Norway Port Hails Submarine Rescue
In Hammerfest Norway Aug 27 rescue brought 84 survivors from the submarine Cochino after it went down in Arctic seas during a training run with the Tusk. Seven sailors died including a Cochino technician. Skipper of the Tusk Cmdr Robert L R Worthington praised for maneuvering. Survivors, some burned, rushed to Hammerfest for care.
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Hammerfest
Norway
U. S
Cape Town
Robert L. R. Worthington
Oakmont
Worthington
Robert W. Philp
Newark
N. J
Murmansk
Portsmouth
Eng
H. J. Riiser- Larsen
All Saints School Sets Registration Times
All Saints School invites parish residents to register Monday 9 11 a.m. and 2 4 p.m. at the parish hall corner of South Sixth Avenue and 14th Street. Outside parish registrations are on Tuesday. The nine grade elementary and junior high school is staffed by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is the sixth year in existence and second year in the new building.
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All Saints
South Sixth Avenue
14Th Street
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Voters League Plans Films Of Phoenix Candidates
The League of Women Voters in Phoenix announced filming of 25 minute black and white sound films of mayor and council candidates to be shown at civic functions. Candidates will answer pertinent questions on camera beginning next month.
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Phoenix
League of Women Voters
Flash Bulb Prices Cut By GE Lamp Dept
Cleveland August 27 General Electric Co lamp department announced price reductions on flash bulbs used in photography. The No 5 bulb, a big seller, dropped from 14 to 12 cents and the No 22B fell two cents while all other bulbs were cut by one cent.
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Cleveland
General Electric Co
Parking Study At County Drive-In Theaters
The county planning and zoning commission discussed new parking proposals including drive-in theaters requiring spaces equal to one third of inside capacity for motorists waiting for performances. The plan aims to ease congestion near Tucson's outdoor theaters as committee members Wilbur Wynn J B Cates and A F Estes noted other ideas to create customer parking for neighborhood shopping centers.
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County Planning and Zoning Commission
Tucson
Wilbur ™ F. Wynn
J. B. Cates
A. F. Estes
Turkeys Rise in Arizona Ahead of Thanksgiving
Arizona turkey growers report 60 000 birds for this year up 20 percent from 1948 after three years of declines. Despite the gain, production is still three fourths of the 10 year average and 1948’s live weight price averaged 47 cents per pound, the highest in 15 years per the federal reporting service.
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Arizona
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Denial Of Racing Permit Is Argued
PHOENIX August 27 UP A motion to dismiss Manzanita Park appeal of a denial by the Arizona racing commission was taken under advisement by Maricopa County Superior Judge Charles Bernstein. The judge asked both sides to file memorandums and set September 10 for appearance with data. Aaron Kinsey for Manzanita Park was given until September 24 to file his memorandum. Perry Ling chief assistant attorney general representing the racing commission argued Manzanita was unqualified since the law does not provide for a corporate permit. Kinsey noted the law does not mention corporations as qualified but also does not explicitly deny them.
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Phoenix
Manzanita Park
Arizona Racing Commission
Maricopa County
Charles C. Bernstein
Perry Ling
The
Racing Commission
Bernstein
Aaron Kinsey
Ling
Manzanita
Kinsey
Leo Leon Ward Jr Rites To Be Monday
Services for six year old Leo Leon Ward Jr who died Thursday during a tonsillectomy will be held at 5 pm Monday at Santa Cruz church with burial in Holy Hope cemetery. The body will lie in state 7 to 10 pm Sunday at Bring's chapel. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Leo Ward of 2913 S Fifth Ave Tucson two sisters Ella May and Aliva a brother Anthony and his Los Angeles grandparents.
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Leo Leon Ward Jr
Santa Cruz Church
Holy Hope Cemetery
Bring’s Chapel
Leo
Leo Ward
Fifth Ave
Ella May
Aliva
Anthony
Tucson
Los Angeles
Jurisdiction Of Sewers Is Being Studied
Mayor E. T. Houston called the city council into informal session to study a proposed agreement with sanitary district 1 on use and jurisdiction of sewer lines to be laid under the joint city district expansion plan. The council and citizens advisory committee discussed cost sharing and control of pipelines, with another meeting set for Tuesday to seek agreement.
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E. T. Houston
Citizens Advisory Committee
County Hospital Overruns Budget in July 1949
County Hospital exceeded its July budget by more than 18 000 dollars, with total county expenditures at 131 926 dollars, 20 664 above the first month allotment. Seven county departments overspent initial appropriations, though the hospital was the sole major deficit. Spending of 11 agencies was below budgets, according to County Comptroller Fred O. Goodell.
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Pima County Hospital
Fred O. Goodell
Goodell
Bank Debits Fall From Last Year for Week Ending Aug 24
Bank debits, an index of a community’s business volume, totalled 10,356,425 for the week ending Aug 24, a decline of 2,774,331 from the 13,130,356 debits recorded the same week last year. Clearinghouse transactions were 10,383,089, down from 13,167,605 a year earlier and 1,997,619 in 1940. Bank debits reflect checks drawn on the three local banks and branches.
Freshman Class At UA May Set Record
Freshman enrollment at the University of Arizona is expected to break prior records with about 1,200 beginning students to register for the 1949 50 term. Freshman week runs September 12 to 16 with assemblies conferences and indoctrination lectures before the main registration. Total university enrollment is projected at about 5,700 this year.
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University of Arizona
C. Zaner Lesher
Lesher
Four UA students to receive Standard Oil scholarships
Standard Oil of California grants four $500 UA scholarships this year to promote future American leadership in democracy. Selection remains university controlled. awards go to male and female students regardless of course, race, creed.
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University of Arizona
Standard Oil Co
California
W. J. Ellison
Standard
Tucson
Ellison
Alaska
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Radcliffe to Speak Before Tucson Traffic Club
Ralph Radcliffe sales manager of the Tucson branch of American Airlines will discuss European transportation problems at the Tucson Traffic club luncheon in the San Carlos restaurant on Monday. He recently returned from a European tour examining systems in western Germany, Seeg Norway Sweden and England.
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Ralph Radcliffe
Tucson
American Airlines
Tucson Traffic Club
San Carlos
Radcliffe
Europe
Germany
Norway
Sweden
England
School Is Faye Tucson Baily Citizen From Traffic Planned Here
Committee plans a 160 acre subdivision at the southwest corner of Wilmot and 22nd, aiming to locate future school buildings away from heavy traffic and allocate land for a community center as Tucson school officials discuss the master plan with the county planning and zoning commission. The subdivision committee chaired by Charles B. Maguire with Gordon Luepke A F Estes and Alton Netherlin will meet officials for discussion.
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Wilmot Road
Tucson
Fred Rothaway
Charles B. Maguire
School of Man
Gordon
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