Emery and Hummel Face Tucson Mayor Election Showdown
Incumbent Fred Emery seeks a fourth mayoral term in Tucson as he faces attorney Don Hummel in the April 7 general election. Primary returns show Emery leading the GOP field with 1 051 votes to C Dete Edwards 215, while Hummel unopposed topped 952 votes. Elected officials in ward No 4 boosted Emery’s margin, and Democratic council races saw William Wisdom win the ward 4 nomination while Dennis Weaver held a GOP council seat. The total 2 455 votes represent about 12 percent of 20 205 registered voters and many cast ballots for party committeemen.
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Fred Emery
Atty
Don Hummel
Tucson
Emery
C. Dete Edwards
Hummel
William Wisdom
Democratic Council
Ray A. Marsh
Dennis Weaver
GOP Council
George F. Dyer
Ward No. 1
Dyer
Wilbur Conelly
GOP Cendant Intractor
Conelly
Uop
Council
Harlow Phelps
Lester Nalley
Seven MIGs Blasted Down In Korean War Air Raid
Two allied air strikes totaling 379 fighter bombers hit Kangso training center near Pyongyang. Fires and smoke rose as 750000 pounds of explosives fell, destroying about 139 buildings and downing several MIGs in dawn to dusk raids. The new U S pilot ace Capt Manuel J Fernandez of Miami claimed two kills.
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Seoul
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
AIR Force
Korea
Manuel J. Fernandez
Miami
Kangso
Chinese Jet Pilots Train At Williams AFB For Return Fight
Chinese officers training at Williams AFB near Chandler prep for possible action against the Communists in China or Korea. Maj. Liu Wan-tsai soloed in a jet and becomes their first U S trained jet pilot. Instructors say the group is eager and dedicated, with many having no families left behind the Communist line.
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Sedley-Hopkins
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Chang Fu
Maj
W. H. Hornbarger
Portsmouth
Ohio
U. S
Korea
Liu Wan-tsal
Chinese Air Academy
C. T. Shu
Formosa
Paul Jones
Madison
Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mostly Clear And Windy Rodeo Weather Outlook
Weatherman reports mostly clear skies and local winds with a temporary cool down. Near term temperatures fall only slightly with pleasant conditions expected as rodeo season starts. Yesterday peaked at 76 degrees. lows around 42. Regional highs include Phoenix 77 and Yuma 80 while Flagstaff drops to 55.
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Climate Club
Phoenix
Yuma
Flagstaff
Jelke Press Ban Studied by Attorneys in Appeal Talks
New York. Attorneys planned a meeting to decide whether to appeal a state supreme court ruling upholding the press and public ban in the Minot F Jelke vice trial. Justice Benjamin F Schreiber held Judge Francis L Valente acted within discretion when excluding the public and press. National and regional wire services had sought to block the ban.
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New York
Supreme Court
Minot
United Press
International News Service
New York Herald Tribune
Daily News
Daily Mirror
Post
Journal-American
North American Newspaper Alliance
Korean War Casualties Rise to 130,093 This Week
The weekly U S government tally shows American battle casualties in Korea at 130,093, up 274 from last week. The breakdown lists 94,336 dead, 9,249 missing, 2,165 captured, and 1,395 previously missing returned to U S control.
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Washington
Korea
U. S
Government Ends Price Controls on Milk and Many Goods
The government removed price controls on milk butter oleomargarine cosmetics drugs sewing machines radios and TV and auto repair services plus thousands of items. Only cigarettes remain under control as decontrol proceeds toward April 30. The move may raise prices on repair services milk cosmetics and some drugs while leaving some services still regulated.
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Washington
Joseph Freehill
Gila County Denies Charge of Prostitution
Gila County officials rejected an American Social Hygiene Association report claiming commercialized prostitution in Globe Miami and Superior. Sheriff Jack Jones and County Attorney Barry De Rose said no houses operate outside incorporated towns and that the county is notably free of vice.
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GLOBE
Gila County
Miami
Superior
American Social Hygiene Association
Phoenix
Jack Jones
Barry de Rose
Hygiene Association
Jones
DE Rose
Neyland asks to be relieved as Tennessee football coach
Gen Robert R Neyland asked to be relieved as Tennessee coach citing medical advice. Dean N W Dougherty said the athletic council will meet to review the request and make recommendations to the board of trustees.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Robert R. Neyland
University of Tennessee
Dean N. W. Dougherty
Neyland
Dougherty
University
Write-In Campaign Costs Pencils in Ward 1
The write-in campaign in ward No. 1 in yesterday's primary election cost the city about 15 pencils as voters used them and the ward supplies needed replenishing by noon. George F. Dyer narrowly lost council race by seven votes with six spellings of his name. Dyer gained one write-in vote for mayor in ward No. 5 despite losing. In ward No. 4, J R Snider was misregistered as Republican, affecting his vote. an affidavit was rushed but he could not wait for correction.
