Tucson After Midnight A Night Shift City
A Tucson night desk reports on 24 hour work in the city. Engineers at the university power plant, post office mail sorters, truck stop crews, ambulance and police activity, Greyhound depot transport, and open night shops illustrate a city that never sleeps as workers maintain services from midnight to dawn.
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Tucson
Bill
University
A. A. Patten
Post Office
West Helen Street
Charles Doak
Greyhound
Los Angeles
Arnulfo Verdugo
Richard
Martin's
Congress
Fifth
Martin’s
Edgar Bartholomew
Dietrich Elected Insurance Chief in Tucson
Roland Dietrich was installed as president of the Tucson Association of Insurance Agents. Also taking office were Harold D. McGhee as vice president Tracy Bird as secretary and Donald Ownbey as treasurer at ceremonies at the El Conquistador hotel. Installing officer was Paul Jones, a state director of the National Association of Insurance.
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Roland Dietrich
Tucson Association of Insurance Agents
el Conquistador Hotel
Harold D. McGhee
Tracy Bird
Donald Ownbey
Paul Jones
National Association of Insurance Agents
Emergency Dimes March Set In August
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis plans an emergency March of Dimes from August 16 to 31 to raise 20 million dollars. Basil O Connor, foundation president, says the January drive raised 5.5 million but fell short of funds needed for Salk trials and gamma globulin vaccine. He notes the 1953 drive will not fund 1954 programs and urges public support.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Basil O'Connor
O'Connor
SP Requests Dismissal Of Tucson Underpass Case
The Southern Pacific asks the state corporation commission to dismiss a city of Tucson action seeking an underpass at West Speedway crossing. The railroad says 5000 vehicles use the crossing daily and that public funds should pay if protection or faster movement is desired. It argues the crossing is not inherently dangerous and offers cheaper alternatives.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
State Corporation Commission
Tucson
West Speedway Crossing
Mrs. Mollie Nelson Dies In Mesa
Mollie B Nelson 77 moved to Arizona in 1878 died in Southside District hospital Friday. She lived first in Springerville and moved to Mesa 56 years ago. She witnessed part of the Pleasant Valley feud and Geronimo in U S troops custody. Rosary 8 p m Monday requiem mass 9 a m Tuesday Queen of Peace Catholic church
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Mesa
Mollie B. Nelson
Arizona
Southside District
Springerville
Pleasant Valley
Geronimo
U. S
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Seized Tuapse Held Off Formosa Declared By Nationalists
Nationalist China announced it intercepted the Russian tanker Tuapse off Formosa and escorted it to Kaohsiung. Officials declined to discuss the tanker but reports say 40 to 50 Russian crewmen are being questioned, some seeking asylum. Poland has already claimed two seized ships, Praca and Gottwald, with possible later actions against them.
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China
Formosa
Kaohsiung
Tuapse
Russia
Poland
Praca
Red China
United States
McCarthy Beaten In Poll By Dayton Readers
Dayton Journal Herald survey shows readers split over McCarthy as hearings wind down. Male Yes 704 vs 406 No. female Yes 764 vs 481 No. Views on Stevens Adams pressure and inquiry stoppage also show divides. Journal Herald notes its independent Republican stance and opposition to McCarthy methods.
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Dayton
Ohio
Sen
McCarthy
Dayton Journal Herald
Stevens
R-Wis
David Schine
Sen. McCarthy
Army
John Adams
The
Journal Herald
Independent
Republican
Truman to be X-rayed after chest condition noted
Kansas City doctors considered X-raying former President Truman for a chest condition described as atelectasis, a partial lung collapse. They noted the development is not necessarily serious and treated like pneumonia, with antibiotics and oxygen if needed, while Truman’s overall status remained satisfactory.
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Kansas City
Wallace Graham
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Graham
Research Hospital
Trumans
Brownell Silent On Timing Of McCarthy Army Row Probe
Attorney General Brownell declined to say when the Justice Department would decide if a law was violated in the McCarthy army dispute. He said the department’s review of the hearing transcript is progressing. Senate investigators weigh perjury or misuse of secret information charges related to a document McCarthy said stemmed from an FBI report. Brownell noted he has not yet received the army’s report into the paper’s provenance.
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Washington
Brownell
Justice Department
Department
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
Army
FBI
Checutisu. Co
Wright With Bidders On Air Force Academy
Frank Lloyd Wright joins Kittyhawk Associates to bid on designing the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Wright says the team will provide the best architectural and engineering talent in the United States while breaking a precedent of working solo.
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Denver
Frank Liloyd Wright
Kittyhawk Associates
Air Force Academy
Colorado Strings
Wright
West Point
T. Clifford Noonan
Chicago
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Kittyhawk
Air Force
U S Energy Outlook Draws Mixed U R View In Michigan
John J Grebe of Dow Chemical predicts limited U S gains from peacetime nuclear energy versus other regions at the international congress on nuclear engineering held at the University of Michigan. The meeting drew nearly 1 000 scientists from 20 foreign countries and the United States.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
United States
Michigan
John J. Grebe
Midland Dow Chemical Co
Nuclear Research and Development Department
International Congress On Nuclear Engineering
University of Michigan
Nuclear Engineering Division
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Witching Hour Trust
Micheline Keating
Rincons
Helen Street Annex
Citizen
Martin
A. U. Patten
University of Arizona Power Plant
Felix Martinez
Baby Richard
Eer
Acson
Sterling Hebbard
East Washington, Phoenix
Milton D. ‘Webb
DON Charles Insurance
Arza L
Bridge 5
Dietrich
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Verna E. Yocum
Mollie Nelson
ERTZ
S. Stone Trucks
Taipeh
State Department
Lackner
E. F. Hutton & Company
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicage Board of Trade
Security & Commodity Exchanges
East Pennington Street
New York Stock Market Reports
Business News
KVOA
HST
Academy
U.S
Ruast
EEA LE Western Fence CO
E. 18Th Street
Worthington
DIAL
Engineering Company
S. Olsen
SHELL
Shell NH Service
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