Man with WWII flame thrower plans July court trial
Melvin Ray Gilbo 27 faces superior court trial July 13 after a sanity board found him competent to stand trial for arson charges. He was arrested May 15 for allegedly setting a South Side garage fire at 2223 S Fourth Ave. Gilbo, recently in Tucson with his wife, said strain from long hours and drinking affected his mind.
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Melvin Ray Gilbo
Malwina T. Lemmle
Charles P. Neumann
Robert 5. Tullar
Gilbo
Oregon
S. Fourth Ave
Gisbo
Tucson
Pegler Conflicts Over Exhibit in Reynolds Libel Suit
Westbrook Pegler maintained under oath that two conflicting statements about an exhibit were both true in the $500,000 libel suit by Quentin Reynolds. The exhibit, a 1943 Tablet article about Reynolds's 1942 Collier's interview with Cardinal Hinsley, challenged Pegler on whether he had seen it before writing the column.
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New York
Westbrook Pegler
Quentin Reynolds
Pegler
Louis Nizer
Reynolds
Nizer
the Tablet
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Westminster
Collier's Magazine
Cardinal Hinsley
America
Russia
McCarthy Defends Record as Hearings Continue
Senator McCarthy rejects charges of pressuring on behalf of Schine and argues there were no improper favors sought. He disputes Army and staff testimony while noting contradictions in Adams and Stevens accounts as Jenkins pressed for clarity during the continued Senate investigations.
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Jenkins
McCarthy
Pvt. G. David Schiné
Schine
Sen. Flanders
R-Vt
Senate
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Government Operations Committee
Senate Elections
Flanders
Lawton
John G. Adams
Army
Monmouth
Adams
Stevens
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
MacCarthy
Cohn
Roy M. Cohn
Drew Pearson
Alsops
Pearson
Alsop
Joseph W. Jr
Stewart
New York
V’aldor
Wisconsin
Vermont
Starkweather Blasts Ties Between Paving and Zoning
M H Starkweather chair of the city planning and zoning commission criticized linking paving requests with zoning decisions. He urged closer liaison with the city council after the council stalled zoning action on Stone avenue between Drachman and Oro streets. The council later asked for paving cost reports while approving rezoning in several areas.
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Jim Hart
M. H. Starkweather
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning and Zoning Commission
Starkweather
Stone Avenue
Drachman and
Oro Streets
Forrest Priser
J. Luther Davis
Davis
Andre Faure
The
Commission
Tucson Inn
Tao
the Inn
Mabel Street
Tucson Boulevard
East 10Th Street
Sixth Street
Main Avenue
State Attacks Mountain States Tax Rise Demand
The Arizona corporation commission hearing saw Max A. Millett testify that Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co could borrow at lower interest for expansion, while the state argues no need for the requested rate hike and challenges the claimed higher investment value in Arizona.
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Phoenix
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Arizona
Max A. Millett
Phoenix Certified Public Accountant
Arizona Corporation Commission
Mountain States
Sullinger Files Petitions For County Recorder Bid
Nomination petitions with 1 575 signatures support Anna Sullinger at the board of supervisors for the September 7 primary. She filed midway between the 559 minimum and 1 860 maximum required for county wide Democratic candidates. Petitions may be submitted through July 19 for the September primary.
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Anna Sullinger
County Recorder
Board of Supervisors
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Distributor Service Motor Parts, Inc
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Ponderosa
Room & den
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Maze
CNL
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