Taft Eisenhower Duel Shapes GOP Nomination Fight
The Taft Eisenhower contest for pre convention delegates tightens with Taft leading in Alabama and a close AP tally showing Taft 405 to Eisenhower 385. South Dakota editors expect a photo finish in the June 3 primary while Tennessee and Harriman gain backing ahead of the July convention in Chicago.
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Eisenhower
Chicago
Associated Press
Alabama
Birmingham
South Dakota
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Kefauver
Humphrey
Washington
Milton Young
North Dakota
Texas
Young
Buck Rogers Ahead Noted In Air Craft Forecast
Retired General Joseph T. McNarney predicted at Consolidated Vultee’s dedication in San Diego that new propulsion and guidance will enable aircraft speeds in the thousands of miles per hour. He said the fusion of guided missiles and airplanes could lead to interplanetary and satellite craft, with much necessary information already available.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Air Force
Joseph T. McNarney
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
McNarney
Suit Challenges Referendum on 1948 Retirement Act
A Maricopa county suit seeks to block a repeal referendum for the Arizona Public Employee Retirement Act of 1948 from the November ballot. Plaintiffs argue the legislature lacks power to rerefer the act. Hearing set for June 4 before Superior Judge Rent L. Jennings. The act was approved in 1948, but the last legislature urged its repeal.
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Phoenix
WUP
Maricopa County
Rep
L. S
Dick) Adams
Wesley Bolin
Rent L. Jennings
Chandler Jail Escapee Bailey Caught After Flight
Frank Weldon Bailey also known as Frank Legate, who fled Chandler jail on April 21 while awaiting extr lid Florida transfer for a felony charge, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Kenton Clayton near midnight on Mount Lemmon where he worked as lodge porter. Sheriff's office to confer with county attorney on disposition. A bogus check charge may be added. extradition to Florida possible.
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Frank Weldon Bailey
Frank Legate
Chandler
Florida
Bailey
Mt. Lemmon
Kenton Clayton
Walter Whitted
Sarasota
Hospital ejects sick colored man in Cape Town
A Grotte Schuur spokesman confirmed a 65 year old colored man with tuberculosis was removed from the hospital and left on the Cape mountainside to pressure authorities for better infectious disease facilities. An ambulance driver recalled the boy crawling into bushes as a social worker later found him and arranged private home care. The hospital says it faced no option after failing to place him elsewhere despite colored patients normally being admitted.
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Capetown
South Africa
Grotte Schuur Hospital
Cape
Willie Jacobs
Jacobs
Grotte Schuur
Cape Province
Davis Student Wins 25 Dollar U S Savings Bond
Charles A Shoemaker won a $25 U S savings bond for citizenship from the Cocia Estrada Post 59 American Legion. The award, presented at the Davis school honors assembly, accompanied other honors including safety patrol, dental, and perfect attendance awards. Enriqueta Durate received special recognition for five years of perfect attendance.
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Charles A. Shoemaker
Davis School
U. S
Cocia-Estrada Post 59
American Legion
James C. Cocia
Manuel F. Velasquez
Enriqueta Durate
VA ride will have office in Prescott
Prescott chamber official Robert Paulsen said an assistant director of veterans affairs for northern Arizona will base in Prescott. He cited a letter from John P. Kelly of Phoenix confirming the office, one of two statewide posts authorized by the recent legislature.
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Prescott
Robert Paulsen
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Affairs
Northern
Arizona
Paulsen
John P. Kelly
Phoenix
Arizona Veterans Service Commission
Southern
Mt Lemmon Lodge Plans For Big Holiday Weekend
Mt Lemmon Lodge announces a long four day weekend program for Memorial Day with pine forests trails square dancing shows horseback rides and more. Holiday activities run Thursday evening through Sunday night with special overnight rates as low as 5 50 for a double room and reservations via phone at Mt Lemmon Lodge 3 3601.
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Mr. Lemmon Lodge
Communists Push U.N. to Drop Truce Talks
PANMUNJOM Communists challenge the United Nations to abandon its peace proposal or end the talks. Nam Il demands another meeting while UN delegates defend their position as Nam accuses the Red Cross of bias and U.N. accusations of fraud.
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United Nations
U. N
Nam Il
THEL
Nam
William P. Nuckols
U.N
Korean People's Army
Chinese People's Volunteers
North Korea
Koje Island
Red
Peiping
Pyongyang
Coast Guardsman Jumped to Swim Home for Wife
Coast Guardsman Baren C. Wimp, 20, was reduced from boatswain's mate third to seaman and given three months hard labor plus three months confinement for desertion after leaping from cutter Pontchartrain 10 miles off shore to reach his pregnant wife Mary Aire. He nearly drowned and was rescued by a freighter. acquitted of falsifying an ID and forged liberty pass, he cited concern for his wife's miscarriage and loss of their child after the voyage to Japan.
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Long Beach
Calif
Coast
Terminal Island
Wimp
Pontchartrain
Japan
Proeneere
Mary Aire
Mt Lemmon Resorts Readying for Memorial Day
Mt Lemmon resorts prepared for the long holiday weekend with opening of fishing season tomorrow. State game and fish stocked trout in Soldier's Camp lake and pools in Upper Sabine canyon and Lemmon Creek. Recreation committee plans dances motion pictures and special events. more horses arriving for Summer Haven stables.
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Mt. Lemmon
State Game and Fish Department
Soldier's Camp
Sabine Canyon
Lemmon Creek
Palsy Group Wins Gift Toward Hydrotherapy Tank
The Cerebral Palsy Foundation received a 559 dollar donation from Mrs. Richard S. Pearson and Mrs. Doyle Airey on behalf of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority. The gift includes 500 dollars from Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co and 59 dollars from a dance. The tank will replace a bath tub for underwater treatment aiding children with extreme spasticity by allowing controlled water temperature and relaxed muscles. Epsilon Sigma Alpha, a large non academic sorority with chapters in 37 states and nine foreign countries, comprises business and professional women.
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Sedley-Hopkins Photo Palsy Group
Joseph Sooter smWes
Doyle Aiey
Richard Pearson
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Epsilon Sigma Pg
Joseph
Alice Clelland
Richard S. Pearson
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Co
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Parking Meter Feeder Fined in City Court
Ted R. Townsend a porter at South Sixth Avenue and East Broadway was arrested for feeding meters for others. His $10 bond was forfeited in city court after police said he inserted nickels at last minute and after tickets were written, causing tensions with motorists. Townsend was booked under ordinance 764 section 46.
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Ted R. Townsend
W. Ochoa St
South Sixth Avenue
East Broadway
Townsend
Frank Keefe
Airline gas restrictions eased by Chaplain order
Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman signed a relief order allowing airlines to use up to 78 percent of their March base gas consumption through Tuesday morning. The move comes after a May 6 cut to 65 percent amid a 90 000 oil workers strike, with airlines reporting 17 600 canceled reservations and potential Europe tourism losses of about 19 million dollars.
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Washington
Tucson
Oscar Chapman
Chapman
White House
U. S
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