United States liner launched as potential troop transport
The United States liner, largest U.S. passenger ship, was floated from a flooded drydock at Newport News. Built as a naval transport with secret defense features, the 990-foot, 51,500-ton vessel will carry 2,000 passengers, 1,000 crew, and a 14,000-troop capacity, with a speed around 30 knots and possible transatlantic service next summer.
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Newport News
United States
John M. Franklin
United States Lines
Britain
Franklin
Tom Connally
Texas
North Atlantic
Tropics
Arctic
Senate Legalizes Koestler Entry
The Senate approved and sent to the House a bill to admit Arthur Koestler, once a Communist, now a writer, for permanent residence. Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon, faced quota and antisubversives law obstacles. the judiciary committee endorsed waiving these limits, noting his help in combating communism.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Arthur Koestler
Koestler
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S
Hero's Reward Is Deed To Home
Joseph Kristapovich, blinded in a South Pacific World War II mine sweeping incident, received the deed to a home after five years of fundraising by Peru townsfolk. Trustees Clarence Chariton and John Cusick distributed the final funds totaling 11,050.62 dollars, ending the trust. Kristapovich works at the Westclox plant in Peru.
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Peru
Joseph Kristapovich
Kristapovich
South Pacific
Clarence Chariton
John Cusick
Westclox
Weather forecast for Tucson and vicinity mood shows clear conditions
Forecast calls for clear skies tonight and Sunday in Tucson with no change in temperatures. Other cities like Albuquerque and Phoenix show varied conditions from clear to showers, fog, and hazy in scattered reports. High and low records are listed for historical context, with moonrise and moonset times noted.
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Tucson
Todas
Tucson Tome
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffato
Casper
Cleveland
Detroit
Paso
Plagstaff
Arte
Kansas City
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Phoenis
Reno
Sal Lake City
Fee
San Antonio
Flood Areas Face New Rain As Kansas Braces For More
Heavy rain forecast adds to flood damage across Kansas with rivers rising and hundreds evacuated. Red Cross workers aid disaster zones while National Guard units are alerted. In Hays Big Creek overran banks flooding about 40 to 50 blocks displacing 3,000 residents. Manhattan Blue River flooded sections 100 blocks long and two to three blocks wide. Kansas River crest approached six feet above flood stage between Manhattan and Topeka.
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Kansas
Red Cross
National Guard
Hays
Big Creek
Manhattan
City Hall
Kansas City
Topeka
Midwest
North Atlantic
Lake Superior
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Rockies
Abilene
Tex
Yuma
Ariz
Duluth
Minn
Safeway Store Permit Delayed by City Board Standoff
Safeway Stores faces delays as the city board of adjustment will not meet until July 18 to rule on elevation plans for a southwest corner East Broadway Norris Avenue grocery. Four members remain, with one vacancy to be filled July 2. a five member vote is needed for action. The contractor says funds are tied up and delaying costs rise while board members differ on the plan, potential court action possible.
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Safeway Stores, Inc
East Broadway
Norris Avenue
City Board of Adjustment
Byron Ivancovitch
James Brady
Frank Drachman
Henry
Janstadt
Ter
Harry Sellers
Murray J. Schiff Construction Co
Real Hot Piano Catches Fire at Melvin Rodney Club
Firemen said a cigarette caused a blaze that broke out after hours at Melvin Rodney's nightclub destroying the cafe. The loss was set at 35000 dollars.
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Hollywood
Melvin Rodney
Grain Pits Close Saturday Trading This Summer
Chicago board of trade ends Saturday trading for June through September by a 537 to 515 vote. Minneapolis and Omaha exchanges also close Saturdays this summer, with Minneapolis planning a membership vote next week. Kansas City board of trade remains open.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Chicago Exchange
Minneapolis
Omaha Grain Exchange
Kansas City Board of Trade
Three Time Schedules Set for Grays Harbor County
Grays Harbor County Washington adopts three time zones for summer. Eastern inland area remains standard time while Aberdeen Hoquiam and central district use daylight saving. North Beach area follows a three day cycle with clocks at 6 p m shifting between daylight and standard time to aid local taverns and resorts and visiting tourists from Tacoma and Seattle.
