Four Killed as B47 Stratojet Crashes in Desert
Early morning crash near Davis Monthan base killed Captain Ralph Skidmore Captain Clifford Nadeau First Lieutenant Dale Smith and Master Sergeant Arnold Crocker from the 358th Bombardment Squadron. Fire and wreckage destroyed the area as a board of inquiry was opened. Families were notified and base chaplains assisted survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis-Monthan
Air Force
Ralph D. Skidmore
E. Alexander St
Clifford E. Nadeau
E. Elmwood St
Dale C. Smith
E. Bellevue St
Arnold B. Crocker
South Craycroft Road
358Th
303Rd
Tucson
England
Davis- Monthan
Elizabeth Nell Skidmore
Leslie Joan
Ella Dillard Skidmore
Aspen St
Flagstaff
Frank Nadeau
Beldenville
Wis
Lt. Smith
Elaine Louise Smith
Carrie Glen
Daly Christopher
Sgt. Crocker
Doris June Crocker
Diana Jean
Charles K. Crocker
Corinth
Bill Hopkins
20 Aboard American C47 Missing Over Alps
Marseille reports a U. S. Air Force C47 with 20 aboard missing for 24 hours over southern Europe. The plane carrying 16 passengers and 4 crew departed Rome for Bitburg yesterday, last heard on course over Corsica at 12:42 p.m. Rescue teams search the French Alps after sea sweeps found no trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseille
France
French Alps
Europe
Rome
Bitburg
Germany
Tucson
Corsica
Rone
Italy
Alps
Mediterranean Sea
French
Strikers Knot New York Port in Waterfront Stand
Wildcat strikers tied up New York's port defying a federal court order. Independent Longshoremen’s Association members refused to work a luxury liner and other Manhattan piers while the rival AFL union also did not report to struck piers to avoid clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P— Wildcat
Independent
International Longshoremen's Association
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Staten Island
AFL
Local horseman suspended by Arizona racing commission
The Arizona racing commission barred owner-trainer Claude E. Arnett of Tucson from Arizona tracks until June 30 after drugs were found in the saliva of one of his horses at Rillito race track. Trainer Green H. Bowers received a suspension through September 3 for conduct at the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona Racing Commission
Claude E. Arnett
Tucson
Arizona
T Rillito
Green H. Bowers
Markets At A Glance Rail and oil led stock gains
At 2 pm New York reports rails and oils drove stock advances while bonds showed a mixed, easier mood. Cotton was irregular with mill buying and hedging. wheat firm as government seeks re seal on 1953 crops. corn and oats eased or unsettled. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher, top 26.25. cattle weak with top 25.00 on choice yearlings.
Burglar Clamps Safe at Saddle & Sirloin on Miracle Mile
A Santa Claus style burglar slid down a chimney at the Saddle and Sirloin, 2130 Miracle Mile, cracked a safe, and escaped with about 2300. A $100 cash register theft and a further 2200 in a filing cabinet safe were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle & Sirloin
Miracle Mile
Sheriff's Deputies
Shell Blast Kills Marines In Training
An 82 millimeter mortar shell exploded during a training demonstration near Seoul, killing at least six U S Marines and wounding twenty. Some injured were in critical condition as helicopters ferried doctors and blood to aid casualties and three medical companies, with seriously hurt airlifted to a hospital ship in Inchon harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
U. S
Here
First -Marine Division
Inchon Harbor
Normal Weather Returns After Tornado Visit
A Tucson area tornado disrupted the spell of calm weather with unusual late week activity. forecasters expect a return to normal patterns with increasing warmth tonight and tomorrow as skies clear and temperatures rise. Yesterday's high reached 71 in Tucson with a 45 low, while other cities recorded varied readings across the state. See weather table, page 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Sahuarita
Tucson
Robert King
U. S
Weather Bureau
Deep South In Deep Freeze Sweeps Nation
Freezing weather covered most of the nation with snow flurries in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana and traces reaching the gulf coast. The deep cold stretched from Texas to Georgia and northward to northern states with temperatures including 18 below at International Falls 9 below at Duluth 0 at Bismarck 4 above at Minneapolis-St Paul and 7 above at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Deep South
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Texas
Georgia
International Falls
Minn
Duluth
Bismarck
N. C
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Chicago
Cheyenne
Wyo
Army Jails Corp Batchelor On Collaboration Charge
Corp Claude Batchelor a former prisoner who joined Reds then returned to freedom was arrested at an army hospital and charged with aiding the enemy while in prison camp. The government says his collaboration caused punishment and hardship for other American POWs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Corp
Claude Batchelor
Reds
Korea
Edward Dickenson
Crackers Neck
Batchelor
Dickenson
Army chief rejects claim army coddles Reds
Secretary of Defense Wilson says the army does not coddle Communists and calls the idea tommyrot. He spoke at a news conference about Maj. Irving Peress who invoked the fifth amendment in questions about possible subversive ties, drawing reaction from Sen. McCarthy who says individuals in the army have protected known Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Army
Maj
Irving Peress
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
McCarthy Drops Libel Suit Against Benton
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy withdrew his 2 million dollar libel and slander lawsuit against former Senator William Benton. Benton called the suit politically inspired and not a genuine legal action, claiming he told the truth about McCarthy and that the senator knew it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
William Benton
D-Conn
McCarthy
Benton
Communists Exploit Puerto Rico Nationalists Says Riesel
The Tucson Citizen reports Don Albizu Campos a Puerto Rican nationalist leader tied to the Communist party has been freed from prison after hallucinations. It alleges Soviet agents plotted violence to dramatize anti colonial aims at Latin American forums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Don Albizu Campos
Congress
Earl Browder
Communist Party of
United States
Latin America
Albizu Campos
Island
Munoz Marin
Independentistas
U. S
Insular
Communist Party
Hemisphere
Puerto Rico
Buenos Aires
Caracas
America
Cheddi Jagan
Vieteer
Ing
Communist Front Party
British Guiana
Britain
West Side
State Department
Campos
University of
Commie
Brooklyn
Argentina
Peron
U.S
Labor
Guatemala
Tucson Tonight and Tomorrow Fine Arts Week Events
University of Arizona hosts a series of public arts events over tonight and tomorrow. Events include film screenings life of Christ and The Circus of Dr Lao, a fine arts workshop reception, theater discussions, and multiple baseball and golf activities at UA venues and Hi Corbett field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
University Fine Arts Workshop
UA Fine Arts
UA Art Gallery
Life of
Christ
Varsity
Campton Bell
Gilmore Brown
Herring Hall
Arizona
UCLA
Indians
Giants
Hi Corbett Field
South
Campbell Field
Jayvees
Hayden Jayvees
Life of Christ
Dr. Lao
Index Brandhes school nets tiny share of large collection
A brief item notes Brandhes school received only a small portion of a substantial collection, detailing the contrast between the total value and the tiny allocation to the school. Other items reference a state budget bill, tax tips, and regional features across pages.
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Brandhes
House of Representatives
Phoenix
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Mira
Sahwee Ena
N. Y.port
Eevee
Bulletins
Paris
Joseph Laniel
Indochina
Eisenhower
Denmark
Norway
United Kingdom
Coronado
Kool
Army Jails Corp
Citizen Columnist
Victor Riesel
The
Tucson Party Citizen
Tucson Country Club
Kermit Hunter
George Savage
Billito Park
Ariz
Hatlo
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