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Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1956

Page

2

Kidnaping Plot in Washington Becomes Farce Says Report

The Senate subcommittee released secret testimony by fugitive Soviet aviator Peter Pirogov about a head to head clash near the White House restaurant. He said Russian agents and U S government agents clashed in a hallway as a planned kidnaping unraveled into an all American melee with Pirogov and Antoly Barzoy involved.

Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Peter Pirogov White House Subcommittee U.S Pirogov Antoly Barzoy Barzoy Washington Russia Pirogovy Barzov Three Musketeers FBI Central Intelligence Agency Immigration Service

All Nurses To Quit At San Manuel

Eight nurses at San Manuel Hospital in Ariz called for resignations starting Monday over dissatisfaction with management. They will work voluntarily 10 days to keep staffing. Magma Copper Co officials were asked to investigate. an investigation was agreed to but no start date given. Dr. P G Schnabel has been chief surgeon since 1955.

San Manuel San Manuel Hospital Magma Copper Co P. G. Schnabel

Rainey Convicted Of Slaying In Manslaughter Verdict

Harry Rainey, a 48 year old building contractor, was found guilty of manslaughter by a Superior Court jury after a four day trial over the July 3 stabbing death of Charles Wesley Miller. Sentencing set for 10:30 am June 25. Miller died Aug. 5 at Pima County Hospital following the altercation at 1102 E 35th St. Prosecutors Jack Podret and George Morse led the case. defense attorneys were Richard Roylston and Leonard Everett.

Harry Rainey Charles Wesley Miller Rainey Robert S. Tullar Miller Pima County 35Th St

New Books At Library

Carnegie Free Library adds titles including Eisenhower the President by Merle J Musey an appraisal of his presidency and administration Other new books include The Last Hurrah by Edwin O Connor Your Own Beloved Sons by Thomas Anderson The Paradise Bird by Howard Otway A Thing of Beauty by A M Cronin The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz as told to Ronald Downing Delinquency by Herbert Bloch and Frank T Flynn John D Rockefeller Jr by Raymond B Fosdick Speak Up by Harlan Martin Adams and Thomas Clark Pollock The Original Has This Signature W Kellogg by Horace R Powell The Story of the Earth by Richard Carrington The New High Fidelity Handbook by Irving Greene and James Radcliffe Foundation of Philately by Winthrop Boggs Electrons Waves and Messages by John R Pierce Wanted for Murder by Nancy Rutledge Horror on the Ruby XII by Frances Crane and 3 Witnesses by Rex Stout

Eisenhower Merle J. Musey Carnegie Free Library Edwin O'Connor Thomas Anderson Howard Otway A. 4. Cronin Slavomir Irving Greene James Radcliffe Foundation of Philately Winthrop 5. Boggs John R. Pierce Nancy Rutledge Frances Crane Rex Stout

Three Denver Boys Burned In Ball Bomb Blast

In south Denver, a homemade live five pound bomb exploded during a catch game among about two dozen youths. Three boys Greg Loney 16 Gene Columbus 16 and Danny McKenna 15 suffered burns as they dismantled the device with a rock icepick and fork. Police investigate source and say the boys did not know it was live.

Denver Greg Loney Gene Columbus Danny McKenna

Air line Sets City Departure Record Amid Heat Wave

American Airlines reported a New York heat wave boosted travel with 6,394 people leaving the city on its planes in one day, the most ever for a single commercial carrier from New York. The figure reflects departures from the city on its flights yesterday.

New York American Airlines

Union And Steel Firms Try Again

Negotiating teams for the Big Three steel companies and the United Steel Workers of America met in New York to break a contract stalemate after the union rejected managements first offer. If no deal by June 50, contracts expire and a strike could loom in the pivotal industry. Four man teams from each side sought a starting point at the Hotel Roosevelt, but optimism was low due to widely contrasting positions.

New York United Steel Workers of America Hotel Roosevelt

Home Burned To Silence Memories

A 32 year old Dallas mother admitted arson to hide sorrow from a brick home she said held a child’s death last October and a premature birth in December. She said her husband left after the losses and she slept in the death room. She was released on bond and her two other children were placed with her parents.

