Hopkins Dies On Duty In Sahuarita After Bank Robbery
Rupert Hopkins a 64 year old one legged deputy sheriff of Sahuarita died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon while searching for bandits from the Bank of Douglas hold up. He is survived by two daughters Julia and Jo Ann and a son Rupert Jr of Tucson. He collapsed after questioning five University of Arizona students in a 1950 Chevrolet near his home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Reilly funeral home.
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Douglas
Tombstone
Julia
Jo Ann
Rupert Jr
Tucson
Hopkins
Bank of Douglas
California
Nogales
University of Arizona
Sheriff's Office
Jerome P. Martin
Reilly Funeral Home
Quarterly Carries Top Short Stories in Winter Arizona Quarterly
The winter Arizona Quarterly from the University of Arizona features winning pieces from the Southern Arizona bank short story contest. Twenty six entries competed with three prizes totaling 100 dollars. first prize went to Arthur Grant for The Rabbit Trick and second prize to Ruth Ann Vallentine for Say Goodbye To Grandma.
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Arizona Quarterly
University of Arizona
The
Bank
Arthur Grant
Ruth Ann Vallentine
Grant
Alejando Roces
Manila
Philippine Islands
Vallentine
Tucson
Elliott Arnold
Murray Sinclair
Associated Press
George Rosenberg
Daily Citizen
Kissing In Car Brings Disaster To Driver
In New Orleans on December 19 Lawrence McDowell kissed his girlfriend while driving. He swerved into two parked cars, injuring his girlfriend who suffered a broken hip. A probation officer read a newspaper account and picked up McDowell for parole violation.
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New Orleans
Lawrence McDowell
McDowell
Stassen Meets India’s President During Penn Visit
Harold Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania met with Rajendra Prasad in New Delhi as a guest at the president’s home. He is to have luncheon with Prime Minister Nehru and will depart for Israel later Friday.
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New Delhi
India
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Rajendra Prasad
Stassen
Nehru
Israel
Bank Robbery and Politics Collide in Ponderous Opinion
A columnist compares a $31,000 downtown Bank of Douglas heist to political maneuvering, noting irregular procedures and a lack of quorum. The piece laments the display and urges scrutiny, questioning constitutionality and the use of veto power, while hinting at a public vote after legal wrangling. Also mentions Navajo Hopi rehab funds and a Gallup meeting on Jan 12.
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Star Chamber
House
FBI
Services Tomorrow For Mrs Van Buskirk
Mrs Harriette Van Buskirk aged 69 dies. services set for 10 a m tomorrow at Reilly's chapel with Rev George C Vance officiating. Burial in Evergreen cemetery family plot. She lived at 2915 N First Ave and came to Tucson 35 years ago.
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Harriette van Buskirk
Reilly’s Chapel
George C. Vance
First Congregational Church
Evergreen Cemetery
van Buskirk
First Ave
Tucson
Kyle Burial Will Take Place In Texas
The body of James Kyle 71 who died Sunday at his home 201 W 18th st will be sent to Houston Texas by Reilly funeral home Kyle came to Tucson twenty years ago and was a retired employee of Hutton Co brokerage office There are no survivors.
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W.18th St
Houston
Tex
Reilly Funeral Home
Kyle
Tucson
Hutton & Co
Set Bond In Theft Case
Evans Barton Scofield of San Gabriel California held on $1000 bond for superior court on grand theft charges. Scofield also known as William Evans arrested by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Grande for alleged theft of four saddles and a large tent from Francis Knagge’s ranch near Camino Real in the Catalina foothills. Police report multiple second hand shops checked. saddles and tent recovered at stores. Scofield said he was in Tucson about two weeks.
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San Gabriel
Calif
Superior Court
Justice Court
Scofield
William Evans
Arthur Grande
Francis Knagge
Camino Real
Catalina Foothills
Knagge
Grande
Tucson
Lester To Join Phoenix Law Firm
Ralph J. Lester 28 deputy county attorney will join Evans Hall Kitchell Kenckes in Phoenix on Jan 1. He came to Arizona 20 years ago after graduating from the University of Arizona and passing the bar in January 1950.
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Ralph J. Lester
Phoenix
Lester
Evans, Hall, Kitchell & Kenckes
James N. Corbett Sr
Arizona
University of Arizona
E. Linden St
Davis School Yale Program Thursday Christmas in Many Lands
Parents and friends of Davis elementary will attend a 1 30 p m Christmas program at the school on West Fifth Street and Granada Avenue. The theme Christmas in Many Lands features the United States Germany Sweden England and Mexico with Las Posadas by grades four through six. The school orchestra will perform and room mothers will host classroom parties after the entertainment. The December business meeting will be at 3 p m in the visual aids room.
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Davis Elementary
West Fifth Street
Granada Avenue
United States
Germany
Sweden
England
Mexico
Friend of Mrs Rowney Ends Life After Family Tragedy
In Encino California Raymond Bennett 36 the male friend of Mrs Margaret Rowney 27 who killed her four children and died by carbon monoxide ended his own life in the same station wagon The auto nicknamed the brat wagon was parked in the garage of a $27000 home shared with Rowney and the children Deputies said he used the same method as Rowney six days earlier to die by his own action
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Encino
Calif
Margaret Rowney
Raymond Bennett
Bennett
Allen Named Publicity Chief for Tucson Arts Festival
James Dean Allen was appointed full-time publicity director for the Tucson Festival of the Arts set for next April. A former Columbia journalism dean’s assistant, he has held multiple public relations and editorial positions and served as a WWII army major. He recently moved to Tucson with his wife and six children for his eldest son’s health needs.
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Tucson
Chicago
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
Allen
Brand Names Foundation
National Association of Manufacturers
Army Ordnance Department
Washington
New York
Union College
Columbia
Columbia Graduate School
Pulitzer
Psi Upsilon Social Fraternity
Rosary Planned for Maria Soto in Tucson Mortuary Chapel
Rosary to be recited at 8 tonight in the Tucson mortuary chapel for Mrs. Maria Soto who died yesterday at her home 1022 Ontario Street. Requiem mass set for 9 a.m. tomorrow at Santa Margarita Church with burial at 2 p.m. in Holy Hope Cemetery conducted by Alianza Hispano Americana.
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Maria Soto
Ontario St
Santa Margarita Church
Holy Hope
Alianza Hispano-Americana
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