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Montesano
Wash
Grays Harbor
Pacific Ocean
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
North Beach
Puget
Tacoma
Seattie
Nixon Calls For Complete Victory
In Des Moines on June 23 Senator Richard M. Nixon urged settling the Korean War with a total victory. He warned appeasement costs and said immediate end would require concessions such as seating Communist China at the UN. If not won in three months, he proposed a naval blockade and intensified actions against China.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Richard M. Nixon
Births at St Marys Moepit and Tucson Medical Center
Birth announcements list newborns at St Marys Moepit and Tucson Medical Center. Parents include Marion Youngs, Smo 22. Benny Dixon, S. Mainst. William L. Wagner, 1031 S. Seventh Ave. Blair Johns, N Tyndall Ave. Ralph Montegro. Arnold Hernandez. James Owens, 40 E Lee St. Bruce Kelley. Thomas Knipp. Gilbert Bernstein. Times and dates in June shown for each birth.
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St. Mary's Moepit
Dore Te
William L. Waener
Blair Johns
N. Tyndall Ave
Ralph B. Montenegro
E. 27Th St
Arnold Hernandez
N. 12Th Ave
Filom
Tucson Medical Center
James Owens
Lee St
Bruce Kelley
Princerd
Thomas Knipp
Higgins Lane
Gilbert Bernstein
Spring St
Tucson Legal Notice of Assessment Hearing 1951
The Mayor and Council of Tucson fix a time and place for hearing on the assessment for the park district improvements begun under Resolution No 90 and Contract No 164. The notice states the work recorded in the assessor's records and filed in the City Clerk and Superintendent of Streets offices. Hearing set for July 16, 1951 at 7 PM in City Hall council chamber.
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City of
Tucson
Imaside
Tucson Bond Issue for City Improvements Detailed in Notice
The City of Tucson announces the issuance of improvement bonds under Article 2 Chapter 16 Arizona Code to cover work costs. Bonds are payable from a special fund via annual installments of $25 or more, with interest at 2.5 percent, the first due January after collection. Resolution 2404, dated June 18, 1951, authorizes the issue. City Clerk Carl M Hitt signs the notice.
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Yor
Arizona
Tucson
City of
CARL M_ HITT
Edwin E Newbold
Ruth C. Newbold
Board of Supervisors
Pima County
Fire calls highlight multiple blazes in city area
Over 24 hours, South Tucson and Catalina volunteer units respond to five incidents. Armando and Alfonso Ruiz owned a building with a wholesale fish business that burned on West 29th Street and South Ninth Avenue, with losses around 50 000 dollars. Other calls include a 200 dollar loss at East 36th Street and South Tyndall Avenue for an auto fire and a false alarm on Campbell Avenue.
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A.m
South Tucson
Southside
Pima Merchant Patrol Fire Service
West 29Th Street
South Ninth Avenue
Armando and
Alfonso Ruiz
Pon Gin
Walter Laos
Catalina Merchant Fire Service
Bellevue Ave
Pima Merchant Fire Service
East 36Th Street
South Tyndall Avenue
Catalina Fire Service
N. Campbell Avenue
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Justice Court
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Warne Huish
Michael Fitone
Ee Soltero
Jose Params
Jake L. Kee
Ernest Roberts
Superior Court
Mercer Johnson
Lee Garrett
Robert S. Tullar
Mary Ellen James
Nancy Jane Japp
Lawrence B. Japp
Builders Lumber & Supply Co