Dallas Tex L. W. Moore Decemer

Old Bones Found On Indiana Farm

In Auburn Indiana the curator of the Chicago Museum of Natural History planned to examine bones found on the Howard D Grimm farm east of town. Telephoned descriptions led him to believe the nearly complete skeleton is that of a mastodon, a prehistoric elephant-like animal that roamed North America about 9 000 years ago. A ditching contractor Arthur Yarde of Garrett uncovered the bones, and the skull measures four feet wide.

Auburn Ind Chicago Museum “of Natural History North America Arthur Yarde Garrett Howard D

Word Puzzle Clue List Across and Down Items

A long mixed list of crossword style clues including Knocks Glut Young goat Olive genus Point Augment Vocalize Eyes Scot Wait upon Snare Stitches Passageway Dance step See ing Bay Mexic Indian Adjective suffix Shovel Relatives Contend Residence Compass naint Salty drops Prevaricator Polynesian chestnut Bring into being Topsy's friend One opposed Coal Fortune Cross Goddess of discord Wonder and fear Body joint Down clues cover Rose genus Dismounted Confined Wise men Article Monkey Subject of a sermon Added Souvenir The President Haunt Tidings River Island Wooden seat Out of meat Slave Early Briton Drug plant Apart Murder Absolutely Allude Presently Invisible emanation European linden Otherwise Old musical note Solemn promise Porive a nail slantingly

Coal Fortune Cross Wonder River Island

Peru Election Hinges On Nonexistent Left Party

In Lima a three candidate Conservative race unfolds to succeed Gen. Manuel Odria. Aprista party strength remains uncertain yet seen as pivotal as voters, including 500000 women voting for the first time, may tilt the result amid bans and calls for unity and return to legality.

Lima Peru Aprista Party Odria Jose Luis Bustamante Apristas Aprista Belaunde National Democratic Youth Party Lavalle Jia Prado

Bill to bury unknown soldiers at Arlington Memorial Day 1948

The House Armed Services Subcommittee approved a bill to inter unknown World War I and World War II Korean War soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery near the Unknown Soldier. It calls for Memorial Day ceremonies in 1948, with construction of two crypts and alterations to the Tomb estimated at 457000 dollars.

Washington IPHA House Armed Services Arlington National Cemetery

Little Engine That Could Author Frances Ford Dies

Frances M. Ford 102, author of the children’s tale The Little Engine That Could, died at her Drennel Hill home. A Elmira NY native, she celebrated 102nd birthday last March 27 and used the pseudonym Uncle Nat for the story. Married at 19 to Frank F. Ford, who died in 1894. The tale gained recognition in 1952 after years of uncredited publication.

Drenel Hill Frances M. Ford Elmira N.Y Ford

Request May Have Solved Robbery Case

Federal authorities seeking Floyd Baptista on charges of robbing South ern Arizona Bank and Trust Co Broadway Village office to seize a material witness in Amarillo Texas may have cracked an Amarillo robbery. Baptista faces trial next Thursday. FBI in Amarillo planned to arrest Louis Michael Stoian 22. Stoian was found with a revolver and $165 and identified as the man who held up Frontier Loan Service in downtown Amarillo last Thursday by a Joan company employee.

Floyd Baptista Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Co Broadway Village Amarillo Texas Baptista Federal District Court FBI Louis Michael Stoian Stoian Frontier Loan Service Joan Company

Two Storm Dead Found In Gulf Storm

Bodies of two seamen washed ashore at Long Beach Mississippi after the tug May Dee sank in a Gulf storm. One identified as chief engineer Louis Lynch 55 of Texas. An 18 year old unidentified youth remained missing. coast guard had said 14 aboard but crewmen reported 16 aboard. Nine were rescued by a sister tug.

Long Beach Miss Louis Lynch Texas Coast Guard

Acid Makes Plants Grow

Washington report from the Agriculture Department states gibberellic acid doubles or triples the height of certain plants and trees after several weeks. Roses, petunias, and sunflowers grew 1.5 to 3 times taller with tiny doses, while some forest trees showed similar gains. Some pines and white spruce had only slight increases and peppers and tomatoes showed no fruit growth.

Washington P—Agriculture Department Japan Texas

Murder Trial Alibi Cited by Robbery Suspect

William J. Couture, 43, on trial for robbery, testified he could not be the thief because he was in another part of the city at the time the robbery occurred while police allege a murder attempt was involved in the case.

Boston Wiliam J. Couture

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