Eisenhower Names Civilian Heads for Armed Services
President elect Eisenhower named civilians to head the armed services under defense secretary designate Charles E. Wilson. Deputy Secretary Roger M. Kyes is a GM vice president. Army secretary Robert Ten Broeck Stevens is a GE director. Navy secretary Robert Bernard Anderson is a Dallas Fed director. Air Force secretary Harold L. Talbott chairs North American Aviation and sits on Chrysler finance. All must win Senate approval amid inflation concerns.
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New York
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Charles E. Wilson
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
South Plainfield
N. J
General Electric Corp
General Foods
Jackson Mills
J. P. Stevens & Co
Robert Bernard Anderson
Vernon
Tex
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Air Force
Harold L. Talbott
North American Aviation Co
Chrysler Corp
Talbott
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Anderson
Brodie Twins Cling To Life After Split Operation
The Brodie Siamese twins Roger and Rodney, 15 months old, remain in critical condition days after a head to head separation at the University of Illinois. Roger is very precarious, unconscious and fed by IV with transfusions. Rodney shows slight improvement and is conscious at times. Surgeons reported only one sagittal sinus and had to choose which twin would receive the vital vein.
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Chicago
Brodie
University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute
Roger
Rodney
Eric Oldberg
University
Department of Neurology
Oldberg
Desert air force deserters captured after four day manhunt
George Sullivan and Clifford Davies both 22 were arrested near Bowie after a four day search in Graham and Cochise counties. They earlier shot Highway Patrolman Thomas Wootan and fled after a liquor store robbery. They were taken to Safford jail with FBI involvement pending.
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Okeel Duwnal
George Sullivan
Clifford Davies
Thomas K. Wootan
Bowman
Bowie
Mesquite
Joe Boggs
Sullivan
Davies
Graham County
Safford
FBI
Highway Patrol
Rapid City Air Force Base
Weaver
S. C
Phoenix
FBI Names Brink's Suspect With Hidden Loot Clues
FBI identifies Joseph J. O'Keefe 44 as a suspect in the Brink's Boston headquarters robbery of 1950. Affidavits allege loot hidden in a Boston home, later moved to a Stoughton residence, and tied to O'Keefe and his wife Mary Hooley.
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Boston
Joseph J
John B. Greene
FBI
Brink’s
Joseph J. O'Keefe
Brink’s, Inc
Prince St
Brink
O'Keefe
Paul Hooley
O’keefe
Hooley
Stoughton
Bradford County
Towanda
No Haircuts On Mondays In Tucson Five Day Week
Tucson union barbers adopt a five day week ending January 5 1953 after 18 months of negotiations between shop operators and barbers local 709. The contract runs one year with automatic renewal and sets a 45 hour week with Monday work on holidays and Monday off for normal weeks Tuesday through Saturday.
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Tucson
Charles Creager
Creager
Ross Mannina
Barbers International Union
Safecracker Gang Strikes Again In Tucson Burglary Spree
Daring and expert safecrackers struck early today at Consumers at Speedway and Campbell taking a safe with receipts. It marks Tucson’s fourth similar burglary in a week. Police trace tire and shoe prints while Four civil air patrol planes search the desert for clues.
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Speedway
Campbell
Tucson
RE. C. Marques
Frank Pena
Ted Berlin
Berlin
Civil Air Patrol
E. 17Th St
Frampton-Stone
Fourth Ave
First Southern Baptist Church
Soleng
Cost of Living Holds Record Peak as Wages Cut
The government reports the cost of living rose from mid October to mid November to match the August record high. Rail workers face a one cent per hour wage cut as their pay is adjusted by the consumer price index reflecting lower costs over the prior two months.
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Washington
Government Today
Bureau of Labor Statistics Index
Weather Outlook Adds Showers Tomorrow in Mild Pattern
Tomorrow brings more showers as another front moves in joining the current unsettled stretch. Yesterday's Tucson high was 58 with a 44 degree low and Mt Lemmon reports another foot of snow, signaling a white Christmas on the slopes.
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Mt Lemmon
Tucson
Divebombers Smash Reds North Korea in dawn raid near Kaesong
U N and allied air forces hammered a Communist troop center 25 miles north of Kaesong destroying at least 40 buildings as jets reported a successful mission. Second Lt. Robert C. Brown earned a damage claim while pilots noted heavy damage and the mission marked a key combat milestone. U N artillery and tanks engaged two groups of mechanical armored vehicles near T Bone Hill on the central front as analysts compared them to Nazi flak wagons.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
T-Bone Hill
Sniper Ridge
Contest Judging Comes Monday
Last weekend to finish Citizen Christmas Decorations entries. Lights must be on by 6 p.m. Monday as judges begin rounds. Pick up a free contestant identity card at Tucson Daily Citizen or partner locations and display it to show entry.
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Citizen
Tucson Daily Citizen
Stone Ave
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
W. Pennington St
Martin Drug Co
Hast Speedway
North Country Club
East Sixth Street
North Park Avenue
South Sixth Avenue
East 22Nd Street
Two Manhunts Continuing for Suspected Slayers in Arizona
Two gun wielding Negro airmen remain at large in Arizona after a chase today. Kenneth Lee Maurer 20 sought for stabbing and beating his mother and 11-year-old sister to death in Detroit on November 26 1951. Peter D Saunders 18 an insane murderer escaped from Phoenix Arizona State Hospital last week and has not been found.
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Arizona
Kenneth Lee Maurer
Detroit
Peter D. Saunders
Arizona State Hospital
Phoenix
Santa Claus Belief Hinges On Family Finances
PORT WASHINGTON N Y A 7 year old boy says he still believes in Santa because his parents cannot afford to buy him all the gifts. He admits that many of his friends no longer believe. The remark reflects common child reactions to holiday economics.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Santa Claus
Town basketball and events schedule for Tucson area tonight
Listings show multiple high school junior varsity and varsity games at Amphi, Tucson, and THS gyms including Amphi Panthers versus Prescott Badgers and Tucson Cubs versus Phoenix Tech Wasps. Also note Las Pasadas at Carrillo Elementary and a Tucson Women’s Club theater event at 2 PM.
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Amphi Little Panthers
City Recreation
AHS
East Prince Road
Tucson Cubs
Phoenix Tech Wasps
THS
East Seventh Street
Las Pasadas
Carrillo
South Main
West Simpson Streets
Arizona School For Deaf JV
Marana JV
Bear Down
Panthers
Prescott Badgers
Prince Road
Arizona School For Deaf Sentinels
Marana
Tucson Badgers
Phoenix Tech Hornets
Douglas Pups
Douglas Bulldogs
Index War veterans in Arizona may lose their property tax exemptions
The notice outlines a potential change affecting disabled and veteran property tax exemptions for Arizona residents. It patterns a shift in policy with implications for eligible homeowners, district guidance, and possible legislative action.
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Arizona
Truman
Billy Graham
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Roger M. Kyes
Bloomfield Hills, Mich
General Motors
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Federal Security
Martin P. Durkin
AFL Plumbing Union
Hobby
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Hagerty
Wilson
Helena
San Simon
Cochise
Willcox
Wootan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bisbee
Benson
Cochise County
Sedley-Hopkins
American Medical Association
AMA
Commission
Congress
Safecracker Gang
Divebombers
Smash Reds
Merwin F. Read
Half Moon Lake
Pinckney, Mich
Christ
Mas
Rudolph
Stone Avenue
Alameda Street
Carrillo School
Tucson Children’s Theater
Tucson Woman’s Club
W. Alameda St
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