Tombstone Epitaph Sparks Truman Visit Debate
In Tombstone Arizona Mayor Wally Foster claims the Jack Williams epitaph will stay until a definitive decision on its place is reached. The dispute traces back to Presidents Truman and a contentious epitaph that prompted letters and public debate amid plans for a possible "bury the hatchet" visit. Local officials weigh history versus tourism as the grave marker becomes a focal point of town pride and controversy.
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Ariz
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Yuma Test Station Jobs Open
The Board of U S Civil Service Examiners Yuma Test Station Yuma announces current and future vacancies. Positions include central office telephone equipment repairer wire communications cable splicer wire communications equipment installer repairer telephone lineman and telephone installer and repairer. Further information from post office bulletin boards and state employment offices.
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Tries To Rob Nogales Teacher Arrested
Robert Murphy of Fort Wayne Indiana is charged with aggravated assault and attempted robbery of a Nogales area teacher. He allegedly followed the teacher home and tried to grab her purse but fled after she screamed drawing neighbors. Murphy claimed he wanted the purse for car keys. He is out on bond for an Indiana car theft.
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Robert Murphy
Fort Wayne
Ind
Robert Connor
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Indiana
Marker theft details emerge from graveyard incident
Foster recounted the episode revealing the marker was hidden after being removed from the graveyard. He obtained the epitaph and has kept it in his possession since.
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West dies in Phoenix. father of Mrs. Drachman
Harry Linden West 84 longtime Arizonan died in Phoenix after living in Colorado Springs and Portland. He was honored by Elk’s Lodge No. 335 for 56 years and survived by wife Rhoda Collier, daughter Alice Drachman, two granddaughters Alice Amado West III and Anne Drachman, grandson James West Drachman, and great grandson James Douglas Drachman. Funeral set for Whitney-Murphey Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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Oliver Drachman
Tucson
Arizona
Phoenix
Rhoda Collier
Alice Drachman
Alice Amado West III
Anne Drachman
Cambridge
Mass
James West Drachman
James Douglas Drachman
Whitney-Murphey Funeral Home
Dial Phones Planned in Miami
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co plans dial service in Miami by next December. Cecil Kling district manager says a new 30 000 dollar building is under construction to house the equipment.
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Miami
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Cecil Kling
Classes rearranged at Flagstaff college schedule
Arizona State College at Flagstadt officials unveil a new class schedule to expand classroom use. Starting January 31, class hours will run through the noon hour and many courses will be taught in two weekly periods of one and a half hours.
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Arizona State College At
Flagstadt
Sarasota Publisher Announces Retirement
Sarasota publisher David B Lindsay announces retirement from Lindsay Newspapers Inc owner of the Sarasota Journal and Herald Tribune will be succeeded by his son David B Lindsay Jr Lindsay 63 served as president of Lindsay Newspapers Inc publisher of the morning Herald Tribune and afternoon Journal
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David B. Lindsay
Sarasota Journal
Sarasota Herald Tribune
David B. Lindsay Jr
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Lindsay Newspapers, Inc
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