Firefighters Call for Help as Flames Spur from Truck Engine
Bridgeport firefighters battled a blaze that forced them to call for assistance not to tackle the initial fire but to douse flames erupting from the engine of their own fire truck.
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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
2
Bridgeport firefighters battled a blaze that forced them to call for assistance not to tackle the initial fire but to douse flames erupting from the engine of their own fire truck.
Robert Myers named to succeed Derek Van Dyke as chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee. Both are Republican members of the Arizona House from Phoenix.
Lamar Cotten Construction Co announced work starts July 1 on a $1,000,000 Mammoth business and housing project near San Manuel. The first Mammoth Addition No 1 homes will finish within six months, with 60 two to three bedroom houses at sale prices from 6000 to 8000 dollars. Cotten expects 200 to 300 homes within 18 months and notes six local businesses planned for the new district.
Rita Hayworth's attorneys moved in White Plains children's court to regain for her no strings custody of her two daughters Rebecca and Yasmin. The elder child's father Orson Welles and Yasmin's father Al Khan attended as the court considers dropping jurisdiction. The children, previously placed in protective custody after Hayworth vacationed in Florida, remain under court supervision for three months with schooling stipulations.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a haul of fourteen badly damaged stolen automobiles was recovered from an abandoned mine shaft. Police arrested 20 year old John O Boyle of Plymouth in connection with the thefts. Police chief Larry Kendig said the suspect used the mine pit to dispose of cars over seven months and had hundreds of dollars worth of accessories at his home.
Senator Homer Ferguson said the administration’s anti- Communist program will get high priority. Three bills aim to liquidate Communist controlled groups, ban subversives from critical plants, and strip citizenship from Communists. Senate Judiciary Committee delays persist as Republicans push to report the bills.
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