Three Teens Cleared in Rape Trial After Deliberation
A superior court jury found Glenn Blessman Roy Goss Jr and William Hafford not guilty after more than eight hours of deliberation in a case charging them with raping a 15 year old girl on October 22 The three University of Arizona students denied the charges and contended the girl offered to have sex for five dollars The trial featured numerous witnesses including Blessmans mother and concluded with closing arguments from county attorney Bryce Wilson and defense lawyer Milton S Cole
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Fallawad
Hur
Glenn Blessman
Roy E. Goss Jr
William Hafford
Blessman
Goss
University of Arizona
Hafford
University
Martha Blessman
Monte Vista Ave
Lee Garrett
Bryce H. Wilson
Ralph J. Lester
Milton S. Cole
Truman Defends Acheson and Reagan Security Policy
President Truman defended Secretary of State Acheson against Republican charges calling them false and vowed he will remain in his cabinet. He warned against isolationism rumors and announced plans to bolster Western European defense with General Eisenhower taking a new role.
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Washington
Truman
State Acheson
Acheson
Achelson
Dean Acheson
General Motors
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Senate
House
White House
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Gen
George C. Marshall
Defense
Symington
Marshall
Robert A. Lovett
Chicago Tribune
Southwest
North Koreans and Chinese plan renewed invasion of South Korea
Tokyo reports U N and allied forces in Hungnam battle area as North Korea and Chinese units vow new invasion. Korean government broadcasts claim unity with Chinese volunteers to drive U S troops from Korea. Seoul braces with mass drafting as refugees flood south.
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Tokyo
U.P
U. S
Hungnam
South Korea
Tigring
Yonpo
Hungmam
Missouri
Douglas MacArthur
Kanggye
Eds
Seoul
Korean Peoples Army
Drunken Whisky Rescues Free Icebound Horse in Wales
In Pencoed Wales on December 19 a near frozen horse stuck in an ice filled stream was saved by 63 year old widow Amelia Griffiths. She gave it whisky from a 12 year old bottle which loosened its legs after multiple sips and helped it crawl free.
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Pencoed
Wales
U.P
Amelia Griffiths
Pacheco Wins School Addition Contract at Tucson
The F. P. Pacheco Construction Co. wins the bid to build a $329,482 school addition at Catalina Junior High including 13 classrooms a library and multiple facilities with work to start soon. The Tucson area gasoline supply contract splits between Signal Oil Co. and Texas Co. for 1951. A liquor license transfer to Rancho Nezhone on Orange Grove road is denied amid protests and resident opposition.
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F. P. Pacheco Construction &Co
Catalina
Board of Supervisors
Bruce Ellis
Tucson
Signal Oil Co
Texas Co
Signal
Texas
Continental
Ajo
Sasabe and Sells
J. Homer Boyd
Dreaming Of A Hot Christmas Ahead In Heat Wave
Snow up north is right and cold blasts sweep the midwest with Chicago at 2 above and Milwaukee 2 below. Southwest highs reach 81 at Yuma with Tucson at 80, Phoenix 80, Flagstaff 60, Grand Canyon 50, lows ranging from 22 to 52 as records fall and temperatures stay warm in the south.
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H.G.H
Midwest
Chicago
Ill
Milwaukee
Wis
Yuma
Tucson
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Douglas
Grand Canyon
May Be Clue For Bank Of Douglas
Washington December article notes bank robbers hide loot in safety deposit boxes. Police and FBI found portions of this year’s local bank holdups loot in boxes at two banks in Washington and Arlington Virginia.
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Bank of Douglas
Washington
Dec
FBI
Arlington
Bank Publicist Survives Robbery Near Douglas Bank
Orville McPherson public relations director for the Bank of Douglas escaped injury when a robber stole 31455 from the Pennington Street branch. He was delayed en route by radio station manager R B Williams while en route to set up an exhibit of old time bank robbers at the branch.
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Orville McPherson
Bank of Douglas
Pennington Street
McPherson
Stone Avenue
R. B. Williams
KVOA
Williams
Black Bart
Concord
Hoover Plans Speech on National Policy
Former President Herbert Hoover will deliver a major address on U S foreign policy titled Our national policies in this crisis. The Mutual Broadcasting Co network will carry the speech from 6 to 6 30 p m Tucson time tomorrow night.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
U.S
Mutual Broadcasting Co
Tucson
Dewey Rejects Post as Ambassador to Britain
President Truman offered Gov. Thomas E. Dewey the U S ambassador role to Great Britain last August, but Dewey declined to accept. Sources say he preferred to run again for New York governor and stay as GOP head, keeping his ability to speak on national and international issues.
