Buck Rogers Creator Skeptical As Space Race Begins
Cartoonist Dick Calkins known for Buck Rogers recalls early space ideas from 1929 and mocks the military space race. He notes Buck Rogers predated much tech and questions what future space efforts would achieve, while family ties to Tucson Newspapers connect to the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Buck Rogers
Richard W
Dick) Calkins
Calkins
Buck
National
Fishd
Willcox
Tucson Newspapers Inc
Nan
George Bosley
Hamilton Aircraft Co
Alfred F. Kalberer
Mth Air Force
Democrats Set Feb 21 Meeting to Plan 1958 Campaign
The Democratic National Committee schedules a February 21 gathering in Washington to map 1958 plans and reduce a $450,000 deficit ahead of former President Truman’s $100 plate dinner expected to draw 2,600 attendees and raise about $300,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Truman
National Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
GOP
National Finance Committee
Dee
National
Senate
House
Agua Prieta Expects 25,000 Head Cattle
Douglas reports Mexico authorizes three permits for Sonora cattle exports from January 1 to March 31 with Agua Prieta quota around 25,000 head. The move shapes regional cattle trade and border commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Long Weekends Adopted by California Aircraft Firm
Longren Aircraft Co. in Torrance announces extra long weekends for 100 employees with no pay loss or production time. staff will skip the first Monday of each month and work the following Saturday. Christina E. Wentworth calls it a goodwill program expected to attract many industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrance
Calif
Longren Aircraft Co
Christina E. Wentworth
Bank official admits embezzlement in Hackensack case
A 52-year-old bank official pleaded guilty to embezzling 104000 from the People's Trust Co. of Bergen County. He admitted using a fictitious Smith account to siphon funds, with FBI saying auditors estimated a larger loss around 315000. The plea followed a meeting with church and bank officials as his attorney noted conscience and the spirit of Christmas influenced the admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundt
Sehwenker
FBI
Sehuwenker
Barragi
Unirift
Smith
Schwenker
Schwerker
Judge Denies Taking Bribe in Tennessee Controversy
Chattanooga. Judge Raulston Schoolfield rejected bribe allegations amid Senate hearings and TV address. He accused a "contemptible plot" and defended decisions in Teamsters and Galloway cases, while acknowledging unreported campaign expenditures and a $1,000 donation from Harold Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Criminal Court
Raulston Schoolfield
Auu Veroowayy
Nashville
Schoolfield
Senate Labor-Management Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
Asst. Dist. Atty
Harold Brown
Brown
Sam Jones
Tennessee Bar Assn
Judicial Conference of Tennessee
Senate
Bar Association
Central Council
Sen
Curtis
R-Neb
Teamsters
Spence Galloway
Galloway
More Tucson Schools Face Half Day Sessions This Year
District No. 1 coordinator Herbert Cooper predicts more elementary schools will shift to half-day terms in January as enrollment climbs. He reports a 42 percent annual rise in elementary enrollment since 1980 and forecasts 6000 local births with 2200 new homes since January.
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Herbert Cooper
Cooper
Tucson
Kelland
Corbett
Duffy
Rose
Rogers
Davidson
Lineweaver
Bonillas
Robison
Wright
Terra del Sol
Rogers School
Woman Released After Serving Seven Months in County Jail
A 20 year old woman Mary Boyd of 242 S Conivent Ave was released after serving seven months of a one year term for contributing to the delinquency of minors. She had been made a trusty in July and received two days credit for each day served. A writ of habeas corpus filed by Atty Martins Rogers was canceled as release occurred.
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Mary Boyd
S. Conivent Ave
Atty. Martins
Rogers
Pima
Arthur Grande
James W. Clark
Wilderness pilot files suit over Post contract cancelation
David A. Steeves, once a wilderness hero, says lawyers filed a breach of contract suit in Los Angeles against the Saturday Evening Post. He claims the magazine canceled a 54 day survival story after noting discrepancies and says he was offered 10 million dollars for the article. He and his wife Rita say they plan to start anew bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumbull
Conn
David A. Steeves
California
High Sierra
Saturday Evening Post
Steeves
Iis
Los Angeles
Calif
Redonck Magazine
Rita
Allan Jones Weds Heiress in Las Vegas Split and Return
Allan Jones and Mary Florsheim Pickin married in Las Vegas after Jones’s divorce from Trene Hervey on grounds of mental cruelty. The 20 year couple will live in Bel Air after a brief honeymoon. Pickin, previously married to Robert Bayhi go, pursued desertion action. Hervey had been separated since August 19.
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Las Vegas
Nevel
Allan Jones
Mary Florsheim
Nate Irving Florsheim
Chicago
Jones
Trene Hervey
Bel Air
Calf
Van Buskirk School Land valued at 10100 dollars
Tucson School District 1 must pay 10100 for the land where Van Buskirk elementary stands. Judge Herbert F. Krucker states Western Trust Co. owns the site on East Fair Street. The condemnation suit, prepared by the county attorney, seeks value and ownership details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
van Buskirk
Herbert F. Krucker
Western Trust Co
East Fair Street
Laura May McDonald
BB Guns Spark Police Concern in Douglas Wards
Douglas residents report seven window breakages this month attributed to BB gun pellets. Police urge caution as incidents continue in local wards.
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BB Guns Ink Police
Douglas
East School Sends Tree Seedling West to Oregon
Manchester High School will send a white oak seedling to Gates school in Oregon as part of a slate of trees sent from all 48 states. In return Manchester will request a Douglas fir for planting on its grounds. The Oregon tree is a distant relative of Connecticut’s Charter Oak.
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Manchester
Conn
Connecticut
Gates
Ore
Manchester High School
Oregon F
Oregon
Beck Accused Jury Foreman of Bias in Larceny Trial
Attorneys for Dave Beck of the Teamsters seek a new trial after an affiant alleges the jury foreman said they should throw the book at Beck. The foreman denies the remark, while Charles Hickling and Robert Paulson offer competing affidavits. Burdell claims the affidavit was obtained via neighbors and union officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Robert Paulson
Edmonds
Charles Hickling
Bellevue
Guity
Charles Burdell
Paulson
Hickling
Everett
Senate
Charles O. Carroll
Burdell
George H. Revelle
Don Ellis
Teamster Union
Burgess quits TWA over policy clash with Hughes
Carter L. Burgess resigns as president and director of Trans World Airlines effective January 1 due to a dispute over airline policies with Howard Hughes, owner and president of Hughes Tool Co., parent company of TWA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carter L. Burgess
Trans World Airlines
Howard Hughes
TWA
Hughes Took Co
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Daddy Cool
Moon
Huck Rogers
Dick Calkins
Demos
People's ‘Trust Co
Oradell Bank
Mas
Sheenker
Senwenker
Kiscaras
Green
Wakteri Manat
People’s Trust Co
Wilderness Pilot Sites Magazine
Howard Selby
Selby-Edsel
Simca
Selby
Edsel
Stone Ave
Atty
Paul Castro
Paul Rees
Ally
Richard B. Evans
Trust Company
McDonald Heirs
East School
Prejudice
Burgess
Broadway
Rollings Motor DeSoto - Plymouth
Parker-Kerr Mortuary
Parker-Kerr
Stone Avenue
Tucson Federal Savings
Congress At
Stone
Nast Speedway
Sixth Ave
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