Drag Racing Crackdown Moves Through Tucson Courts
Justice Edward J. Valeski announced a crackdown on drag racing citing the Mt Lemmon and Sabine Canyon roads. He warned drivers of five days to six months for reckless driving with harsher penalties for repeat offenders, referencing a fatal May 29 Mt Lemmon accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Valeski
Valeski
Mt. Lemmon Road
Sabine Canyon Road
Mt. Lemmon
Ignacio Leal
E. Julia St
Lloyd R. Lewis
Superior Court
Davis-Monthan Air Base
Judge Dismisses Pima County Tax Claim Against Hughes Aircraft Co
U S District Judge James A Walsh denied a $366 691 82 tax claim by Pima County on Hughes Aircraft Co property, ruling the federal government owned the plant and land after Feb 4 1952 making it tax exempt. The suit filed April 12 1956 noted 1952 1953 levies of $192 168 72 and $174 523 10.
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Pima County
Hughes Aircraft Co
U. S
James A. Walsh
Hughes Co
Hughes
Walsh
Tucson
Amphitheater
Sunnyside
U. S. District Court
Lyle Allen
U. S. Atty
Mary Ann Reimann
Monster 40000 Acre Alaska Fire Rages Near Fairbanks
A vast 40,000 acre forest fire roars at Beaver Creek about 30 miles north of Fairbanks Alaska with backfiring crews and tractors stabilizing the scene. Officials warn hotter drier weather could worsen the blaze, potentially burning over 50,000 acres. Several other large fires burn near Venetie Nation River Grant Creek and Caribou Flight Strip north and east of Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Beaver Creek
Here
Fred Varney
Bureau of Land Management
Venetie
Nation River
Grant Creek
Caribou Flight Strip
Tucson Pianist Constance Knox Wins Eastman Graduate Assistantship
Constance Knox of Tucson has earned a graduate assistantship at Eastman School of Music in Rochester. She will teach or accompany while pursuing a master's in music. A University of Arizona graduate with high honors, Phi Kappa Phi, she studied with Julia Reibel and performed with the Tucson Symphony and UA Symphony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Knox
Tucson
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Miss Knox
Julia Rebeil
University of Arizona
Phi Kappa Phi
Tucson Symphony
UA Symphony
Salpointe High School
All Saints Catholic Church
A. F. Knox
E. Hampton
Kiddie Patrol Helps Nab Traffic Violators
In Memphis Tennessee volunteer children patrol streets with signs reading Children at Play Slow and Stop they record license numbers of violators and hand them to traffic police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Imposter BBB Targeting Miramonte Terrace Residents
Norman Perry of the local BBB warns of an impersonator active in the Miramonte Terrace area. The man, calling on homes to sign a petition to bar door to door sales, remains unidentified and the BBB says no such campaign is underway.
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The
Better Business Bureau
Miramonte Terrace
Norman Perry
BBB
Perry
Texas bank official found dead at cemetery
Donald R. Stallknecht, 55, a Bracketville First State Bank executive vice president, was found dead from a gunshot in a cemetery. A note in his car cited continual headaches. officials say the bank is in good shape and that the death likely has no bank ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bracketville
Tex
Donald R. Stallknecht
Justice of the Peace
Albert Postell
State Banking Commission
A. E. Bartberger
First State Bank of
Stallknecht
del Rio National Bank
del Rio Bank
J. Autrey Walker
del Rio
Federal Reserve System
Kinney County
John Sheedy
Bartberger
Egypt Hangs Britons as Spies Court Sentences
A Cairo court sentenced two Britons to prison on spying charges and acquitted two others. James Swinburn received five years, James Zarb ten years, while Charlies Pittuck and John Stanley were acquitted. Other co-defendants faced life terms or shorter prison sentences.
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Cairo
Egypt
James Swinburn
James Zarb
Ing Swinburn
Charlies Pittuck
John Stanley
Nasser
Suez Canal
Britain
France
Canal Zone
Alexander Reynolds
Milovan Gregorivich
Swin
Swinburn
Zarb
Pittuck
Marconi Telegraph Co
Stanley
Prudential Assurance Co
Sudan
Israel
Legislators Won’t Be Paid For Caucus
Phoenix Maricopa County legislators summoned to attend a caucus to discuss a new statehouse will not be paid. Speaker W. L. Cook ruled subsistence and travel expenses would not be reimbursed.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
W. L. Cook
D-Cochise
Valley Bank Transfers Officer To Tucson Post
Gilbert F. Bradley VNB vice president moves from Phoenix home office to Tucson to oversee general administration under Mundey Johnston. Bradley’s July 1 transfer follows a February promotion. five Tucson offices exist with a sixth under construction. Bradley, a WWII veteran, led the B24 Pistol Packin’ Mama missions and has long served in community groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert F. (Gil) Bradley
Valley National Bank
Phoenix
Tucson
Mundey Johnston
Bradley
VNB
Carl A. Bimson
Campbell Avenue
Grant Road
Miami
Valley Bank
Globe, Clifton and Nogales
Bank
Phoenix Commercial Loan Department
Germany
Italy
Clifton and Nogales
Pacific School of Banking
Seattle
Rotary
Lions
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Memorial Service Set For Doan At St Pauls Tombstone
A memorial service for Franklin Mott Doan a 29 year old murdered bank teller will be held Sunday at St Pauls Episcopal Church Tombstone starting 10 a.m. The Rev George Prendergast formerly of Tombstone will conduct the service. Doan was found dead in his Tucson apartment on May 6 after missing work at Valley National Bank police seek killer who used knockout drops tied wrists to bedposts and shot him.
