Violent Storm Ravages Argentina Killing Eight and Wrecking Towns
A violent electrical storm swept central and north Argentina leaving eight dead and many injured. In La Plata five died as walls collapsed, Avellaneda saw two deaths, a boy died from a live wire, and telegraph lines failed across the country. Flooding marooned residents, with heavy property damage including an anticipated charity toys distribution by Eva Duarte de Peron.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
la Plata
Avellaneda
Villa Industriales
Uruguay
Olavarria
Eva Duarte Peron
Juan D. Peron
Continental Air Lines gains four New Mexico stops
The civil aeronautics board authorizes Continental Air Lines to add Socorro Hot Springs Las Cruces and Raton to its routes for three years. Service will use DC-3s with two daily round trips between Albuquerque and El Paso and between Trinidad and Las Vegas.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental Air Lines
New Mexico
Socorro
Hot Springs
Las Cruces
Albuquerque
N. M
el Paso
Texas
Raton
Trinidad
Colo
Las Vegas
Arizona Airways
Douglas
Ariz
Lordsburg
New Year Eve Parties In Hollywood Cost Up To $31.80
Los Angeles venues including Ambassador Cocoanut Grove Mocambo Ciro's Biltmore Bowl Huntington Pasadena and Beverly Hills Crystal Room offer New Year’s Eve packages with dancing shows and meals. Prices range from 12.33 to 31.80 per person plus taxes and drinks. All packages include entertainment and noisemakers.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Ambassador Hotel
Cocoanut Grove
Imnar Tewme
Maeliece
Serge Hilarity
Sunset Strip
Mocambo
Ciro’s
Biltmore Bowl
Pasadena
Huntington Hotel
Beverly Hills
Crystal Room
Water Tanker Heads East From Texas for Texans in New York
Three thousand gallons of Highland Lakes water travel from Austin to Shreveport and on to New York as a Christmas gesture for Texans away from home. The tanker is part of a 1998 mile trip organized by the Highland Lakes News with a ceremonial water toast by Railroad Commissioner Ernest Thompson.
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Shreveport
Texas
New York
Austin
Tex
Ernest Thompson
Highland Lakes
Highland Lakes News
Housewife shot self with blank cartridge in Signal Hill
Signal Hill police report Ruth Hamre aged 43 apparently killed herself with a blank cartridge. Officers said a .52 caliber revolver aimed near her throat discharged wadding into her jugular vein. New federal rent policy limits repaint cycles in New York apartments. Freddie Walker 22 caused a scene with a police car incident in Detroit. Milton W. Gill, 18, kissed in San Francisco ending snippet.
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Signal Hill
Calif
Ruth Hamre
Hamre
Detroit
U.P
Freddie Walker
Freddie
Luckiesh to Retire After 25 Years at GE Lighting Lab
Dr Matthew Luckiesh retires from General Electrics lighting research lab at Nela Park after 25 years as director. The 60 year old scientist devoted 40 years to illuminating work including daylight lamps glass filters and meters for light measurement and air quality.
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Cleveland
General, Electric
Nela Park
Matthew Luckiesh
Huether Named Medical Director for Crippled Children
Dr. A L Huether named full time medical director of the state welfare department crippled children division in Phoenix He succeeds Dr James Lytton Smith who will remain in private practice The board fears loss of up to 100000 in federal funds if it complies with a federal ultimatum to include reservation Indian children in the program
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Phoenix
U.P
A. L. Huether
State Welfare Department
Crippled Children
James Lytton- Smith
William P. Mahoney
State Welfare Board
Hueter
Huether
Canada
Federal Security Agency
Harry W. Hill
Hill
U. S. Indian Service
Services Held For Sister At Sacred Heart
Requiem high mass was sung at Sacred Heart convent for Sister Mary St. George Mary Byrnes who died Monday in a local hospital Rev Thomas Lambert chaplain led the service Burial followed in Holy Hope cemetery Sister Mary St. George 61 lived at the convent a teacher she is survived by a sister Mrs Walter Ryank Neshkoro Wis Arrangements were made by the Reilly funeral home
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Sacred Heart Convent
Mary St. George
Mary Byrnes
Thomas Lambert
Holy Hope
Walter Ryank
Neshkoro
Wis
Reilly Funeral Home
Mrs Vallie Maudlin Funeral Arrangements Announced
The body of Mrs. Vallie Maudlin 65 dies at home is being sent to Grass Creek Ind by Reilly funeral home. She is survived by a son Merrill of Silver City NM.
