San Manuel to Dedicate 100000 Park in Weekend Ceremony
Civic leaders and officials gather in San Manuel for the dedication of a $100,000 community park featuring a 2 by 40 foot tiled pool, a community building with auditorium and stage, a playground, and picnic facilities. The project, built by Del E. Webb Construction Co and others, is a nonprofit venture by the San Manuel Boosters.
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An Manuel
Webb Co
Koenix
Alden Construction Co
Louis Lesser Enterprises
Los Angeles
McFarland Pushes Plans for Phoenix Channel 3 Studio
Former U S Senator Ernest McFarland announced immediate plans to build a transmitter and modern studio for Phoenix television channel 3. As a Democratic gubernatorial candidate he leads the firm that received a federal construction permit and has ordered color television gear with the transmitter to be sited on South Mountain.
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Phoenix
U. S
Ernest McFarland
Phoenix Television Channel 3
McFarland
Federal Communications Commission
South Mountain
Election Sets High School District for Four Communities
Florence residents learn a June 19 vote will decide on a single high school district for San Manuel Mammoth Tiger and Red Hill with a July 2 election to choose three school sites costing about 1 million dollars. Mammoth No 4 will be split into two precincts Mammoth Tiger and Red Hill vote at Mammoth San Manuel at home. The plan includes a high school at San Manuel and elementary schools at Mammoth and San Manuel. Currently San Manuel students attend Hayden Florence high schools. four new San Manuel elementary rooms were built last year.
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Florence
San Manuel
Mammoth
Tiger
Red Hill
Mammoth No
Hayden
Backstairs Gossip and a Presidential Necking Noises
The piece notes safes installed during the White House renovation to secure top secret documents and crown jewels, plus a Gettysburg land value surge near the Eisenhower property. It recalls the grandchildren misplacing records on the upstairs phonograph and a Thurmont scene near Camp David. It ends with a cheeky sighting of the President in a slow moving convertible outside Washington.
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White House
Architec
Mas
John Eisenhower
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Sum
Thurmont
Med
Camp David
Washington
United States
Edwards Resigns From Police After Complaint
Patrolman Jackson Edwards quits at city request after a neighbor’s son was allegedly kicked and cursed. Edwards, on the force since 1950 with a one year overseas, resigned per chief Don J. Hays following an internal investigation into the complaint.
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Jackson Edwards
Don J. Hays
Hays
Edwards
Armed Service
Car Death Near Twin Buttes Reported
Deputies investigated a fatal traffic accident near Twin Buttes last night. Lomeli died on arrival at county hospital shortly before midnight. Sanders, 25, received emergency care and was released. Traslavina, 44, said to have driven the truck, could be cited for no license. An inquest will be scheduled.
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Roberto Translavina
Sanders
Lomeli
Milne
Traslavina
Clark H. Johnson
Inquest Opens Into Pima County Traffic Fatality
An inquest into the death of David Palmer Record, Pima county's 22nd traffic fatality of 1954, was set to begin this afternoon in Coroner Clark H. Johnson's courtroom. The 35-year-old resident of 4400 S Mission Rd was killed May 25 when his car left the road and struck an embankment on Twin Buttes Road. Passenger Mrs. Violet Madden, 44, of 134 W Prince Jd, was treated for multiple injuries at St Mary's hospital.
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David Palmer
Pima County
Clark H. Johnson
S. Mission Rd
Twin Buttes Road
Mission Road
Violet Madden
W. Prince
St. Mary's Hospital
Pay Hike Voted For Women and Children in Retail Trades
The Arizona industrial commission unanimously approved raising minimum wages for women and children in retail trades from 16 to 26.40 dollars for a 4 hour week. The plan, endorsed by a six member employer employee board, affects about 600 workers earning less than the new minimum.
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Phoenix
Arizona Industrial Commission
Retiring UA Spanish Prof Dr Helen Nicholson Ends 36 Years
After 36 years on the University of Arizona faculty Dr Helen S Nicholson professor of Spanish will retire at month end She arrived in 1918 with praise from President Richard A Harvill noting deep indebtedness to her service Nicholson taught Spanish and humanities and plans to live in La Jolla California She was born in Brooklyn grew up in Englewood N J and earned degrees from Vassar Stanford and the UA before joining the faculty She previously taught at Tucson High and did social work in New York City Avalon home on North Oracle Road will be left behind as she moves to California She will visit Tucson frequently and will be joined in retirement by colleagues Miss Allegra Frazier and Mrs Julia Atkinson Keyes.
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University of Arizona
Richard A. Harvill
Uni
Versity of
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Harvill
la Jolla
Calif
Torrey Pines Rd
Tucson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Englewood
N. J
Vassar
Stanford University
Tucson High
Puerto Rico
New
Avalon
North Oracle Road
Julia Atkinson Keyes
U. of A
Allegra Frazier
Burglary Charge Labeled Attempt to Pay Traffic Fine
Denver police say Ralph Trujillo twenty seven was fined four hundred forty dollars for eleven traffic violations on May 4. He was charged yesterday with burglary in an alleged scheme to raise money to pay the traffic fines.