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Carl Hitt
George F. Dyer
Dyer
J. R. Snider
Tucson Gas, Electric Wight & Power Co
Snider
Provoo Sentenced to Life for Treason After WWII Case
Former Army Sgt John David Provoo was sentenced to life in a federal prison after pleading allegiance to Japan while captured in Corregidor. Judge Gregory F Noonan cited emotional instability yet legal sanity and stressed justice for fellow prisoners. Provoo awaits appeal in a federal detention center.
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New York
Army
John David Provoo
Gregory F. Noonan
Corregidor
Noonan
Provee
Provoo
Pronounce It Either Way Rodeo Origin And Growth
The term rodeo stems from the Spanish rodear meaning to surround and entered the west from Mexico. Dudes and old timers differ on ROE dee o versus ROE DAY o but both are accepted. From cattle rounding to arena events rodeo grew into a nationwide spectator sport with high paid attendance.
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Merriam-Webster
Mexico
Rodeo
Prescott
Pecos
Texas
No Marriage Licenses Issued in Pima County Court House
For the first time in 1953 no marriage licenses were issued yesterday in the Pima county court house. Mrs Pattie B Robbins marriage license deputy notes only once in 1952 were no licenses issued during a working day.
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Dan Cupid
Pima County
Pattie B. Robbins
Superior Court Clerk’s
Tax Trim Sparks Split Over Spending and Taxes
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected Eisenhower’s tax cut first approach in a report to the House. The panel urged spending reductions precede tax trimming and warned delaying cuts could have economic consequences, signaling renewed GOP disagreement and potential veto risk.
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Washington
House, Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
House
Paul Charges Demos Ousted In Highway Department
State Senator Alfred Paul Jr. charged Democrats were being weeded from the highway department amid political firings. He cited a Douglas inspector fired for politics and warned he would oppose further layoffs used to purge party influence. He noted a George Pyle rumor of wholesale dismissals, which he denied.
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Phoenix
Alfred Paul, Jr
Highway Department
Commission
Douglas
Dick Ramos
Paul
Howard Pyle
Lodge Calls Allied Meet On Strategy
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. convened a strategy conference of U.N. allies in Korea to discuss plans for the U.N. assembly against Korea. Invitations went to representatives of all countries with troops in Korea for a meeting in Lodge's office the next morning. India with a medical unit was not invited. Some diplomats said Korea talks were overdue and accused the U.S. of slow notice to allies.
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United Nations
N. Y
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.N
Korea
U.N. Assembly
U. S
Lodge
India
McCarthy Flags Roosevelt Help in Voice of America Case
Senator McCarthy told a Senate investigations subcommittee that Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt helped arrange government circulation of writings by Leftist author Howard Fast. He said Dulles countermanded a Feb 3 order about giving special credibility to Communist endorsed authors in overseas Voice of America broadcasts.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Howard Fast
Fast
Dulles
Voice of America
Voice
Rodeo Star Haverty Weds Colleen Vanney in Nogales
Dell Haverty 24 of Benson wed Colleen Vanney 23 of Therepolis Wyoming in Nogales. The ceremony took place Monday with Judge Gordon Farley, Mrs. Hazel Wise deputy clerk, and J. M. Soto Jr. as witnesses in Santa Cruz County court.
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Nogales
Dell Haverty
Benson
Colleen Vanney
Polis
Wyo
Gordon Farley
Santa Cruz County
Superior Court
Hazel Wise
J. M. Soto Jr
Douglas Seeks Stalin Meet To Avert World War III
Los Angeles a meeting between President Eisenhower and Premier Stalin could help prevent World War III says Lewis W. Douglas former U S ambassador to Great Britain and Tucson banker. He urged at an American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers dinner that normal diplomacy and the United Nations fail to bridge a dangerous communications gap while arms races continue.
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Los Angeles
Eisenhower
Stalin
Lewis W. Douglas
U.S
Great Britain
Tucson
Douglas
United Nations
Tonight and Tomorrow in Tucson Arts and Sports Mix
Tonight at 8:15 Young Artists recital at Trinity Presbyterian church living room free. At 8:30 professional wrestling at Tucson Sports Center West Congress street with TV recap 9 to 10 p.m. Tomorrow oil paintings by Carolus Verhaeren at Arizona Inn East Elm street from 9 to 5, Indian Arts and Crafts at Tucson Art Center 80 S. Stone Ave 11 to 5, Theatre The Cocktail Party at Temple of Music and Art Madeline Berger hall 8:00, Vigilantes rodeo dance at Pioneer hotel VFW hall 8:30, Square dance at Ivan's auction building Dodge Boulevard Grant road.
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Pubuc
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Tucson Sports Center
West Congress Street
Carolus Verhaeren
Arizona Inn
East Elm Street
Tucson Art Center Gallery
S. Stone Ave
Temple Readers’ Theater
Madeline Berger
Temple of Music and Art
Pioneer Hotel
VFW
Ivan’s Auction Building
Dodge Ipowevard
Grant Road
Dust problem in Tucson area draws resident concern
One Tucson area resident finds dust a problem while the paper notes other items including federal aid funding for a civic center, Nehru opposing soldiers as presidents, Arizona’s territorial history, and local hobbyist Jack Underwood on hunting and fishing across multiple pages.
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Nehru
India
Arizona
Tucson
Jack Underwood
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