July floods push Arizona rivers to record July flows
Heavy rains in southeastern Arizona caused record July discharges on rivers and creeks. The Santa Cruz at Tucson reached 25 000 acre feet the highest since 1906 with peak 8 000 cfs on July 30 and 7 000 cfs on July 22. Rillito creek near Tucson set a 5 500 acre foot total crest and Whitewater Draw near Douglas hit 3 800 cfs on July 19. Sonoita Creek near Sonoita recorded 7 500 cfs, Verde above Horseshoe Dam ran 190 percent of normal, and Little Colorado reached 157 percent. Gila above Safford Salt above Roosevelt and Colorado at Grand Canyon ran below normal. Salt and Verde reservoirs storage sat one third below normal. Lake Mead fell about 14 percent from a year ago.
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Santa Cruz
Rillito
Douglas
Sonoita Creek
Sonoita
Verde River
Horseshoe Dam
Colorado River
Gila
Safford
Roosevelt Reservoir
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Salt
Verde
Lake Mead
Korea to Change Foreign Aid Plan
Washington August 5 The Truman administration moves to recast future foreign economic aid in response to the Korean crisis. Officials indicate continued large scale aid to Western Europe after the Marshall Plan ends, while private investments remain uncertain in underdeveloped areas. The plan includes studying aid types, with Harriman and Gordon Gray leading reviews to support Europe amid rising rearmament costs and global instability.
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Truman
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Europe
Congress
Gordon Gray
Gray
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W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Britain
United States
Denmark
Korea
Harriman
Mickey Cohen Flees Chicago After Police Release
Mob figure Mickey Cohen and his bodyguard vanished into crowded Chicago streets after police set them free. Chief Andrew Aiken warned Cohen not to return, noting he was a prime target and had survived several life threats. Cohen left from the Ambassador East hotel with his sidekick John Stompanato admitting he would depart town promptly.
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Chicago
U.P
Mickey Cohen
Andrew Aiken
Cohen
John Stompanato
Los Angeles
Aiken
Underworld Justice
Ambassador East Hotel
Army calls 62,000 enlisted men. navy expands planes
Washington reports the army will draft 62,000 enlisted reservists for 21 months in September and October while the navy adds a year to active duty or reserve enlistments. President Truman seeks 950 million for naval planes and Congress debates arming Germans and Japanese amid Korea war funding and military mobility.
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Congress
America
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Russell
D-Ga
Lodge
R-Mass
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Sen. George
Senate
Korea
Military Sea Transport Service
U. S
Mrs Knowland Leaves Estate To Mother Kin
Mrs Joseph R Knowland Sr mother of U S Senator William Knowland left most of her estate in trust for her mother and 13 other heirs The will filed in Alameda County Superior Court notes she died last month and the estate value was not indicated
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Oakland
Calif
U.pr
Joseph R. Knowland Sr
The
Oakland Tribune
U. S
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Knowland
Alameda County
Alcoholics Unanimous Threat to U.S. Seen
LOMA LINDA Calif Aug 5 A Stanford education professor warned at a science study institute that about half of high school and college students drink and that 13 and 14 year olds are affected He urged teaching kids alcohol effects on individuals and society with a high school course on the topic.
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Loma Linda
Calif
America
John C. Almack
Stanford University
Institute of Scientific Study For Prevention
Wogh Hits City Lamp Post In Early Morning Crash
John T. Wogh 34 of 3010 Oracle Road smashed his car into a North Stone avenue lamp post at 7 30 a m today. He was taken to Veterans Hospital in good condition with possible chest injuries after claiming he blacked out while turning into the Dixie drive in. A witness saw him slumped at the wheel. no citations were issued.
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John T. Wogh
Oracle Rd
North Stone Avenue
Wogh
Veterans’ Hospital
Dixie Drive-In
Russian veto threats at U N Security Council over Korea
Lake Success Aug 5 Russia threatened to veto any council decision on Korea unless both China and Korea are present. Malik, returning to chair after seven months, pushed a cease fire and withdrawal of foreign troops while demanding inclusion of Red China and North Korea. Austin called the move irregular conduct. Britain backed South Korea and UN decisions.
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Security Council
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North Korea
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Councill
U.S
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Malik
Council
Britain
Austin
Gladwyn Jebb
Republic of Korea
South Korea
MacArthur
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Korea
North
U. S
Peace proposal sparks clash over aggression and freedom
The dialogue cites Saturday Evening Aug 5 1960 criticizing a peace plan as pharisaical and siding with Communism. Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb objects that the North would appear to claim victimhood of aggression, deeming the move improper.
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Russia
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Brigadier Curry to Speak at Church Rites
Brigadier William Charles Curry of the Salvation Army will speak at the union church service on the lawn of the First Methodist church at 6 p.m. tomorrow. His topic will be Awake, America, with the Salvation Army band playing old-time hymns and leading congregational singing.
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William Charles Curry
Salvation Army
S P.m. Tomorow
First Methodist Church
America
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