Postal Rate Rise Of Penny Urged By Summerfield
Washington area reports indicate Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield asked Congress to raise first class mail from three to four cents an ounce and outlined other increases to boost annual revenue by $527.5 million by 1961. He urged early enactment and proposed modest per ounce hikes across categories including postcards air mail and second class mail.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Brochure Promotes Southern Arizona Ranching Investment
Ten thousand copies of a 12 page brochure on Southern Arizona ranching were prepared by William Fraesdorf head of Canyon State Land Co. It extols ranch life as an investment and includes a two page map of points of interest. Nearly 1 000 have been mailed to businessmen industrialists and accountants across the United States.
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Arizona
U. S
William Fraesdorf
Canyon State Land Co
Fraesdorf
Top Leaders Lead Arizona All State Music Festival in Tucson
Four eminent conductors direct the all state band orchestra and chorus at the University of Arizona as 450 plus musicians audition for slots. Clarence Sawhill Dr Stanley Chapple Warner Imig and George Waln helm the ensembles with UA officials hosting and Tucson educators guiding the event. A final concert closes the festival at the university auditorium tomorrow night.
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Tucson
Arizona
University of Arizona
Clarence Sawhill
University of California At
Los Angeles
Stanley Chapple
University of Washington
Warner Imig
College of Music
University of Colorado
George E. Waln
Oberlin
Ohio
John B. Crowder
UA College of Fine Arts
Jack Lee
Carrol A. Rinehart
Arizona Music Educators Assn
Arizona Band and Orchestra Assn
Pat B. Curry
Sunnyslope
Phoenix
Lee
University Auditorium
Island Evacuated for H Bomb Test
A delayed dispatch from Suva said most civilians have been evacuated from Christmas Island before the British hydrogen bomb test. Thirty seven adult natives and twenty three children were moved to the Gilbert Islands. Only the European district officer and native person nel remain on the island working on the airfield.
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Sydney
Australia
Suva
Christmas Island
Gilbert Islands
State appropriations bill delayed one day in Arizona
The large financing measure for the 23rd Legislature faces a one day delay due to mimeograph timing. House Speaker W L Cook said introduction will occur Monday with possible swift passage, while the Senate lines up minor bills and veteran tax exemptions face committee trouble. Tucson Mayor Don Hummel pushes budget relief for annexed cities.
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Phoenix
House
W. L
Tay) Cook
D-Cochise
Senate
Tucson
Interstate Stream Commission
Pima County
Capitol
Don Hummel
Hummel
League of Arizona Ccties and Towns
Young Priest Injured In Car Crash
Rev. Arsenio Sotomayor Carrillo of 192 S Stone Ave was hospitalized in good condition after a two car collision on East 17th Street. He sustained severe facial lacerations and a hand wound when his vehicle rear ended a 1957 car driven by Glen Pershing Miller of 2125 E 33rd St. Both cars sustained $250 in damage and Carrillo was cited for failure to control speed.
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St. Mary's Hospital
East 17Th Street
Arsenio Sotomayor Carrillo
S. Stone Ave
San Agustin Cathedral
Glen Pershing Miller
E. 33Rd St
Railroad Avenue
Miller
Father Carrillo
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Grant Road
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South Seas
Morning Star
Elmer
Paul
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E. Congress St
City & State
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