Freak Windstorm Slices Through Freeway Airport Damage
A northward gust estimated at 75 mph blasted Freeway Airport 1800 W Prince Rd, ripping a 75 by 90 foot hangar with seven light planes from Gilpin Airlines Ltd, causing total losses on two planes and $15,000 in damage. The storm damaged homes under construction in Park El Monte and Sunrise Addition, while a Piper Club from SAC Aero Club was wrecked. Local residents recalled a bizarre sound preceding the hurricane force winds.
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Freeway Airport
Prince Rd
Santa Rita
Weather Bureau
Gilpin Airlines Ltd
Charter Airlines
Walter Douglas Jr
Douglas
Phoenix
Gilpin
Piper Club
SAC Aero Club
el Monte
Beacon Construction Co
Marvin A. Helm
Sunrise
Jaynes Station
Emmett Donahue
Valley Park
Kessler Mitchell
Wind ripped through airport area and canyon cabin destroyed
Mrs Jean Munro recalls a lightning strike amid a thunderstorm in Santa Rita Mountains that destroyed a three bedroom cabin in Madera Canyon. The fire trapped few residents, with seven homes in the canyon and about 20 occupied year round. The Sylvesters, birdwatching nearby, built the cabin and may have avoided disaster thanks to heavy rain.
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Madera Canyon
Santa Rita Mountains
Jean Munro
Santa Rita Lodge
Abandoned U S Jet Crashes in Okinawa Killing 16
A U S Air Force F100 Super Sabre abandoned by its pilot struck a crowded housing area in Ishikawa Okinawa killing 16 and injuring about 75 to 100. The pilot Capt John G Schmitt ejected after engine trouble and the crash drew high level inquiries and local shelter efforts.
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Naha
Okinawa
UPI
U. S. Air Force
U. S
Ishikawa
John G. Schmitt
Chalmers
Ind
Air Force
Schmitt
U.S. Air Force
Kadena Air Field
Arizona Savings case probes chaotic Missouri loans
A receivership hearing for Arizona Savings and Loan Assn. revealed Missouri firms owed nearly 8 million dollars. Witnesses said Elbel and Stanton holdings show chaotic records, with audit firm Touche, Niven, Bailey & Smart aiming to straighten by August. Judge Lockwood ordered rapid salvage to protect depositors and the public.
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Phoenix
Missouri
Arizona Savings and Loan Assn
Arizona Association
Donald R. Elbel
James H. Stanton
Elbel and
Richard Burgess
Arizona Savings Books
Kansas
Elbel
Stanton
Touche, Niven, Bailey & Smart
Darrell Parker
Lorna Lockwood
Lockwood
County Code For Building Sparks Tucson Metro Debate
A national planning expert urged Tucson and Pima County to push for changes in state law to allow county building codes outside city limits. Feiss warned unsafe housing could worsen as the metropolitan area expands, while TRP and local officials called for stronger planning and possible state planning help.
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Tucson
Pima County
Arizona
Carl Feiss
Tucson Regional Plan Inc
Feiss
Pima
Carlos Ronstadt
TRP
Board of Supervisors
Ronstadt
Rincon
Ben-Gurion Set to Quit Amid Israeli Arms Sale Crisis
In Jerusalem a cabinet crisis over a sale of Israeli arms to West Germany heightens the likelihood of Premier David Ben-Gurion's resignation. He called the meeting the last cabinet session as leftist party members pressure him and threaten to withdraw support, possibly leading to a caretaker government or a new coalition after elections.
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Jerusalem
West Germany
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Abduth Avodah
Acduth Avodah
Mapam
Ben- Gurion
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Socialist Labor Party
Mapai
Scarface Al Capone’s Formative Brooklyn Roots and Rise to Mafioso
The article traces Al Capone’s early years in Brooklyn born 1899 in Naples, migration with family, early gang leadership, and a hairstyle insult that earned him the nickname Scarface. It notes his idolization of Johnny Torrio, Torrio’s move to Chicago in 1915, and Capone’s rise as Torrio’s protégé amid growing organized crime.
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Alphonse Capone
Naples
Brooklyn
Young al
Johnny Torrio
Scarface
Torrio
Chicago
Colosimo-Torrio
Caly
Colosimo
Capone
Bureau of Internal Revenue
O’banion
Fannin Reopens Talks In Tieup
A one hour and 24 minute session in the governor s office failed to resolve a statewide tieup between construction officials and representatives of the Operating Engineers Union. Governor Paul Fannin ordered the negotiators back to talks and they will meet again tomorrow at 2 p m.
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Phoenix
UPI
Operating Engineers Union
Paul Fannin
Industry and Union
Inside the Citizen Arizona Album Highlights
A compact page index lists sections from the Citizen Arizona including events, radio and TV, art by Buchwald, sports on pages 19 and 20, society notes, and death notices on page 26. It directs readers to Molly Mayfield features, editorials, and a public records column.
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Arizona Album
Art Buchwald
Hedda Hopper
Tucson Society
Molly Mayfield
Public Records
Scattered Showers Linger With Winds and Warm Temps
A weather note says showers and thundershowers may continue tonight and tomorrow with no heavy rain expected. High near 95, low around 75, yesterday’s peak 90, humidity index about 80 tomorrow. City notes to page full weather report.
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Weather Bureau
New York City
Judge Narrows Delay as Bogard Murphey Trials Set
Grand jury bribery indictees Gene Bogard and John W. Murphey will proceed to trial in July as scheduled. Judge Gordon Farley rejected a delay pending a Supreme Court ruling on the validity of the indictments. Murphey’s trial is set for July 16, with Bogard due to start next Tuesday.
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Gene Bogard
John W. Murphey
Gordon Farley
Farley
Supreme Court
Pima County
Bogard
Murphey
H. Earl Rogge Jr
Tucson
Evans
Lambert Now Square With U S By BILL KIMMEY
Lambert Kautenburger says all federal tax debts are paid and liens released after years of installments. Officials caution liens are typically released only after full obligations are met, with five liens totaling 94548 cleared dating back to 1950s.
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Bill Kimmey
Lambert Kautenburger
Uncle Sam
Kautenburger
County Board of Supervisors
Phoenix Internal Revenue District
Sam
North Park Avenue
Cuba's A F Chief Quits Over Reds
In Havana Major Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz resigned as commander of Cuba's Air Force telling President Manuel Urrutia he quit due to Communist activity in the armed forces. Castro denies government influence by communists.
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Havana
Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz
Cuba
Manuel Urrutia
Fidel Castro
Castro
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Eid
Bill Hopkine
Gilpin Airport
U.S
Robert W. Burns
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Tokyo
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Arizona Savings Case
Kansas City, Mo
Brotherhood OF Evil
Mafia
Fannin
A. L
Pop) Abbott
Sam R. Kaufman
Rogge
Lambert
A. F
Reds
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