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Newspaper
Arizona Daily Sun
Location
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1962
Page
1
Ford Motor Company of Canada and the United Auto Workers signed a new contract covering seven thousand two hundred workers at four struck plants. Union officials expect strong member approval and foresee all employees returning to work Monday morning.
A dense listing of programs across BATURDAE Evening and Sunday tabs, detailing movie slots, news, weather, sports, and various TV show blocks with time stamps, titles, and channel cues for a midcentury viewing schedule. Prominent items include Gunsmoke, Cimarron City, Perry Mason, and Maverick among many others.
A thunderous avalanche in Ranchirea Peru touched a Winslowita, Dorila Manning, who recalls a 1951 Mexican similar event near Huaraz. She describes terror, loss, and paralyzed transport as families grieve. The Peruvian village mourns as villagers bury the dead and face a ruined town.
A Bible digest excerpt cites Zechariah 7 and emphasizes not oppressing widows or the fatherless, nor the stranger or the poor. It urges mercy toward neighbors and cautions against harboring evil thoughts toward others. The text underscores two attitudes toward God and toward fellow man.
Today's Weather notes sunrise to sunset and tomorrow details with highs around 40 and lows near 17. Precipitation trace, normals and record highs and lows listed. forecast for Flagstaff and northern Arizona calls for considerable cloudiness, snow showers today, southwest winds 10 to 18 miles per hour diminishing tonight, cooler Sunday with highs near 30 and low around 10, high tomorrow about 34.
Initial plans for a gala benefit dance to aid the Northern Arizona Symphony were formed at a meeting led by Mrs. Tom Pollock. The event, planned for early March with time and venue TBD, aims to support the symphony’s growth, with proceeds to fund its development. Members of the organizing committee and Symphony Guild officials attended, including Mrs. Paul Wenger and Mrs. Elden Ardrey among others.
A speech by former teacher Milton Mayer at Central Methodist Church drew protests from ASU students and a 300 strong crowd. John West, 21, rushed the platform, grabbed the American flag, and prompted police to restore order as tensions rose over Mayer’s alleged 1947 Syracuse remarks.
The AP reports the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads win federal approval to merge into a 20 200 mile system valued at about 5.4 billion dollars. The deal, labeled an economic necessity, signals major shifts in rail and broader transportation, inviting debate in Congress and among governments and shippers.
Washington AP report notes President Kennedy keeps Herbert Hoover Harry S Truman and Dwight D Eisenhower informed on international developments. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger confirms briefings are part of Kennedy policy to keep former leaders current on foreign matters.
Oklahoma City report says two speakers at a GOP meeting charged President Kennedy with soft stance toward communism abroad and drift toward socialism at home. Sen. Barry Goldwater and Rep. William E. Miller urged tougher foreign policy and criticized State of the Union messaging.
Paris officials halted an 18 inch gold and bronze nude statuette of Brigitte Bardot arriving from New York due to France's precious metals import laws. After hours of bargaining, Baron de Debronyi paid $10 to customs and was allowed to take the sculpture into Paris, intending to present it to Bardot.
AP reports Ethie Kovacs a colorful comic star who shaped TV classics, then moved to film. He bragged of a $600,000 house and $200,000 a picture, recalling clashes with studio heads and bold style that fueled his colorful Hollywood image.
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