Prison break ends as escaped convict recaptured
Deputies Don Walls and Nolan Lewis nabbed Jimmie Lee Emmett, 21, at a road block on Inn Road and North Oracle. Emmett, who escaped Florence prison with two others, was recaptured after a failed attempt to flee at the block. Another escapee, James Blanchard, 33, was captured the day prior.
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Jimmie Lee Emmett
Freedom
Sheriff's
Don Walls
Nolan Lewis
Inn Road
North Oracle Road
Emmett
Florence
Unf
Deepwater Road
Bevraiam Hammond
James Blanchard
Emmett Wing
Robert W. Ale
E. Delano St
Oracle, Junction
Alexander
Prisen
Pima County
Hidden Valley
Neighbors Save Sick Painter From Home Fire
Ashland Kentucky neighbors roused Tom Turner a convalescent sign painter after a fire broke out in his home while he slept. Turner escaped through a window as the Gerald Barber family alerted him and the house was destroyed.
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Ashland
Tom Turner
Turner
Gerald Barber
State Traffic Fatalities Down 16 Percent in October
Arizona officials report 32 people killed in last month s traffic accidents, down 16 percent from October 1954. Of the fatalities 21 were on state highways, eight on county roads, and three on city streets, with eighteen deaths linked to speed limit violations.
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Arizona
Arizona , State Highway Department
Annexation to add six square miles eyed by city
City officials plan to annex a six square mile area east of the city limits, projected to be the largest expansion in the state's history. Petitions show 55.5 percent assessed valuation signed, with formal annexation anticipated soon to place the area on the tax rolls before Jan. 1.
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Porter W. Homer
Homer
22Nd
Craycroft
Pima
E. Grant
N. Vine
Broadway
N. Norris
1E County Recreation Department
Linden
Hoffman Parks
Pima County Utilities Coordinating Group Plans Dec 13 Meeting
A study set on utility line plans will be completed for a December 13 meeting of the Pima County Utilities Coordinating Group. Each utility will submit recommendations in writing as the group weighs authority for health and public safety enforcement and coordination of underground locations and depths.
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Pima County Utilities Coordinating Group
Parkway
Health Department
Sanitary District
Coordinating Soup
Walter A. Burg
Allison C. Dow
C. H. Webber
W. L. Sanderson
Gas
Tucson, Gas, Electric Light and Power Co
N. M. Lovell
Winford McGlothlin
Electrical Division
Kenneth Scharman
Pat Heney
Pima Courty Sanitary District
M. L. MitTin
The
Mountain States ‘Telephone and Telegraph Co
John F.”Rauscher
City Water Department
S P Winter Service Set From Tucson To Chicago
Southern Pacific will begin its Tucson to Chicago Pullman service on Dec 19. District passenger agent W. Travis Jones said the daily service includes an all room car parked near the depot after 9 pm for boarding. The Tucson departure is 1 05 am daily on the Golden State and arrives in Chicago the next day.
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Southern Pacific
Tucson
Chicago
Tod. W
Travis Jones
Jones
Pair Ends 20,000 Mile Run By Amphibious Jeep
The Schreiders of Valley Center California with their German shepherd Dinah checked into Santiago on a 20,000 mile amphibious jeep trek from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. They face Magellan Straits crossing and plan to publish a book with Helen’s color sketches after finishing.
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Cane
Raax
Helen Schreider
Santiago
Alaska
South America
Schreiders
Valley Center
Calif
Tierra del Fuego
Magellan Straits
Helen
Frank
Circle City
Dinah
Pacific Ocean
Central America
Tapachula
Mexico
Guatemala
Electrical short disrupts Blenman Elementary heat plant
An electrical short at Blenman Elementary on Pima Ave near Country of Sea disrupted the heat plant and IBM clock system. Tucson Gas & Electric Co restored power within an hour after shorting the meter, with repairs to the clock system expected by Monday. Fire department did not estimate losses.
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Blenman
Pima Ave
Tucson Gas & Electric Co
IBM
Ralph E. Aston
Aston
Janelle Stubbs
Stubbs
Catalina Fire Department
Goldwater Sees GOP Senate Chance Growing in 1956
Senator Goldwater signals rising Republican hopes to gain Senate control in 1956. He cites Sen. Bible’s decision not to run as a possible GOP gain and names targets including Lehman Morse and Magnuson, with 32 seats up and Republicans defending 17. He backs Benson farm policy but notes MIDWEST difficulty and studies soil bank plans.
