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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
1
Changes to Arizona school bus regulations take effect July 1 with the new uniform traffic code. Motorists must stop when a bus unloads or loads and may proceed only after the bus moves or is signaled by the driver. The update allows flashing stop lights and adopts National School Bus standards.
Sun Valley Pool invites Scottsdale residents to the opening at 1 p m Friday afternoon. The facility has been cleaned and is ready for guests as it debuts east of the high school on Indian School Road.
Arizona begins its 1950 football schedule with nine of 11 starting positions filled by sophomores. The front line will largely consist of first year players, as shown in the spring game where 42 percent of the 63-man squad were new to college football. Quarterback battle features Steve Farrier competing with Bruce McCauley and Ed Miller, with Farrier noted as markedly improved.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced an examination for engineers to fill federal positions in Washington DC and vicinity with pay from $4,600 to $6,400 yearly. Some openings may be nationwide. Full details and forms are available from O C Wilson at the local post office.
Scottsdale High joins 12 other Valley schools including Chandler Ajo Peoria Tempe Phoenix Union Carver Tolleson North Phoenix Casa Grande Glendale West Phoenix and Mesa for a two night event at Mesa High School with twelve one act plays. Judges C E Southern and Mador Davies of Arizona State College preside.
The 1950 VFW encampment will be held June 8 9 and 10 in Mesa Arizona. Posts across the state have been invited to reserve housing and many have started fund raising for the convention. A large attendance is anticipated and the convention will address issues vital to veterans and the VFW.
The estimated length of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel tiles laid end to end would form a four inch wide strip extending 418 miles from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh. The National Geographic Society notes that roughly half of the earth’s known uranium ore is found at the Shinkolobwe mine 70 miles northwest of Elisabethville in the Belgian Congo.
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