Civil Service Problems Grow in Arizona
Problems mount for the new Arizona civil service board as it prepares for its first official meeting. State Auditor Anne Frohmiller says salaries will not be paid until the law is fully in effect, risking delays on the Dec 31 and Jan 16 paydays. The board must confirm members Roy Hisson John Nigh and John Scott and decide on personnel, funds transfer, and officer selection, with court tests likely to settle ambiguities.
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Phoeni
Arizona Civil Service Board
Anne Frohmiller
Dan E. Garvey
Roy Hisson
John Nigh
John Scott
State Senate
Senate
Merit System Council
Civil Service Board
Civil Service
Gov. Garvey
E. E
Gene) Eagles
Arizona Highway Commission
Harry W. Hill
Goodman Named Chairman of Maricopa Civil Service Board
In Phoenix on December 29, George N. Goodman former Mesa mayor was named chairman of the Maricopa county civil service board. The newly formed board plans to block the existing ordinance until appointments are made and will meet Friday to establish a county civil service system by January 1. New supervisors Kimball Frye and Lecky discuss authority to amend the ordinance, with Kimball noting potential rescission and substitution of a new law.
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Phoenix
U.P
George N. Goodman
Mesa
Maricopa County Civil Service Board
Maricopa
County Civil Service Board
Goodman
W. M. Nellis
Z. T. Helm
David P. Kimball
George Frye
James O. Lecky
Kimball
Douglas Changes His Plans Here Thursday
Ambassador Lewis Douglas and his family canceled their Tucson trip by air away from American Airlines report. He will arrive by train to Arizona and reach Sonoita ranch later this week. He was originally set to land at 4 45 p m on Tuesday and now is due on the Golden State at 7 a m Thursday.
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Lewis Douglas
Tucson
Arizona
American Airlines
Great Britain
Sonoita
Golden State
Real Estate Tax Values Far Below '48 Sale Prices
Arizona leaders discuss lowering assessed values to reduce disparities between personal property and real estate. Joe Hunt of the state tax commission notes the burden on homeowners as J Homer Boyd of Pima county seeks to cut merchandise valuations. The board of supervisors acts as the equalization panel monthly.
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Pima County
Joe Hunt
Arizona State Tax Commission
Hunt
J. Homer Boyd
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Tax Commission
Board of Supervisors
Boyd
Arizona
Stone
Congress
Pennington Streets
Fear Plane Lost With 30 Aboard
A charter DC-3 flying from San Juan to Miami disappeared with 30 aboard. A multi-service search launched at dawn over the 1,200 mile route, with a navy blimp to scout the Everglades. The passenger list named 25 passengers and 3 crew. two infants were aboard per a leasing firm. Crew included Captain Linquist and co pilot Hill.
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Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Boca Chica
Airborne Transport, Inc
New York
Bob Linquist
Ft. Myers
Ernie Hill, Jr
Mary Burke
Jersey City
N. J
United States
Civil Aeronautics Overseas Radio
Linquist
Overseas Radio
UN orders Israeli withdrawal from Negev and halt to hostilities
United Nations Security Council adopts British sponsored resolution by eight votes with three abstentions calling Israel and Egypt to end fighting in the Negev desert. The United States abstains on all sections. Russia abstains except preamble and cease fire. A Lake Success meeting is proposed for Jan. 6 to form a three power conciliation committee.
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Paris
United Nations
Negev
Palestine
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
United States
Russia
Soviet
Ukraine
Holland
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Washington
Britain
France
China
Jakob Malik
Canada
Belgium
Syria
Colombia
Council
Lake Success
N. Y
General Assembly
Representative Lane seeks review of Ybarbo case verdict
Representative Lane requests a full Defense Department review of the conviction and 20 year sentence of Wilma Ybarbo, a Malden native, for the Frankfurt Germany murder. Lane called the trial shocking and said he believed she would be acquitted based on reports.
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Boston
Lane
D-Mass
Secretary of Defense
Wilma Ybarbo
Malden
Marburg
Germany
John Ybarbo
Frankfurt
James V. Forrestal
Ruhr Control Pact Approved
A six power draft for international Ruhr control was announced in London Dec 29 drawing favorable reaction in Britain and France while Russia mocked it as American reaction. Berlin and Paris mixed on the plan with German leaders opposing and Reuter calling it a step backward toward German integration.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Britain
France
Russia
Moscow
Telegraph
The
Times
Financial Times
Graphic
Laborite Daily Herald
Paris
Herve Alphand
Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
United States
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
ADN
United States to withdraw Seventh Infantry from Korea
Washington reports the army will pull the Seventh Infantry Division from the American zone in south Korea as part of a Soviet American plan to withdraw forces "as early as practicable." About 30,000 U.S. troops may remain in Korea, with the Sixth Division still in place and Eleventh Airborne to move to the United States.
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Washington
U.P
Korea
South Korea
Japan
Eleventh Airborne
United States
Camp Campbell
U. S
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Midwest Weather Roars Across Central States
A wind snow and rain storm swept the Midwest on Wednesday slowing travel and disrupting communications. Ice snapped lines isolating communities in Nebraska and Kansas with Kearney losing power. Snow belts and 30 to 50 mph winds drove drifting across Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin while Michigan and Canada faced colder air and shifting precipitation.
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Chicago
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Kearney
Neb
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Central
Lower Michigan
Canada
Weather Bureau
Mason City
Green Bay
Wis
Missouri
Hodges to Retire From Army in January
Gen Courtney Hodges 61 will retire before January ends and live in San Antonio Texas after serving as commander of the First Army with headquarters at Governors Island since July 1946. He earned Distinguished Service Medals in both world wars and led First Army across France and Germany in the recent war.
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New York
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
San Antonio
Tex
Hodges
France
Germany
Governors Island
Playful GIs In Japan Ban Gunning Yokohama Trolleys
U S soldiers in Yokohama faced a provost marshal order after they pretended to drive the city trolleys and "gun" the cars. The practice unsettled Japanese passengers who exited at the next stop.
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Japan
Yokohama
U. S
Truman Lands After Delay At National Airport
President Truman's plane The Independence landed safely at National airport at 1 10 p m after nearly an hour weather delay. A crowd of about 100 reporters and officials greeted him at the terminal as lights shone in a dark day amid a broken ceiling. Press plane lagged Kansas City departure due to engine trouble.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
National Airport
Tucson
Missouri
Kansas City
City
MATS
Reno Jolted Second Time
A strong northern California earthquake rattled Reno and surrounding areas early Wednesday causing minor damage and alarm. U C Berkeley seismologists placed the epicenter near Plumas County near the California Nevada line and said the shock could have caused far more damage if near a city.
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Calif
U.P
California
Nevada
Tucson
Plumas County
California- Nevada
University of California
Berkeley
Reno
Sacramento Valley
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
Perry Byerly
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Byerly
Verdi
Nev
U. S. Highway 40
Lodi
Marysville
U. S. Weather Bureau
U. S. 40
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Donner Summit
California State Highway Patrol
State Highway Department
Sheriff's
Chiang Heads Feared War Council in Nanking
Nationalist leaders from across China converge on Nanking for a critical policy conference on war or peace with Chiang Kai-shek. Reports say Gen. Fu Tso Yi and Pai Chung Hsi join the gathering as Shanghai, Peiping, and other fronts show signs of strain.
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China
Chiang Kai-shek
Red
Chiang
Chen Cheng
Army
Formosa
Executive Yuan
Yangtze
Peiping
Tientsin
Tu Li-Ming
Suchow
Fu Tso-Yi
Pai Chung-Hsi
Hankow
Ithe
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