Pima Officials in Election and Strike News
A nationwide strike vote call is issued by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers targeting nearly 100,000 nonferrous metal workers with voting set between August 2 and 30 and results due September 2 or 3. Separately, Pima County Attorney Morrison accuses State Atty. Gen. Wilson of gambling payoffs and asks for a special prosecutor. Wilson contests the charges as political and vows a campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
U.P
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
International Union
Orville Larson
Larson
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
American Smelting & Refining Co
Kennecott Copper Corp
Phelps Dodge Copper Co
Miami, Ariz
American Brass Co
Connecticut
New York
Robert Morrison
Fred O. Wilson
Board of Supervisors
Wilson
Young Democrats of
Greater Tucson
Paulos
Morrison
State
Pima County
Tucson
Phoenix
Howard Pyle
Pyle
Pima Board of Supervisors
E. B
Red) Chitwood
Chitwood
Killer Hunt Intensified Across West for Noted Killer
FBI and Southern California officers widened the manhunt for William Marie Martin a scar faced ex convict and top FBI wanted criminal. Sightings at Monrovia and Heber Utah followed a deputy’s slaying in Olathe Kansas with Martin believed armed and using aliases as he fled with an accompanying woman and child and a second ex convict Isgrigg later captured in Kansas.
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Los Angeles
FBI
California
William Marie Martin
Martin
Monrovia
Calif
Robert Rae
Bobby) Carter
Heber
Parley Summit
Utah
Las Vegas
Nev
Colorado
Olathe
Kas
Virgil Shoemake
Harold Davidson
Shoemake
Desperado
Willard Carver
Charles M. Isgrigg
Joplin
Kaw River
Isgrigg
Soviet Union to Hold First Party Congress in 13 Years
The Soviet Union will convene its first party congress in 13 years on October 5 to oversee a major reorganization and five year plan aimed at boosting industrial output by 70 percent by 1955. A new praesidium will replace the politburo to guide central committee work between sessions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Cen
Tral
Central Committee
Politburo
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Russia
Nister Joseph Stalin
Brazil Receives Own 'Diannes' Five Girls Born in Sao Carlos
In Sao Paulo, a 38 year old woman gave birth to quintuplets weighing under three pounds each within three hours in Sao Carlos. The infants were taken to a Sao Paulo hospital and placed in incubators. Father Jose Albano, 38, and mother Maria have ten years of marriage and seven prior children, five of whom are deceased.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Sao Carlos
Jose Albano
Maria
Sao Paulo Hospital
Francisco Sucupira
Albanos
200 Planes Raid Reds Over Korea Coast
The U S Fifth Air Force and Navy warplanes attacked a Communist ammunition supply and troop billets on the Korea west coast about 25 miles northwest of Pyongyang. Sabre jets damaged a MiG 15. eight targets were hit with four destroyed by each service. No total destruction count was given pending reconnaissance. Meanwhile Tucson blood donors rallied for an emergency Red Cross shipment to Korea with 36 pints collected by noon and more to be flown out this evening.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Red
Pyongyang
Korean
Air Force
Weather outlook forecaster predicts heavy showers tonight
The weatherman warns of locally moderate to heavy showers tonight and tomorrow due to abundant moisture aloft. Temperatures are not expected to drop much, with Tucson seeing a high of 94 and Ft Worth 105, while Mt Lemmon reported 65 and 56 yesterday.
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Pogo
Tucson
Yuma
U. S
Mt. Lemmon
Hurst
Bolt Kills Pima Worker at Sing Wong Cotton Farm
Byron Flores 25, among six men working along an irrigation ditch near Marana, was struck by lightning on the Sing Wong cotton farm 15 miles southwest of Marana. Investigators reported the nearest man was about 50 feet away when the bolt hit in open ground. Deputy sheriffs and Silverbell mine workers pulled Flores from the mud and an ambulance to the county hospital in Tucson could not save him.