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Denver
Colo
Ralph Trujillo
Armed Robbers Take Cash From Ginns Liquor Store
Two men robbed Ginns Liquor at 1902 E Broadway last night about 10 25 pm slugging proprietor Tom Ginn and ordering him to lie down They rifled the cash register which held 306 and Ginn later reported his billfold with 237 missing Authorities say Ginn was unconscious during the theft and the robbers escaped with more than 500 in cash
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Ginn
Tom Ginn
E. Broadway
Teamster Pact Up For Vote In Southwest Locals
Nearly 900 members from four Teamsters locals will vote on a revised contract from 16 trucking firms in Arizona New Mexico and West Texas. The old agreement expired May 1 but work continues. Locals at Phoenix El Paso and Tucson hold joint and separate ballots at 11 a.m.
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Phoenix
Teamsters Union
Arizona
New Mexico
West Texas
el Paso
Tucson
Power Line Sale Opposed in Arizona Deal
California congressman Clair Engle warned the plan to sell U S reclamation bureau power lines to Arizona power authority could open the way to disposing federal facilities nationwide. Arizona supporters noted contracts run to 1987 for Colorado river power, while Rep John Rhodes led the bill and others testified before the House Interior and Insular Affairs subcommittee. The hearing recessed until next week.
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Washington
Callifornia
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Arizona
Arizona Power Authority
Clair Engle
House
Interior and Insular Affairs
Colorado River
Arizonians
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Harold Patten
D-Ariz
FE. A. Thomas
Power Authority Commission
Joseph Mansfield
Wellton-Mohawk
Sanctuary Established on Private Land Near Patagonia Arizona
The 10acre wildlife sanctuary on Peter Lewis’s land near Patagonia protects rare birds found nowhere else in Arizona. THE TUCSON Audubon Society helped post the area in Sonoita Creek’s watershed, aiding protection from hunters and collectors. The site holds 106 bird species and sits at about 4000 feet elevation within a notable recreation area for Picnickers.
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Patagonia
Santa Cruz County
Peter Lewis
Arizona
Tucson Audubon Society
Catalina Mountains
Lewis
Sonoita Creek
Nogales
FDR Jr. Declares Run for New York Governor Nomination
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for New York governor. After meeting with Carmine De Sapio and Charles Buckley, he indicated support from 16 of 62 counties, though no assurances were given by the leaders.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
New York City
Carmine de Sapio
Charles A. Buckley
de Sapio
Democratic National Committee
Tammany Hall
Manhattan
Buckley
Bronx County
Judge Jesse Udall Seeks Re election
Graham County Superior Judge Jesse Udall seeks another term after appointment to fill the late Judge Benjamin Blake’s vacancy. Udall, a Republican, previously served as a superior judge fifteen years ago.
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Jesse Udall
Safford
Graham County
Udall
Benjamin Blake
Jury Awards $16 000 to Landowners in Flood Control Case
A Superior Court jury deliberated nearly eight hours before ordering Pima County to pay landowners a total of 16 000 for condemned parcels northwest of East 36th Street and South Alvernon Way for the big ditch flood control project.
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Pima County
Robert S. Tullar
East 36Th Street
South Alvernon Way
Theodore Preston
Andrea Cracchiolo
Joseph Durso
Stephen Tormey
Gordon G. Aldrich
Cracchiolo
Richard B. Evans
Durso
Clifford R. McFall
W. E. Dolph Jr
Tormey
E. T. Cusick
Irene Liles
Eliza V. Reyes
Richard T. Robins
Mildred E. Lukas
Lillian May Maynard
Nellie M. Layson
Geraldine Ann Skinner
Rita Lewis Ives
Gladys E. Neill
Edna Prange
Velma A. Jenkins
Aileen Bell Saturley
Death at Grand Canyon Ruled Suicide
Coroner's jury lists Augustus S. Markert of Los Angeles as dying by his own action. The body was found in a car on the Grand Canyon north rim with a bullet wound to the head.
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Grand Canyon
Augustus S. Markert
Los Angeles
Puerto Rican Nationalist Lebron Testifies in House Shooting Trial
Dark eyed Mrs Lolita Lebron told federal court she begged to die with three other Puerto Rican nationalists in the March 1 shooting at the House of Representatives. She said they expected to die as a sacrifice to Puerto Rican independence and did not intend to kill.
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Washington
Lolita Lebron
Lebron
Congress
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
Five Catholics to be named saints by Pope Pius XII
The Vatican plans a public canonization of five beatified Catholics led by 14 year old prodigy Domenico Savio and missionary Pierre Louis Marie Chane. Also honored are Gaspare De Bufalo Jose Pignatelli and Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa in St. Peter's Square ceremony drawing about 300000 mourners.
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Vatican City
Pacific
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Square
Prus X
Pierre Louis Marie Chane
Marist Missionary Fathers
Fatuna Island
Tonga
Gaspare de Bufalo
Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood
Jose Pignatelli
Order of Jesuits
Italy
Clement XIV
Domenico Savio
Mexico Fire Roars On Through Timbered Mountains
A major Mexican forest fire continues to rage through heavy timber near the Arizona border. The blaze covers more than 60,000 acres, threatening grasslands as cattlemen fear an expansion. Soldiers from Hermosillo and Nogales are fighting the blaze but remain unable to check it.
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Douglas
Arizona
Hermosillo
Nogales
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