Western Berlin access dispute dominates Four Power talks
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko reportedly blocked a Western bid for immediate talks on a Soviet guarantee of free Western access to Berlin. Western ministers pressed for an unconditional traffic corridor while offering a potential reduction of West Berlin’s 10,000-strong military presence if access is unrestricted. The 90-minute secret session at Maurice Couve De Murville’s villa preceded a dinner to continue negotiations.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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Gromyko
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West Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Selden Kansas Hit by 18 Inch Hail Storm
Highway crews cleared blocked roads in Selden with a population of about 360 after an 18 inch hail storm battered a five square mile area for about an hour and a half. National Guard and Highway Patrols were called as roofs collapsed and basements flooded while no injuries were reported.
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United Press International
Selden
Kan
Kansas
National Guard
Darrell Hubbard
323Rd Ordnance Co
Kansas National Guard
Weather Bureau
Prairie Dog Creek
North Fork
Solomon
Big Bow Creek
Texas Panhandle
Pecos
Tex
Carolinas
Columbia
S.C
Charlotte
N.C
Simmons
Pinehurst
Weather Forecast Preview for Warmer Days Ahead
Occasional high clouds filter the sun as temperatures rise. highs near 93 by 2 pm today and about 65 tonight. Yesterday reached 99 with a 44 night low. discomfort index around 79. Humidity low at 10 percent. pull weather report page 44.
Arizona homeowners could see property tax cuts this year
State Tax Commission Chairman William F. Stanford estimated Arizona's assessed property valuation for fiscal 1959 would rise about 19 million dollars from the prior year, potentially lowering tax rates by roughly eight cents per 100 dollars of assessed valuation. He cited new construction and improvements as drivers of the higher valuation. The 1958 statewide property value stood at 1.3 billion dollars.
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Commission
William F. Stanford
Arizona
Stanford
Tucson Lad Chosen for Military Draft Deferment
Local lad H. S. Corbett, 72, longtime draft board chairman, received a telegram from U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater that he will be deferred for overseas duty for six months. Corbett expressed reluctance to avoid service, saying he would like to go.
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Tucson
U.S
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Army
H. S
Hi) Corbett
First Lady of the Town Too Tough to Die recollections
A compact column recalls Tombstone history through memories of a local matriarch, recounting gunfights and social life in earlier decades. The piece situates these recollections as part of a broader feature page with cross references to other sections.
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Tombstone
Underworld
Tucson
Tucson Retail Trade Bureau
Boy Killed in Rincon Village Truck Accident
The 3 year old Bobby Lee Smithson died after a road mishap at Rincon Village housing near Davis Monthan. Air police were investigating. the driver was unnamed and details unreleased. It is the 39th Pima County road fatality this year, compared with 23 at the same date last year.
Record flight driver breaks city single engine record
Max Conrad, 56, in a Piper Comanche, flew Casablanca to Los Angeles with refueling and extended tanks. He passed Tucson near noon after more than 55 hours aloft, breaking the world single engine aircraft record by about 800 miles and later surpassing it by over 1,300 miles upon reaching Los Angeles. He endured extreme thirst and fatigue, consuming only water and candy bars.
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Max Conrad
Casablanca
Los Angeles
Tucson
Conrad
Morocco
Africa
Cuba
L.A
International
Pat Boling
Japan
Oregon
el Paso
Tex
San Diego
Three-judge panel rejects Starkweather appeal in execution stay
A trio of federal judges refused Charles Starkweather's bid for additional hearings and denied extending his stay of execution. The panel ruled today, leaving his fate to proceed as scheduled.
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Omaha
UPIL
Charles Starkweather
Baseball St Louis beats Pittsburgh in nine innings
St Louis trailed 3-1 before a late burst in the ninth. Pittsburgh pitcher Kline earned the win while Broglin took the loss. Home run by Pittsburgh infielder Virdon highlighted the game.
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Pitt
Broglin
Brosnan
Cheney
Nunn
Grissom
H. Smith
Kline
Burgess
Wkline
L—Broglin
Pittsburgh
Virdon
Stocks Fall Sharply in late selling squall
New York stock prices broke sharply in late selling today with pivotal issues down from fractions to over 2 points. Chemicals were hardest hit among major groups with steels motors aircrafts oils rails coppers and electrical equipment also sliding. Lorillard held a small gain while the Dow Jones Industrials declined 6.85 points to 630.54.
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New York
Lorillard
Dow Jones
Discoverer III satellite loses mice in reentry over Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base report confirms the Discoverer III rocket with four mice aboard reentered the atmosphere and burned up within minutes after launch. Data from liftoff to loss is under analysis, with Air Force and ARPA noting mice likely died during early flight but life support appeared functional in the ship.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
Air Force Bioastronautics
South Pole
Turmoil in Arizona construction as engineers strike
Heavy construction work in Arizona valued over 100 million dollars halted with Tucson seeing 10 million in activity stop. Local 428 engineers began strikes near Douglas prompting contractor shutdowns on roads pipelines dams sewers and airport projects. unions say negotiations stalled over subsistence pay with no talks planned.
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Arizona
Tucson
St. Mary's Hospital East
Operating Engineers Union
Douglas
Lee Renick
International Union of Operating Engineers
Associated Press
Renick
Ernie Mohamed
William Naumann
M. M. Sundt Construction Co
McKee Construction Co
Fl Paso
Scholer
McKee
Associated General Contractors
Sundt
San Xavier Rock & Sand Co
R. E. Martin Construction Co
Mountain View-Benson Highway
Contractor Association
W. A. Gray
Ghost of Courtland Was No Ghost No More
The so called Ghost of Courtland, seen near a mine shaft on Saturdays, was exposed as a 55 year old Courtland resident. Joe C. Berume of the International Detective Agency tracked the ruse with his dog Patsy. The man admitted posing as Espanto to keep his teenagers home on Saturday nights.
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Courtland
Tombstone
Joe C. Berume
International Detective Agency of
Tucson
Patsy
Berume
Rerome
Pete Miller
Miller
Espanto
Vacation Ad mailer blurb urges call for daily postcard service
A short, dated style notice urges readers to call MA 2.5855 to receive PEA NUTS and the CITIZEN delivered to their vacation address daily with no extra charge.
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Pea
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