New Sight For Tucson as TWA Arrives
A large Tucson crowd gathered at Tucson Municipal Airport Saturday to witness TWA’s first flight into town. Short ceremonies featured Climate Club models roping the plane, a christening by Mrs. Don Hummel, and the pilot Capt. Harry C. Gallatin introduced with his Nogales-area parents noted. The event included a first air mail out of Tucson and the first TWA air express shipment. TWA began four daily flights, two westbound and two eastbound.
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Tucson
TWA
Climate Club
Don Hummel
Harry C. Gallatin
Nogales
Rhodes Poised for Arizona Governor Run in 1958
Young Republicans see U S Representative John J Rhodes as the GOP frontrunner for governor after his 1956 victory over William P Mahoney. Rhodes, a Mesa attorney, is seen as the second strongest Republican behind Barry Goldwater. The piece also notes Ellwood W Bradford's appointment to the Board of Regents in Yuma and discusses Jack Speiden's possible 1960 bid following Eisenhower's letter of support.
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Young Republicans League
U.S
John J. Rhodes
Rhodes
Congress
William P. Mahoney
Maricopa County
Mahoney
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Senate
Mesa
Howard Pyle
Johnny Rhodes
Arizona
Kansas
State Senate
Hodges
Bradford
Speiden
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
U. S. Senate
McFarland
Alarm Plan Could Work
Civil Air Patrol conducted an airborne warning system test over the city with two CAP planes sounding sirens to evaluate air raid alert effectiveness. CAP Captain Marilyn Partridge said the 12 volt police-car type sirens were insufficient and larger or amplified systems are needed for effectiveness.
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Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Marilyn Partridge
Civil Defense Organization
Revenge on Parking Meters Sparks Borough Fine Evasion
NORRISTOWN Pa R P Newton of Oil City Pa argued a penny parking meter overcharge led him to cheat the borough out of 27 dollars in fines by feeding 27 pennies to meters along Main Street. He said the act spared motorists the trouble of paying $1 fines at City Hall.
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L— R. P. Newton
Oil City
Main Street
City Hall
Newton
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