Murder Hearing For Jockey Set
Clardon Earl Southern a thrice married father of eight, held on $10,000 bond in Pima county jail for the Christmas Eve slaying of his wife in a rented Tucson cabin. He was arraigned and eyed a guilty plea, with court to appoint counsel.
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Pima County
Southern
Mildred Ecklund
John Morgan
S. Sixth Ave
Tom Smith
Morgan
Billito Track
Raul Castro
Justice Court
Johnson
Smith
Contest Judging Nears Finish in Christmas Decorations
Contest judging is nearly complete for the Citizen and Tucson Gas Electric Light Power Co sponsored Christmas Decorations Contest. Tomorrow the Citizen will publish a list of honorable mention winners and Thursday will reveal the six prize winners who share 3500 in prizes.
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The
Citizen
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Wilson Balks As Witness In Mustakes Perjury Case
County Atty. Robert Morrison faced a hurdle with his first witness Fred O. Wilson in the perjury case against George Mustakes Sr. The witness said a Prescott deposition was garbled and could not be refreshed. Morrison aims to convict Mustakes of denying meetings and calls with Wilson amid a libel suit against Morrison and the Arizona Daily Star.
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Robert Morrison
Fred O. Wilson
George Mustakes Sr
Morrison
Wilson
Prescott
Mustakes
Attorney ‘General
Arizona Daily Star
Spy Alan Nunn May Says He Acted Right
Former atomic spy Alan Nunn May, released after six years and eight months of a 10 year term, said he believes his actions in handing secrets to the Soviet Union were justified. He was found at his brother's home in Little Chalfont St Peter, near London, as his sister released a statement noting he would not discuss the case.
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London
Alan Nunn May
Soviet Union
Nunn May
Little Chalfont St. Peter
TRT Bus Strikes Airman Near Davis-Monthan Base
Airman Steven A. Zwiefelhoffer 22 of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is critically injured after a Tucson Rapid Transit bus hits and drags him 51 feet while crossing Craycroft Road near the base entrance. Driver Jerry Machacek 32 faces investigation into the incident.
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Steven A. Zwiefelhoffer
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Arthur Grande
Sheriff's Traffic Division
Zwiefelhoffer
Craycroft Road
Tucson
Jerry George Machacek
N. Vineave
Air Base
Stag Lines Column Debuts In Citizens Tuesday Page 7
Bert Bacharach provides menswear advice in a new Stag Lines column. The feature promises reliable practical fashion guidance for men and appeal for women following men’s style needs in the Citizens.
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Bert Bacharach
Bacharach
The
Citizen
New Year safety push urges coffee to curb road deaths
National safety experts warn of 1,200 holiday traffic deaths. In Tucson, bar staff urged customers to drink coffee instead of alcohol, with plans to close early and offer coffee, ham and eggs. Sheriff’s office backs efforts as talks of a dangerous weekend loom.
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Starness
Sheriff's Office
Tucson
United Press
Rain Likely Over Tucson As Front Moves In
Weather outlook hints at clouds and cooler, windier conditions tomorrow in Tucson. Forecasters warn rain chances remain uncertain as an active front moves from Los Angeles toward Arizona.
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A.L
Los Angeles
Tucson
Arizona
Chinese Reds' Jet Supply In Korea Outnumbers U.S.
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg warned Russia has produced five times as many jet fighters as the United States in Korea over the past five years and still outpaces U.S. output. He noted more than half of U.S. air force planes are obsolete and urged pushing to 143 wings.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Russia
United States
Korea
Air Force
U.S
Vandenberg
Aircraft Industries Association
Planes
Free World
Europe
Reds Set D Day for General Offensive in Korea
In the Sniper Ridge area on the Korean front, Chinese Reds warned U.N. troops that next Sunday is designated as D day for a broad Communist offensive. The alert signals a major push in the ongoing front-line clashes.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
Eighth Army
Old Baldy
Chorwon
Jane Russell Hill
Munson
Kelly Hill
Anchor Hill
Punchbowl
Korea GIs Face Longer Duty Time Amid Replacement Shortage
General headquarters said rear area units in Korea must stay about one month longer before rotation due to a shortage of replacements. Front line troops keep nine months or 36 points, while division and regimental offices rise from 38 to 40 points. Overall rear area length rises to about 20 months.
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Tokyo
WUP
Korea
Mark Clark
United States
FBI Leader Hoover Meets Ike Ahead of Taft Talks in New York
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover met with President elect Dwight D Eisenhower in New York in a surprise visit ahead of a planned harmony session with Sen Robert A Taft and four other Senate leaders. Hoover planned further talks with Herbert Brownell Jr and Eisenhower as ties between Taft and Eisenhower were tested over labor appointments. The meeting follows a previous harmony breakfast after Eisenhower and Taft’s bitter primary fight and precedes planned discussions on foreign and domestic policy with congressional leaders.
