Navy probes accidental shelling of Grapple by Chief
The navy opened an official inquiry into the accidental shelling of the salvage ship Grapple by the minesweeper Chief off Korea last Friday. Two Grapple crewmen were killed and nine wounded, three seriously, as shells struck the smokestack and pilot house. The Grapple arrived at Sasebo escorted by the Chief, with responsibility centered on Lt Cmdr Willard C. Hatch, while extenuating circumstances may be considered. The Grapple, off Hungnam, is 214 feet long, 41 feet beam, 1 480 tons. the Chief is 221 feet long, 32 feet beam, 890 tons.
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Tokyo
WAP
Navy
Korea
Sasebo Naval Base
Cmdr
Willard C. Hatch
Roy Coniam
Cypress
Calif
Hungnam
Helena
Fort Huachuca Fate Split Between Pyle and McFarland
Arizona Governor Howard Pyle and Senator Ernest McFarland issued differing views on Ft. Huachuca. McFarland said Pace Jr. will decide, with Johnson confirming no recent changes. Pyle urged慎 economy but opposed deactivation of the fort after the investments of 11 million dollars.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Howard Pyle
Ernest W. McFarland
Ft. Huachuca
Pyle
Sen. McFarland
Florence
McFarland
Frank Pace Jr
Army
Pace
Europe
Earl D. Johnson
Johnson
Washington
Gov
Pyre
Boy Stowaway Tries For China
Redwood City California police detain Dickie Love a young stowaway who rode a bus to San Francisco then climbed a cargo ship bound for China. The mother describes the boy as persistent with multiple trips between San Francisco and Los Angeles and other free rides as part of his capers.
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Redwood City
Calif
Dickie Love
China
San Francisco
Dickie
Government raises steel and auto prices with housewives aid
The government authorized higher steel and auto prices and mobilized housewives in 54 cities to enforce grocery price ceilings. Steel increases average $2.36 per ton above rules, autos see about a 1 percent rise, and grocery charts will show ceilings for about 300 items starting Oct. 1 with fruits and vegetables exempt.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
White House
Fargo
N. C
Fresno
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S. Oil Case Report Sparks Political Debate
Senator Homer Ferguson denounced a government report on oil cartels as not new, calling it a rehash of earlier findings. The FTC study, compiled a year ago, links international oil deals to Suez aid funds and may influence a federal grand jury probe into price fixing in the oil industry. Senator Sparkman pressed for publication and vows a fresh inquiry by his Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
State Department
Ferguson
Lee
Senate
Truman
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
U. S
Detroit
Committee On National Defense
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Matic
Sparkman
Mexico Readies Cattle Exports for U S
The National Stockmen's Association says it has asked the government for permits to export 500000 cattle to the United States when the border opens on Sept. 1. The cattlemen note Mexico's herd grew by about two million during the quarantine period and expect domestic meat supplies to stay steady while exports resume.
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Mexico City
National Stockmen’s Association
U.S
Mexico
Tucson Weather Brings Damp Cooler Outlook
The weather summary notes Ft Worth hit 115 eclipsing heat while Tucson stayed cooler at 97. Yuma reached 110 and Tucson 97 with a 73 dip noted. Forecaster expects little temperature change with possible mountain showers and milder winds from the south and southeast.
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Texas
Ft. Worth
Yuma
Tucson
Araiza Goes To Prison In Manslaughter Conviction
Robert Araiza 36 of Club View Inn West Speedway Tucson was sentenced in Superior Court to two to four years for manslaughter in the May 14 shooting of Nogales dealer Robert Bacon. He was led to the state penitentiary with Deputy Tom Burke after a reduced charge from first degree murder followed an hours long racial dispute. The judge cited Araiza’s clean record as a factor in the lighter sentence.
