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Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • Page 5

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FIRST FORMATION OF THE 24TH TANK BATTALION At Camp Irwin, world's best tank training site--men of reserve unit, the 24th tank battalion, line up for the first formation after their arrival there. --XT. S. Army Photos 24TII TANK BATTALION COMMAND STAFF CONFERS Immediately upon arrival last Sunday- at Camp Irwin, the staff of Tucson's reserve tank battalion had a conference. Shown here are to right) Capt.

Kenneth Fornwalt (S-3), Capt. George W. Huir (S-4), Maj. Ettore De Concini, commanding officer, and Maj. Lyon H.

Strong, executive officer. So noorriy! beatitfful! CONVENIENT TERMS Its P4CK WITH FEATURES FOR BETTER FAMILY LIVING I a butter, i and bottles right up front i Fr.ax.r Ch.it space for 49 pounds of frozen foods Butt.r a butter ready to spread llg space for meats, keeps them in prime full-width Crlip.r--keepi vegetables garden-crisp Movabl. Shelv.f--ahvajs ample room for bulky foods, tall bottles Glenn THOMPSON Sales ntid Service 917 E. Broadway Phone 2-1891 Landlord Guilty Of Manslaughter NEW YORK (fP)-- The owner of a Brooklyn house where two persons died in a fire had been sentenced to 10 'to 11 years in prison on manslaughter charges. The landlord, Edward Nelson, 54, was sentenced yesterday on his conviction by a two months ago.

"Ho was held responsible because h'p failed to provide proper fire retarding and because the fire was set off by his heating tan in the basement preparatory to patching the roof. flowers for the Shut-In A colorful bouquet of Gladioli or nn attractive bowl ot green will add cheer to the sick room all properly arranged and presented. DIALH63J Tucson's Pioneer Florist at the corner of STONE PENNINGTON Reserve Tank Battalion Gets Rugged Training Duty Three Accidents Here Keep Patrolmen Busy 3utrBntt Bailg Cittern Thuriday Evening, July 16, 1S3 State highway patrolmen assigned to Pima county; The 24th tank battalion a Tucson reserve outfit, is were kept busy with three accidents between mid-after! now engaged in extensive training at Camp Irwin, with the first week of this rugged life about to draw to a Under the command of Maj. Ettore De Concini, men! of the 24th Tucson early last Sunday morning and arrived at the "world's best tank training grouiTds" Sunday at mid-afternoon. First item on the agenda was army chow, prepared by cooks of the advance party--Sgt.

Fred Boyed, 238 S. Fourth and Corp. Paul Turnbull, 416 S. Third ave. The remainder of Sunday was spent in cleaning up the 15 by 15 feet (which house three or four and i the articles in the proper place--army style.

Capt. George Hull, commanding officer, told the men: "This is not the beautiful resort that most men would like to spend a 15 day vacation, but this is the place where a battalion of men can get the most thorough tank training that can be squeezed into 15 days of being soldiers." Monday at 4:45 a. m. the camp came to life and by 6:30 all hands were on their way to the training area. The pattern established on Monday will be followed faithfully daily until reserve training is over.

eep the minutes Keep Lectures Short, L. A. Police Told LOS ANGELES-lectures short five enough time to give a traffic ticket, the Los Angeles police commission has told officers. John J. Irwin, commission president, said yesterday he has received complaints tliat policemen use 15 to 20 minutes in giving tickets.

Commissioner Michael Kohn said he had sonje complaints a "officers seem to enjoy taking unnecessary time, especially if a driver is in a hur- rv." 7:30 p.m. yesterday, causing non-critical injuries to four persons. At about 4:10 p.m., a 17-year-old hitch-hiker miraculously escaped death, Avhen he was hurtled 34 feet bv an a driven bv Phoenician" Lloyd E. Pacific hospital with McFarland, I coming into Tuc- sl 'ght head injury. His father, I son on the Casa Grande W.

