Six Plead In Wager Case Before Judge Walsh In Tucson
On the first day of arraignments in Arizona for wagering tax failures Judge James A. Walsh presided. Six of eight Tucsonans charged with not buying the $50 annual gambling stamp pled. Several defendants were released or sentenced, with multiple pleas of guilty and continued arraignments.
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James Walsh
Arizona
James A. Walsh
U.S. District Court
E. Blacklidge
Earl Noble Long
Harold S. Coffman
E. Ceciliast
Charles P. Wiley
Fifthave
William J. Farrelly
Casa Grandera
City Admits It Sold Same Lot Twice
The city confessed a double sale of a lot at a Ninth avenue address and asked a council to refund a $100 April payment by Carl Bobbitt and wife. The error stemmed from leaving a real estate file card in place after a 1947 sale to Donicio and Arcelea Elias.
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Acar Ninth Ave
R. R. Guthrie
Carl Bobbitt
N. Tenthave
Donicio and
Arcelea Elias
Drops Parking Ticket Charge For Overtime Excuse
Burt C. Steele had a parking ticket dismissed by City Magistrate Paul J. Cella in city court. The Aug. 12 at 9:37 a.m. citation was dropped after Steele testified he reported to the sheriff he had been robbed and had no money to park. Steele listed Curly Horse ranch Sonoita Ariz as his address.
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Burt C. Steele
Paul J. Cella
Steele
Court House
Curly Horse Ranch
Sonoita Ariz
Myron Knight
City Nail
Knight
Copper Mines In State May Be Struck
Union representatives said they would meet Sunday to decide on a strike vote that could halt major mining in Arizona and parts of New Mexico. The walkouts could affect Phelps Dodge operations in Bisbee Morenci Hayden Sonora Miami Douglas Ray San Javier and Santa Rita. The aim is a 25 cent hourly wage increase and additional benefits, with a Douglas meeting including federal mediator W P Halloran. The current agreement ended last year and talks resume August 1 as the union accuses management of stalling on the wage hike.
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MIAME
Arizona
New Mexico
Bisbee
Morenci
Hayden
Sonora
Miami
Douglas
Ray
San Javier
Santa Rita
N. M
Phelps Dodge Corp
Howard Mooney
W. P. Halloran
Phoenix
Management Land
Phelps Dodge
Phoenix Booster Fights For Power From Sun
J Robert Burns leads a five year campaign in Phoenix to tap solar energy. A pyrheliometer at the weather bureau records high sunshine levels with an annual mean of 530 Langley days, compared to other cities. Burns advocates research on converting sunshine into power.
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Phoenix
J. Robert Burns
Arizona
Burns
Weather Bureau
Langley
la Jolla
Calif
Chicago
Miami
Toronto
New York
Baseball scores from AP national games
Philadelphia defeated Boston 5 to 3 while Cincinnati beat Chicago 4 to 1 and New York edged Brooklyn 4 to 3 in a series of Major League Baseball results reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press National
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Arizona Opens Air War On Grasshoppers
Arizona launches a grasshopper suppression campaign over 125000 acres in Coconino and Yavapai counties using DC3s and smaller planes dispersing poison tolarms at two ounces per gallon of kerosene. State entomologist J L E Lauderdale says the effort may last three weeks with costs shared by state federal governments and ranchers. Earlier, 20000 acres on the San Carlos Indian Reservation received similar treatment. Grasshopper eggs are hatching south of Seligman as operations continue near Seligman led by Tom Schmitt E Ray Cowden John Norton John Kieckhefer and Frank and Eugene Campbell.
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Phoenix
Coconino
Yavapai
J. L. E. Lauderdale
San Carlos
Seligman
Tom Schmitt
Bureau of Entomology
E. Ray Cowden
John Norton
John Kieckhefer
I Frank
Eugene Campbell
Eisenhower declines Truman White House briefing bid
Dwight D. Eisenhower refused a Truman invitation for a White House briefing on world problems, sending a telegram that communications should be known to all Americans. Stevenson met with Truman and officials. labor groups signal presidential endorsements for Stevenson.
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United Press
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Dean Acheson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Othe
Joseph Short
Stevenson
Central Intelligency Agency
CIO
AFL
Stevenson Land
Seadquarters
Mike Waukee
Detroit
Harold E. Stassen
Denver
GOP
Claims He Renamed City Sues For Reward
Venice Italy a newsman claims he named a seaside town 21 years ago and seeks payment. Lino Pacchioni says Cavazuccherina mayor promised a lavish reward for proposing the name Jesolo and that residents approved the change after a 1931 Rome government act.
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Venice
Italy
Lino Pacchioni
Cavazuccherina
Pacchioni
Jesolo
Rome
Showers Expected as Tucson Braces for Weather
The Tucson weather forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and scattered showers with thunderstorms. Moisture rises from a Mexican coastal system driven by southerly winds, while temperatures remain mostly steady. yesterday’s high reached 33 and overnight low was 73 with humidity around 83 percent. The state saw temperatures from 108 in Yuma to 74 at Grand Canyon.
