30 Sep 1961
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Newspaper
Arizona Daily Sun
Location
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1961
Page
1
John Larsen of Bloomington Minnesota, blind since an 18 year old accident, uses 32 braille marked decks to play in the Mid American Canadian Regional Bridge Tournament. He relies on aides to read and call cards as he plays from the dummy side. This marks his first out of state competition.
A fragment shows a Sunday schedule across morning to night with programs like Matty's Funnies, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, News Weather and Sports blocks, plus various films and serials listed by time. Names include Lawrence Well Gunsmoke Perry Mason and American stations.
Mayor Wagner and reformists moved the New York County Democratic Committee from Tammany Hall to 48th Street, signaling a fresh start for Manhattan politics. The Society of Tammany persists informally, while the old staff left, and longtime aide Hubert Kelly remains as a link to the era.
Representatives of major northern Arizona denominations gather for the semi annual Northern Arizona Council of Churches meeting in the Grand Canyon community building. Rev. Faul D. Sholin of Mountain View Presbyterian Tucson will speak on The Church's Responsibility in Social Change. Registration is $2.50 including luncheon. deadline Oct. 1 to Rev. Robert Peaman Williams Arizona.
Winslow Kiwanis heard disaster control officer John Gordon describe four nuclear threat aspects including thermal and blast radiations and fallout. He urged family shelter plans and warned Denver area deaths from panic. Local participants included Key Club members Gary Cox and John Pollan as exchange student funds were discussed.
Bertha Tuke 84 dies at her daughter’s Jacksonville Illinois home. Funeral rites tentatively planned for Friday at Gillham Funeral Home in Jacksonville. She had lived with daughter Mrs Wi Wolke at 144 East Dale for three years. Local arrangements by Flagstaff Mortuary in Jacksonville Illinois.
A short devotional note cites Psalm 122:8 praising Jerusalem and expresses sentiment that those who love the land of the Lord will prosper. It includes the line blessing those who bless thee and cursing those who curse thee as part of the reflection.
One of three Canadians arrested by Flagstaff police was bound over to U S District Court on forgery charges. Donald I I Wilson or Williams appeared and was remanded to Prescott jail to face court. Three others with Wilson were deported to Canada. Wilson was charged by the Secret Service.
Williams, 36, of Monroe, North Carolina, NAACP and chapter president, sought asylum in Havana claiming death threats from the Ku Klux Klan. He was indicted by a Union County grand jury for kidnapping unrelated hostages to pressure release of arrested Black individuals. he previously praised Fidel Castro and denied racial discrimination in Cuba.
Southside and Coopertown community leader Herman Chacon urges Winslow residents to register and vote in the upcoming special election. He criticizes forestry officials as unqualified and stresses turnout to influence local improvements.
Divorce information lines advise calling Phoenix WE 4453 or Yuma SU 49-1301. The line references a ceremony described as a west Linenae mony with no public city details, and mentions a Gretna Green styled wedding chapel in Chapala.
Verde Valley Mental Health Association heard Dr. Frank Jerse call for local clinics at a one per 50 000 population standard. He urged outpatient centers close to home with diagnosis and treatment, school psychologist access, and follow up after hospital discharge to reduce need for distant care.
Northern Rhodesia, Sept. 18. An air crash that killed U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold may have been an intentional landing attempt rather than sabotage. Investigators report the DC-6 undercarriage down, engines at same pitch, and the craft 49 to 50 feet above ground before slicing through trees and exploding ammunition aboard.
Forecast for Flagstaff and Northern Arizona calls for fair conditions today tonight and Sunday. Northwest to northeast winds 8 to 16 mph, cooler today with tonight's low around 26. Highs around 70 tomorrow and 68 today in region readings.
Holbrook Army Pvt. Florian R. Tostado, son of Mrs Selina Tostado of Holbrook, has arrived in Germany and is assigned to the 19th Ordnance Battalion. The Holbrook High School graduate is listed as a year old recruit.
Pall bearers at the funeral services of homes Bishop, 63, Weld this afternoon at the Odd Fellows hall included the following Harvey Gaston Leo Chrisman Earl Robbins George Andriatos Rodney Anderson Walker Carson and Win R. Hensley.
Six hundred Eastern Air Lines pilots threaten to halt flying DCS jets within three days unless the FAA guarantees the plane s hydraulic safety. A telegram to FAA director Najed Halaby from Council 28 of the Air Line Pilots Association cites unresolved safety concerns and warns suspension of D3 operations on Eastern Air Lines.
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