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Vallie Maudlin
E. Broadway
Grass Creek
Ind
Reilly Funeral Home
Local Resident Joseph Elliott Dies at 44 in Phoenix
Joseph Elliott a Phoenix resident for five years died this morning in a local hospital at age 44 He was employed as a yardman for Southern Pacific Co Surviving is his wife Florence of Phoenix The body is being sent to Phoenix by Bring's funeral home.
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Joseph Elliott
Phoenix
Southern Pacific Co
Florence
Bring’s Funeral Home
Obituary for Julian Barelo of Safford and Tucson family
The body of Julian Barelo 59 Saf ford resident who died yesterday in a local hospital has been sent to Safford by the Arizona mortuary. Mr Barelo is survived by his wife Edelmira three sons Paul John and Inocente and six daughters all of Tucson and Mrs Brijida Escobedo Solomenville
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Julian Barelo
Safford
Arizona
Barelo
Edelmira
Paul
John
Inocente
Tucson
Brijida Escobedo
Solomenville
Spare Coins Aid Crippled Children's Clinic
Miss Gladys Finney's seventh graders at Mansfield junior high collected spare coins totaling 10 dollars before the Christmas break. The funds were given to President Frank Minarik to support the Square and Compass crippled children's clinic, who called the gift one of the most wonderful the clinic has received.
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Square and
Compass Crippled Children’s Clinic
Frank Minarik
Gladys Finney
Mansfeld Junior High School
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Minarik
Proctor & Gamble Announces Broad Price Reductions
In Cincinnati on December 28 Proctor and Gamble unveiled wholesale cuts on its main soaps and Crisco shortening. Soap prices drop about four percent and Crisco about five percent, effective immediately, placing soap roughly 31 percent and Crisco about 47 percent below postwar peaks.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.P
Proctor & Gamble
Crisco
Christmas Cards Reused for Crafts by County Office
Gladys Powell Taylor, crafts instructor at the recreation office, says holiday cards become lampshades, wastebaskets, boxes and other items in crafts classes. Donors can leave cards in the tower room of the county courthouse.
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Gladys Powell Taylor
Wildcat Newspaper Dominates National Prizes
Douglas Martin learns the Wildcat won all top prizes in its field in Pi Delta Epsilon national contest. The University of Arizona campus paper led in news features makeup sports and general excellence for schools of 3000 to 6000 enrollment. The Wildcat also earned an All-America rating from the Associated Collegiate Press.
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Douglas Martin
University of Arizona
Wildcat
Martin
Pi Delta Epsilon
Associated Collegiate Press
Rev Ford to Speak at Tucson Lions Club Luncheon
Pastor Wesley Ford of First Christian church will address the Tucson Lions Club at the Pioneer hotel luncheon tomorrow as he heads to an executive post on the west coast.
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Wesley Ford
First Christian Church
Tucson Lions Club
Pioneer Hotel
Industrial Commission Upholds Higher Arizona Workers' Rates
The Arizona Industrial Commission adopted a resolution to raise workers' compensation rates by January 1, citing an actuaries report. About 8,000 employers will receive letters detailing a $1,200,000 rate hike, with 544 categories seeing 100 percent increases and others a 10 percent rise. Phoenix business groups seek a 60 day pause while critics press for an audit.
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Phoenix
Arizona Industrial Commission
Dan E. Garvey
Industrial Department
Industrial Commission
J. J. O’neill
Actuaries
Commission
O'Neill
Fred Edwards
Ray Gilbert
Arizona
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Dan Garvey
Tucson Star
Press of Arizona
Astronomers Gather for 82nd AAS Meeting at UA
Astronomers from the United States and several countries converge on the University of Arizona for the 82nd American Astronomical Society meeting. The event opens with informal gatherings and a council business session, followed by public sessions in room 134 of the Chemistry Physics Building and a Schmidt telescope symposium. More than 150 astronomers are expected to attend through Saturday.
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University of Arizona
United States
American Astronomical Society
AAS
Japan unions total six million members in June
Tokyo report says Japan had 34,688 labor unions with 6,655,483 members at the end of June according to the labor ministry. The second sentence notes that dirty eggs spoil more rapidly than clean eggs.
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Japan
Tokyo
U.P
Labor Ministry
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