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Tucson
Mexico
Yuma
Phoenix
Grand Canyon
Poughkeepsie Faces Fluoridation Clash Over My Day
Poughkeepsie officials demand a correction after Mrs. Roosevelt’s My Day column belittled local water fluoridation efforts. Robert E. Stevens says the city has contracted for fluoridation equipment and will begin next month. Health officer Dr. George Kraus and City Manager Hayden Johnson call for clarity.
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Poughkeepsi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
Newburgh
Robert E. Steve S
Poughkeepsie l
George Kraus
Frey to Address Republicans on U S Representative Candidacy
William C Frey will speak at the V F hall 124 E Broadway this evening on his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U S Representative district No 2. The Young Republican club of Yima County sponsors the meeting and invites the public to attend.
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William C. Frey
V.F. Hall
E. Broadway
U. S. Representative
Young Republican Club
Ima County
B-29 crew bails out after engine trouble near Ritzville
Fifteen men escaped a stricken B-29 and landed with minor injuries as it demolished in a Ritzville wheat field. Captain John Heraty said the bailout was satisfactory and Col. M G Zumwalt reported debris damaged 20 acres and threatened a railroad line before the crash near Ritzville, Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
Ritzville
M. G. Zumwalt
Fairchild Air Force Base
John Heraty
111Th
Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
Pat Cullen
Heraty
Anthony Eden Wedding Quiet in London Registry
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Miss Clarissa Spencer, Churchill’s niece, married today at Caxton Hall London in a small rite held in the registry office. A crowd gathered outside while nearby crowds for the Taylor-Wilding ceremony drew far more attention.
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Taylor-Wilding
Foreign Office
Newborn Baby Born Aboard Pan American Flight
A Pan American world airways plane landed at Idlewild with a newborn girl born to Mrs. Lidia Serpa of Manhattan in the aircraft washroom en route from Puerto Rico. Captain Jack Harvey reported stewardess Barbara Jirom’s joking remark proved true as mother and infant were in good condition.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Lidia Serpa
Manhattan
Puerto Rico
Idlewild
Jack Harvey
Barbara Jirom
Local Chambers Boost Lemonade Gag in Cold Weather
Bluefield Virginia winter humor lands in Beckley West Virginia as the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce raids the street corner with free lemonade while Beckley Jaycees donate lemons to ease a fruit shortage. The stunt aims to promote the Chamber’s playful “air conditioned city” image and attracts daily donations as temperatures rise.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Mercury
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Hungary Elevates Red To Premier
Matyas Rakosi, secretary general of the Hungarian Communist party and undisputed leader, was elected premier in a government reshuffle. The move elevates Rakosi to the top executive post as Hungary reshapes its leadership.
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Hungary
Budapest
Matyas Rakosi
Hungarian Communist Party
Baltimore duo nabbed in $425 jewelry theft case
Clayton Cuff, 20, and Clinton Allen, 18, of Baltimore were arrested in Yonkers after allegedly stealing a $425 diamond ring. Store manager Bernard Livingston said the pair substituted an imitation ring and fled when confronted. a detective reported the missing diamond was recovered from Cuff after he coughed it up. They are held on grand larceny charges.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Clayton Cuff
Baltimore
Cuff
Clinton Allen
Mgr
Bernard Livington
Allen
Tucson Witness Reports V-Formed Lights Speeding Overhead
Stanley W. Thomasson of 725 Calle de Casa Linda and his party observed a trio of groups of lights forming a V and moving north to south at high speed. He described three elements of three lights each, with asymmetry and no audible sound, lasting three to four seconds and appearing north then south before vanishing.
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Stanley W. Thomasson
Calle de Casa Linda
Thompson
Rodeo Driven
Tucson observers report mysterious lights near saucers
A Tucson observer disputes air force claims that recent lights were meteorites. Thompson notes rapid, well formed lights and laments no time to observe stars, while a Chester man Mark Sullivan dies of a heart attack after reporting on similar phenomena.
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Air Force
Thompson
West Chester, Pa
Mark Sullivan
Chester County Hospital
Tucson Tonight and Tomorrow Public meetings and sports events listed
A rush of public meetings features a chiropodist, political candidate, and city representatives speaking tonight at sites around Tucson. Also listed are softball tournament games at Santa Rita Park and Davis Monthan events, plus a health clinic address at the YWCA and a council square dance weekend.
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Swing & Sway
Tucson
Campera
Broadmoor Bell Ave
Robison
Eagles
43Rd
A&e
Trent Avenue
18Th Squadron
Davis-Monthan
Onstreet
Nual Southern
P.m
William C. Freydis
Santa Rita Park
Repub
Somorrow
W3rd Food Service of
Davis- Monthan
Santa Ruary
St. Ambrose
S. Tucson Blvd
Inflico
A&e Squadron
Expert miner to build copper city near Tucson
An expert miner plans to establish a new city near Tucson and launch production of a highly potent copper source, signaling a major regional industrial development. The project aims to create jobs and position the area as a key supplier in global copper markets.
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Tucson
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