Gib Dawson To Miss All-Star Flagstaff Game
Gib Dawson star Douglas halfback will not play in the all star high school football classic in Flagstaff to avoid injury that could affect his college football future. Arizona coaches and players gathered for the state coaches summer school led by California's Lynn Waldorf with over 100 mentors attending the six day clinic.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf
University of California
Arizona Clinic
Gib Dawson
Douglas
California
Golden Bears
Waldorf
X’s
O’s. Waldorf
Northwestern
Alahoma
Illinois
Oklahoma
Central
Michigan
Mary
University of Arizona
Bob Winslow
Ned Mathews
Don Vosberg
Fred Enke
Enke
Vosberg
Lancet
Lacey Eastburn
Arizona State College
Airman killed while forcing entry to private home
David C. Wright, 33, an African American airman from Davis-Monthan, was shot Monday morning as he Tried to force entry into a home at 830 N Perry Ave. Mrs Luzetter Hollins, 36, charged with felonious homicide, said she acted in self defense after Wright tore at a screen and forced his way in. The shooting occurred after Wright had been told not to return to the residence. Arlington mortuary to return the body to Washington.
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David C. Wright
Davis-Monthan
Luzetter Hollins
Wright
N. Perry Ave
Arizona
Pima County
Martha
Conrada S. Longoria
Convent St
Leo Longoria
Margarita Garcia
S. 11Th Ave
South Sixth Avenue
29Th Street
Longoria
Garcia
Daniel Rodriguez
Rt. 7
Pete G. Rodriguez
E. 29Th Ft
29Th St
Highway Patrol
Patricia
Raymond Cisman
S. Fontana Ave
Supervisors OK 96 Cent Tax Rate For Pima County
Pima county supervisors set a 96 cent county tax rate after cutting the teachers retirement levy funded by expected sales tax receipts. District 1 and Flowing Wells raised rates to offset reduced state per capita aid, with District 1 near 4.0 and Flowing Wells at 7.36. A $183,895 budget cushion was cut amid protests to prevent overspending, as the general fund faced a prior year deficit.
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Pima County
Board of Supervisors
Oliver Frank
Southern Pacific Railroad
Monte Mansfield
Sam Seaney
Fred O. Goodell
Auditions Set for Horace Heidt Show in Tucson
Talented Tucsonans may audition August 26 and 27 at KTUC for the Horace Heidt show to appear September 21 at the University of Arizona auditorium. Open to anyone 14 or older with music and accompanist. about six acts will be heard by Heidt, with four chosen for the local show. Proceeds from ticket sales go to Optimist youth projects.
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Ascordic
Dick Contini
Ralph Sigwald
Pierce Knox
Old Pueblo
Jerry Bowne
Heidt
Tucson
Optimist Club
Lieutenant Hunziker Leads 53rd Squadron to Tripoli Flight
Lt. Col. Richard Hunziker, brother of Eugene Hunziker of Tucson, commands the 53rd fighter squadron in a Wheelus field aerial gunnery mission. He is based at Furstenfeldbruck Air Force Base in Germany.
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Richard CO. Hunziker
Eugene P. Hunziker
Tucson
Wheelus Field
Tripoli
Furstenfeldbruck Air Force Base
Germany
Atlantic airliner crash survivors reach Galway
Ruth Nichols and at least 48 others were rescued after a Transocean airliner crashed into the Atlantic off the west coast of Ireland. Two bodies were recovered. survivors were landed at Galway as crews and flares aided lifeboats.
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Galway
Ireland
Ruth Nichols
Atlantic
West Ireland
Miss Nichols
Stalberg
E. W. Nichols
Greenock
Conn
Transocean Airlines
Oakland
Calif
Rome
Caracas
Venezuela
Shannon
Grace Derr
R. H. Derr
South America
Trans-World Airlines
Paddy Wagon In Peck Of Trouble
Refugio Espinosa of 1217 W Soncrast collided with a police paddy wagon at Main and West Congress streets after sunlight blinded him. Patrolman E C Brown suffered bruises and a torn muscle but declined hospitalization. Espinosa was fined 25 dollars or 25 days after arraignment.
Radio Guided Rocket Downs Planes At Sea
The navy unveiled a radio guided rocket for shooting down enemy planes at sea. The Convair Lark bullet shaped missile, built by Convair and Vultee, has been tested since 1947. Navy tests and plans for fleet installation by 1950 were discussed with Congress.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Washington
Congress
Smoki Ritual Draws 5000 As 28th Annual Ceremony Enacts Cure Scene
Prescott Aug 15 An estimated 5000 watched the Smoki people stage their 28th annual ceremony Sunday night. For three hours white men reenacted southwest Indian rituals including live snakes. The rite aimed to cure Little Beaver the sick son of Chief Badger with medicine man magic aided by lighting and a rainbow. Chief Badger sought Naiuchi a famed Zuni healer when the medicine man failed.
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Prescott
Little Beaver
Badger
Smoki Pueblo
Smokiland
Smokis
Naiuchi
Underworld
Navajos Call For Ten Doctors And Twenty Five Nurses
Navajo tribal chairman Sam Ahkeah appeals nationwide for medical staff to address a desperate nurse shortage on the reservation. He cites 436 beds for 65 000 Navajos, with one Ft Defiance hospital floor closed due to lack of nurses and urges qualified personnel to contact Window Rock.
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Sam Ahkeah
Ft. Defiance
Window Rock
New England
Mann
Hillel Foundation Building Job Goes to Irving Backman
Irving Backman submitted the low bid of 17 331 for the B n ai Brith Hillel foundation project at the University of Arizona. The 2 300 square foot building will sit on North Mountain avenue and East Second street on a lot donated by Max Lisitzky. Construction aims to start in about a month and finish by year’s end with brick walls plate glass floors and a main lounge office library kitchen and caretaker quarters.
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Irving Backman
B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation
University of Arizona
Backman
Bernard J. Friedman
North Mountain Avenue
East Second Street
Max Lisitzky
Tom Ferguson Wins Taxis Bronze at Culver Naval Camp
Tom Ferguson son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Ferguson of 3931 East Second Street received a Taxis bronze medal at Culver Military Academy Indiana. He earned the honor for proficiency in five phases of the naval school summer camp program.
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Tom Ferguson
Jesse Ferguson
E. Second St
Naval School
Culver Military Academy
Indiana
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Detroit
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Charles P. Muhl Jr
Horace Heidt
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U. S
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Colgate
Vel
Copper State Pipe & Supply CO
South Tyndall
Dial
Jacome's
Bunny Esmond
Vanta
Nesling
Minneapolis
Baby Books
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Baby Corner
Jacome
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