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Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1949

Page

3

New faces on Amphitheater Sunnyside school boards in Tucson area

New trustees elected in the Amphitheater and Sunnyside districts with Roy Bullington and Ben Fidler defeating incumbents. Tucson's Fred W. Fickett ran unopposed for the board president, with a 10 cent levy approved to fund remodeling and additions. Other districts report small-party unopposed wins and land purchases.

Surn Tucson Roy A. Bullington Amphitheater Ben C. Fidler Sunnyside Bullington Arthur Softley Fidler Elmer Ross Fred W. Fickett Robert D. Morrow Catalina Junior High Marana Alvin Luckett Jesse Toland Wrightstown Ajo Alfred T. Barr Everett A. McMahon Morse Holladay Flowing Wells Grant McGregor Catalina Wilbur Watkins Michael Jungen Sahuarita

Col Louis R Hughes to lead Williams base

Williams Air Force Base reports Col Louis R Hughes Jr will assume command of the jet fighter school on November 7, succeeding Col Robert L Scott Jr who is reassigned to Europe. Hughes, a New Mexico native, previously commanded Howard Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone.

Williams Air Force Base Louis R. Hughes Jr Air Force Robert L. Scott Jr Col Scott Europe Col. Hughes New Mexico Howard Air Force Base Panama Canal Zone

Frightened Nurses Confront Bear In Arizona Mountains

In Phoenix two nurses Beatrice Hicks and Georgia Combs, aged 26 and 25, recount a deer hunting trip near Williams that turned dangerous as they were charged by a 250 pound bear. Hicks describes freezing, Combs shooting the bear from a tree, and Hicks finally finishing the animal after a second charge.

Phoenix Beatrice Hicks Georgia Combs Williams Miss Hicks Georgia Gorgia Gin

Inventor Of First Steam Turbine For Ships Dies

Charles Volney Kerr 88 a noted mechanical engineer dies in a Los Angeles hospital. He is credited with inventing the first steam turbine used in the merchant marine and held posts at Armour Institute and several New York Chicago firms. Survived by wife Elizabeth Kerr son Volney A Kerr and daughter Mrs Martin Duke plus two grandsons.

Los Angeles Charles Volney Kerr Kerr Miami County Ohio Arkansas Industrial University Fayetteville Armour Institute of Technology New York Chicago National Pump & Motor Co Elizabeth A. Kerr Volney A. Kerr Colton Calif Martin Duke Glendale

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