Douglas Predicts Tucson as Missile Age Training Hub
Douglas Aircraft President John Riddick spoke at a Chamber lunch promising a Thor missile training school in Tucson for Air Force personnel. The program, run with about 100 Douglas staff and 100-plus students, aims to begin this year and focus on maintenance training rather than missile firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Douglas Jr
B. W. Clawson
Tucson
Douglas Aircraft Co
Kenneth Farrar
Douglas
John Riddick
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Hotel
Air Training Command
Youth Dies After Being Shot By Cop
Pueblo youth Trussel Flowers, 17, died after a Sunday night shooting in a chase with detectives. An inquest was planned as officers claimed they aimed at the feet and fired four shots during the pursuit. Flowers had kicked a detective in the teeth, a blood alcohol reading of .170 was reported, and officials warned against warning shots pending disciplinary action.
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Trussel Flowers
Pueblo
George C. Hartman
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Sevenman
Det
William Anderson
Flowers
Sgt
William Dunn
Meyer Ave
McCormick St. Anderson
Sabine Alley
Dunn
Anderson
Bernard Garmire
Committee Okays P. O. Pay Raise
The House Post Office and Civil Service Committee approved pay boosts averaging 15 percent for postal workers and 11 percent for civil service workers. Estimated annual cost is $969 million. Postal employees would gain 14 to 16 percent, while civil service staff see 10 to 12 and a quarter percent. Legislative, judiciary, and government medical services employees would get 10 percent raises.
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Washington
House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
Civil Service
Rep
Johansen
R-Mich
House Committee
Senate
Cold Front Brings Showers and Cooler Temps Tonight
Forecasters expect a cold front from California to bring cloudy skies, cooler air, and scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Lows dip to about 45 with tomorrow's highs near 60 to 65 as showers affect the mountains. Yesterday's high reached 73 with a 48 degree low earlier today.
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California
Living Cost Reaches New High in January
Government reports record high food prices push the living cost to 122.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, the largest monthly rise since 1956. About 1.35 million workers gain wage increases tied to the index, including auto workers and others in farm implement, electrical, and aircraft industries.
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Washington
Florida
Texas
Labor Department
Mack and Whiteside Accused of FCC Law Violations
Rep Harris alleged that Commissioner Richard A. Mack and Miami lawyer Thurman A. Whiteside violated federal rules by having unregistered stock interests tied to Public Service Television Inc. and a National Airlines affiliate connected to TV Channel 10 in Miami. Whiteside contended the insurance stake was not in Mack’s name, was held verbally, and he did not profit personally from it.
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Washington
Harris
D-Ark
Richard A. Mack
Thurman A. Whiteside
Miami
House
Whiteside
Mack
National Airlines
FCC
Public Service Television, Inc
Channel 10
G. T. Baker
Haugh Attacks Mc Farland Over Sales Tax Stance
Rep. John Haugh accuses Governor Mc Farland of flip flopping on a sales tax increase. He urges the governor to state his position clearly as ADA funding for schools and education finances loom. The GOP leader presses for a definite stance before the Ways and Means Committee bill moves.
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Phoenix
John Haugh
Pima
McFarland
Haugh
House
Ways and Means
Arizona
Cuban Grand Prix Tragedy Locks In Oil Sabotage Theories
World champion Juan Manuel Fangio was freed unharmed after Cuba’s Gran Premio race ended in a deadly crash that killed six and injured four others. Armando Garcia Cifuentes’s car crashed amid allegedly slick oil on Malecon boulevard, with officials debating sabotage versus loss of control. Stirling Moss, finishing after five laps, was declared winner and awarded $3,000.
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Havana
Juan Manuel Fangio
Cuba
Fangio
Armando Garcia Cifuentes
Malecon Boulevard
Cifuentes
National Sports Commisssion
Fulgencio Batista
Stirling Moss
Britain
Air Force pushes moon rocket and manned satellite plan
Lt. Gen. D L Putt told the House Armed Services committee the Air Force seeks immediate support to launch a moon mission this year using a Thor Vanguard system and to place a manned satellite into orbit soon. He warned Soviet space advances demand a bold, maximum effort and predicted one of three ongoing projects could yield early success.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
D. L. Putt
Putt
Russia
House Armed Services Committee
United States
Earth
Moon
Tucson Daily Citizen Praised by City Council
The Tucson mayor and city council passed a resolution praising the Tucson Daily Citizen for community service and congratulating it on winning the Arizona Newspapers Assn. community service award for the fourth consecutive year. The measure, signed by Mayor Don Hummel, commends the paper for contributing to an informed citizenry.
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Arizona Newspapers Assn
Don Hummel
City of
Tucson
Arizona
Snarl Over Fenton Arraignment in Tucson Slaying Case
A legal snarl over where Robert Dwight Fenton can be arraigned delays first degree murder proceedings in the Christy Coward slaying. The 23 year old Tucson suspect was shot in the leg two hours after the crime and remains in County Hospital. Funeral services are planned for Opal Coward at Bring's Funeral Home with Evergreen Cemetery burial.
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Robert Dwight Fenton
Mrs. Opal Coward
Springfield
Ohio
Justice of the Peace
Edward J. Valeski
Fenton
County Hospital
Nogales
N. Wilson Ave
Coward
Bring’s Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Byrd Reverses Course and Seeks Fifth Senate Term
Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia agrees to run again for six-year term after his wife releases him from a 1953 retirement pledge. The Finance Committee chair announced to the General Assembly that he will seek re election amid public requests and Virginia honoring him.
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Richmond
Harry Flood Byrd
D-Va
United States Senate
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
General Assembly of Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia
Inside the Citizen Investigation
House Speaker Cook says the insurance department investigation yields nothing. The item notes ongoing inquiry outcomes and political framing without new findings.
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Cook
Insurance Department
Tucson
Cleveland Indians
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