Eisenhower Gains Arizona Delegates Backing
General Dwight Eisenhower appeared to win the support of one of Arizona's two uncommitted delegates at the Republican national convention. Dr John Stilley of Flagstaff said Eisenhower now has a very strong leaning, while the other uncommitted delegate Rev Charles Franklin Parker of Prescott said he had a very fine impression but would remain uncommitted until meeting Taft.
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Denver
Dwight Eisenhower
Arizona
John Stilley
Flagstaff
Taft
Eisenhower
White House
Stilley
Charles Franklin Parker
Prescott
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Escape King Letter Claims Sanity and Escape Record
An at large inmate known as the Escape King, Bob Hartford, writes the Daily Citizen claiming he is sane and the king of escapers. Dr. M W Conway calls him a schizophrenic paranoiac and notes Hartford has escaped seven times. Authorities doubt his obscene literature claims and discuss potential readiness for a sanity hearing.
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Daily Citizen Today
State Hospital
M. W. Conway
Bob Hartford
Florence
Winnie Ruth Judd
Hartford
Associated Press
Phoenix
Press Association
Russia
Billions Ahead But U.S. In Red
Washington reports the government will end the year billions ahead of the deficit forecast yet still run a substantial red. Private officials project the 1953 deficit under $6.3 billion, below Truman’s $14.4 billion forecast, with taxes and military spending factors shaping the outcome.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Congress
Escapee Pair Recaptured After Florence Prison Break Near Phoenix
Two Arizona state prisoners, Stanley C. Witek and William Melvin Hoeksema, were recaptured early afternoon about a quarter mile south of Buckeye road and Lateral 16 in southwest Phoenix after fleeing Florence prison in a stolen guard car. The pair, both with prior theft and robbery records, escaped during lunch yesterday and were tracked by a large search of guards and highway patrols.
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Arizona State
Buckeye Road
Lateral
Court House
Superior Court
Florence
Stanley C.witek
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Witek
William Melvin Hoeksema
Maricopa
War Iden Lon E. Walters
Pima
Hoeksema
Jake Paben
Paben
Paden
Donald H. Hallock
Tucson
Max Klinger Jr
San Diego
Witek and Hallock
Joe Chin
North 12Th Avenue
West Third Street
Ray Smith
West Pennington Street
YMCA
Smith
William Benites
William Ross
Haskell
Pima Officials Seek County Rent Survey July Hearing
The Pima county board of supervisors agreed to ask Lloyd H Meenan director of rent control for Tucson area to prepare a rental survey for the county by July 21 He will also seek data from the Real Estate Board of Tucson The federal government offered a nationwide rental survey project and a public hearing on county rent decontrol is set for July 21 in the county.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
Lloyd H. Meenan
Tucson
Meenan
Real Estate Board of
House Fights For Shorter Wage-Price-Rent Controls
In Washington the House moves to extend wage price and rent controls while opposing President Truman. Republicans and anti administration Democrats seek Taft Hartley action in the steel strike and to curb labor representation on the wage stabilization board. The bill proposes nine to twelve month extensions with varied credit controls and awaits late floor votes. Senator Byrd backs an 80 day anti strike injunction against CIO steelworkers.
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Washington
U.P
House
Truman
R-Mich
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Mr. Truman
CIO
Cost Of Living Rises Near Peak As Wages Gain
Washington reports the living-cost index rose two tenths to 189 per cent of the 1935-39 average for the month ending May 15, approaching the January record. A quarter-million rail workers get automatic wage boosts tied to the index, with at least one cent for 100,000 workers in textiles aircraft and oil refining. Rental costs led the rise while clothing and utilities fell slightly.
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Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Baby Lillian Ready For Surgery
A 5 month old baby from Tucson Arizona arrives at L A International airport en route to St Johns hospital Santa Monica for heart surgery after observation by Dr J Francis Dammann. The mother Mrs Paul Rodriguez accompanies the child on the flight.
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Los Angeles
Tucson
Ariz
Los Angeles International Airport
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Lillian Rodriguez
J. Francis Dammann
Paul Rodriguez
Two Youths Held In Murder In Flagstaff Case
Buck Magness 19 son of a Flagstaff officer and John Pomeroy 22 of Kingman are jailed in Flagstaff amid the death of Dodge Wing a Minnesota photographer. Wing's body was found 23 miles southwest of Williams after Magness claimed he could not remember the events. Magness admitted quarreling with Wing and said he might have killed him. Pomeroy’s jailing surprised officials as he previously was reported released. A coroner's inquiry was ordered in Williams.