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Marana
Byron Flores
Flores
Sing Wong
Silverbell
Marana Air Force Base
Tucson
New York Chicago game postponed by rain doubleheader planned
In National League action the New York at Chicago game was postponed due to rain with a doubleheader set for tomorrow. Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh 3 to 1.
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Associated Press National
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Iran Communists Stone U.S. Colonel in Tehran Clash
In Tehran a mob of Iranian Communists stoned the jeep of Lt Col William Stelzenmuller in the downtown area, the second attack on U.S. personnel in 24 hours. Sgt. Jes Hagan was injured earlier. Prime Minister Mossadegh met with U.S. Ambassador Henderson as religious leaders warned against foreign interference near Iran’s border with Russia.
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Tehran
U. S
William Stelzenmuller
Birmingham
Ala
Ned
Jes Hagan
Atlanta
Hagan
Mohammed Mossadegh
Security Council
Kashani
Henderson
Mullah
Mustafa
Iran
Russia
Britain
Bank Founder Giannini Dies At 57 In San Francisco
Lawrence M Giannini president of Bank of America, longtime foe of government controls, died after a lingering illness at Franklin hospital at 11 25 p m He led the world’s largest bank founded by his father Amadeo Giannini and opposed Transamerica’s monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Lawrence Mario Giannini
Bank of America
Giannini
Leroy Brooks
Franklin Hospital
Amadeo Peter Giannini
Transamerica
Lawrence
Nixon Challenges Stevenson On Truman Ties At Hampton Beach
Sen. Richard Nixon urged Gov. Adlai Stevenson to publicly accept or reject Truman’s support and indicate whether he would retain Dean Acheson as secretary of state and back federal control of coastal tidelands. He accused Stevenson of being handpicked by Truman and called for a forthright stance contrasting Eisenhower. He pressed Stevenson to reject city bosses’ backing and asked who can clean up the alleged Truman corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Beach
N.H
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Dean Acheson
Gov
Stevenson
Nixon
Gov. Stevenson
Sen. Nixon
Eisenhower
Moose Lodges Raise $502,000 For School
At the Loyal Order of Moose 64th international convention in Chicago the Parade of Dollars program raised 502000 for a new Moose heart high school building fund. The Salt Lake City lodge contributed 2000 silver dollars, totaling 176 pounds of money.
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Chicago
U.P
Tucson Tonight and Tomorrow Sports Schedule Recap
The tale lists multiple sports events in Tucson including 6:30 p.m. softball at Santa Rita park with Grand Central Aircraft facing El Paso Natural Gas and an 8 p.m. Arizona-Texas league baseball game between Tucson Cowboys and El Paso Texans at Hi Corbett field. Also 8:30 p.m. Dinner at Eight at Arizona Corral Theater Rendezvous room and 9:30 p.m. K Krueger Air Conditioners versus 43rd A&E Squadron at Santa Rita park followed by a third round of softball tomorrow.
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Grand Central Aircraft
el Paso Natural Gas
Santa Rita Park
Tucson Cowboys
el Paso Texans
Hi Corbett Field
Arizona Corral
Rendezvous
Santa Rita Hotel
K Krueger
43Rd
A & E Squadron
Davis
Paso Texans
A-T
Corbett Field
Eisenhower Speaks in Idaho and Stevenson Resting Briefly
A sweep of brief notes from the region reports President Eisenhower addressing Idaho listeners while Adlai Stevenson takes a short rest during a national tour. The items hint at ongoing political activity and campaign momentum across states in the period.
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Eisenhower
Idaho
Stevenson
National Guard
Tucson
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Sedley-Hopkins
Daily Citizen
National Foundation For
New York City
University of Minnesota
Jerome T. Syterton
Pima
By James Cooper
Diannes
United Press
Gon
Bunker Hill
Bolt
Adlai Dare
Moose Lodges
Eli
Hall
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