Retired SP Engineer Dies At Age 99
Funeral services were held for 9 year old John B. Smith of 1016 S. Fremont Ave. He was a retired Southern Pacific fireman and early Tucson railroader who arrived in 1886 from Bismarck North Dakota. He retired in 1907 after injuries from a 1894 Bedrock head on collision. Survived by wife Helen daughter Mrs Lorna Gray two brothers Frank Mal C Smith and sister Mrs Mia Tritch.
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Bring’s Funeral
John B. Smith
S. Fremont Ave
Southern Pacific
Tucson
Bismarck
N.D
Bedrock
Ft. Lowell
Clearwater
Smith
Helen
Lorna Gray
Frank
Linden
Wash
Mal C. Smith
Seattle
Mia Tritch
Everett
Khrushchev Sees Tension Over Navy Head in Joint Chiefs
In Moscow Nikita Khrushchev challenged U S policy noting the Joint Chiefs chair should not be a Navy man. He spoke with Air Force Chief Gen Nathan F Twining as Adm Arthur W Radford is the current chairman, a choice seen as Navy favored since 1953.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S. Navy
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
U. S. Air Force
United States
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Khrushchev
Twining
Arizonan Dies On Trip In Fatal Mexico Crash
Two Arizona men auto crashed near Navajoa Sonora while skin diving vacation. Jack Gavin of Globe was killed and Jim Mooney of Yuma, a veteran Yuma Daily Sun editor, was critically injured with a skull fracture. Mooney is in Navajo municipal hospital. Gavin is survived by wife Betty and a 15 year old daughter.
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Yuma
Arizona
Navajoa
Sonora
Jack Gavin
Globe
Jim Mooney
Mooney
Daily Sun
Navajo
Mexico
Gavin
Betty
Russians Say Nudity Seen in West Germany Is Impossible at Home
A tour group of 25 Russians including 11 women and 14 men with two Intourist guides visited West Germany on a nine day sightseeing swing. After watching nude dancers, they uniformly declared such performances are not of interest in Russia.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
West Germany
Soviet Intourist
Russia
Boy, 11, Shot In Market Holdup In Los Angeles
An 11 year old boy, Grant Higuchi, was shot in the back during a $900 holdup at a Los Angeles food market. He was sweeping the floor when a lanky gunman demanded money. The bullet entered his back near the spine and exited through the shoulder blade. He was taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital in fair condition.
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Los Angeles
Grant Higuchi
Young Higuchi
Georgia Street
Kaiser Makes Record Fast Japan Trip
Industrialist Henry Kaiser and his son Edgar conducted a rapid trip to Tokyo. They left Honolulu Thursday night, spent 9 hours 45 minutes in Japan, and returned by Saturday, completing business with Mitsubishi interests.
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Honolulu
Henry Kaiser
Japan
Kaiser
Edgar
Tokyo
Mitsubichi
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