C. Whitaker, 60, Yuma, sus- young pedestrian, Ronald tained head and leg cuts and i E. Wilson of Comstock, suf- i bruises. i fered a broken left leg and a deep Huston, who was not injured, scalp cut. He had been a i was cited for a i i to stop for toward town on the shoulder.

McFarland was cited for speed- a flashing red light. His 1847; sedan enured the through i He said he didn't see Wilson i from the east, ramming as his auto momentarily left the pavement. ABOUT hour earlier, autos Whitaker's southbound auto, THE THIRD crash in the four and one-half hour period occurred driven by Amos C. Whitaker, 32, at 7:25 about three miles vt. 1.

box 741, Tucson, and Hat" F. Huston, 73, S17 E. Fifth collided on the Freeway at St. Mary's road. Whitaker was taken to the north of Rillito on Casa Grande highway.

Traffic had jammed to a halt when a 1949 sedan driven 'by William L. Wilson, 22, San Diego, struck a second car in thereat- on the divided highway. The second auto, driven by Beverly Hanson, 20, Phoenix, caromed into a Greyhound bus, i not i i its passengers. Wilson's auto pliuiged into an irrigation ditch following its impact with Miss Hanson's stopped car. His wife, Mrs.

Melba Wilson, 26, suffered cuts, bruises and shock, while his son, William 17 months, was shaken up but not injured. The investigating patrolman cited Wilson for operating his car with defective brakes and for speeding. Expert i TV REPAIR TED WALKER CALL 3-2595 Envoy Denies Plot Attempt WASHINGTON OJ.R) Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa denied last night that his government was the vie-, tim of an alleged $150,000 extortion plot by a former state department official. He discussed the allegation with state department officials and later told reporters his country was not involved. The story of the alleged plot was printed by a west coast newspaper and given to Sen.

Joseph R. McCarthy's senate permanent investigating subcommittee. The involved was not mentioned. McCarthy said Monday his group was looking into such a plot but did not name the' country involved. The Wisconsin Republican refused to give other details, The extortion allegations were reported to have been turned over to the FBI.

Baby Drowns In Wash Pan A A A 1-year-old girl drowned deputy sheriffs said, when she fell into a wash pan which held three inches of water. The wash pan, about 10 inches deep and 14 in diameter, had been placed in a play pen for the baby, Susan Marie daughter of a Chicago policeman, when she visited at the home of grandparents a a Crooked Lake. Deputy Sheriffs Miles Freeman and William Wood said the parents and grandparents had gone into the house for about 10 minutes and when they returned they baby's head in the pan. The deputies said the baby apparently had lost her balance and fell into the pan." ARE YOU PROUD A IF. SO, you are one of our -you'll want to preserve your car by having the fenders and body repaired and refinished EVEN the upholstery repaired or replaced where needed 1 IF your car is worth driving, it's worth- taking care of! CARS COST MONEY! Don't allow yours to become Let us make your car sparkle with an INFRA-RED BAKED ENAMEL PAINT JOB! Regardless of your car's age it WILL NOT-look "decrepit" when we give it back to you.

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Munsey 22, of Lakewood, Ohio, died when his F-84 Thunder jet plunged to the ground near the end of the Luke air force base runway. Lt. Chen Chili, 25, of the Chinese National air force, was killed in a T-33 a mile south of Gilbert. He was an. Allied student pilot taking instruction at Williams air force base.

Oil Magnate Bendeum Has 84th Birthday PITTSBURGH--OT--Michael L. Bendeum, multi-millionaire oil promoter who owns the reputation of "greatest wildcatter of i them all" by discovering rich oil fields throughout the world, observed his 84th birthday today. Nearly 100 friends, many of them in high financial circles throughout the country, arranged a quiet birthday party. On the eve of the party, Ben- deum got.word from a Knox county, development. Another oil well had come in, he was, told, and is giving every indication of being a good producer.

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