Ford stock may be sold to public investors
Ford Foundation plans to sell part of its 3.09 million Class A shares to diversify holdings, potentially launching a public offering late 1955 or early 1954. Expected price around 60 to 70 dollars per share after a possible stock split. initial owners include the Ford family with 172,645 Class B voting shares.
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James Couzens
Yumans Seek Early Suit Against County Officials
The attorney for elected Coconino County officials says he hopes the case on salary boosts, tied to the 22nd Legislature’s first class county decision, reaches Superior Court before July 1. Judge Warren McCarthy will decide. Judge H. L. Russell has disqualified himself.
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Sailors Barred From Nippon Port
In Yokohama Japan port authorities barred the entire crew of the American freighter Indian Mail from ashore for deliberate disregard of regulations. All but six were allowed ashore after the American consul intervened. The crew failed to return landing passes issued earlier in the year while the Indian Mail, operated by American Mail Line, visited Yokohama.
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Tucsonian Writers' Award Recipients Named
SANTA ROSA Calif Two Arizonans win Western Writers of America awards for 1954 entries John Prescott Flagstaff Ariz receives best in historical class for Journey by the River Nelson S Nye Tucson chosen as top critic of the year.
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John Prescott
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Tucson
Brokenhearted Wife Seeks Truth After Husbands Affair
A wife writes of a two and a half year marriage disrupted by her husband’s infidelity while stationed abroad. She found a letter from a Chinese lover and asks how to forgive. The adviser declares the marriage damaged beyond repair and urges departure from the relationship.
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Navy
China
Molly
The Truth About Marriage And Childbearing
Dear reader should reveal inability to bear children before marriage. Expert counsels against concealing infertility and urges honest disclosure to avoid future resentment. The column emphasizes fairness and the risk of marriage without disclosure, urging immediate truth to protect both partners.
Fort Worth publisher Amon G. Carter dies at 76
Amon G. Carter, 76, Fort Worth Star-Telegram founder and lifelong booster, died at his home after a long illness. The oil millionaire and civic powerhouse built Fort Worth into a leading city with Shady Oak Farm as a social hub and influenced regional growth for decades. He hosted presidents and celebrit ies and left a lasting civic legacy including an air field and university stadium named in his honor. His death ends a career marked by bold vision and aggressive city building.
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Sand Union Talks Fail To Schedule New Contract Sessions
Four union groups and the Arizona sand and gravel industry failed to set further talks as the current pact for about 500 workers expires June 30. The last meeting occurred yesterday with unions including Teamsters locals 83 and 310 and 428 Operating Engineers plus the Arizona District Council of Labor. The unions want wage hikes and benefits. the industry offered a one year renewal.
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Mrs Rose Swiney Dies After Long Tucson Residency
Mrs Rose Swiney 91 a Tucson resident for 40 years died yesterday at a local rest home. She homesteaded near what is now the area south of Wilmot Road between Broadway and 22nd Street in the early 1920s and served for many years as an assistant librarian at the Carnegie Library. Arizona Mortuary handles funeral arrangements.
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