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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
1
Approximately 4 000 students will register Saturday for the first week of the 1951 summer session at Colorado State College. Undergraduates may earn 1 to 4 credit hours with up to 12 quarter divisions available. Classes start Monday with over 59 courses taught by a noted resident faculty and guest teachers.
U N Ambassador Adlai Stevenson told President Kennedy during a South American swing that conditions have worsened since his last tour. He noted rising discontent and a need for social reforms, while praising progress and noting strong interest in the alliance for progress across ten nations.
The bulletin notes 2 p m temperature at 35 with highs around 82 and lows near 52 for today and Friday. It forecasts warm weekend with 90 to 100 highs in Colorado and Wyoming generally fair conditions with isolated thunderstorms in mountains and continued heat along the Western Slope.
Fourth in a Weld County series on proposed reorganized districts outlines Re 7 covering Kersey Gill Barnesville Harden and Kuner. Estimated valuation 6 593 650 with enrollment 790 117 in top grades. Per pupil value 8 852 vs county 8 774. Area 287 square miles 34 staff. Buildings and sites 700 800 equipment 73 287 buses 36 640. Indebtedness 140 000 plus warrants 0 002. Five director districts levy 22 50 mills special fund 22 50 and ward/interest 5 20. Current special levies vary. Continued on Page A.
Frank Coloran presents a plan for a new 10 million gallon concrete reservoir west of the Greeley Country Club with a projected cost of 400 000 dollars. Olin Shaffer, water director, argues the city faces summer water shortages and needs expanded storage and a west side distribution system to serve annexations and new subdivisions.
Kersey High School agriculture instructor Rex Davis was elected president of the Colorado Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association for 1961 82 and will represent the group at the American Vocational Association meeting in Kansas City in December. Other officers include Curtis Talley Palisade vice president and Bob Detter Fork Morgan secretary treasurer.
Washington AP Scarbeck a former U S Embassy official in Warsaw pleaded innocent to charges of passing government secrets to Polish Communists. Judge Sirica set trial for July 1.NEARBECK did not speak. defendant held on $50,000 bond in District of Columbia jail.
The House passed a multi billion housing and urban development bill to support Kennedy housing plans. The final vote was 215 187 against the GOP substitute, with a $4.9 billion tag and $228 million yearly budget. Conference talks with the Senate loom as differences over loan terms and down payments persist. Kennedy no down payment plan dies on party lines amid House changes to mortgage terms.
Cuba rejects the U S tractor swap plan as Castro denounces surrender of basic functions and warns the move could set a dangerous precedent. Labor talks included a noon deadline and a three man mediation panel to swap prisoners for tractors amid a national maritime strike.
Castro negotiates prisoner exchanges tied to the Cuba invasion case and proposes barring amid offers for bulldozers or tractors. He cites alternative exchanges involving political prisoners in the United States Puerto Rico and Spain while mediations with marine unions shape labor talks and ongoing construction of a new post office in Greeley.
The original completion date for the building was June 1 but the contractor requested a delay. Moving hinges on equipment hinges on the arrival of new gear and notes about 70 percent of current furniture being replaced. Most furniture has arrived and is stored in the basement of the present post office at 1th St and gih Ave.
In Istanbul and surrounding areas, floods and lightning killed seven more Turks in the last 28 hours, bringing the weekly weather toll to seven. The General Services Administration in Denver is studying possible actions for the current post office building in Greeley, which was vacated, with a move likely over a weekend after Aug. 1 if needed. The new post office is under construction on the old Charles N. Jackson property, offering 14,000 square feet of space and a leasing agreement with Crosby Construction Co.
President Kennedy, recovering from a viral illness, summoned aides for a high level White House conference with Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda while Berlin tensions rise. He walked from bed to greet visitors but planned to stay at Glen Ora as doctors report improvement and a broad schedule of discussions to include Berlin.
No parking signs were placed on Ath Ave from 17h St to 20th St. Parking will be prohibited after Friday afternoon and Saturday until signs are removed Sunday after the Soap Box Derby race. The avenue will be closed to allow cleaning in preparation for Sunday's race.
Firefighters report a Mayflower truck van at 4th Street warehouse damaged about 60 packing pads. The blaze began Thursday night and was fueled by a cigarette or spontaneous combustion. The inside of the van suffered smoke damage and the incident was reported around 8 a.m. Friday.
The second annual Creeley Soap Box Derby will be held Sunday with races on 1h Ave near Cranford St. Judges include Like and Smalley with Jim Like of Walsenburg and Ted Smalley of Spiritdale named. Races award prizes and a bicycle for the top finishers. derby resumes after last year’s revival in Greeley.
In Denver, a couple from Silverton, formerly of Greeley, sues Greeley National Bank for 1.8 million in damages. They claim the bank froze their account without notice, charged overdrafts, and caused job loss as a potato harvester. multiple checks between October and October 15, 1988, were returned unpaid. The bank says it has not been served with papers.
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