Shantz Returns From Africa after 31,000 mile tour
Dr Homer L Shantz former University of Arizona president and noted botanist returned to Tucson from Africa where he completed a year long 31300 mile Navy funded expedition. The 81 year old scientist documented places photographed earlier while warning of overuse grazing and rapid rainforest destruction. He was accompanied by Dr B L Turner of the University of Texas.
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Homer L. Shantz
University of Arizona
Tucson
Africa
U of A Botany Department
U. S. Navy
Navy
Shantz
B. L. Turner
University of Texas
Dixie Gas Opens New Truck Terminal and Related Facility
The grand opening covers a Dixie truck terminal at 4965 Casa Grande Hwy with washing and lubrication bays and 12 sleeping berths operated by W. H. Bill Miller. A nearby restaurant run by Jack Rankin and a remodeled terminal at 2111 Benson Hwy run by L. J. Hamby join the festivities. Dixie, El Paso Natural Gas Co. subsidiary, operates more than 150 outlets in West Texas New Mexico and Arizona.
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Dixie Gasoline
Casa Grande Hwy
W. H
Bill) Miller
Jack Rankin
Dixie
el Paso Natural Gas Products Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
West Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Benson Hwy
L. J. Hamby
Federal escapee hunted by Pima deputies after bank robbery suspect arrest
Pima County deputies pursue James Nevin Keller after his jailbreak from a federal marshal in Chicago. Keller and Doris Henderson, 21, were arrested in Tucson May 9 on bank robbery charges. Henderson allegedly fainted to aid Keller's escape in transit, while Keller has prior escapes from federal jails.
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Pima County
James Nevin Keller
Chicago
Yyowwruny
Art Grande
Keller
Tucson
Doris Jean Henderson
Miss Henderson
Pennsylvania
Phillips E
Pierce
Grande
Phillips
Patricia Ann Hicks
Hoffa Must Stand Trial On Bribery
Federal Judge Burnita S. Matthews ruled that Teamsters vice president James R. Hoffa must face a conspiracy bribery trial starting Monday. She denied defense motions to delay and refused any continuance citing lack of new matter. Co defendant Hy man I. Fischbach was also named.
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Washington
Burnita S. Matthews
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Matthews
Hoffa
Hyman I. Fischbach
Miami
Edward Bennett Williams
Actress Eleanor Parker Expecting First Child Next Christmas
Hollywood report says actress Eleanor Parker and husband Paul Clemens await their first child next Christmastime. Parker, married to Clemens since 1954, has three children with her former husband Bert Friedloch: Susan 9, Sharon 7, and Richard.
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Hollywood
Eleanor Parker
Paul Clemens
Miss Parker
Bert Friedloch
Susan
Sharon
Richard
Mesa Hearing Set On 1957 58 School Budget
A public hearing on Mesa's tentative $3,100,000 budget for 1957 58 is scheduled for July 1 at the high school cafeteria. The budget shows a $362,000 rise to fund higher salaries more teachers and two new district schools.
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Mesa
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Arnold
Grocers
Arnold Pickle & Olive CO
E. Speedway
Steinfeld
Rose Marie Reid
Little Girl
Straw Casuals
Steinfeld's Shoe Salon
Stork
Painters Warehouse
Frank W. Dunne Paints
Ft. Lowell
Stwless
Steinfeld’s Boys’ Shop
Steinfeld's Men's Shop
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