Alaska Crash Survivor to Speak at UA on Arctic Survival
Tech. Sgt. Wilbur E. Decker will recount his six day survival after a December 1947 Alaska crash. He spoke to Tucson reserve units in a joint meeting about faulty maps, a 23 mile trek for help, and crew members who perished nearby.
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Alaska
Tech
Wilbur E. Decker
Humanities
University of Arizona
Decker
759Th Reserve
459Th Air Intelligence Squadron
Tucson
43Rd Air Refueling m
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Laddfield
Sgt. Decker
Seward Peninsula
Stay Up Plane Over Phoenix Ends Coast to Coast Flight
Endurance fliers Bill Barris and Dick Riedel circled Phoenix before the second leg of their bid to set a world record by staying aloft. They aim to fly from Fullerton to Miami and back non stop for over six weeks, following stops in El Paso Big Springs Fort Worth Meridian Jacksonville and Miami as a fueling plan.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
el Paso
Tex
Fullerton
Calif
Tucson
Miami
Fla
Aeronca
Sky Harbor
Big Springs
Ft. Worth
Meridian
Miss
Jacksonville
Miami Mar
Rites Set for Elaine Wilson at Bring's Chapel
Miss Elaine Wilson dies at the family home 1120 E Broadway with services planned 2 30 p m Thursday at Bring's chapel Rev Willard A Schurr of First Methodist to officiate burial at South Lawn memorial park Pallbearers named Marvin Horr Wayne Sprawls Eugene Husted Alex Sampsel Jimmy Wiggins Don Lunsford The rest of the text notes 1948 US gas cooking figures rather than a funeral detail.
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Elaine Wilson
E. Broadway
Bring’s Chapel
Willard A. Schurr
First Methodist Church
South Lawn Memorial Park
Marvin Horr
Wayne Sprawls
Eugene Husted
Alex Sampsel
Jimmy Wiggins
Don Lunsford
Top Quarter Horses Set for Billito Track Speed Trials
Top horses worth over 100000 are entered in the eighth race at Billito track with A and Double A classes dominating the speed trials. Notables include Miss Panama Miss Bank Hyglow Barbara B Scoot er W B Day Leota W Osage Red Texas Star and Miss South Saint Marys. Parimutuel betting will be available at the rodeo ground track with no admission charge. Barbara B defeated Fair Truckle in a Hollywood Park private race boosting quarter horse prestige.
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Billito Track
Haskell
Miss Panama
Miss Bank
Hyglow
Barbara B
Scooter W
B Day
Leota W
Osage Red
California
Nevada
Texas Star
Tucson
Black Easter
Barredt
Ariel Lady
John Red
Band Man
Eril Eye
Savannah G
Rodeo Ground
Meyer
Parison
Roy Gill
Fair Truckle
England
C. S&s. Howard
San Francisco
Hollywood Park
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King Ranch
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New York
Mexico City
Stone Ave
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Sneller’s
Hite
N. Scott
Sneller’s Dry Goods
Congress
Pennington
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Lovaton
Avalon
Ringo
The
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company
the Exchange Department
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
N. Stone Ave
Turson
Howard
N. Grand Ave
St. Mary’s Road
Resto Meatmaster
4Quart Presto
Baum-Adamson
N. Stone
Colgate Dental Cream
Ine
Tee
Greenwald Drug
South Sixth
Benson Highway
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