Taft blasts Eisenhower over Durkin labor pick
Senate scrutiny grows as Taft denounces Eisenhower’s selection of Martin Durkin a union official and Democrat opposed to the plan. Durkin vows to back minor changes to Taft Hartley while opposing repeal. Sources debate Taft's next moves toward majority leader post and possible showdown with the new administration.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Ohio
Martin P. Durkin
Labor Post
Taft
Capitol
GOP
Durkin
T-H
United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices
AFL Plumbing & Pipefitting International Union
Ohioan
Senate
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Knowland
Calif
Christmas Mail Rush Warns of Deadline Pressure
Tucson postmaster assistant N L Pritchard warns to mail by mid next week to ensure holiday delivery with air mail and special delivery options. Parcel post up 8 to 10 percent, letter cancellations up 15 percent. peak day Dec 22 saw 2 219 sacks in. Bill Davis adds 72 inch limit and weight rules by distance. advise legible addresses and return address. perishables by air. greeting cards need extra penny for forwarding.
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N. L. Pritchard
Tucson
Parcel Post
Pritchard
Bill Davis
Davis
Judge Frees Youth in Perjury Trial Mustakes Jr
Superior Court Judge Benjamin Blake directed a verdict of acquittal in the perjury case of George Mustakes Jr. The defense contends the information misdates the alleged act and that perjury was not proven as material. Prosecutor Robert Morrison vows to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Superior Court
Benjamin Blake
Safford
George Mustakes Jr
Blake
E. T. Cusick
William C. Frey
Tony Morris
Pima County
Morrison
Morris
Mustakes
George Mustakes, Sr
Mustakes,Jr
Cusick
Young Mustakes
George Mustakes Sr
Mustakes Jr
William Gordon
George Mustakes
Grand Jury
Mustakes Sr
Del E. Webb Plans New Arizona City Development
Del E. Webb Co of Phoenix and Los Angeles to build a new Arizona city as the seventh largest in the state. Reconstruction Finance Corp approved a government contract to purchase 184 million dollars in copper and molybdenum from San Manuel deposits for the town's development. Magma Copper Co. contracts designate Webb Construction Co to own operate the town.
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Phoenix
WUP
Arizona
del E. Webb Co
Los Angeles
Reconstruction Finance Corp
San Manuel
North America
Magma Copper Co
Webb Construction Co
Pinpoint Hill Skirmish Ends With KP Ridge Summit Secured
In frigid combat on Pinpoint Hill on the central Korean front, South Korean troops were driven from the crest but later retook the position after an eight hour clash. U S Sabrejets clashed with Chinese air power over the Chongchon river, shooting down two MiG-1s in a dogfight as Allied artillery and air strikes pounded Red positions along Sniper Ridge.
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Chongchon River
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U.S. Defends UN Hiring Autonomy in Secret Screening Row
Washington states that it cannot dictate UN hiring even for American applicants. The reply follows a New York grand jury charge accusing the State Department of clearing disloyal UN officials. It named 28 UN personnel once reported or suspended and noted 24 unfavorable comments, while declining to reveal evaluators' identities.
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WUP
State Department
United Nations
New York
Trygve Lie Americang
World Organization
Grand Jury
Czech Reds Executed After Contested Trial in Prague
Rudolf Slansky, former Czechoslovak Communist leader, and ten others were hanged at Prague's Pankrac prison six days after sentencing. Eight victims were Jews, with wooden confessions seen as Stalinist loyalty tests. The purge targeted high party officials and hinted at wider anti Zionist campaigns across satellites and possibly Soviet republics.
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Vienna
Austria
Rudolf Slansky
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Prague
Pankrac
Slansky
Communist Party
Vlado Clementis
Klement Gottwald
Ussr
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Missing C-47 Flight Sought Over San Bernardino Mountains
Air searchers resume at dawn in San Bernardino California to locate a missing C-47 transport with 13 men aboard. The plane vanished during a storm after departing Davis Monthan Arizona en route to March Air Force Base near Riverside. Weather and cloud banks hindered previous searches near 8000 feet above Big Bear Lake.
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Calif
Air Force
San Bernardino Mountains
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
March Air Force Base
Here
Big Bear Lake
Tucson
CAA
Thermal
Palm Springs
Davis- Monthan
Sun Upsets Forecast by Warm Spell
The day brought clear skies and rising temperatures despite a forecast of showers yesterday. High reached 60 degrees with a low of 35 this morning as forecasters adjusted expectations.
