Child Freed After Nightlong Siege in Narrow Wall Gap
Providence police in the Fox Point district freed 34 year old Eileen Fahey who spent the night wedged six and a half inches between a garage and a barbershop. Neighbors and 200 police plus hundreds of volunteers hunted the area. she was found conscious at 10:40 a.m. The district birthplace of George M. Cohan saw a large turnout as workmen broke through the final wall.
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Eileen Fahey
Gerald Des Roches
Fox Point
Eileen
George M. Cohan
John Fahey
New Haven Railroad
Warren A. Mc Queeney
McQueeney
Hoffa Defends Dio as Wiretap Tapes Surface in Senate Probe
Senate Rackets Committee aired a Mar 10 1953 Hoffa-Dio wiretap arguing Hoffa sought to recruit Dio into the Teamsters while denying knowledge of Dio’s racketeering record. The panel also charged the union paid Joe Louis about 2500 dollars to attend Hoffa’s bribery trial as witnesses.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Senate Rackets Committee
Johnny Dio
Dio
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
New York
AFL
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Afl
Teamsters
Auto Workers
Dave Beck
Chicago
Joe Louis
Victor Riesel
Senate
Louis
Brewster Sentenced to Year in Jail and $1000 Fine
Frank W. Brewster western boss of the Teamsters Union was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $1000 for contempt of Congress. Judge John Sirica denied probation but allowed bond pending appeal. Brewster, 60, had refused to provide records and answer questions before the Senate investigations subcommittee, challenging its authority over internal labor matters.
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Brewster
Teamsters Union
John Sirica
Sirica
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Living Costs Reach Fresh All-Time High in July
Washington reports that the cost of living rose to an all-time high in July, marking the 11th consecutive monthly increase. The 0.5 percent advance was driven mainly by higher food prices and gains in the other goods and services category, with all major groups rising except housing and apparel. Food prices climbed 1 percent to a new peak.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Syria Denies Pro Soviet Turn and Censorship Allegations
Damascus rejects Eisenhower claims of Syria leaning Soviet and accusations of censorship. Salah Tarazi, secretary general of the foreign ministry, insists Syria remains neutral and non aligned. He says U S concerns stem from alleged plots to overthrow the regime, not recent events.
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Damascus
Syria
Salah Tarazi
Foreign Ministry
Eisenhower
Tarazi
Tarad
Weather forecast notes mixed skies and rain risk
The Tucson area reports variable cloudiness with scattered showers mainly over mountains. No rainfall fell in Old Pueblo yesterday, the first dry day in 10. today’s forecast calls for a high near 95 and a low around 75 with possible rain near the region.
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Mountains
Tucson
Old Pueblo
Douglas
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
Prescott
Winslow
Yuma
Ike’s Arms Offer Reid Test For Reds
Washington sources say if Russia rejects the Western two year halt on nuclear testing the alliance may abandon disarmament talks. Ike’s proposals test Soviet intent with a first step package agreement possibly ready to sign by September 1958. The US aims to smoke out Moscow’s true aims while keeping negotiations alive. In London Soviet Foreign Minister Zorin voiced strong objections.
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Washington
Russia
London
Valerian Zorin
Eisenhower Offers Two Year Pause in Nuclear Tests
President Eisenhower overruled advisers at the London disarmament conference offering Russia a two year halt in nuclear tests as a possible first step toward disarmament. The plan envisions a two stage halt with a 12 month assessment and potential resumption if U.S. security is threatened.
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London
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Housing Law Forum Tonight
The Property Owners Protective Assn. hosts an 8 p m forum at the YWCA in Tucson to press changes in the new mini mum housing ordinance. City Mgr Porter W Homer City Atty Harold Neubauer State Rep Douglas Holsclaw and Ivan Hawkins will attend. Sam Feinman says two proposals will be offered amendments or a declaratory judgment on constitutionality of several sections.
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The
Property Owners Protective Assn
Tucson
YWCA
Porter W. Homer
Harold Neubauer
Douglas Holsclaw
Ivan Hawkins
Sam Feinman
State dept permits 24 American correspondents to China
The State Department announced today that 24 full time American journalists may travel to Red China for six months or longer on an experimental basis. The permission marks a limited cultural exchange and media access during the period.
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Washington
State Department
Red China
Generalship For Stewart Held Up
The Senate Armed Services Committee refused to approve the promotion of movie star Jimmy Stewart from colonel to brigadier general in the Air Force reserve. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith objected that Stewart had not been active enough in the reserves to merit the rank. The panel also postponed Dr. Paul D. Foote from assistant secretary of defense for research and engineering amid conflict of interest concerns. Richard Jackson was approved as assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and personnel.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Jimmy Stewart
Air Force Reserve
Stewart
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Paul D. Foote
Foote
Richard Jackson
Cambridge
Mass
Navy
Richard B. Russell
Federal Architect Approves East Side St Marys Plan
Federal architect in San Francisco says St Marys East Side hospital plans appear acceptable architectural wise though final federal funding relies on later detailed review. The State Health Director opposes the project and a $500000 Hill Burton grant awaits Salsburys and USPHS approval.
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Federal
Okays East Side Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Tucson
Lawrence Conway
Region 9
U.S. Public Health Service
San Francisco
St. Mary’s East
Conway
Clarence G. Salsbury
USPHS
Public Health Service
St. Mary's
Emerson Scholer
George Morley
Hill- Burton
Salsbury
M. W. Hargett
Elizabeth Joseph
St. Mary’s
Anton Rotty
Rebecca
Scholer
Phoenix
Inside the Citizen No Promotions for Movie Actor Rank
Senator opposes giving a general’s rank to a movie actor. The article notes resistance to promoting a celebrity to high military rank and outlines political reaction.
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Tucson
Rayburn
Speculation Warning Issued On Highway Land Purchases
Gov. Ernest McFarland said he alerted the Highway Department months ago to guard against speculative land purchases for state road right of way. He noted he does not know the firms or officers involved and questioned links to James R. Heron, whose resignation letter cited conflicts of interest with highway projects.
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Phoenix
Ernest McFarland
Highway Department
Warna Ee Ae
Busseix
Casa Grande
McFarland
Highway Commission
James R. Heron
Heron
Heron Investment Co
Baseball Scoreboard Card for Chicago Game
Box score style summary shows Chicago nine 6 to 2 loss with Crone securing win, Drott taking loss. Pitching notes list Drott Anderson Poholsky Neeman Crone Grissom Thomas and Crone as winner.
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Drott
Anderson
Poholsky
Neeman
Crone
Constable
Grissom
Thomas
Interlocking firms buy land along state highway routes
A Phoenix Gazette report outlines a group of four firms sharing the same Mayer Heard Building address in Phoenix. Heron Investment Co. offices tie Verde Holding, Surety Investment, Rocky Mountain Development, and Copper State Properties to land purchases in Maricopa and Pinal counties, including parcels on 52nd Street near a planned freeway access.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Gazette
Herb Nelson
Maricopa
Pinal
Mayer-Heard
Heron Investment Co
Heron Investment
Globe
James R. Heron
Arizona Savings & Loan Assn
The
Gazette
Verde Holding Corp
Surety Investment Co
Richard W. Henes
Dorsie J. Meads
Rocky Mountain Development Co
Copper State Properties
Henes and Meads
Henes
Heron
Rocky Mountain Development
Arizona Highway Commission
Ernest W. McFarland
Gila County
52Nd
Phoenx
Rocky Mountain
Casa Grande
Pima County
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