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Franklin Mott Doan
Tombstone
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
George Prendergast
San Diego
Calif
Doan
Tucson
The
Valley National Bank
Pilots Watch Birds At LaGuardia Runway
Two yellow flags mark runway 9 at LaGuardia Airport with warnings to keep clear as pheasant eggs hatch nearby and birds become a hazard to planes and other marauders.
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New York
LaGuardia
Fargo tornado devastates city leaving 10 dead
A survey shows 1,464 homes destroyed or damaged as Fargo reels from a tornado that killed 10 and wounded over 80. The Red Cross reports 329 houses leveled and 1,135 damaged, with 202 severely. losses exceed 10 million dollars.
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Fargo
N. D
American Red Cross
Don Tut
Cat Lovers Lobby for Four Cat Household Limit in Hillside
Hillside town committee sets four cats per household after protests from cat enthusiasts. The panel had considered two, but public pressure shifted the cap to prevent a repeat of a neighbor’s reported 17 cats.
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Hillside
N.J
Federal help authorized for tornado flood areas in several states
President Eisenhower declared disaster relief for tornado struck North Dakota and flood damaged Illinois and Missouri areas. Civil Defense to aid local officials using federal funds, covering Southwestern Illinois floods and Missouri regions hit by heavy rains June 14 and 15, with prior disaster in Missouri May 22. Governors Barnsdale Stratton Blair received notices and messages of concern.
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Gen
Red Cross
North Dakota Agricultural College
North Dakota
John Davis
Davis
Washington
Eisenhower
Illinois
Missouri
Civil Defense Administration
Norman Barnsdale
Civil Defense
William G. Stratton
St. Louis
James T. Blair
Sanity Hearing Set In Marana Slaying
Defense and prosecution agree Whalen charged with two counts of first degree murder should have a sanity hearing before trial in Superior Court. Whalen, 29, unemployed truck driver, held without bond after remand by Justice of the Peace.
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Paul R. Whalen
Superior Court
Justice of the Peace
Norman E. Green
Freelin Huff
Marana
Green
Whalen
Leonard Everett
Richard Boylston
Raul H. Castro
Everett and Boylston
Tullar
Lawyers Newsmen Study Picture Ban In Arizona Courts
A six man committee of attorneys and newsmen was named to study a ban on photographing in state courtrooms. The Arizona Bar Association directors appointed three reps and AP editors and Arizona Press Photographers also named three members. The group will work with the Arizona Supreme Court which enforces courtroom rules.
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Castro
Justice Court
Robert S. Tullar
Everett and Boylston
Whalen
Arizona
Tullar
The
Arizona Bar Assn
Pioneer Hotel
Associated Press
Arizona Press
Prescott
American Bar Assa
Arizona Supreme Court
Arthur M. Davis
Phoenix
Timothy D. Parkman
Tucson
Keith F. Quail
Platt Cline
Arizona Sun
Flagstaff
Ivan Mashek
Arizona Republic
Phoenix Gazette
George Rosenberg
Tucson Daily Citizen
Davis
Quail
Arizona Bar Assa
James M. Murphy
Bar
Charles D. Barton
A.P. Continuing Study
Tucsonian Wins $3,000 Scholarship at Philadelphia Contest
Carlisle Dick 17 son of Marion and 0 Dick Tucson, won a 3000 scholarship in the national Alexander Hamilton bicentennial contest in Philadelphia. Arizona's entry, he met President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon, with 55 delegates from across the U.S. He will study at the College of Wooster in Ohio. He also won the American Legion state oratorical contest.
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Carlisle Dick
Marion
E. Manchester St
Alexander Hamilton
Philadelphia
Tucson
Arizona
Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
College of Wooster
Wooster
Ohio
Accident suit seeks over $100000 in Phoenix crash case
Phoenix man Richard E. Fleming 24 sues for 75000 and costs after his car stopped at a red light was hit from the rear by Louis P. Miles 56. A passenger Joanne Cooper 19 sues for 25000 and costs. Fleming alleges damages from the automobile collision.
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Phoenix—Ip
Phoenix
Richard E. Fleming
Louis P. Miles
Fleming
Joanne Cooper
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Capitol
Compromise State Capitol
State Planning and Building Commission
House
Senate
JP Valeski
Precinct Four
Clark H. Johnson
Nogales Highway
Highway Patrol
Ham Keddie
E. Grant R. Ph
Liberal Tradein
E. Speedway
PLA
Pima Savings
Stone Ave
Eastman School
Texas Bank
Gilbert Bradley
North Dakota Insurance
Shanley High School
Carlisle H. Dick
American Legion
Ruhl Flag CO
By Alvin Bring
Scott Ave
Dial MA
South Campbell
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