Stowell Succeeds Meyer as Bank Cashier in Arizona
Franklin J. Stowell elected cashier of Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co to replace Wray E. Meyer who retires under the bank pension plan begun in 1943. Meyer leaves after 85 years with the bank and 46 years in Arizona. he will stay on as part time vice president. Meyer notes 245 employees and seven branches with deposits surpassing 65 million dollars. Stowell, with bank ties since 1946, was an accountant for the U. S. Treasury for nine years before joining the bank and holds multiple affiliations including national bankers auditors and comptrollers group and Tucson clubs.
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Franklin J. Stowell
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co
Wray E. Meyer
Meyer
Arizona
Louis J. Felix
Stowell
U. S. Treasury Department
National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
Tucson Personnel Club
Arizona Bankers’ Association
Tucson Advertising Club
Sales Executives Club
the Elks and the Masons
New Model Cars Junked
Detroit report notes several near production models shelved in the last year as engineers test high power engines and new designs. It cites General Motors and Chrysler testing V6 engines and copper-free radiators while recalling Henry Ford's earlier pancake and five cylinder experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Henry Ford
Social Security Raise Seen Near Final Passage
A bill to increase benefits by at least five dollars a month for Social Security recipients moved toward final passage after Senate approval and a conference with the House to reconcile differences. The measure adds 240 million dollars to annual costs and raises aid to the aged, blind, and disabled, with four thousand five hundred recipients affected by roughly six dollars monthly on average. An amendment would boost payments to dependents by three dollars monthly.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
McFarland
D.-Ariz
Three Million Fight Locusts In East China
East China endures a locust plague covering over 400000 acres of farmland. Authorities mobilized 3000000 peasants to combat the menace, according to a dispatch from the Chinese Communist press.
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China
Hong Kong
East China
Kentuckys Prison Riot Ended After 7 Demands
In Eddyville Kentucky three hundred inmates surrendered at 7 15 p m after a tense standoff with state police and guards backed by the governor. The mutiny began when power and radios failed and escalated with eight wounded prisoners and seven demand items including end to brutality better food and hospital care. A Baptist chaplain appealed for surrender and all hostages were freed unhurt.
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Eddyville
Kentucky
Buchanan
Paul B. Jaggers
Jaggers
Benny Rayborn
Louisville
Fred McChesney
Walter Stephens
Earl Henderson
Yugoslav Liner Hijacked By Three Mechanics Seeks Freedom
A Yugoslav airliner hijacked by three mechanics landed near Perugia Italy after the group claimed asylum and said they wanted to reach the United States. The 19 passengers and five crew left the plane. the trio remained for questioning.
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Foligno
Italy
United States
Vilim Inkrit
Bogdan Zigic
Josip Tirik
Zagreb
Pola
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Inkrit
Inerit
Bologna
Perugia
Edwin Kijun
Rome
Girl Swallows Harmonica After TV Trick
Six year old Nancy Jane Giles attempted a television trick and swallowed an inch and a quarter harmonica. Fluoroscopy showed the instrument in her stomach, an operation removed it and the metal casing threatened her stomach. She is reported doing fine.
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Norfolk
Nancy Jane Giles
Nancy
Springfield searches for 207 sticks of stolen dynamite
Police in Springfield New Jersey conduct a house to house search for 207 sticks of dynamite stolen from a construction shack on Monday and Tuesday. Police Chief William Thompson worries pranksters may use it for a July Fourth display. An army engineer notes the stash could blow the town to hell.
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Springfield
N. J
U.P
William J. Thompsson
Thompson
Suspected teen thieves blast stump with dynamite
A man recalls two cases taken from a padlocked site on the second trip. He says the stolen dynamite is cheap and that any ordinary person could blast a stump with a stick or two. He suspects high school students due to basic chemistry knowledge.
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Thompson
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