Ben Gurion Cabinet Quits in Israel Crisis
Jerusalem reports Premier David Ben-Gurion announced the resignation of his five party coalition cabinet. A communique said the resignation will be submitted to President Ishak Ben-Zvi and cited failure to maintain collective responsibility amid security concerns and a disputed plan to buy arms from Western Germany. Bonn denied arms sales to Israel. The cabinet emphasized the need to increase defensive capacity and condemned the violation of collective responsibility.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Ishak Ben-Zvi
Germany
Bonn
Israel
Ben-Gurion
Arizona Copper Industry Faces 1958 Tariff Showdown
Arizona copper producers, labor and management groups, and state officials push for federal action after a $129 million income drop from 1955. Prices hover around 40 cents a pound as foreign exports rise, prompting calls for a four-cent tariff to protect Arizona’s copper jobs and state revenue ahead of Congress in 1958.
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Arizona
Samuel H. Morris
Globe
Arizona Mine-Mill Council
Congress
Greene Heir Sues For $4,285,000
Los Angeles report states Eva Greene Day, heir, sues six half-siblings for $4.285 million claiming their mother coerced the will in a 1910 agreement tied to the $10 million Greene estate. The suit, filed over the Arizona cattle and Sonora holdings, seeks $1,428,500 plus $2,857,000 in punitive damages. It names Mary Wiswall as the deceased wife’s beneficiary and alleges misallocation of property including a Sonora ranch and Arizona holdings.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Eva Greene Day
Mary Greene Wiswall
Day
William Cornell Greene
Sonora
Mexico
Hillary Near Pole Trek As Overland Relay Progresses
Sir Edmund Hillary and a four man team pushed 4434 miles over Antarctic terrain toward the South Pole. From McMurdo Sound their radio report said they traveled at 23 below zero Fahrenheit, altitude about 1000 feet, enduring extreme cold while retracing Captain Robert F. Scott’s historic route.
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New Zealand
Edmund Hillary
South Pole
Hillary
Scott Base
McMurdo Sound
Robert F. Scott
Scott
State Quarantine on Pink Bollworm In Pima Cotton
State Entomologist W. T. Mendenhall orders quarantine of cotton fields in five Arizona counties including Pima due to pink bollworm infestation. Excludes land west of range 9 as an exception. Includes Marana and Cortaro areas with required disposal of crop remnants and seed cotton handling to prevent spread. Non cooperation penalties apply.
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Pima
Mendenhall
2Ima
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Greenlee
Cochise
Santa Cruz
Dima
Papago Indian Reservation
Marana
Cortaro
Safford
Dulles To Attend Baghdad Pact Meeting In Turkey
Secretary of State Dulles will attend a Baghdad Pact nations meeting in Turkey next month marking his first participation in the pact during its three year history. Washington says the United States has no plan to join the Baghdad Pact at this time.
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Dulles
Turkey
United States
Ankara
Tubac Designated Arizona's First State Park
Tubac becomes the state s inaugural park preserving one of Arizona s oldest towns. L Max Connolly notes a federal survey recommendation led to the designation with formal dedication planned in February. Donations of historic property from the Griffins and Verna E Yocum support the park s creation.
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Zalif
California
Frank J. C. Griffin
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Presidio
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Tuloac
Santa Cruz County
Pimeria ‘Alta Society
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Arizona Historical Society
Guaymas
Sonora
Mexico
Arizonian
Tucson Daily Citizen
University of Arizona
River Kwai Triumphs in New York Critics Awards
New York critics named The Bridge on the River Kwai best picture. Sir Alec Guinness won best actor for his role, Deborah Kerr the best actress for Heaven Knows, Mr. All is. David Lean earned best director for River Kwai.
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New York
New York Film Critics Today
Kwai
Jee Guinness
Deborah Kerr
Fugitive Gunman Dies In Car Crash
A fugitive gunman linked to a bar shooting and two murders died in a head on crash north of an east central Georgia town after a high speed flight through Georgia toward Jacksonville Florida. Another man in the second car also died. Officers searched for the pair across multiple states and recovered stolen vehicles and a Tennessee license plate.
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Russell Wayne Carpenter
Washington
Overton
Here
Jacksonville
Fla
U. S. T'just
Georgia
Swainsboro
FBI Ten
Carpenter
Tennessee
Virginia
First Post Sputnik Budget Sets Wartime Defense Tone
The Eisenhower administration seeks a nearly 74 billion dollar budget for fiscal 1958, with defense at about 49 billion and civilian cuts possible. Congress expected to back military spending while civilian programs face restraint, and a contingency fund of up to 500 million may be created for rapid rocketry development. Senator Hayden called a 40 billion defense request modest for the era.
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Eisenower
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Tal Han
Deense McElroy
Athough Eisenhower
Cial
Eisenhower
Sen
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congressional
Best in Nation Weather Forecast Woes Across the Nation
A lively weather note contrasts national conditions with icy scenes in the North and warm spells in the South. It cites Houghton Michigan with heavy snow and Chicago near freezing, while Arizona enjoys mild temps and a 70 degree high yesterday. Gitano’s forecast is invoked as guidance.
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Gypsy
Houghton
Mich
Chicago
Gitano
State Medical School Sought
An Arizona group forms the Arizona Medical Education Foundation to promote establishing a medical school and teaching hospital in the state. Phoenix realtor Lee Ackerman announces the move, aiming for private contributions to fund allied medical sciences development. Officers include Tucsonians Dr Hugh Smith and Dr Willis Brewer of the University of Arizona.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Lee Ackerman
Arizona Medical Education Foundation
Eisenhower backs billion-dollar education plan
President Eisenhower endorsed a four-year plan to spend about one billion dollars to strengthen education, focusing on math and science. It includes 10,000 annual college scholarships funded by the federal government and state matching funds for high school improvements. The effort aims to curb dropouts and bolster national security through enhanced science education.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Russia
Folsom
National Science Foundation
Reeport
Look Ahead at 1958 Elections by The Citizen Reporter
The Citizens political reporter Jim Cooper surveys 1958 elections and questions whether city county and state will follow the national trend toward the Democrats. Also notes features on Hal Boyle and transit strike plans.
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Jim Cooper
Pook Man
Hal Boyle
New York
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