Four Injured In Local Weekend Traffic Scare
Multiple weekend accidents in Tucson left four people injured. Mrs. Aline Sanders suffered a broken leg after a car driven by Mrs. Molly Riba pinned her to a building near North Campbell and East Edison. Cyrus Davis and two youths incurred minor injuries in separate incidents. Angel Romero and Flora Trujillo, both unlicensed, faced citations for driving without a license and allowing an unlicensed driver to operate.
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Tucson
Aline Sanders
Ninth St
Molly Riba
E. Hampst
Mrs. Sanders
Campbell Avenue
Edison Street
Cyrus Davis
Toole Avenue
Third Street
G. B. Castleberry
E. Helen Jr
Angel A. Romero
11Th Ave
Flora Trujillo
Hayden
Romero
More Ore For Cochise Seen
Bisbee official Joe Wilcox of Shattuck Dean Mining Corp says Cochise county ore reserves are far from developed after 50 years of mining. He cites unofficial estimates of 50 million dollars still available in the Bisbee district along with other districts Dragoon Swisshelms and Tombstone containing copper and other metals.
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Bisbee
Cochise County
Joe Wilcox
Shattuck- Dean Mining Corp
Greater Arizona, Inc
Wilcox
Dragoon
Swisshelms Mountains
Tombstone
Cotton Picking Pay Raised in Continental-Sahuarita Fields
Pay for cotton picking rises to 2.75 dollars per hundred in Continental Sahuarita fields. Arizona state employment office rep Joseph I. Flores cites ongoing picker shortage around Tucson. Free housing in cabins or tents offered. Harvest runs until about mid February.
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Continental-Sahuarita
Joseph I. Flores
Arizona State Employment Office
Tucson
Flores
Reduced Tariff Plan Affects Lemon Industry
Sen. Carl Hayden urged President Truman to block tariff reductions on foreign grown lemons and lemon oil. A plan to drop tariffs is being studied at a world trade conference in Annecy France, with the agriculture department warning of market disruption if cuts occur. Hayden said Truman will seek a stable lemon import policy after coordinating between the departments.
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Washington
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Truman
Annecy
France
State Department
US Department of Agriculture
Hayden
Nogales C Of C Fights Discriminatory Ruling
Nogales Chamber of Commerce sent letters to parents of Nogales high school band members seeking views on out of town trips after the Arizona Interscholastic Association barred bands from traveling more than 50 miles once per year. The ruling affects participation in events such as the Tucson rodeo and the Salad Bowl parade. Local leaders call the rule discriminatory to smaller schools and may push to repeal if parents favor action.
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Nogales
Ariz
Tucson
Phoenix
Basket Breaks Fall in Berwick Woman Slips to Basement
Mrs. William Frye toppled while carrying a basket of clothes to the basement in Berwick Pennsylvania, landing head first in the basket. She sustained only bruises from the tumble.
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Berwick
Willam Frye
High Tension Wire Burns Detroit Boy
An 11 year old boy, Leon Banks, touched a high tension wire after a hole worn in his shoe sole grounded the current. Firemen rescued him 13 minutes later from a tree near his home. His finger was amputated at receiving hospital and he had a large blister on his foot.
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Detroit
Leon Banks
Leon
Receiving Hospital
Forest Fire Season Ends in Coronado Zone
Fire season near Tucson ends as spotter crews withdraw from lookouts. Coronado forest supervisor C A Merker reports 35 fires since January 1 with one major blaze in June destroying 600 acres in Chiricahua. Three days of fighting drew 200 men. seven fires caused by humans.
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Tucson
C. A. Merker
Coronado National Forest
Coronado
Merker
Chiricahua
Deming
N. M
Mountain Climb Tragedy Feeds Mt. Popocatépetl Outing
Five thousand climbers gathered at Mt. Popocatépetl for a mass ascent organized by the National Federation of Outing Clubs. Two youths died and about 40 were injured. a 16 year old, Alfonso Hurtado Rodriguez, perished after a 1500 foot fall while another man stabbed himself through the heart on a pointed stick. Inexperienced climbers blamed for the accidents as frostbite and minor injuries occurred.
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Mexico City
Mt. Popocatapet
National Federation of Outing Clubs
Alfonso Hurtado Rodrieguez
Senator Chavez Urges Keeping Small Towns On Highways
SAN ANTONIO Oct 10 Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico urged against bypassing small towns as highways are realigned. He called by passing a sore spot and backed cheaper rural roads to extend road funding. Mexico’s Agustin Garcia Lopez said the Nogales to Mexico City Pan American highway will be completed in 1952 and that over 2,000 miles of first class highways have been built recently with more arterials under construction.
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San Antonio
Tex
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Chavez
Senate Public Works Committee
National Association of State Highway Officials
Public Works Committee
Agustin Garcia Lopez
Communications and Public Works
Mexico
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico City
Lopez
Sunnyside PTA Discusses Halloween Carnival Ideas
Sunnyside school's annual carnival planned for Oct 29 will feature cakewalks films games and a spook room. Volunteers and the PTA executive board meet Wednesday at 2 pm in the cafeteria to discuss new plans including collecting sewing items for overseas shipments sorted by Sunnyside Girl Scouts.
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Sunnyside
PTA
Mabel Lester
Adelia Walker
Lucky Dog Pregnant After Shot Wounds Await Stork Visit
Lucky, a mongrel recovering from a bullet wound that shattered her hind leg, nears labor as puppies are expected any minute. Vets say healing is slow and the leg may not fully recover, but Lucky is likely to have a normal birth despite the injury.
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Lucky
Jay Shannon
Shannon
Ideal Arizona school would be 16 classrooms in one story
A Phoenix survey of Arizona educators finds the ideal school would cost 45000 dollars, be a one story brick building with 16 classrooms and special rooms for gym, music, and visual education. Superintendents favor austerity cuts, with glass block panels, pitched roofs and certain floor and lighting features among the first eliminations.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Supreme Court silent on San Francisco club raid legality
The Supreme Court declined to rule on whether police may raid the Menlo social club over poker games. The case questioned the 1903 ordinance banning gambling houses and sought injunctions and trials for Elmer Remmer and others in the raid. State courts upheld the ordinance as valid. Written confessions emerge in a separate theft case involving W Fisk and three juveniles, with Fisk released on bond ahead of a Thursday hearing.
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Washington
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Menlo
California
Elmer Remmer
Club
Remmer
W. Fisk
E. 34Th St
Fisk
Justice’ Court
JC. C. Hawkins
Davis Monthan Air Force Base
Casa Grande Rider Suffered Skull Fracture At Sonoita Rodeo
Rodd Goff of Casa Grande was kicked in the head during a rodeo contest at Sonoita and remained in serious condition at St. Mary's Hospital. Attendants reported a fractured skull after the horse struck him about 25 feet from the chute and he was transported by Arizona highway patrol car.
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Rodd Goff
Casa Grande
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Mary’s
Goff
Arizona
More Jobs For Cripples Here
Handicapped placements in Tucson rose about 25 percent in 1949, with 554 disabled persons found employment versus 421 in 1948. Veterans accounted for 284 placements this year, up from 278 last year, as programs since 1946 grow. Handicapped week ended yesterday and was very successful in Tucson.
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Tucson
Arizona Employment Service
Series of juvenile thefts shocks state rivals
The report notes Fisk and Wheat State’s role in a broad pattern of petty thefts linked to juveniles, with Kansas identified as the largest producer. Fisk is implicated in roughly double the crimes of its next closest competitor, in a case touching several state rivals including North Dakota.
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Kansas
Fisk
Wheat State
North Dakota
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