San Juan Day Measured By Rainfall Skeptics In Arizona
San Juan day passes with no rain as legends and statistics clash. The piece recalls Coronado naming a river after Saint John and traditional rites of drought and rain, noting Phoenix Tucson and broader desert towns once marked by showers and revelry now fade with dry umbrellas and fading memory.
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Weather Bureau
San Juan
Michoacan
St. John
Christ
Arizona
Coronado
Mexico
Bautista
Tucson
el Gallo
Greek General Tours Front With Van Fleet
General James A. Van Fleet returned to his Seoul headquarters after a brief Korean tour with Greek army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Phrasivoulos Tsakalotos. They visited Koje Island to view POW screening and conferred in Pusan with President Syngman Rhee and other officials.
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Korea
U.P
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Phrasivoulos Tsakalotos
Koje Island
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
Holiday traffic tolls rival war losses in past six years
National Safety Council data show Memorial Day Fourth of July Labor Day Christmas and New Year holidays have claimed 8936 lives since 1946. The Korean War death toll exceeds 17000, with highway fatalities during holidays three times Pearl Harbor losses. Council president Ned Dearborn urges restraint and safer driving for the July Fourth period.
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National Safety Council
Pearl Harbor
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Korea
Dearborn
Fifty eight new laws take effect for Arizonians
Digest of acts from the 20th Arizona legislature lists changes across many areas. H B 11 raises homestead value to 12000 dollars, H B 143 boosts probation salaries, H B 171 creates county pound zones and licensing, H B 98 exempts municipal utilities from budget limits, S B 19 allows cities to set weights and measures inspection fees, S B 23 regulates gas appliance installation in rentals, S B 59 permits flag display on public buildings, S B 91 raises court reporter pay, H B 225 directs more revenue to the state general fund, H B 230 increases police personnel contributions and pension age limits, H B 66 reorganizes the Arizona National Guard, H B 142 revises adoption law, H B 245 assigns juvenile state institutions exclusive jurisdiction, H B 250 allows street extensions on state hospital land, H B 263 funds social security contributions for state agencies, H R 255 regulates 21st birthday liquor cards, S B 57 allocates 3 million for capitol additions, S B 60 allows county property sales on five year contracts, S B 97 authorizes public agencies to hire architects or engineers for new buildings.
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Board of Supervisors
State General Fund
Police Department
Arizona National Guard
Boards of Supervisors
Digest of New State Laws Effective Thursday
A digest outlines new state laws set to take effect Thursday. The agency is authorized to fix the salaries of corresponding positions. The listing notes the effective date and shows the scope of the updated regulations.
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