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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
8
In Burbank on October 27 painter Micent Svchta was swept by a runaway turbine blade at 120 miles an hour. The blade struck his legs and carried him around the fan twice before breaking and falling. He dropped 15 feet to the floor and was treated for cuts to his chest back arm and side.
Boyd Killingsworth, a state witness, admits the Ku Klux Klan participated in at least two terror raids last summer in Birmingham. He describes hooded members burning a cross at the home of Mrs Hugh McDonal and identifies Coleman E Lollar as mob leader during the masked violence that spurred anti mask laws and vigilante actions. Defense seeks justification for the raid and challenges witness credibility.
Two American submarines will test jet propelled 7% ton guided missiles off Hawaii on Nov 7 to show guidance to a target 200 miles away. The Loon missile weighs 15 000 pounds with 20 foot wings and will be launched from the subs Cusk and Carbonero in Molokai Channel.
Phoenix reports the deer season opens at daylight tomorrow and runs until November 13 statewide south of the Colorado River. Desert mule deer may be hunted November 10 to 13 in the northwest. The bag limit is one deer per hunter per season.
Regino L Leon of 508 West 18th street reported to city police that his watch valued at 45 dollars was taken from a locker room at the Southern Pacific railroad yards.
Coventry officials fence Godiva statue to curb crowds and protect grass after the unveiling by Mrs. Lewis Douglas. The famed nude legend attracts visitors who press near the turf as officials note the statue’s unexpected appeal.
In Phoenix on Monday night a $15 holdup left draftsman H. A. Anderson beaten. Edward Lee Duff, 21, and Louis Evans, 19, are charged with robbery. Four other youths under 17 were sent to juvenile court custody. one used a blackjack.
Catalina Scout council released the list of 69 Cub Scouts earning bobcat rank. At Davidson Elementary School badges went to Robert Children, Stanley Miller, David Conrad, Stanley Fuller, John Frazier, Donald Kelsog, Donald Harrington, Bert Roberts, Donald Purtell, Donald Niel, Warne Reichardt, Danny Sullivan, Martin Kerrett, Sonny White, Teddy White, Clyde Hafeli, Donald Bording, John Bording, Ronald L. Brown, Gordon Hansom, Raymond Starr, Jack Lee, Clark Wingarder, Curtis Dutiel, Lloyd A. Sweitzer, William Wiechett, Ernie Gill, Charles McMullen, and Charles Goetz. At Amphitheater Elementary badges were awarded to Robin Andrews, Ronald Bird, David Bryan, John Bullington, Michael Daughry, Thomas Engle, James Foote, Kenneth Foote, Donald Fournier, Dan Gillson, Ken Gillson, Clyde Graser, Lonnie Groth, Ronald Johnson, Robert Kerr, Eddie Kittle, Stephen Korn, Ronald MacWorman, Bruce McKeller, Dwayne McMahon, Harold Mills, Robert Novak, Budd Parrish, Jerry Tatzlaff, Keith Reineking, Frank Reinestad, John Savage, Harvey Sheaffer, John Seedorf, Billy Snively, Arnold Sebeck, Beler Wartz, Robert White, Thomas Wilmore, Richard Wilson, Gary Winfield, Thomas Witt, Benny Witt, Larry Parks and Robert Pflueger.
Perry Epler Gresham of Detroit labeled poverty confusion and anti intellectual bias as three threats to Disciples Christan schools during the international convention. He noted meager church gifts in 1948 to run Bethany Butler and Texas Christian and urged proper recognition for eminent scholars.
A terse critique notes that most scholars have earned status through non literary means and that literature as a field has been largely unimpressive. It cites a few notable exceptions and questions the credibility of the scholarly man.
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