Davis-Monthan To Welcome B-47 Stratojets Soon
The 303rd bombardment wing at Davis-Monthan AFB will replace the B-29s with B-47 Stratojets, with the 43rd bomb wing continuing B-50 operations. Jets arrive after a new two mile runway opens and base facilities expand at a cost of 30 million.
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America
Davis-Monthan
Air Force Base
36Th Air Division
John S. Hardy
Grand Central Aircraft Co
Municipal
303Rd
15Th Air Force
22Nd
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Calif
Davis- Monthan
Air Force
Tucson
Sedley-Hopkins
E. C
C&wly
Graham
Nils Ohman
43Rd
John S
McAllister Sues For Pay After City Reorganization
Former city treasurer Joseph D. McAllister files a back pay claim claiming November 1952 pay for duties in the treasury, license, and clerical roles were misclassified after a departmental reorganization that removed three treasury posts. He cites Budlong's shift to weights and measures and alleges improper handling of layoffs and job duties under ordinance 927. The case follows an investigation into McAllister’s political meeting attendance.
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Joseph D. McAllister
Treasury Department
Civil Service Post
Treasury, Inspection and Assessment Departments
C. V. Budlong
Civil Service
Budlong
McAllister
Albert Hesselberg
City Civil Service Commission
TV Studio Contract Signed for KOPO-TV Studios
H C Torrea of Old Pueblo Broadcasting Co and Harold Ashton Building Co ink a contract to build KOPO TV studios. Groundbreaking planned next Monday with completion and telecast dates to be announced. KOPO-TV studios to cover 50,000 square feet and lift TV investment to 350000 dollars.
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H. C. Torrea
Old Pueblo Broadcasting Co
Harold Ashton Building Co
Kopotv
E. S. Mittendorf
KOPO
Kopo-Tv
Mittendorf
Edwards Runs for Tucson Mayor in GOP Primary
Dete Edwards, a longtime figure in Tucson and Arizona Republican politics, announced his candidacy for mayor. He will face incumbent Fred Emery in the February city primary, announcing at a Young Republican meeting honoring Senator Elect Barry Goldwater.
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Dete Edwards
Tucson
Arizona
Fred Emery
Edwards
Barry Goldwater
Deserters Identified By Rape Victim
A 17 year old mother identified Navy deserters Harrison P Baker and Roy Ray Marcum as her assailants in a downtown kidnapping and rape case. Police plan to involve the FBI after she signs a complaint, with two Mesa suspects to be confronted. The events occurred near Broadway and Stone, with the victim released on the Benson highway and returning home around 2 30 a m.
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Don J. Hays
Navy
San Diego
Harrison P. Baker
Roanoke
Ala
Roy Ray Marcum
Norma
Tenn
Baker
Marcum
Hays
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Mesa City
Davis- Monthan Afb
Broadway and
Stone
South Stone
Sixth Avenues
East 18Th Street
J Benson
Lie Weeding Out Reds On U.N. State
Secretary General Trygve Lie prepares to announce a policy to fire suspected American Communists from United Nations posts. The move coincides with nine more U.N. employees who refused to testify to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee about Communist ties. A deadline was set for responses or dismissal.
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United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
United Nations General Assembly
U.N. Jobs
Lie
General Assembly
U.N
Senate Internal Security
United States
Tunisian Chief Assassinated
Paris reports Ferhat Hached, Tunisian nationalist and secretary general of Tunisia’s largest labor group, the General Union of Tunisian Workers, was murdered in Tunis last night. France cut diplomatic contact as crisis looms in Tunisia.
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Paris
WAP
Ferhat Hached
Tunis
Tunisia
Hached
France
North African
General Union of Tunisian Workers
Reuther Outlines CIO Aims for Global Labor Crusade
Walter P. Reuther, newly elected president of the CIO, said organized labor will launch a great human crusade. He warned industry and government that the 4 million member CIO will recapture the crusading spirit and pursue economic justice on picket lines. He also pledged international work with free men to secure world freedom while directing strong attacks at enemies of labor.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
America
Reuther
Auto Union
The
Fuller
Abbott
Udall
Evans
Eisenhower Tours Korea See Aid Increase and Curb War
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower completed a secret three day visit to Korea meeting top commanders and front line GIs. He urged increased American aid but warned against widening the war and said no simple solutions exist. Accompanying him were Charles Wilson and Herbert Brownell.
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Eisenhower
South Korea
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Herbert Brownell
Tucson Weather Forecast Hints at Rain or Snow This Weekend
Clouds drift over Tucson as experts warn of uncertain conditions. A central California storm could bring rain to the city and mountain snow to Arizona, but forecasters say the outcome is uncertain. Windy tomorrow with yesterday’s high at 62 and lows around 48.
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Tucson
California
Arizona
Phoenix
Yuma
Flagstaff
Bombers Blast Red Targets In Twilight War
UN medium and light bombers attacked Communist targets from the Yalu to the front as South Korean and Red troops resumed the twilight war in snowbound Sniper ridge. B 29s from Okinawa dropped 100 tons of 500 pound bombs on Choisan near Antung and a flaming square at Cholsan. Black B 26s hit Kaksan and Yangdok areas.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Yalu River
Sniper Ridge
Choisan
Antung
Cholsan
Kaksan
Yangdok
Jury Deliberates as Fuller's Fate Hangs on Trial
In Tucson, a federal court resumes deliberations in the murder trial of Arthur Fuller and Tommy Abbott for the death of Deputy U S Marshal Edmund Schweppe. Prosecutors argue intentional firing. defense contends accident. Testimony details the escape plot, gun handling, and defendants’ backgrounds as FBI experts assess the weapon.
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U. S
Edmund L. Schweppe
Arthur Eugene Fuller
Tommy W. Abbott
U. S. District Court
J and
K. Berry Peterson
U. S. District Attorney
James A. Walsh
Fuller
Schweppe
Peterson
Abbott
Richard B. Evans
Flagstaff
Florence
Tucson
Welker
George A. Berley
FBI
Washington
Bureau
Washington, D. C
Christmas His Only Thought
Eight year old Joseph Jacovitti lies critically injured after an airplane crash that killed his parents and siblings. He tells his aunt to enjoy Christmas while he remains pinned with neck fractures, fearing movement could end his life.
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Tacoma
Wash
Joseph
Jo-Jo) Jacovitti
John Jacovitti
Tucson Sports Night Sets Busy Lineup at Various Venues
Tonight brings boxing at Tucson Sports center and college games at Bear Down gym and AHS. Pro boxing includes five matches at 8:30. Arizona Wildcats face Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in a 8:30 collision. Tomorrow features a church benefit tour and a state orchestra practice at UA.
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UA Wildkittens
Grand Canyon College of Phoenix
Bear Down
Amphi Little Panthers
Glendale Little Cards
AHS
East Prince Road
Tucson Cubs
Salpointe Lancers
THS
East Seventh Street
Amphi Panthers
Glendale Cardinals
Tucson Badgers
Prescott Badgers
Little Sheba
Tucson
Temple of Music & Art
Tucson Sports
Arizona Wildcats
Marine Corps Recruit Depot of
San Diego
Fourth Avenue
First Street
Leslie Hodges
All State Orchestra
TLT
Temple ‘of Music & Art
Index Appointment of highway commission member may cause Republican split
Republican wrangle over a highway commission appointment risks a split within party ranks. The article notes potential factional fault lines and who may be affected as the process unfolds.
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Highway Commission
Tucson
Little Theater
Arizona
Old Pueblo
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Corp
Paul Morrissey
Trenton
ROK
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