senate Inquiry
Washington reports Hayden held a half hour conference with President Truman. Details of the meeting were not released, but sources said the talks related to an investigation of a senator and possible actions by officials in Washington. The exchange occurred amid increasing scrutiny of senate matters and political tension.
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Washington
Ivuy
San
Gard Hayden
Arizona
Truman
Axiauna Mukar
Willy
Ina Saidler
Ole Pitus
Bandit Surrenders After Attempted Kidnapping Robbery
A bandit who abandoned a car near 2nd Avenue Grammar School tried to hire a taxi to reach town but surrendered after two youths escorted him to town and alerted police. He told Officer Ramsey he had the drop on a cop but could not shoot. Authorities consider charges including kidnapping auto theft grand theft armed robbery and resisting arrest.
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2Nd Avenue Grammar
Rawsey
Power
Auman
Ramsey
Sheptard
Lawal
Imey
Battle in Korea Describes Chinese Attacks Near Pyongyang
The text details continued evacuations and fatigue among troops, Chinese forces clad in dark uniforms approaching within feet of Allied foxholes, and planned regrouping for a new assault near Pyongyang. American and South Korean units push to hold lines as Marine Corsairs provide air support around the Chosin area.
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Peru
Maey
Pyongyang
Fokchon
Wongchang
Korea
Chongchon
Huu
Kunu
Waltes
Walkoe
Edward Alum
Aeth Corps
Uae
Allien
Amy Wort
Tih
Chosin
King
Ameri
Snow forecast and tanker wreck near St Lawrence
Strong winds and snow squalls were forecast for parts of the area following last weekend's big storm. In the Gulf of St Lawrence a 21.54 ton tanker was breaking up in heavy seas. The U S tanker Esso Rochester owned by Standard Oil of New Jersey was shipwrecked and about four crewmen were taken off the vessel by the tanker Maruba.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
U.S
Esso Rochester
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Maruba
Weather Threat Looms Over Oia River Valley Flood Watch
SUN ADVERTISER reports a thaw risk threatening the Oia River Valley with potential floods. Winds hammer western Pennsylvania and western New York as heavy snow piles up, closing schools and delaying travel. One death is attributed to the weather in Buffalo where Albert Otten, 45, died during a wind gust crossing a street.
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Oia River
Weather Bureau
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
New York State
New York
Wrather
Buffalo
Albert Otten
Marines in Chosin Face Encirclement by Chinese Forces
Cargo planes carried out 21 air drops in the Chosin area on Wednesday as about 100,000 Chinese troops reportedly converged on Northeast Korea. They built roadblocks to isolate Marine units at Kotoki and Hagaru, cutting contact with the 5th and 7th Regiments farther north.
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Chosin
Norrtheast
Korea
Kotoki
Hagaru
Sth
7Th
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