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New York
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Hoover
Herbert Brownell
Department of Justice
Eisenhower
Taft
White House
Adlai Stevenson
Ohio
Labor-Post
Martin P. Durkin
AFL
Styles Bridges
New Hampshir
Eugene D. Millkin
Colorado
Republican Conference
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Armed Services Committee
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Republican
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Congress
U S Official Blasts U N and Subversive U N Staff
A Justice Department official testified that Americans tied to spying and Communist activity remain employed by the United Nations. Roy Cohn accused UN official David Weintraub of disgraceful conduct and stated subordinates delayed investigations while the State and Justice Departments faced sharp grilling by a House subcommittee.
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Washington
Justice Department
United Nations
Roy M. Cohn
Atty
McGranery
State Department
U.N
Cohn
House
David Weintraub
The
Weintraub
House Subcommittee
State and Justice Departments
New York Federal Grand Jury
USN
Death by Own Action Ends In Plane Crash At 6 800 Feet
Ollie William Cox a 23 year old Texas rancher died when he dived his five place plane into a gravel pit on a ranch near Sweetwater after telling friends by radio he would plunge the aircraft to the ground. Justice of the Peace M C Monroe ruled the crash accidental while the civil aeronautics board will issue a safety report.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Ollie Wiliam Cox
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Safety Investigations
Justice of the Peace
M. C. Monroe
Ft. Stockton
Ollie Cox
Cox
Self
Ollie William Cox
Tele of the
Critics choose High Noon best film of 1952
The New York film critics named High Noon the best film of 1952. They also awarded best actor to Sir Ralph Richardson in Breaking Through the Sound Barrier and best actress to Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba. Fred Zinnemann won best director for High Noon. The French film Forbidden Games took best foreign film.
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New York
Ralph Richardson
Shirley Booth
Fred Zinnemann
Three Suspects Named in Consumers Market Safe Burglary
Police Chief Don Hays identified Vernon Berry Jerry Crocker and Ray King as the three men sought for questioning in the Consumers Market burglary and theft of more than $30000 in cash and checks. Dallas detectives said Berry and Crocker would be picked up, while King has ties to Tucson and Dallas.
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Don J. Hays
Hays
Capt. McNeill
County Atty
Robert Morrison
Dallas
Tex
Vernon Randy Berry
Jerry Ray Crocker
Ray Alan King
Berry
Crocker
King
Tucson
Kansas
South Fourth Avenue
Consumers Market
East Speedway
North Campbell Avenue
Consumers’ Market
Crocker and King
John Breglin
Frank A. Eyman
Nogales Highway
South Tucson
More Telephones Are Promised By Mountain States
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co will spend a record 71 million dollars next year for expansion including new lines equipment and conversions to dial service. The territory covers Arizona Colorado Wyoming Montana Idaho Utah New Mexico and El Paso area. Total telephones reached 1 391 573 after adding 88 500 this year. Employees rose to 25 000 an increase of 2 000.
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Denver
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Walter K. Koch
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Utah
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Koch
Home Fireworks Blast Kills Five In Mexico
A home fireworks factory explosion in Mexico City killed five people and injured five others. Victims include Florentino Villanueva, owner of the factory, his wife, and two grandchildren.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Florentino Villanueva
Seven Gals In Ring Tonight At Tucson Pro Wrestling
Tonight at 8 00 P M Grace Dean speaks at Tucson Bihai Community 1544 E Mabel St. At 8 30 P M four professional matches border Tucson Sports Center West Congress St. Tomorrow 10 A M to 5 P M Arizona Desert Trailside museum near Old Tucson Mountain Park. 2 P M Tucson Visitors Club Canasta and bridge at Chamber of Commerce 80 S&S Stone Ave.
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Grace Dean
Tucson
Arizona Desert Trailside Museum
Old Tucson
Tucson Mountain Park
Chamber of Commerce
S&s
Stone Ave
City primary candidates list closes for ballot
Index lists all candidates for the city primary election completed for Page 2. The rest of the issue notes entertainment and features including a Derby prize list on page 8, with sections on albums films books financials comics radio and puzzles, plus editorials and sports.
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Robert S. Tullar
Superior Court
TRT
Airman
Cottee
George Jacob
Pima County Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Jacob
James Starness
Talk O' the Town
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Dearborn
Reds
Ike
Texas
Young Cox
By S. C. Warman
Vernon R. Berry
Jerry R. Crocker
Ray A. King
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