Heat Record May Be Set In Scottsdale Weather Glow
Scottsdale faced extreme heat as thermometers showed near record highs and pools filled while city officials cite budget limits delaying the public pool. The weatherman predicts a slight cooldown to one degree cooler tomorrow as nearby areas report 103 in Yuma and 106 in Palm Springs.
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Scottsdale
Yuma
Palm Springs
Calif
Los Angeles
Montana
Great Falls
Cut Bank
Refresher Course Set for Mercury Astronauts
Three Mercury astronauts ordered to undergo a centrifuge refresher at Cape Canaveral to reacquaint them with rocket flight stresses and collect medical data. Redstone launch will send a Mercury capsule to about 115 miles, then water recovery off the Atlantic after 15 minutes and 5.2 minutes of weightlessness.
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Washington
UPI
Mercury
America
Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
Cape
Russia Okays Concessions In Nuclear Test Talks
The Soviet Union accepted four Anglo American concessions on a nuclear test ban at Geneva but offered no new actions. Washington and London pushed for inspection of U S devices and space policing plans while Western diplomats viewed the Soviet move as minor.
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Geneva
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Phoenix Moves To Annex Part Of Scottsdale
Phoenix City Council approved a plan to annex a portion of Arcadia along 58th to 64th streets and unincorporated area south of the Arizona all of the area ponies by Scottsdale. A injunction will be sought tomorrow to block further proceedings toward taking over part of an existing city.
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Phoenix
Arcadia
Arizona
Scottsdale
Less Demand For Expensive Homes Cited
Washington UPI Robert C Weaver housing and home finance administrator told the Senate housing sub committee that a slow up in demand for higher priced new homes calls for a new approach to federal housing legislation. He cited emphasis on measures reaching moderate income families and noted some signs of improvement in the home building industry while urging administration proposals to take up the slack.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance
Weaver
Senate Housing Subcommittee
Kennedy
Federal
Mob seizes Elizabethville Airport in Katanga clash
A mob of 10,080 natives armed with machetes iron bars and muskets took temporary control of Elizabethville Airport from Swedish United Nations troops in Katanga.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Kennedy makes golf debut at Palm Beach course
President Kennedy stages a brief golf outing for news cameras at Palm Beach Country Club. He drives up in a convertible with Peter Lawford and Joey Kennedy observers note a pair of hooked shots into the wrong fairways drawing sympathy from the gallery and comments that he usually plays better.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Kennedy
Palm Beach Country Club
Peter Lawford
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Harvard Golf Club
Paratroop offensive near Vang Vieng strains Laotian forces
Soviet transport planes dropped about 360 paratroops near Vang Vieng, six miles from the town, with heavy fighting at Muong Kassy 20 miles north. Reinforcements rush to the area as government forces maneuver toward Luang Prabang. Paratroops were described as Red Vietminh from North Vietnam.
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Laos
UPI
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Phoumi Nosavan
Tha Thom
Plain of Jars
Phoumi
Luang Prabang
Muong Kassy
Viet Nam
Communism on the Map film shown to adults in PTA series
The movie Communism on the Map will be shown at 7 30 p m on Tuesday April 11 for the Tavan PTA in the school cafetorium at 4610 E Osborn. This is the first of three programs for adults only on communism with nursery care provided at each program.
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Tavan Pta
E. Osborn
Laos Truce Near with Britain and Russia
Washington sources say Britain and the Soviet Union near a cease-fire in Laos with an inspected and verified halt preceding a 14 nation political conference. The prospect emerged as Prime Minister Macmillan flies to Washington for talks with President Kennedy on Asia and cold war issues.
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UPS
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Russia
Laos
Soviet Union
Frank Roberts
Moscow
Kremlin
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Driver Crashes Into Windshield In Scottsdale Collision
Phoenician Donald Frederick Quimby, 26, was thrown through a pickup windshield in a downtown Scottsdale crash yesterday afternoon. He crawled from the wreck on Brown Avenue near Main, walked a few steps, then collapsed with only minor cuts. He told police he swerved to avoid a car backing from a parking place and struck a parked car owned by Berney F. Kitt of Missoula, Montana.
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Scottsdale
Donald Frederick Quimby
Brown Avenue
Main
Quimby
Berney F. Kitt
Missoula
Mont
McNamara signals limited wars without nuclear weapons
Defense Secretary McNamara told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the administration aims to boost nonnuclear capabilities for limited wars while not ruling out tactical nuclear use. He urged a survivable strategic force with Polaris submarines and Minuteman ICBMs, and questioned the Nike Zeus antimissile program's readiness for wide deployment.
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Washington
UPD
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dent Kennedy
Senate
Armed ‘Services’ Committee
Polaris
Local Building Permits Triple in Scottsdale March 1960
In March 1960 Scottsdale issued 86 building permits with a total value of 921 333 50. Major commercial starts included Circle K Market at Fillmore and Scottsdale valued 20000 Vette Huck Building 49000 and Huffman Building 18500 in Craftsman s Court. Most permits were for single family dwellings. March total value 294 415 44.
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Scottsdale
Circle K-Market
Fillmore
Vette Huck
Huffman
Craftsman’s Court
Field Fire Destroys No Property Amid Sparks Threat
Waist high grass and brush in a field at McDowell and Miller burned fiercely yesterday. Fire crews fought the Rural Fire Department reported sparks sent up by children playing with matches. The blaze was controlled without property damage after a hot hour long effort.
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McDowell
Miller
Parking Plan Moves Slowly
Norm Saba of the Scottsdale Parking Corporation notes education of citizens is slow and says merchants and employees subscribed for parking space in two lots to free streets for retail shoppers. He says weekly signups grow but much room remains for improvement as development commitments exist for vacant downtown property.
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Saba
Scottsdale Parking Corporation
Bond Election Draws Poor Voter Turnout
At noon only two per cent of registered voters had cast ballots in a bond election for 4.4 million dollars in sewer and water bonds. The taxpaying voter limited vote drew less interest than last week’s council election with 12.3 per cent turnout. Polls remain open at city hall 133 EB Main until 7 p.m.
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Council
EB. Main
Local Cleanup Drive Planned in Scottsdale District
Preliminary plans for a mid May cleanup campaign in the Scottsdale School District emerged at a meeting of civic representatives and the chambers beautification committee. Agencies represented included the city school board PTA council and the chamber. The subcommittee led by Mrs Samuel Standish includes Charles Montooth and Dick Crabb.
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Chamber of Commerce
The.school Board
PTA Council
Chamber
Samuel . Standish
Charles Montooth
Dick Crabb
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