Connie Mack Dies at 93 in Philadelphia Home
World Series champion mentor Connie Mack dies at 93 in Mount Airy Philadelphia home. Surrounded by four daughters and a grandson in his final hours, with last rites administered by Rev. Joseph A. Cavanaugh. Burial planned at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery after a requiem mass at St. Bridget's.
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Mack
Mount Airy
Philadelphia
Roy
Earle
Connie Jr
Fort Meyer
Fla
Frank Cunningham
Connie
Rita Breedlove
Elizabeth Nolan
Mary Schurr
Joseph A. Cavanaugh
Holy Sepulchre
St. Bridget’s
Municipal League Backs Bills for City Budgets and Insurance
Arizona Municipal League director W. A. Moeur urged the House County and Municipal Affairs Committee to sponsor two bills aiding cities. One would allow annexed areas to be included in budget bases and remove the 10 cent limit, while the other would enable cities to buy liability insurance for employees. Enos P. Schaffer said counties may seek similar liability coverage and the committee will decide at next week’s meeting.
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Phoenix
W. A. Moyer
Arizona Municipal League
House County and Municipal Affairs Committee
Arizona
Moeur
Enos P. Schaffer
Counties and Municipalities
Tempe Bill Heads For Debate On College Name Change
The Arizona House Public Institutions Committee voted 8 to 0 to report out a bill renaming Arizona State College at Tempe to Arizona State University. The panel met under a minute, with Norman leading the motion and Klauer clarifying the vote to move the bill to the floor for debate after judiciary clearance.
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Phoenix
House Public Institutions Committee
Arizona State College At
Tempe
Arizona State University
Judiciary Committee
Pima
Ge Laura Mene
Maricopa
Mabel Ellis
NEW AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER TO RISE HERE
A new airport control tower will be built at Municipal Airport as part of a 1.634 million dollar program with ground floor offices for Weather Bureau and Civil Aeronautics Administration and a tower crew. The project will be funded by bonds with 60 percent federal funds and a 163,453 dollar federal grant to Tucson plus aid to seven other Arizona airports.
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Municipal Airport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S
Barry Goldwater
Tucson
Arizona
More Rain Predicted In Arizona Snow Storm Moves On
A powerful storm moving from California into New Mexico brings rain and snow to southern Arizona. Tucson expects 40s with showers near mountains and a low around 30 tonight. Snow accumulations rise in the Catalina and Rincon ranges with up to two feet in higher elevations. Mt Lemmon ski area reports 28 to 30 inches. Seismic tremors from a southern California quake were felt in Tucson, with minor effects observed.
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Arizona
Tucson
New Mexico
Catalinas
Rincons
Callifornia
Roland White
Magnetic Observatory of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
Tanque Verde Road
California
White
Palisades
Mt. Lemmon
Sheriff's Office
Saguaro National Monument
John G. Lewis
J. M. Holzhauser
Tombstone
Tucson Newspapers, Inc
Mountain View
Holzhauser
Highway 80
O.K
Navajo Indian Reservation
Douglas
Louis Jurwitz
U.S. Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Pima
Cochise
Navajo
Apache
Jurwitz
White Mountains
Mack Death Shocks Kellner Former Athletics Star
Alex Kellner, once with the Philadelphia Athletics, learned of Connie Mack’s death, the famed “grand old man of baseball.” Kellner had met Mack in spring 1948 when he joined the club and last saw him during Mack’s Kansas City visit last year.
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Alex Kellner
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Amphitheater
Mack
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Girl 14 Saves Nine Children From Phoenix Fire
A 14 year old babysitter, Carol Van Winkle, saved nine children from a Phoenix home fire on Wednesday night. She checked rooms twice, then crawled through thick smoke to retrieve the youngest baby still inside. A sheriff's deputy credited her fast actions with preventing multiple deaths.
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Phoenix
Carol van Winkle
J. M. Miner
Otis Burk
Carol
CofC Backs Mayor Raise In Tucson Election
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce endorsed raising the mayor’s salary from 4800 to 7500 annually and urged placing the proposal on the April 3 general election ballot. The chamber cited workload and duties as justification. The council could add a charter amendment to the ballot. another amendment would lower residence requirements for candidates in new annexed areas.
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Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
C. Goyette
Senate Inquiry Probes 2500 Campaign Donation to Case
A Senate special inquiry committee will investigate the source of a 2500 contribution given to Senator Francis Case by John M. Neff. Hearings begin tomorrow with possible TV and news coverage as the panel seeks the donor’s identity and motives behind the gift tied to the gas bill vote in which Case opposed the measure.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Francis Case
R-Sd
Senate
Case
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Neff
Polar Plane Rescue Quietly Sealed in Antarctic Return
The Navy reported all seven men aboard a February 3 Antarctic plane crash have been rescued and returned to Little America. The operation concluded at 3 30 a m with no details given. An eighth crewmember aboard a separate aircraft in Venezuela was also expected to be rescued later the same day.
