Funds Hike Proposed for Grand Junction Home
Ridge Sy STEPHEN MM AUG DENVER AP The State Home and Training School in Grand Junction seeks a 214 percent funding increase for next year, including nearly $981,000 for 64 new staff mainly ward attendants. Porter said AAMD target is 397 employees, up from 48.2 percent of that level, with crowded dorms and stalled programs due to recruitment issues. He outlined plans to remodel dorms and add cottages to raise capacity from 847 to 887 and urged 37 more nursing attendant positions to shift from custodial care to treatment and education of retarded individuals.
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Ridge
Stephen MM
Denver
Grand Junction
Robert Porter
Porter
American Association For
Association
Hess
Big Lift Troops On Way Home From Europe
The U S Air Force began returning Operation Big Lift personnel to the United States on Tuesday. A C135 jet carrying 73 soldiers from the 2nd Armored Division departed Rhein-Main Air Force Base just before noon led by 1st Lt Alden L Haswell of White Plains New York with Capt Robert K Potter of Salt Lake City piloting. A second C18 transport soon followed from Ramstein Air Base carrying troops and gear.
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Loyal Gould FR
Germany
U.S. Air Force
2Nd Armored Division
United States
Rhein-Main Air Force
Alden L. Haswell
White Plains
N.Y
Robert K. Potter
Salt Lake City
Ramatein Air Base
Weather summary for Tuesday and midweek outlook
The 1 pm temperature Tuesday was 50. The 24 hour readings ending 8 am Tuesday show Great Western 50 high and 24 low, Public Service 50/24, College 49/23. Barometer at 8 am Tuesday 24.40 and falling. Sunrise 6:43 am, sunset 4:46 pm Wednesday. Generally cool with a warming trend north tonight and east Wednesday, gusty northeast winds, lows 20 to 30, east and north 25 to 35, high mountains 515, higher valleys 603, most lower elevations in the 60s. Rains possible with a $795 precipitation amount.
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Great Western
Public Service
High
College
Colorado
Estes Refuses to Answer Senate Questions on Farm Deals
Texas promoter Billie Sol Estes faces Senate investigators as he declines to answer questions about gifts or gratuities and whether his farming ventures influenced government officials. The hearings wind down with Estes invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self incrimination.
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Milton Kelly
Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Senate
Barker
Estes
Fifth Amendment and
Agriculture Department
Pecos
Tex
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D. N.C
Subcommittee
Astes
FAA Chief Says Some Denver Jet Crash Deaths Unnecessary
A Denver jet crash prompts FAA head Halaby to say some victims died needlessly. He cites emergency training and evacuation failures as crucial in preventing future loss of life. The report recounts post crash actions and demands for better cockpit and cabin procedures.
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FAA
Denver
John T., McClellan
D.ark
Estes
O’ McClellan
Texas
Washington
N. E. Walaby
Thej
Fed
Federal Aviation Agency
Nalaby
Halaby
Colorado
Meeker School Plans Face Meeker Auditorium Review
Greeley school officials weigh the future of Meeker Junior High as voters in December 1961 chose to abandon the building after fire hazard concerns. An architect's report and pupil population studies guide a board decision on possible continued use, with a joint inspection by fire and safety officials and a public memo slated for Wednesday.
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Frank Gapfa
Art Co-Ndustriet
Grimes
Greeley
Meeker
Leslie K
Meek School
Amelica
Colorado State College
Meektation
Leonard Walsh
BPS
Greeley Fire Dept
State Industrial Commission
Parker and Associates of
8Th Ave
Doctors Save Christine by Amputating Leg
In a five hour operation at Metro General Hospital Cleveland doctors remove Christine Simko's right leg and hip to save her life from a malignant tumor. Four surgeons reported the procedure went smoothly and she is expected to walk again with a prosthetic limb after therapy. Christine's mother Lily Simko opposed the surgery, citing fears of future blame. the juvenile court finally granted permission.
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Larry Friedman
Associated Press
Cleveland (Ap
Lily Simko
Metro
Politan General Hospital
Simko
Christine
Walter G. Whitlock
East Cleveland
Tome
Simba
Boulder Girl Killed in Turnpike Crash Toll Rises
A Boulder girl, Karen Ann Corrigan, 22, died after her overturned car rolled down a 20 foot embankment on the Boulder-Denver Turnpike near the tollhouse. Delmer C. Hurt, 26, died when his car struck a bridge railing on a county road north of Colorado Springs, crossing a dry creek. The toll for the year reached 43 percent, compared to 40 percent last year.
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Boulder
Elbert
Colorado
Karen Ann Corrigan
Boulder-Denver
Tollhouse
Delmer C. Hurt
Colorado Springs
American Professor Accused by Soviets
Denver court hears a challenge to Dillon Reservoir storage arguing it interferes with the Parshall Canal project. The U.S. Interior Department, various districts and irrigation companies are named as defendants in the water case filed in Denver federal court, with a Dec. 9 hearing set.
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Alfred A. Ar
Denver
Colorado Springs
Blue River
Colorado
Colorado River Water Conservation District
Grand Valley Water Users Association
Orchard Mesa Irrigation District
Palisade Irrigation District
Grand Valley Tringa- Hon Co
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
U.S. Interior Department
Court Reform Cost Estimated at 467240
Denver AP reports Amendment No 1 to revise the state judicial system will cost taxpayers an extra 467240 next year. The state pays 274240 and counties about 193000. The Legislative Council committee released the price figures. The state’s current operating cost for the judiciary totals 701238, including 41 district judges at 14000 annually each. Fee increases from court users under the amendment will bring in 34900, reducing the net taxpayer burden.
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Denver
Colorado Legislative Council
Jewelry Crew Foiled by Sluggish Car in $3 Million Robbery
NEW YORK AP police said a bold jewelry heist collapsed as one thief failed to drive a standard shift car. The gang of five reportedly left with no loot, while a second cache of gems and gold was recovered from an abandoned boiler cart at a demolition site. A third stash vanished during a separate incident involving a water reservoir and drainage work. Investments and water rights claims tied to downstream disputes were also referenced.
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New York
Peelke
Parshall
Gang of Five Ment
Denver
Williams Fork
Fon
Ditton
Dilberg
mid-Manhattan
Iron Reservoir
Mall
Colorado
No Right to Water in Western Colorado Rights Disputed
No Right to Water in Denver and Colorado Springs denies use of Green Mountain Reservoir for replacement and storage rights for direct flow from the Blue River of 1726 cubic feet per second. Western Colorado users alone benefit from water stored in Green Mountain. Dillon Reservoir water is needed to fill Green Mountain and no compensation arrangement with the secretary of interior for electrical energy at Green Mountain was made.
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Dillon
U.S
Cliffs Divide
Ute Mountain
Colorado Springs
Green Mountain
Blue River
Wile Ter
Colorado
Dillon Reservoir
Secretary of Interior
Green M Mountain
Supreme Court Hears Appeals on State and Congressional Apportionment
The U S Supreme Court debates eight appeals on legislative and congressional districting. Justices weigh whether population equality and equal protection govern district maps amid a flood of apportionment lawsuits from Georgia New York Maryland and Virginia. Pending rulings could redefine how states redraw lines for fair representation.
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Paul v. Yost
Associated Press
Washington
U S Supreme Court
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Queens
Supreme Court
Tennessee
New York
Madama
Maryland
Virginia-i
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Georgia
Iheard
Florida
Jantee
Ohio
Oklahoma
Colorado
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Meeker Auditorium
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