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Sen
Goldwater
Ariz
Senate
Bible
D-New
Midwest Farm Belt
Eisenhower
Benson
Minor Burglaries Plague Local Officers
City and county detectives investigated about six burglaries in Greater Tucson over the last 24 hours. Break ins included Shop 2727 N Campbell Ave with a pried door lock, Albert's Service Station 1901 E Broadway about $40 taken, 237 N El Paso St radio valued at $99.50, Wooden Nickel 1908 S Country Club Rd entry via window, A V Leon Molding & Casting Shop 150 N Anita Ave two tires wheels radio and tools, and Newberry Electric Co 430 E Columbia St wire including a 500 foot roll valued at 100.
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Campbell Ave
Harry T. McLaughlin
Yale
el Paso St
Romana Badilla
S Country Club Rd
Tommy Waite
A. V. Leon Molding & Casting Shop
N. Anita Ave
Newberry Electric Co
Columbia St
Fraud Order Cites Cuban National Lottery Operator
Postal authorities issued a fraud order against the Cuban National Lottery operator after Phoenix received ticket purchase invitations. R B Dunbar of Denver said the order followed a mail folder promoting a $500000 Havana draw set for December 24. The folder was forwarded to the Better Business Bureau of Phoenix.
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Phoenix
R. B. Dunbar
Denver
Havana
Cuba
Better Business Bureau of Phoenix
Widow reports $8000 hidden savings stolen from closet
Mrs Velma Morse said after her husband died two years ago she saved from a cleaning job in a canvas bag kept in a bedroom closet. She last saw the bag two weeks ago and found it missing with $8000 inside after a deposit attempt on Saturday.
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Los Angeles
Velma Morse
Sheriff's Deputies
Family Hunts Name For 20th Child In York
The Spurgeon Cunninghams welcome their 20th child, a boy born yesterday at York Hospital. The couple has 11 boys and 9 girls, four married and 15 living at home. The oldest child is 26. Mrs. Cunningham, 42, has all her children by one birth. Cunningham works as a York factory foreman and runs a small farm at his Hellam home.
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York, Pa
Spurgeon Cunninghams
York’ Hospital
Cunningham
York
Hellam
Envoy to Philippines Begins Manila Post
Chen Chieh-mai is flying to Manila to assume his new post as Nationalist China's ambassador to the Philippines. The move marks his diplomatic assignment after being named envoy by Chiang Kai-shek's government.
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Philippines
Taipei
Formosa
Chen Chieh-mai
Manila
China
Rev White Faces Presbytery Probe After City Court Writ
The Rev Newton Harris White, 40, a Northminster Presbyterian minister in Phoenix, faces a judicial committee investigation by the Presbytery of Southern Arizona after a writ blocked his misdemeanor morals charge in Phoenix. The writ, granted by Superior Court Judge Warren L McCarthy, lets the ecclesiastical body and a grand jury style committee review evidence to decide if an ecclesiastical trial is warranted. White was arrested Oct 22 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport for alleged immoral conduct with a police officer.
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Newton Harris White
Phoenix
Presbytery of
Southern Arizona
Senor 's_ Northminster Presbyterian Church
Superior Court
Warren L. McCarthy
Phoenix Sky Harbor
Presbytery
Paul David Sholin
Mountain View Presbyterian Church
White
McCarthy
Valuable Quan Yin statue stolen from Fine Arts Center
A white porcelain Quan Yin figure valued at 2000 to 3000 dollars was stolen from the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs. Center director Fred Bartlett said it was removed from a glass display case between 5 p.m. Sunday and noon yesterday. The piece is owned by Ann Carter, co publisher of Weekend, who inherited it from her mother, the late Mrs. Freda L. Maytag.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Fred Bartlett
Ann Carter
Weekend
Freda L. Maytag
Residential Mortgage Loans Interim 3 Percent Twenty Years
Standard Mortgage Co loan correspondent Northwestern Mutual Life Co announces mortgage loans for twenty year terms at 3 percent. Lee Gentry, manager, contacts at 1068 N Campbell.
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Twenty Years Standard Mortgage CO
Northwestern Mat
Life Ins
Lee Gentry
N. Campbell
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