Clash over sheriff and auxiliary splits shakes office
Sheriff James Clark and uniformed auxiliary officers exchanged charges as about 12 to 15 members were expelled for defying orders on fundraising at high school events. Earl Billiter and 26 others resigned citing “Little Mussolini” tactics by Undersheriff Arthur Grande, with debates over finances and control of the civil defense unit formed in 1952.
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Uniformed Auxiliary
Clark
Auxiliary
Earl Billiter
Arthur Grande
Billiter
Sheriff's Office
Frank Eyman
Grande
Civil Defense Organization
Reds Pound Away At NATO Meet
Paris reports President Eisenhower traveling to lead an Anglo American counterattack against Soviet propaganda aimed at fraying the NATO alliance. Dulles and Lloyd join in efforts to counter Moscow’s diplomatic pressure ahead of the NATO summit in Paris.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Europe
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
Dulles
U.S
France
Amory Houghton
Moscow
Suez
Tunisia
United States
Lloyd
Harold Macmillan
Felix Gaillard
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Soviet Union
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
Tucson to seek $1 million bond for sewage plant expansion
Mayor Don Hummel announced Tucson will consider a bond issue of about 1 million dollars next summer to fund a $1.33 million expansion of the sewage disposal plant. Engineer John Carollo designs the project, needed due to population growth and daily overloads, with financing from city funds, the sewage district, and federal sources. The plan aims to fit within the stabilized tax rate, with construction likely a year after approval.
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Don Hummel
Tucson
John Carollo
Phoenix
Hummel
Second Night of Severe Southern Freeze Strikes Crops and Lives
A brutal cold wave grips the South with subfreezing temperatures into the teens across Dixie and lower Florida. More than 50 deaths are blamed on fires, exposure, and traffic incidents as Florida reports up to 300 million dollars in crop losses, with Lake Okeechobee area crops 50 to 100 percent destroyed.
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Dixie
Georgia
Florida
Lake Okeechobee
Florida Keys
U S Plans Half Ton Satellite
Pentagon missile chief William M. Holaday testified that the United States plans to and can launch a 1 000 pound satellite into orbit though he refused to reveal the proposed launch date. He said the plan could be executed whenever desired and noted progress in thrust capabilities. The hearing addressed acceleration of U S space programs amid Russian pressure.
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William M. Holaday
Pentagon
United States
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Holaday
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Subcommittee
Russia
Edwin L. Weiss
U. S
Ernest Stuhlinger
Army
Stuhlinger
Weiss
Balmy Forecast Keeps Visitors Staying On Pleasant Day
The day and Saturday bring balmy weather with high clouds moderating sun. Highs near the high 70s tomorrow, tonight's low 35 to 40 degrees. Yesterday reached 73 with a 45 degree low this morning.
Gunman boards bus in Queens demands ride home
A well-dressed gunman on a Queens bus forced driver James Pardoles Jr. to drive nine miles after flashing a pistol and shouting to go home. The passenger, lone at the wheel, refused payment and fled when a patrol car appeared.
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Queens
James Pardoles Jr
Queens Village
Pardoles
9Th Rd
Cross Bay Blvd
Bronx Zoo Visitor Chooses Chimp for Mohammed
King Mohammed V of Morocco visited the Bronx zoo and showed affection for a chimpanzee. Zoo Director John Tee Van offered the chimp, which Mohammed accepted, and the animal will be shipped to the royal palace.
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Mohammed V
Morocco
Bronx Zoo
Zoo
John Tee van
Mohammed
Royal Palace
Brunette Sought In Desert Slaying
Phoenix sheriff Cal Boies seeks an 18 year old brunette named Sue Stevens as a potential key to the shooting death of Nick Johnson son of a wealthy Phoenix family. Johnson’s body was found in a shallow desert grave north of Phoenix after a back shot allegedly tied to threats from squealing in a police case. The suspect faces federal testimony for a Top of the World operation. authorities have issued a nationwide search and FBI interest.