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Flagstaff
Buck Magness
John Pomeroy
Kingman
Dodge E. Wing
Excelsior, Minn
Magness
Joe Collins
Hawthorne
Nev
Wing
Minnesota
Williams
Nevada
Collins
Pomeroy
Thorne
Coconino County
J. Peery Francis
James W. Wilson
Las Vegas
Francis
Holbrook
Heat Records Tied As Temperatures Roar Across Arizona
The weather office reports two consecutive days of record heat. Tuesday reached 106 degrees matching a 1943 mark, with 105 the next day equalling that same old record. Morning low is 75. The forecast calls for scattered mountain showers and thunder. Arizona highs ranged 111 at Yuma to 85 at Flagstaff.
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Weather Bureau
Arizona
Yuma
Phoenix
Flagstaff
National gets ist no hitter by Erskine for Dodgers
Carl Erskine pitched the National league's first no run no hit game of the season as the Brooklyn Dodgers blanked the Chicago Cubs 5 to 0. The 25 year old righthander allowed one baserunner on a walk to Willard Ramsdell in the third inning and struck out Dee Fondy in the eighth.
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Brooklyn
Carl Erskine
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Willard Ramsdell
Dee Fondy
Taft To Reply To Ike Talk On TV Radio Tonight
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio will answer Eisenhower’s Abilene speech tonight at 4 p.m. Tucson time in a half hour program televised by CBS NBC and ABC from New York and broadcast by NBC. Taft will share time with the Belles for Bob group and participate in a question and answer session with four newspaper writers.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Tucson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene, Kas
CBS
NBC
ABC
Abilene
KVOA
KCNA
Belles
Bob
Citizens For Taft
Taft
Ward Bond
Paul Jones
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Ruth Montgomery
Washington
New York Daily News
Victor Riesel
Vance Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
Ambitious Mrs. Gorski Held on Military Impersonation Charges
Vivacious 27 year old Mrs. Joy Gorski was arrested by California FBI agents on a warrant from Tucson. She faces charges of impersonating a U S navy officer and cashing worthless checks at the Davis Monthan air base club. She allegedly married Capt Francis J Robb while still married to Lt Joseph Gorski and claimed navy credentials during visits.
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Joy Gorski
California
FBI
West Coast
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base
D-M
Coal Mine Blast Kills Three in Germany
In Dortmund Germany three miners were killed and 25 injured in a coal mine explosion. Officials cited a gas accumulation as the cause of the blast.
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Dortmund
Germany
Truman favors Taft Hartley in steel strike uncertainty
President Truman said Congress cannot dictate use of the Taft Hartley law but its application in the steel strike is under consideration. He warned the strike creates a serious situation and suggested his stance has not changed. tax cuts and Eisenhower friendship were also noted.
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Truman
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Southern Pacific Tracks Face City Study Committee
The planning and zoning department named 16 leading businessmen as suggested members of a committee to study re routing or removing the railroad barrier between downtown business and main residential areas. The mayor withheld the names but aims to form the panel for council submission soon. The group will work with the planning department to evaluate proposals addressing the so called Chinese Wall impeding growth and traffic. The proposed member list may include the citizens' off street parking panel led by Harold Adamson.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Citizens
Harold Adamson
Truman backs Canada in St. Lawrence seaway despite Senate vote
President Truman said the United States will support Canada in building the St. Lawrence seaway, even though the Senate rejected direct U.S. participation 43 to 40. He pledged administration cooperation with Canada and noted boundary commission needs for the project, while commenting on tax policy and potential Republican pledges to cut taxes.
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Washington
Truman
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate
U.S
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
USS
International Boundary Commission
Commission
Ontario
New York State
Safeway Market Fire in West Phoenix
A Safeway market in West Phoenix was gutted by fire early today with damage value unavailable. Fire also raged on the Brooklyn waterfront under the Manhattan Bridge as flames shot 200 feet high in strong winds.
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Phoenix
U.P
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan Bridge
Union chief scoffs at Truman Taft-Hartley leverage
Walter Elis, president of CIO Local 1272 at Jones & Laughlin Steel, says using the Taft-Hartley act to restore production would be a blow below the belt. He questions whether a court order could force mills to operate and quips a law cannot make a horse drink.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Truman
Walter Elis
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
President Urges Soldier Vote Law Before Year End
President Truman pressed Congress to pass a soldier voting bill before adjournment. He warned nearly 1,000,000 service members could be barred from voting unless federal law allows military ballots. He noted current law only permits voting during wartime, with peace established by the Japanese treaty on April 28.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Alben W. Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Armed Services
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