Dudley A. Dobry
Harold A. Brooks
Antonia R. Borbon
Cornelia Abbott
Bernard E. Abbott
Florence Laub
Clarence J. Laub
Rosa T. Rodriguez
Frank C. Rodriguez
Margaret Armstrong
Eric E. Armdivorce
Evan E. Norton
Gertrude N. Norton
Gard
Ann Huot Gard
E. Adams
William G
Marian Huot
Donald L
Bring’s Funeral Home Chapel
Auburn
Drachman and Sellers
Ivancovitch and Brady
City Atty
Thomas J. Elliott
F.H.A
Mr. Grady
Golden Rule Realty
N. 4Th Ave
First Southern Baptist Church
East Speedway
North Third Avenue
J. W. Howell
KCNA
God
Selwyn
Synodical Conference
Wisconsin Synod
Lutheran Churches
The
Lutheran Church
KOY
Prix
KOPO
GRACE
NO. Ist Ave
EF. Arnold Litz
Good Shepherd
Pima S.S
Adnit
Robt. Hochmath
Redeemer
E. Yavapai RD
Christian Day School
Norman Berg
7Th Ave
Fifth Ave
V. H. Winter
Nixon
Assembly of God Church
Young People
Holy Ghost
Kk. E. Webb
Church OF Religious Science
North Sixth Avenue
Church OF Christ In Christian Union
Harry Welch
West 44Th St
Coronado Baptist Church
Stone Ave
Rev A. &. Hiddams
Bible School
Emmanuel (Southern) Baptist Church
North Maple
Fucene Stone Pastor
First Baptist Church
A. Sixth Ave
Fifth St
FIRST
Southern Baptist Church
Speedway
North Third Ave
Selwyn S. Smit
8.S
North Tucson Baptist
North First Ave
Ross Patridge
RIRLF
East North
Campbell and Grant
Church OF Christ
Country Club
Wallace Layton
Christ
Mabel St. Quentin Fanning
First Church OF Christ Scientist Eath
ST. Philip’s-In-The-Hills Episcopal Church
St. Philip's Plaza
George Ferguson
First Methodist Church
East Fourth and
Park Ave
Richard J Dunlap
Catarina Methodist Church
Maurice G. Ballenger
EV Lutheran Church Shrine Club
E. A. Hoefer
Faith Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
East Fifth Street
Raymond Buck
Glace Lutheran Church (Synodical] Conference
E. Arnold Litz
Faith Lutheran Sunday
South Side
Government Heights
Indian School Road
West Lincoln
Betuel Christian Reformed Church
North
Bird
G. B. Boerlyn
Pastor Telephone
OUR Saviour'’S Evangelical Lutheran Church
N. Campbell Ave
Helen St
George A. Spindt
First Church OF the Nazarene E
Disciples of Christ
E. Speedway
Euclid
Harold L. Langer
Presbyterian Church OF the Covenant East
Ronald M. Straus
Christian & Missionary Alliance
First Ave
E. Adams St
William J. Foley
Mountain View Presbyterian Church
East Third St
First Congregational Church
Trinity Presbyterian
Third St
Fourth Ave
Glenn C. McGee
D.D
Dale E. Hewitt
Church
3Rd St
George Clifford Vance
Unitarian Church
Miles School
Broadway
Dan Hantingtons
Fens
ST. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Std
16Th Street
Lewis Sasse
T. M
Church School
ST. Paul's Church
Palo Verde
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
North Mountain Ave
4Th Street
John W. Ellison
Grace Episcopal
Church Stone Ave
Jerry Wallace
First Church OF the Nazarene
Jualy
Evangelistic Service
KTUC
J. Erleen Moore, Jr
J. Homer Boyd
Richard E. Kolb
Alvernon Addition
Wasamaton Heights
Siris
BEC Air Improvement District
Bel Air Subdivision
Desert Highlands
Halcyon Road Improvement
Wiorrumst
Miracle Mile Agency
Manor Impr Mueraiss
Miractenee Manor
Campbell Estates
San Clemente
Country Club Heights
Tucson Glvd
Broadmoor
Vista Hermosa
Vista Hermosa Homesites
Rainbow
Whitestone
Ayers
Davis Subdivision
Pershing
Whitestone Lot
Wun
N. 6Th Ave
E. St. St
Beal
E. E. Matteson
W. E. Epps
Sleeth Chapel
R. S. Beal
Malotte
Kohlmann
Earle E. Matteson
B.Y.P.U
T.N.T
Moore
M. A. Wuerschmidt
E& Broadway
Electric Company
Parker-Kerr
Stone
Eels
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