Air pilot ferris aids Rincon forest fire drop mission
Cal Ferris, chief pilot for the U S forest service in San Francisco, maps the Rincon fire area, coordinates air drops and supplies, and explains costs and benefits of aerial attack. The report details fire size 1.9 by 4.2 miles, 3 800 acres, rugged terrain, and logistics of C47 drops to ground crews.
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Cal Ferris
Rincon
Ferris
U. S. Forest Service
San Francisco
Bill Hopkins
Frank Sylvester
Grand Canyon
Banking C47
Des Moines River Crest Reaches Record 30.19 Feet
Des Moines reports the Des Moines River cresting at 30.19 feet, about 18 feet above normal. Guards and locals managed crowds at levee sites while officials promise the danger will ease over the next day as weather stays fair.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National
Alva Glasscock
Harold A. Hensler
Iowa National Guard
3800 Acres Ablaze Over Rincon Mountains Fire
Favorable weather gave park service hope that the east Rincon slope blaze at Saguaro National Monument could be contained by tomorrow. The lightning fire has burned 3800 to 4000 acres across Turkey Creek drainage as crews including Mescalaro Hopi and Zuni Indians battle the wind and heat to hold a line and burn out inside it.
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National Park Service
Rincon Mountains
Saguaro National Monument
John Lewis
Park Rangers
Lewis
Tucson
Municipal
Hudgin Air Service
C47
Department of Agriculture
Manning
Turkey Creek
San Carlos
St. John
Giants Rally To Top Braves 2 1 At Polo Grounds
Willie Mays hit a two run homer for the New York Giants as they beat the Milwaukee Braves 2 1 at the Polo Grounds. Don Little allowed four hits as he beat Warren Spahn. Other scores from the day include Reds and Dodgers, Phillies over Cleveland, and a Wimbledon tennis note on Maureen Connolly defeating Edda Buding.
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New York
Willie Mays
New York Giants
Milwaukee Braves
Polo Grounds
Don Little
Braves
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee
Spahn
Crandall
Little
Westrum
Mays
Pafko
Guatemalan Rebel Offensive Stalls Amid Rain and Claims
United Nations reports a rebel threat of mass bombings and an emergency Security Council request. Honduran dispatches say rain slowed Colonel Castillo Armas’s advance at Esquipulis, while a government communique claims a 90 mile eastern front halt and invader retreats. American officials link arms from Czechoslovakia to peasant and union support in the unrest.
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United Nations
New York
Guatemala
Security Council
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Esquipulis
National Federation of Farm Workers
Guatemala City
Amatitlan
Puerto Barrios
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Washington
Czechoslovakia
Two Days Left For Racer Inspection
Officials warn Loap Box Derby racers there are two days remaining for the official preliminary inspection of racing cars. Delay could lead to disqualification. See page 9 for full details.
Irrigation Ditches Claim Two Mesa Children
Two young children died in Mesa area irrigation ditches as searchers located Cathey Daniels 22 months and Connie Redding 14 months. Daniels drifted a quarter mile through a lateral and headgate while parents shopped in Gilbert. Redding body found about a mile from last sighting. father injured in an auto accident and hospitalized.
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Mesa
Cathey Jean Daniels
Lloyd Daniels
Jesse Shumway
Here
Connie Lynn Redding
Months
Marion Redding
Habeeb Ranch
Daniels
Reginald Brimhall
Gilbert
Redding
Mesa Osteopathic Hospital
Reddings
SEC Eyes Bailey Case Involving Movie Venture Scrutiny
The SEC shows interest in the Seth Tom Bailey TV movie operation with potential federal securities violations. Andrew Orrick warns Tucson action on prosecution if warranted while Bailey faces bail doubts and investor losses totaling about 170 500 amid ongoing criminal charges.
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U. S. Securities Exchange Commission
Seth Tom Bailey
Pima County
SEC
Andrew D. Orrick
Bailey
Southwestern Motion Picture & Television Corp
Commission
San Francisco
Tucson
Orrick
Frank Watkins
Morris K. Udall
Richard Arlen
Robert Weid Benant
Southwest Motion Pictures
Rawhide Riley
Weidgenant
Southwest
Udall
N. Cresta Loma Sr
Rain Likely in Tucson Area as Monsoon Fringe Passes
Weather notes show a light shower potential on San Juan's day in 10 years with early drops around the valley. Nogales reports about a quarter inch of rain since 2 a.m. and Rincon mountains may see showers aiding firefighters. Temperatures hit 108 yesterday with a low of 80 and humidity between 20 and 41 percent. cooler days ahead.
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Old Pueblo
San Juan
Nogales
Rincon Mountain
Senate Sets Back Flexible Price Supports Vote
Washington Senate agriculture committee rejected the administrations flexible farm price support plan 8-7 to extend rigid supports for a year. The panel also turned down 9-6 a two year extension on wheat cotton corn rice and tobacco. Chairman Aiken predicted the full Senate would reverse the committee decision in favor of the flexible plan.
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Washington
Senate Agrculture Comitee Today
Aiken
Senate
Free outdoor events fill Tucson evening and tomorrow
A city schedule lists a free outdoor concert and public activities tonight including party registration at Tucson Land & Development Corp. and Broadway Village Drug, voter registration at 37 San Carlos apartments, a Great Books discussion on Machiavelli, an Amphitheater summer band concert, and a meterdrama at Tucson Little Theater. Tomorrow features voter registration at Southside fire station, a Tucson vs. Bisbee baseball game at Hi Corbett, and another performance of Because Their Hearts Were Pure at Lodge on the Desert.
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Tucson Land & Development Corp
E. Speedway
Broadway Village
Broadway
Country Club
San Carlos Apartments
Carnegie Library
Machiavelli
the Prince
Tucson Little Theater
Desert
Southside Fire Station
W. Aford
Tucson
Bisbee Douglas
Hi Corbett Field
Index Conference unlikely to resolve Eisenhower Churchill dispute
Brief note lists page references with topics such as Eisenhower Churchill talks, state highway department investigation, Africa tension under French rule, school board budget, Mars approach, and various sections from pages 2 to 32.
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Eisenhower
Churchill
State Highway Department
Africa
Mars
Earth
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