Mossadegh Wins Confidence Vote as Iran Seizes Oil Fields
Premier Mossadegh secured a 91 to 0 confidence vote in parliament amid protests at Anglo Iranian Oil Co offices. Demonstrators tore signs, supported nationalization, and threats to seize control of the company and its refinery operations. The government ordered the information office closed and prepared for possible oil valve actions if Britain resists.
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Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Mossadegh
AIOC
Iran National Oil Co
Majlis Gower
Iran
Abadan
A. E. C. Drake
Hussein Maki-Mossadegh
Maki
Drake
Allies Enter Kaesong Amid Korean Front Advances
United Nations forces push into Kaesong as Chinese troops withdraw from South Korea. Sky and ground action along the 38th parallel sees UN patrols and tank infantries probing Chinese positions while the enemy withdraws toward Wonsan. Lt. Gen. Van Fleet says the 8th Army improves daily and urges firepower buildup for possible counteroffensive.
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Tokyo
South Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
Reds
8Th Army
North Korea
Manchurian
U.N
Chorwon
Sea of Japan
Inje
No Man's Land
38Th Parallel
Wonsan
Kansong
Kumsong
U. N
Yanggu
James A. van Fleet
Serum Fund Total Reaches Over Two Thousand Dollars
The Serum fund total climbs to 2109.51 with major gifts from Tucson Rotary Club Baum & Adamson and local groups. A radio drive on KOPO from 11 to midnight at the Polar Bar Inn will encourage pledges with free ice cream rewards. Funds aim for 4500 to support Dr. Herbert Stahnke's scorpion serum production for hospitals. Collection boxes are placed at local shops including Lantern Buffet and Speedway Kiddie Land.
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Tucson Rotary Club
Serum Fund
KOPO
Polar Bar
E. Speedway
John McShane
Herbert Stahnke
Temper ‘State College
Stahnke
Retrial Date for Wilson Pending in Yuma Court
Deputy County Atty. Morris Udall asks Judge Henry Kelly to set Bryce H. Wilson’s retrial for August or September after defense attorney Harold Wheeler and Udall disagree on timing. Wheeler plans to file motions. Kelly, who presided over the first trial that ended in a hung jury, is expected next week to hear motions and schedule the retrial on charges including receiving earnings of a prostitute conspiracy and taking a bribe.
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Bryce H. Wilson
Henry Kelly
Yuma
Morris Udall
Harold Wheeler
Udall
Wheeler
Kelly
Yuman
Wilson
Truman repels Korea peace rumor and discusses policy
President Truman dismissed Korea peace rumors saying no proposal has been taken up with the United Nations and unveiled a calm news conference stance. He gave no comment on Iranian oil inflation bills and MacArthur issues while noting Inter American relations with Ecuador remain strong and he wore an Ecuadorian straw hat in the Plaza visit.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Senate
MacArthur
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
White House
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Galo Plaza
Ecuador
Langham Plans Legislature's Agenda Items
Arizona House Speaker Ray Langham outlined the items for the 20th legislature's special session to be completed by June 29. Proposals include reallocating funds from the general appropriations bill to departments at risk, emergency appropriations of 37000 for the utility rates division and 3600 for the state supreme court, and revising the general appropriations bill for civil defense after July 1. Gov. Howard Pyle and the appropriations committees planned a meeting.
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Phoenix
WUP
Arizona
Ray Langham
Langham
House Rules Committee
State Corporation Commission
Utility Rates Division
State Supreme Court
General Appropriations
State Civil Defense Office
Howard Pyle
House
Senate Appropriations Committees
El Maestro Charged With Practicing Medicine Illegally
Phoenix June 21. County Atty William Scaniland files a complaint against Ardashes Nighohossian known as El Maestro 43 a former Casa Grande cobbler for practicing medicine without a license at a desert clinic serving hundreds. He is charged with maintaining a public nuisance and unsanitary premises after a state health analysis found iodine in water. He allegedly deposited 3000 weekly in a Casa Grande bank.
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Phoenix
County
William Scaniland
Casa Grande
Hossian
el Maestro
Donald McClelland
State Board
State Health Department
el Doctor
Nighohossian
Baseball Scores From Major Leagues
Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh 10 to 5 and St Louis beat New York 2 to 0. Detroit won 9 to 3 over Philadelphia, while Chicago scored 5 to 2 against New York. Cleveland and Boston 4, and St Louis at Washington listed with incomplete or postponed results. Brooklyn at Cincinnati and Boston at Chicago were noted as incomplete or postponed games.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Letter from Korea Soldier Sparks Hope for Wife in Newark
Mrs Dorothy Long, wife of Phc Jacob Long of the 8th Cavalry, received a letter written in a soldierly hand predicting the possibility of death. The note mentions a month and a half old son and ends with faith in God. No official casualty word has reached them. The letter arrives as families await official Washington notices.
