Tucson Badgers Face Phoenix Union In State Final
Undefeated Tucson High meets Phoenix Union in the 27th annual state high school tournament final at University of Arizona Bear Down gym. Tucson beat Ajo 56 42 in semifinals while Phoenix Union upset Carver 47 29. Consolation action features Duncan St David Mesa Winslow and more.
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Phoenix Union
Carver
Tucson
Ajo
Duncan
St. David
Mesa
Winslow
Tucson High
University of Arizona Bear Down
Ajo Red Raiders
Badgers
Phoenix
Carver High
Miami
Three Budget Raise Proposals Stir Arizona Legislature
Three bills to modify the 10 percent annual limit on city county and town budgets trigger debate as lawmakers prepare for hearings within ten days. A Ways and Means hearing drew few spectators and thirteen legislators, with counties cities and towns offering statements on adjusting the 1947-48 budget plus emergency expenditures to set the 1948-49 budget. A separate anti Communist pledge bill sparked hours of debate as Rep Sidney Kartus warned the measure risks tolerance, likening it to early Federalist alien and sedition laws.
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Phoenix
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dwight L. Solomon
Sidney Kartus
Federalist Party
Kartus
Truman To Broadcast For Red Cross Drive
President Truman will open the annual Red Cross drive in a four network broadcast Sunday at 7 p.m. He will speak from Key West Florida and be introduced by Basil W Connor, chairman of the American Red Cross. Local stations KVOA KTUC KOPO will carry the broadcast.
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Truman
Red Cross
At & Pom
KVOA
KTUC
KOPO
Key West
Fla
Basil W Connor
American Red Cross
Truman To See Secret Weapon On Navy Demonstration
President Truman planned to view a submarine mounted picket radar during a demonstration aboard the 1000 ton submarine Requin off Key West. He would meet Rear Adm. Robbins Jr. and conduct a naval base visit following an early morning White House call.
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Key West
Fia
Truman
Navy
White House
Thomas H. Robbins, Jr
Robbins
Maritime Commission Authority
Toda
Packer Says Costly Steak Era Is Ended
Los Angeles report quotes Edward P. F. Wilson of Wilson & Co Chicago meat packers visiting the LA plant. He says fancy prices were seen but the era of high priced steak is over and prices will not return to former highs.
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Packer
Los Angeles
Edward PF. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Chicago Meat Packers
Blizzard Traps 500 Fans Rescue Brings Them to School
About 500 basketball fans riding from Floodwood Meadowlands and Cotton were stranded for six hours on a snow blocked highway four miles north of Cloquet Minnesota. Mayor Roy Ranum said three snowplows led a convoy of trucks and cars with volunteers and gasoline to evacuate the group with no casualties. The crowd, halted by deep drifts around 7 p.m. Friday, reached Cloquet at 1 30 a.m. and were fed by women volunteers in the high school.
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Cloquet
Minn
Here
Roy Ranum
Floodwood
Meadowlands
Cotton
L. E. Harris
Harris
State Highway Department
Seaway Backers vow to carry on the fight in Senate
Washington feb 28 Senate backers of the St. Lawrence seaway project vow to carry on the fight after a 57 to 30 vote to send the bill back to the foreign relations committee for further study. Senator Aiken notes the bill cannot come up again this year.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway Project
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Aiken
R-V11
Finland Readies Delegation Over Finnish Soviet Treaty
Helsinki reports President Paasikivi will name a delegation by Tuesday to discuss a friendship treaty with Moscow. Likely leaders are Premier Mauno Pekkala or Foreign Minister Carl Enckell as Finns gauge cabinet attitude. Public mood is resigned while debates unfold among newspapers and party groups.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho E. Paasikivi
Moscow
Stalin
Mauno Pekkala
Carl Enckell
Uusi Suomi
Tyokansan Sanomat
Grimditch Case Ruling In Week
In Phoenix on February 28 Gioia Gould Grimditch and husband William H. Grimditch faced a four day divorce and child custody trial. Judge J Mercer Johnson said a decision would come sometime next week after summaries by Philip F. LaFollette and Frank Beer outlined custody issues and alleged diary character.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pretty Gould
Gioia Gould Grimditch
William H. Grimditch
J. Mercer Johnson
Superior Court
Gioia
Grimditch
Philip F. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Western Union Denies Priority to Racing Wire Subscribers
Western Union Telegraph Company denied charges that private wire subscribers received priority over war agencies or government lines during the war. Vice president T B Gittings said the claim was completely false and no such preferential treatment occurred at any time.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
T. B. Gittings
Czechs Strike At Foreign Elements
KINGMAN Feb 28 The Arizona Cattle Growers' association holds its 107th annual convention with Carlos Ronstadt of Tucson urging immediate construction of a seven foot woven and barbed wire border fence to guard against foot and mouth disease. He warns quarantines would follow if the disease nears the border, and cites 2 300 miles of frontier as the needed scope. The session also covers game on ranges and range reseeding plans as officers are elected.
