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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1961
Page
3
Eyewitness recounts a 1500-strong assault at Cochinos Bay ending in defeat. Survivors describe early morning landings at Playa Larga, intense air and artillery bombardment, and a 100 mile sea withdrawal on a rubber raft before rescue by the Louise.
The Arizona superior court will decide this afternoon if it can stop county supervisors from acting on Paradise Valley incorporation petitions. A temporary restraining order blocks action while arguments focus on legal authority and petition sufficiency. Twenty four of four hundred ninety six signers have requested withdrawal.
Tempe reports ASU enrollment for the second semester shows 87 percent of students are Arizona residents. Registrar Alfred Thomas Jr. notes 12 percent are out-of-state residents and the rest come from foreign countries or U.S. possessions.
In Jerusalem UPI reports Dieter Wisliceny testified Eichmann helped draft the final solution and that Himmler and Hitler carried out orders. Wisliceny said Eichmann and SS General Globocnik conceived the plan, damaging Eichmann's defense that he was only blindly obeying. In Phoenix, Arizona the 27th annual Social Welfare Conference opened a three day session at Ramada Inn.
Congolese central government troops arrested Katanga Province President Moise Tshombe at the airport as he tried to board a plane to Elisabethville after delivering an ultimatum to Kasavubu. A reporter was beaten by soldiers but released after intervention by Foreign Minister Justin Bomboko.
The $4 million solar project at Kitt Peak near Tucson is two months behind schedule due to rock conditions. Observatory officials expect housing for the world’s largest telescope to be completed by early spring, with the silo and steel work set to begin next week.
Former Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma urged a provisional coalition government and invited representatives from the Neo Lao Haksat and Savannakhet groups to meet in Xieng Khouang to discuss a Laos cease fire. Hanoi confirmed the cease-fire accord while Vientiane offered no immediate reply.
PHOENIX UPI report states the state corporation commission broadened its authority to regulate firms and individuals transporting Mexican national farm workers within the state.
Senate investigators report ironworkers at a U S missile base earned up to 520 dollars weekly, 40 more than defense secretary McNamara. Other payrolls surpassed subcabinet members and senior military officers at Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral. A former officer cited union-like pledges to delay Titan assembly. An open 1955 Wyoming turkey season has yielded about 3174 birds.
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