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Newark
N. J
Korea
Dorothy Long
Phc
Jacob Long
Long
Washington
8Th Cavalry Regiment
Hurley Presses Senate Probe of Yalta Surrender
Former China ambassador Patrick J. Hurley urged a full Senate probe into the 1945 Yalta deals, calling them a secret surrender to the Soviet Union that laid a blueprint for China’s later fate. He named Byrnes and some senators as complicit in keeping the deals secret. Hurley noted W. Averell Harriman’s presence at Yalta and defended Roosevelt against blame.
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Washington
China
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate
Yalta
Douglas cArthur
Hurley
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
South Carolina
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Roosevelt
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Russia
Japan
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Manchuria
MacArthur Investigating Committee
Reds
Josef Stalin
Germany
Europe
Florida community orders snow for Yale celebration
The Little River Commerce association ordered a carload of real snow to celebrate Christmas in Miami. Snow will be sourced from the mountains and sent for children to have real snowballs at a Christmastide party.
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Miami
Fla
Little River Commerce Association
Resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Marriner Eccles
Marriner S Eccles, a longtime critic of administration financial policy, resigned today as a governor of the Federal Reserve System. The letter of resignation, dated today and released by the White House, notes the move is effective July 14. No hint of policy disagreements with the Truman administration appears in the document.
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Washington
Marriner
Eccles
Administration
Federal Reserve System
Truman
White House
Senate Banking Committee Votes to Extend Controls
The Senate Banking Committee approved an eight month extension of wage price and rent controls, rejecting a rollback of prices below January February 1951 levels. A companion veto of price rollbacks remains in place and beef price rollback orders are blocked. House action aligns with similar restraint on defense contracts and small business support, with new limits on auto payments and rent ceilings.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
Irving M. Ives
House Banking Committee
Senate
Defense Secretary
Defense
Federal Reserve Board
Somerton Girl Heads Western Region FHA
Estes Park Colo June 21 A 15 year old Somerton high school sophomore is named as head of the Western Region of the Future Homemakers of America. The announcement names her mother Mrs Court- as part of the regional leadership remarks.
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Somerton Girl
Western Region
Estes Park
Colo
Yuma Valley
Westly
Gdd
Court
Tomorrow Marks Longest Day Of The Year In Tucson
The summer season begins in Tucson at 10 25 p m with about 14 hours 15 minutes of daylight. Temperatures have run over 100 daily since last Saturday and humidity ranged 13 to 32 percent overnight. The solstice signals the sun's farthest north point before turning southward with peak heat later in summer.
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Tucson
Delay in beef price posting extends to August one
Washington reports a delay in posting beef ceiling prices from June 25 to August 1. The Office of Price Stabilization says the delay aligns with a four and a half percent rollback in live cattle prices, expected to cut retail beef prices by about four and a half cents per pound. Congress may block the full cut. Kosher retailers must continue displaying price charts. Other dealers may present prices before August 1.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
OPS
Fans plead to restore Little Orphan Annie in paper
Dozens of letters and phone calls urge the Citizen to return Annie to the comic page. Tucson residents Leo B. Keith Cele Peterson Pamela Fuller and Don Pajamas defend the strip, arguing it brings joy and inspiration to readers.
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Orphan Annie
Citizen
Annie
Tucson
Leo B. Keith
Don Pajamas
D M Contract Awarded for Davis Monthan Rail Realignment
The U S army engineers awarded a contract worth about 1 million dollars to Del E Webb Construction of Phoenix and San Xavier Rock and Sand of Tucson to realign 13 miles of Southern Pacific track near Davis Monthan base. The project enables base runway extensions with rails provided by the government and a completion target of mid April 1952.
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U. S. Army Engineers Today
del E. Webb Construction Co
Phoenix
San Xavier Rock & Sand Co
Tucson
Davis-Monthan @1 force base
E. O. Earl
San Xavier
Ear
Col
Jackson Graham
Army Engineers
Sen
Carl Hayden
Couat
Davis-Monthan
Polio Claims Young Bride in Local Hospital
18 year old Mrs. William Gard died of bulbar polio at 7:40 am in a local hospital after illness this week. She lived at 902 East Adams Street and was employed at Arizona Land Title & Trust Co. The county records show 12 polio cases this year, with her death marking the first in the county this year. Funeral arrangements are set to be announced by Bring's funeral home.
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William Gard
E. Adams St
Gard
Marian Huot
E. Linden Sr
Arizona Land Title & Trust Co
Bring’s Funeral Home
Republicans Faulted Over Arizona Water Fight
Rep. Yorty accuses California GOP leaders and Nixon of failing to block the Central Arizona Reclamation project in the Senate. He says they lacked time to rally colleagues and prevent the so called Arizona grab threatening the water supply.
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Washington
Yorty
D-Calif
California
Knowland and Nixon
Senate
Arizona
Glenn M. Ander
Gen
MacArthur
Bill Veeck Buys the St. Louis Browns
Noted baseball owner Bill Veeck completes the purchase of the St. Louis Browns, taking control of the team and signaling a new era for the franchise. Details on the transaction and implications for the Browns are provided.
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Tucson
Arizona State
Bill Veeck
St. Louis Browns
Ariz
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