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Tucson
Pima ‘County
Robert Araiza
Club View Inn
West Speedway
State Penitentiary
Tom Burke
Nogales
Robert Bacon
Club View
Araiza
Arizona
J. Mercer Johnson
Johnson
Polio Patient Holds Own After Desperate Treatment in Houston
Barry Bishop Jr. 20, son of a U S press attache in Mexico City, was reported holding his own after doctors injected him with an experimental drug to combat spinal polio. Dr. John C. Bunting said the patient was critically ill though the treatment had unknown long term effects. The drug, supplied from Mexico City by Dr. Albert Trencavel, was used with parental consent amid a cautious hope of recovery. Bishop had arrived in Houston paralyzed from polio the prior week.
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Houston
Tex
Barry Bishop Jr
U.S
Mexico City
John C. Bunting
Albert Trencavel
Bishop
Morrison Draws Read On State's Legal Chief With Payoff Charges
Arizona Governor and State Atty. Gen. dismiss the eight part charges by Pima County Atty. Morrison against Fred Wilson. Morrison outlined alleged payoffs to Wilson from local gamblers in 1948 1949 1950 and warned of grand jury action.
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Morrison
Fred O. Wilson
Pima County
Tucson
Robert Morrison
Wilson
Pioneer Hotel
John Gregory
Tim Nardelli
Maurice T. Guiney
Pioneer
Marcus Lipsky
Guiney
Guinev
Martin
Waite
Harmony
W. T. Holmes
Phoenix
Holmes
Chitwood
Grand Jury
Fred Wilson
Arizona
Grenade Factory Plastered in Korea Bombing Raid
Fourteen Japan-based U S Superforts bombed a large grenade factory near the Manchurian border in northwest Korea, hitting Nakwon between Sinuiju and Namsidong. The plant reportedly produced thousands of grenades daily as B 29s faced anti aircraft fire and typhoon conditions.
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Seoul
Korea
Far East
Tokyo
U. N. Command
Korean
Sea of Japan
Hokkaido
Japan
Bunker Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
South Korea
Audrey Totter
Miss Totter
Morrison Promises Another Attack on Wilson
County Attorney Morrison plans more revealing statements about Attorney General Fred O Wilson at a luncheon speech to the Young Democratic Club of Tucson at Paulos restaurant 55 West Congress. He will accuse Wilson of misleading the governor of Arizona. details remain sparse. Stella Rosenberg club chairwoman said the public is welcome with a plate charge.
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Fred Wilson
Morrison
Atttorney General
Wilson
California
Phoenix
J. Mercer Johnson
Robert Morrison
Fred O. Wilson
Young Democratic Club of
Tucson
Paulos
W. Congress
Arizona
Stella Rosenberg
Tabloid Folds Up After Brief Career
A month after its first issue appeared, El Monitor has folded as a daily tabloid newspaper in Nogales Sonora.
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Nogales
Sonora
el Monitor
Tucson Tonight And Tomorrow Schedule Of Sports And Meetings
A packed Tucson program lists 6 30 p m games at Santa Rita park including Goodman Supply vs Krueger Air Conditioners and Hall Insulators vs L and L Drive In plus 8 p m baseball at Hi Corbett field with Tucson Cowboys and Juarez Indios. A 9 30 p m Elks versus 43rd A and E Squadron game and a Tucson School Board meeting at 7 45 p m are planned with evening theater and boxing at venues around town. Tomorrow features three softball games at Santa Rita park start 6 30 p m and baseball at Hi Corbett field 8 p.m. and 8 30 p m.
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Goodman Supply
Krueger
Santa Rita Park
Tucson
S. Park Ave
Coors
Estevan Park
Tucson Cowboys
Juarez Indios
Hi Corbett Field
Hall Insulators
Arizona Corral
Santa Rita Hotel
Tucson Sports Center
West Congress Street
Elks
43Rd
A & E Squadron
Davis
Eisenhower Despairs Over Winning Solid South
The report notes President Eisenhower's anxious outlook on securing support in the solid South as political dynamics unfold. A separate City Council vote outlines water rate increases. Anxious husband puzzled by his bride’s behavior appears as a human-interest item amidst the day’s papers.
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Eisenhower
Laboy
Tucson Cowboys
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