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Washington
Navy
Antarctic
Little America
Antarctica
Sen
Marie Byrdland
O Pe
Venezuela
Bricker to Speak in Tucson for Lincoln Day
U. S. Senator John W. Bricker arrives for Lincoln Day events in Tucson with a motorcade at Municipal Airport. A Vigilantes frolic is planned before escorting Bricker to El Conquistador Hotel and a 6:30 p.m. appearance at Tucson High.
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U. S
John W. Bricker
Honest Abe
Ohio
Municipal
Jack Parsons
Bricker
el Conquistador Hotel
Tucson High
Bricker TV Radio Appearance Planned for Tucson
Due to ticket shortages for Bricker supporters arrangements made for Senator John Bricker to appear on KVOA TV and KOPO radio tonight starting at 10 30 PM. Republican leaders said the program will be broadcast simultaneously on both outlets.
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Sen
John Bricker
Tucson
Kvoa-Tv
Kopo Radio
Bricker outline for 1952 GOP nomination and plan note
The Ohio Republican Bricker headlines a 1952 GOP tilt with dinner in a school auditorium for over 700 attendees before a Florida departure tonight. An ardent Taft supporter, Bricker backed a constitutional amendment requiring Senate ratification of international treaties. He served three terms as Ohio governor and was a 1944 Republican vice presidential candidate.
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Florida
Ohio
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Bricker
Executive
Senate
HST Postpones Arizona Visit to March
Former President Harry S. Truman postpones a planned trip to Arizona, with officials stating the date remains undecided. Dick Jenkins, chair of the Pima County Democratic Committee, says the visit is expected sometime in March.
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Harry
Truman
Arizona
Dick Jenkins
Pima County
Democratic Committee
Soviets Brand U S Weather Balloons a Brink of War Plan
Moscow accused the United States of a brink of war policy after weather balloons over Soviet air space. Leonid Illyichev cited balloons with meteorological and reconnaissance gear, calling them a menace to air navigation and ground safety. The U S halted launches from West Germany and Turkey pending review and offered safety details to the Soviets.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Spiridonovka Palace
Foreign Ministry
Leonid Llyichev
America
U. S
State Dulles
Life Magazine
Ilyichev
U.S
West Germany
Turkey
Russia
Duden and Kroll Set Early Pace In Tucson Open
Bob Duden of Portland and Ted Kroll of Fort Lauderdale shot 65s to grab the lead in the $10,000 Tucson open. Early scores included 65 for Duden and Kroll, with 67 by Jimmy Clark and Fred Wampler, and 69 by several contenders. David Leon, a Tucson amateur, was among four players at par 70 in the opening rounds.
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Bob Duden
Portland
Ore
Ted Kroll
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Jimmy Clark
Laguna Beach
Calif
Fred Wampler
Indianapolis
Ken Weiler
Park Ridge
Ill
Rudy Horvath
Windsor
Ont
Walter Burkemo
Franklin
Mich
John Barnum
Belmont
Ed Updegraff
Tucson
David Leon
Texas Snow Brings Delays Then Clears Roads
Snow quit falling before dawn in the Panhandle and Plains while a new storm loomed tonight or tomorrow. Highways were reopened after 40 mph winds piled old snow into large drifts that halted trains and buses and blocked U S 66.
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Plainview
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Plains
Deadly Siberian Chill Grips Europe With Snow and Heatless Nights
A brutal cold sweep hits Europe with 200 dead as Siberian air drives blizzards across Greece Turkey and Italy. Falun Sweden records 33 below zero while Greek and American planes drop food to stranded villages. Turkey reports 12 dead as army trucks reach isolated towns amid frostbound transport. Plans to postpone Greece's February elections loom as storms persist.
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London
Rai
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Sweden
Falun
Stockholm
St. Stephen's
Britain
France
Thrace
Am I Liable and Nightly Events at Tucson Venues
Tonight and tomorrow open to the public with a talk by E. T. Cusick on Am I Liable at the YWCA. Dog racing at Greyhound Park 8 PM. Gallery tour 325 W Franklin St 8 PM. Balazs concert University of Arizona Liberal Arts Auditorium 8:30 PM. Professional wrestling Tucson Sports Center 8:30 PM. All My Sons at Rillito Park 8:30 PM. Tucson Open Golf El Rio CC 9 AM. Bookmobile Goodman's Market 2 to 5 PM. Dograd at Greyhound Park 8 PM. Winter Playhouse Edward Arnold in All My Sons.
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YWCA
E. T. Cusick
Greyhound Park
Tucson Art Center
W. Franklin St
Ann
Frederic Balazs
University of Arizona, Liberal Arts Auditorium
Tucson Sports Center
Tucson Winter Playhouse
All My Sons
Edward Arnold
Rillito Park
Goodman's Market
East 22Nd St
Dograd
Tucson
Winter Playhouse
Myes
Ark
Eden Returns Home
Eden comes home after an absence as readers read of the return on the community pages. The note shows a local event with the town including residents and officials reacting to the homecoming.
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St. John
Grand Canyon
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Cofc
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Broken Bow, Neb
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George Committee
Charles W. Steadman
Cleveland
Steadman
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Mike Fetchick
Mahopac
N. Y
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Europe
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