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Maricopa County
Cal Boies
Nick Johnson
Boies
Sue
Vicky) Stevens
Johnson
Sky Harbor
California
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Superior
Miami
D. L. McGovney
Identification Bureau
Young Sisters Help Note 100th Birthday
Mrs. Mildred G. Burton celebrated her 100th birthday in Warwick Rhode Island yesterday. She was joined by her three sisters aged 80 83 and 90 in the observance marking a century for Burton and a family milestone for the siblings.
Arizona: World’s Largest Telescope Site Picked
Arizona is named to host the National Astronomical Observatory with a 36 inch telescope and possible future expansion toward a 400 inch instrument. Kitt Peak and Hualapai Mountains remain in the mix with Mormon Mountain added, while California sites are dropped. The NSF signs a 3.1 million contract with AURA to study sites and conditions. Arizona praises climate and isolation for optimal viewing.
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National Science Foundation
Kitt Peak
Tucson
Hualapai Mountains
Mormon Mountain
Flagstaff
Assn. of Universities For Research In Astronomy Inc
AURA
Mt. Palomar
California
Edwin F. Carpenter
Steward Observatory
University of Arizona
State of Arizona
U.S
Foundation
University of Michigan
Phoenix
Chicago
Harvard
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio State
Wisconsin
F. K. Edmondson
Million-dollar Holiday Inn planned on Freeway in Arizona
A 100-unit $1 million hotel will rise on the Freeway between 20th and 22nd streets by Holiday Inn. The air conditioned structure will front 700 feet, include a pool, restaurant, dog kennel and babysitting. Chambler's Realty handled the $66,000 property sale. Holiday Inns of America aims for 107 hotels nationwide by year end 1958.
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22Nd
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Holiday Inn
Arizona
Chambler’s Realty & Insurance
S. 6Th Ave
Holiday Inns of
Four ligers born at Victoria Gardens Zoo in Bombay
The Victoria Gardens Zoo in Bombay announced the birth of four ligers, offspring of a royal Bengal tigress named Mary and a circus lion named Shankar. Officials consider their survival possible as the pair have been cage companions for two years. Three cubs arrived in rapid succession with a fourth hours later. The zoo notes ligers are rarer than tigons and cites a past tigon that did not survive.
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Victoria Gardens Zoo
Mary
Shankar
Postal rate bill could pass next year
The postal rate bill passed by the House last session to boost postal rates appears to have a good chance of enactment next year as reported on Page 3. A Fifth Amendment witness in a racketeers meeting refused to testify 18 times during proceedings, noted on Page 7. Sukarno denies removal as Indonesian leader but plans a vacation in a neighboring country, on Page 9. An Air Force base and a USIA office were bombed in Athens, reported on Page 16.
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Sukarno
Air Force Base
USIA
Athens
Reds Seek Peace With USSR Yet Warn of Gaps
United Nations reporting that Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge said the United States aims for peace with the Soviet Union but rejected mere coexistence. He noted a recent Kuznetsov speech as mild yet containing warnings about Western nuclear arms and urged removal of nuclear weapon storage in Germany with a broader call for a Central European zone free of atomic armaments.
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N. Y
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Soviet Union
Lodge
U.N
Kuznetsov
NATO
Paris
Russia
Britain
East
West Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Iran Earthquakes Kill Scores and Displace Thousands
A series of earthquakes hit northwestern Iran causing heavy casualties and massive homelessness amid subzero conditions. Initial counts cited about 300 dead and 500 injured with many areas still awaiting a final tally. Lesser quakes were reported in Greece as the disaster spread across a region bordering Iraq, Turkey, and the Soviet Union.
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Iran
Greece
Iraq
Turkey
Soviet Union
No Layoffs At Hughes This Week In Tucson
Hughes Aircraft plant in Tucson reports no layoffs this week after prior reductions tied to Air Force missile flow. Local plant manager George W. Sinclair says total voluntary departures should total fewer than 20.
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Hughes Aircraft
Tucson
George W. Sinclair
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