Tucson Trikkala Affiliation Praised by Voice of America
Louis Danis of the Voice of America arrived in Tucson to cover the Tucson Trikkala affiliation praising it as a step toward world democracy. He said broadcasts will feature Greek officials, be edited in New York, and aired in Greece and Europe in multiple languages to promote understanding between nations.
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Tucson
Louis Danis
Voice of America
U. S. State Department
Danis
Voice
Pueblo
Municipal
New York City
Greece
United States
Trikkala
State Department
New York
Europe
Italy
England
France
Reggie Russell
Overseas Radio Service
William S. Bacon
Tornado Rips Abilene Home Killing Mother and Injuring Daughter
A tornado in Abilene Texas killed 37 year old Ruby Lee Person a teacher and critically injured her 11 year old daughter Mina La Dell. The family husband Allay Person and son Eddie Earl also sustained injuries while the storm damaged KWKC radio station and disrupted about 1000 telephone circuits.
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Abilene
Tex
Ruby Lee Person
West Texas
Mina la Dell
Allay
Person
Eddie Earl
W. L. Blakely
Southwest Bell Telephone Co
KWKC
Len Johnson
Trikkala Cadet Visits Tucson For Affiliation Program
Byron Tsagadas a 20 year old Greek Royal Air Force cadet learning at Randolph AFB Texas flew to Tucson to join celebrations for the Tucson Trikkala affiliation. He praised US hospitality and the similarity between Trikkala and Tucson. Accompanied by St Marinos Skliras he will attend weekend events marking the program.
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Byron Tsagadas
Royal Air Force
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Tucson
Arizona
Trikkala
Tsagadas
Johnson Defends Defense Plan For Peace and Unification
Secretary Johnson defended the Defense Department policy before the House Armed Services Committee. He said funds should buy modern military equipment and that unification of the armed forces is essential, with Marshall later echoing that money and unity are crucial for country security.
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Washington
Johnson
Defense Department
Navy
House Armed Services Committee
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Power Sought For U. S. Plant In Kingman Area
A plan to underwrite construction of a temporary power plant for a 200 million dollar supersonic test project in the Kingman area was to be discussed in Phoenix. Prominent financiers and power executives from Arizona attended along with Gov. Garvey who was recalled from Tucson. The effort aims to supply large blocks of power throughout the day, with about 8000 jobs anticipated and testing to occur partly at the University of Arizona.
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Kingman
Phoenix
Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Tucson
Arizona Building Contractors
Swist Congress
Hoover Dam
University of
S Pines
First autumn snowstorm fades across western states
The season's first snowstorm ends with light snow in Wyoming and North Dakota while a broad rain belt covers the middle and upper Mississippi Valley. Billings reports 15 inches on the ground, Cody 13, Miles City 11 in the last day, with snow also in the Dakotas, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah over four days.
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Wyoming
North Dakota
Mississippi
Billings
Mont
Cody
Wye
Miles City
Dakotas
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Three Tucson CAP pilots search for missing navy planes
Three CAP pilots in Tucson searched the mountains for three missing Navy planes while Williams Air Force Base awaited tips from Arizonans with information about the fliers. In Phoenix cold October morning left skies cloudless and dry. snow remained near Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. The White House avoided confirming reports that President Truman called steel and coal strikes senseless.
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Tucson
Tucson Mountains
Williams Air Force Base
Harold Parker
Arizona
U. S. Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Washington
White House
Truman
Coal Operators Break Up Parley With United Mine Workers
Northern and western coal operators walked out of contract talks with the United Mine Workers in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. George Love said John L Lewis in a mad race for power impoverishes workers and could destroy the coal industry. Union negotiators remained in session with no immediate comment.
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W. Va
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
George Love
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Lewis
Love
B-29 Survives In-Flight Engine Failure Over Sierra Nevada
A four engine B-29 on a mission over California suffers a failed oil flooded No.1 engine at 26 000 feet near the Sierra Nevada. Lt Michael A Kelley maneuvers the crippled bomber using instrument flight and ground checkpoints, returns to Mountain Home AFB safely with 14 aboard after air and medical support arrangements are readied.
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Dave Johnson
Idaho Air National Guard
The
Boise Statesman
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Johnson
United Press
Mountain Home
Ida
U PR
Mountain Home Air Force Base
San Joaquin Valley
California
Michael A. Kelley
Winston-Salem
N. C
Bishop
Calif
Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
Kelley
Corp
Robert F. Maddox
St. Louis
George A. Anderson
Owyhee Indian Reservation
Elko
Nev
Winnemucca
Rome
Ore
Boise
Owyhee Mountains
London approves drastic budget cuts in Attlee era plan
The cabinet backed a severe belt-tightening program estimated to save about $1 billion by cutting food fuel and public works spending. After a three hour meeting the plan drew a split in the labor party leadership and Attlee summoned six noncabinet ministers to deliver the budget impact.
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London
Labor Party High Command
Clement Attlee
State Builders Eye High Costs
About 150 members of the Arizona Building Contractors association began a two day convention at the Pioneer hotel to discuss rising industrial insurance premiums and other industry costs. Herbert A Leggett spoke on Arizona construction prospects while Mayor E T Houston and Max Klinger were slated to speak.
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Arizona Industrial Commission
Arizona Building Contractors Association
Pioneer Hotel
Herbert A. Leggett
Arizona
E. T. Houston
Max Klinger
Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Industrial Commission
State Tax Commission
Leggett
Paradise valley land sale tied to Williams inquiry
The report details Orlando C. Williams of the Arizona land department buying 319.48 acres in Paradise Valley with a federal patent issued Nov 1944 after a Santa Fe land exchange. Williams says the deal involved his two sons in wartime, was handled openly, and profits would be recoverable in a taxpayer suit. he says no state land was involved.
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Attorney General's Office
State Land Department
Land Commissioner
0. C. Williams
Dan FE. Garvey
O. C. Williams
Williams
Paradise Valley
Phoenix
Ellsworth E. Brown
Orlando C. Williams
Santa Fe Railroad
Mohave County
Fowler McCormick
Maricopa
Armed Services
McCormick
Dave Morgan
John H. Page & Co
Legates Named to Open Holy Doors in 1950 Holy Year
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII will convene a consistory on December 12 to appoint cardinal legates who will open the holy doors of St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Santa Maria Maggiore at the start of the 1950 Holy Year ARI reports.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. John, St. Paul
St. Mary
ARI
Vatican
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