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F. E. Mollin
American National Livestock Association
Ronstadt
Mexico
Arizona
Motorcade Road Tourism Heads Toward Arizona Convention
Twelve Arizona cities will be visited by a giant motorcade organized by the Canada-to-Mexico Highway Association. The motorcade begins March 8 in Montana and stops in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona before entering Mexico. Arizona stops include Holbrook Show Low St Johns Springerville Globe Superior Florence Casa Grande Miami Coolidge Phoenix and Tucson with additional March 11 legs through Holbrook Globe and Florence.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
St. Johns
Springerville
Globe
Superior
Florence
Casa Grande
Miami
Coolidge
Phoenix
Tucson
Holbrook
Bookie Probe Targets Mountain States Phone Officials
Phoenix authorities summoned Mountain States Telephone executives as part of a one man grand jury inquiry into horse race bookmaking. R W Grant, the companys commercial manager, was among 38 subpoenaed to testify before Superior Court Judge Edwin Beauchamp. County Attorney Francis Donofrio focuses on halting race wire service from the phone company as police raid three bookmaking houses.
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Phoenix
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
R. W. Grant
Superior Court
Edwin Beauchamp
Francis Donofrio
Red Czech Coup Seen as Force to Prevent War III
Dr. Stefan Osusky, former Czechoslovak diplomat, argues the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia may avert a third world war by forcing Western nations and the United States toward closer cooperation to thwart Soviet aims. He notes Benes joined the Communist cabinet and cites broader implications for Europe and peace.
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Stefan Osusky
Porap
Thomas Masarky
Czechoslovak Republic
London
Minster
France
Osusky
Czzechoslovakian
Colgate University
Hamilton, N.Y
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Europe
Dr. Benes
Butchers Weigh Strike After Fifth Meeting
Butchers local No. 109 AFL warns of possible strike after failing to reach a new contract with market operators. All meat orders for next week canceled as operators threaten to "clean out" shelves. Final offers presented. union cites five unresolved points including wages. A Chamber of Commerce meeting is planned to decide next steps.
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Harry Burk
Tucson
Edward C. Marques
Consumers’ Market
Chamber of Commerce
Marques
Butchers
Weather Bureau Denies Writing Fibber McGee Scripts
Washington reports the weather bureau denied any role in Fibber McGee and Molly scripts as congress weighs a $23,743,000 budget. Representative Stefan criticized the joke about weather forecasters and questioned bureau involvement.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Fibber
Stefan
Weatherman
McGee
Congress
F. W. Reichelderfer
Southern governors to meet March for civil rights report
Gov. Preston Lane of Maryland convenes Southern governors in Washington on March 13 to review a committee report on President Truman's civil rights program. Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina heads the wakulla Springs panel formed Feb. 9 to draft the report within 40 days, amid Southern fury over the proposals. Georgia lawmakers urge a special session to oppose Truman, while Georgia electors may still vote by party. Georgia treasurer George B. Hamilton resigns as DNC finance director effective immediately.
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Preston Lane
Maryland
Washington
Truman
Lane
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Wakulla Springs
Fla
South
Georgia
Cox
Preston
William Tuck
Virginia
President Truman
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
George B. Hamilton
Democratic National Committee
Hamilton
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
U.S. Aid to China Questioned Over Air Force Program
Chairman Style Bridges said the $300 million air force pledge for China is inadequate and urged scrutiny of a wartime agreement for a 1,071 plane air force. A chart shows total U.S. defense aid to China since V J Day at $777.6 million with air and sea transport making up the largest share.
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Washington
U.P
Style Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
China
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
George C. Marshall
Committee
February 1976 to Have Five Sundays
The Naval Observatory confirms that February 1976 will contain five Sundays, a rare occurrence not seen since 1920. Officials note tomorrow’s date makes this historic month unusual and worth attention.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Reds To Rebuild Entire Regime They Win
Prague reports a wave of actions as the Three Power denunciation of Czechoslovakia is removed from the US Information Service window. Government moves target foreign broadcasting, press sections, and education as Gottwald signals a campaign against domestic and foreign reaction. International publications face bans while Prague labels the regime a disguised dictatorship.
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Prague
WU. S. Information Service
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Office
Information Service
Prokop Drtina
Oscar Kosta
Ministry of Information
Klement Gottwald
Rude Pravo
Bohemia
Stalin
Gottwald
United States
Britain
France
State Department
U. S. State Department
Price Ceilings For Navajos Implemented By Interior
The interior department plans price ceilings for 105 Navajo traders on the reservation along with rent charges. Rentals may yield about 250000 dollars yearly while proposed markups limit to 50 percent above cost and overall averages to 33 percent per store. The aim is to reduce consumer costs on staples and commodities, with rents tied to gross annual sales.
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Washington
Interior Department
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Indian Office
Max. M. Dreikoff
Dreikoff
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