Road Scraper Mystery Solved By Arizona Engineer
A Tucson Daily Citizen note reveals a letter seeking the return of a Pima county road scraper. County highway engineer George Grove explains the device was not lost but undergoing repair after overwork on rough roads, with the maker identified as Arizona K Mayer by puzzle’s writer.
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Bendick Installed as Mesa Mayor after Council Vote
Frank E. Bendick was sworn in as Mesa mayor after a Tuesday night council vote. He succeeds George N. Goodman and has served on the council for two years. Four new councilmen were installed prior to his election, with two holdovers remaining.
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Passage Of Flood Control Is Near
The Tucson flood control project appears poised for congressional passage with a 2.3 million authorization for flood control and navigation. The conference report returns to House and Senate for approval as part of a 129.4 million total, plus river and harbor projects across Texas, California, Oregon, Washington and Oklahoma.
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Wife of Coast Oil Man Ralph Lloyd Dies at 68
Beverly Hills, Calif. June 16. Mrs Ralph B Lloyd, 68, wife of the noted independent oil man who founded the Oil Producers Agency of California, died Wednesday after a long illness.
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Lavoptik Eye Drops Ad Details Comfort and Claims
Be careful with your eyes and avoid dirty fingers. Lavoptik soothes tiredness burning soreness itching inflamed or granulated eyelids. Claims 20 years of success and thousands praise with money back promise. Advertisement.
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Youths Sentenced to 199 Years in Gang Slayings
In Chicago on June 16 two youths James Morelli and Lowell Fentress were sentenced to 199 years after being convicted by a criminal court jury for the slayings of garage owner John Kuesis and two others, Theodore Callis and Emil Schmeichel. The judge echoed harsh words, and the state had pressed for the death penalty calling the killings mass murders.
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Toll Of Flood Stands At 44
Portland report shows 44 known flood victims as Columbia and Fraser rivers crest. Red Cross lists 30 missing from Vanport with possible additions from a 200 person file. Levees weaker but crisis easing. five days since a major breach as patrols guard farms and industry.
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Three Nogales Veterans Awarded Bronze Stars
Three Nogales World War II veterans Alberto Manuel Marcelino Varona and Robert B Yslas were presented Bronze Stars for exemplary conduct under enemy fire. The ceremony was reported amid flood repairs and high water concerns in the region with dikes under mine and sandbag crews easing off. The river forecast showed crest near 30.2 feet and falling to flood stage around 15 feet over the next weeks.
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Body Of Drowned Girl Still Sought In Salt River
Phoenix June 16 Rescue crews resumed dragging operations in the Salt River below Stewart mountain dam to recover 15 year old Binnie Copeland of Scottsdale who drowned Monday. Deputies searched over two miles downstream from the area where her father saw her disappear. The father Fred Copeland fished upstream Monday as the girl waded with three relatives. He was dragged from the water by C H Parker after attempts to rescue failed.
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Fire Ravages Two Thirds of Rome Across Nine Days
In 64 AD a vast blaze destroyed about two thirds of Rome in a nine day inferno. Emperor Nero was reportedly thirty five miles away when the conflagration began.
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Insects Die on Their Backs Man Says Observation
A brief note from the Tucson Daily Citizen dated Wednesday June 16 1948 discusses an odd insect behavior observation noting that insects always die on their backs. The item presents a concise curiosities angle without further context.
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