Five West Virginia police hunt five dangerous Pennsylvania escapees
West Virginia state police pursue five dangerous escapees from Pennsylvania after nabbing one fugitive in a Western Union office in Charleston. The ten knife-wielding inmates escaped from Pittsburgh's Western State penitentiary Sunday. one, James Milk of Carnegie, was arrested unarmed while attempting a wire transfer. The other four remain at large as police sweep the region. In Rea Pa, the Lerby family sheltered a quintet for two days, with the inmates behaving oddly polite during their stay.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Western Union
James Milk
Carnegie
Pittssburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Emile Lerby
Rea
Lerby
Toney
Virgil Toney
John
Marlene Gagich
John Gagich
Stevenson Truman Meet on Democratic Future in Washington
Adlai Stevenson and Harry S. Truman hold a two day White House session to examine what happened to the Democratic party in the 1952 election and to shape its future. Mitchell, party chairman, says Stevenson should remain a leading figure and plans nationwide outreach. Stevenson travels from Atlantic City for talks, with dinners at the White House and multiple discussions with the President and aides.
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Adlai Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
White House
Democratic Party
Dwight Eisenhower
Stevenson
Illinois
Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Philip Murray
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Congress
Isaid
National Committee
Truman
Dentist Says Fuller Held Murder Gun
A Tucson dentist near eyewitness to Deputy Marshal Edmund Schweppe’s slaying identified Arthur E. Fuller as the man who wielded a revolver during a mid September scuffle. In district court, Dr. Arch G. Fee described the afternoon at the Valley National Bank building dental office where Schweppe brought Fuller and Tommy Abbott for treatment.
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U. S
Edmund L. Schweppe
Arch G. Fee
Arthur E. Fuller
Schweppe
James A. Walsh
Fee
K. Berry Peterson
Valley National Bank
Fuller
Tommy W. Abbott
Abbott
Dr. Fee
Lucille Lundsford
Atty
Morris K. Udall
Ben J. McKiney
Richard Low
Fred Nirschel
Pima County
Richard B. Evans
Walsh
McKinney
FBI
Thomas W. Howard
Hugo Charles Rappleman
Harry Greenstein
George F. Hutton
Douglas F. McCatchy
Harry R. Myers
Edward J. Longcoy
Archie Morris
Francis P. King
Mark V. Gardner
Charles Brena
William E. Smerz
Crowd Picture
Rail Fares Raise Okayed by Interstate Committee
An interstate commerce commission examiner recommended a 10 percent passenger fare increase by western railroads led by the Southern Pacific system. The proposed rise would apply only to western routes, not tickets to the east, and would likely take effect after the start of next year.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Railroads
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Co
Tucson
Railway fare hike proposed for Missouri Pacific and rivals
The Missouri Pacific system and about six smaller western lines seek fare increases. Basic coach rates would climb from 2.5 to 2.75 cents per mile and sleeping and parlor car rates from 3.5 to 3.85 cents per mile. Minimum one way fares would rise from 15 to 20 cents per ticket as examiner A T Palmer notes sustained deficits in past passenger service since 1946.
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Missouri Pacific
A. T. Palmer
Durkin Clarifies Tie Between Labor Leaders Durkin
Tucson labor leader John Durkin, head of the Central Trades Council, explains he is not related to Martin P. Durkin, Dwight Eisenhower's newly named secretary of labor. The two have known each other since 1937, and the mix up involves a local University of Arizona student who shares the same name and works at the same bank.
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Tucson
John Durkin
Martin P. Durkin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Durkin
Central Trades Council
Hisenhower
U. S. Department of Labor
University of Arizona
John Joseph Durkin
Annexation Push Seeks Add-on Subdivision in Tucson
A petition to annex Bonell addition a new 38 lot subdivision in the area bounded by East Fifth street Palo Verde boulevard East Speedway and Country Club road was filed with the mayor and council by Edward Watz for E B Bonell. Tucson revived its annexation program two months ago adding Broadmoor and nearby blocks to the city limits.
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Tucson
Bonell Addition
East Fifth Street
Palo Verde Boulevard
East Speedway
Country Club Road
el Encanto Estates
Edward Watz
E. B. Bonell
Broadmoor Subdivision
Turku Ali Bey and Masked Stranger in Four Man Tag
Tucson tonight features a four man tag team main event with Turk Ali Bey and the Masked Stranger at the Tucson Sports Center on West Congress. Other events include a museum talk on the Naco elephant at UA and a faculty recital by Anna Mae Sharp at the UA Liberal Arts Auditorium.
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Colorful
Turk Ali Bey
Stranger
Emil W. Haury
The
State Museum
Naco
UA Chemistry-Physics
Tucson
West Congress Street
Anna Mae Sharp
UA Liberal Arts
Index raises limits on political commentary faces pushback
A congressional committee rejects newspaper calls to curb political comment sections amid a string of editorials. Page references list topics on hunting and fishing, highway safety, heater installation, and various sections including books, comics, radio, and sports.
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Congressional Committee
Jack Underwood
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