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Washington
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
Great Britain
Dewey
GOP
Republican Party
Truman Plans Christmas Prayer Proclamation
President Truman announced at a news conference that he is preparing a Christmas proclamation calling for nationwide prayers. He spoke after replying to Rep Hebert who had urged a day of prayer and noted his Thanksgiving Day proclamation.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Hebert
D-La
Louisiana
Hebert
Santa to visit Tucson with pre Christmas program
Modern transportation will bring Santa Claus to Davis Monthan base around 7 p.m. tonight. He will ride in a jeep escort to Armory Park for a 7 p.m. program featuring music by the Air Force band and Temple singers, a Christ birth dramatization, and a live donkey and lamb. Santa will take last minute letters and speak via KCNA radio.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Tucson
Loveless Gardner
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Armory Park
Santa
Gardner
Davis-Monthan Air Force Band
Temple Singers
Christ
R. T. Blacklidge
Blackridges
KCNA
C-54 Missing With 37 Aboard
A four engine U S air force C 54 transport with 37 people aboard disappeared on a flight from Okinawa to Clark Air Base near Manila. Twelve air force and navy planes searched until dusk as weather halted operations and ships near the Philippines were alerted. The craft carried 30 passengers and seven crew.
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Manila
P. I
Okinawa
Clark Air Base
Air Force
Navy
Philippines
East South Shiver In Freezing Cold
East coast and southland endure coldest spell of season with record lows from Florida to New York. Freezing temperatures, 30 in Jacksonville and 12 in Nashville, spark frost and snow in several Dixie regions. Snow hampers search for tug near Dunkirk and two seamen swept from a submarine near Norfolk.
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Southland
Florida
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Atlanta
Nashville
Dixie
New York
Watertown
N. Y
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Dunkirk
Norfolk
Washington State
Coast Guard
North Pacific
Bank Robber Eludes Police In Downtown Heist
A 28 year old white gunman robbed the Bank of Douglas downtown, stealing $31 469.83 in cash as armored car money had just arrived. He fled into Christmas shoppers, leaving a small adhesive tape clue, while police widen statewide checks for a Texas plated blue Buick sedan. The reward stands at $1 000 from St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. for information leading to the arrest of the daring thief.
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C. Warman
Bank of Douglas
St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co
FBI
J. D. McNabb
Donald Amesbury
Teller
Pennington Street
Dan
Texas
Arizona
East Congress
North Stone
Federal Reserve Bank
Tucson
Benson
State Highway Patrol
Phoeniix
Casa Grande
Williams
Congress actions and White House briefings reported
The report covers Senate debate on a bill to ban interstate shipment of slot machines and a Kem Mc Mc resolution sent to the Foreign Relations Committee. It notes House routine session, Truman news conference, and the Finance Committee approving an excess profits tax bill for Senate action.
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Associated Press
Senate
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Kem R-Mc
Congress
Atee
Women's Screams Are Burglar Alarm
In Long Beach California a would be robber entered a small market and threatened the clerks Dorothy Hotchkin and her daughter Mary. Mary fled out the back as Mrs Hotchkin screamed and the robber fled, leaving the scene without taking money.
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Long Beach
Calif
Dorothy Hotchkin
Mary
Five Air Guard Units Get Call
The air force announces it will call five air national guard groups and a number of supporting units into federal service on February 1. A brief statement said the designation of the units or the bases at which they will be assigned would be announced later.
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Washington
Air Force
Air National Guard
Arizona National Guard air arm may be activated
Col. Frank Fraser said the Arizona national guard has no information on whether its air arm will be called to active duty. He noted states with fully activated guard units are under consideration but no announcement could be made due to security. Five guard groups are already in federal service since October.
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Phoenix
Frank Fraser
Arizona National Guard
Col. Fraser
Defense Department
National Guard
Clear Way For D M Housing In Tucson City Council Action
Tucson officials closed the Speedway Campbell zoning case and cleared the way for a U S Air Force housing project worth 5 million dollars at Davis Monthan. The council ordered deletion of restrictive legal phrases in 1948 deeds, keeping deeds in escrow until FHA approval.
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Tucson
U.S. Air Force
Index Gabfest Mixes Politics and Bank Robbery
A compact index blends political notes with a bank robbery item and hints at page references including page 2 for Gabfest and page 8 for an Italian Christmas in Tucson.
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Gabfest
Tucson
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