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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1962
Page
1
Police faced tense moments at Coronado school as the Sabin 411 campaign drew 30 379 vaccine recipients with a projected 15 000 more for May 6 final. Officials reported 55 381 in the second dose drive last month and SOS volunteers tallied over 472 000 vaccinated in Maricopa and Pima Counties.
The piece reports that over 98 000 people registered at the Community Center pool last summer with 17 minor accidents. More than 1 200 took swimming lessons, totaling about 2 000 lessons. The editor shares a personal joke about Cayuga Lake and learning to swim.
Major U S airlines will begin a six month plan on May 1 to penalize no shows and oversales. Passengers who book and fail to use or cancel face a 5 to 40 dollar charge, while airlines can penalize 5 to 40 dollars if space is confirmed and boarding is denied due to oversale. Carriers in the program include American Braniff Continental Delta Eastern National Northeast Northwest Trans World United and Western.
In Maricopa County, Sabin Oral Sundays organizers barred rival groups from petitioning at anti polio clinics. Arizona Council of Taxpayers and Arizona Homeowners' Association clashed over signature drives at public school grounds, with James DeWitt claiming 10,000 signatures at 17 clinics, while efforts were slated to continue next Sunday.
Puzzle text lists numerous clues with mismatched numbers and broken phrases including residu es postscript magistrates crown beast state abbr visionary note of sea and more. The fragmentary clues suggest a standard crossword with across and down entries but readable solutions are not provided.
United Press International reports temperatures and precipitation for the 24 hour period ending at 4 am. The overview lists averages highs and lows and rainfall amounts across regions, highlighting notable deviations and trends observed during the interval.
In heavy fog near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay two cargo passenger ships, the Tarantel and the Hellenic Splendor, collided. Two passengers died, three people were injured, and a Coast Guard evacuation followed as the Tarantel headed toward Newport News and the Hellenic Splendor toward Philadelphia. The Tarantel carried 47 crew and 12 passengers.
Los Angeles report on a LASER device unveiled for interplanetary signalling and other uses. The piece notes a dozen films and an exhibition of television and movie equipment worth a million dollars as part of the event by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. I J D Haenens provides the report.
FBI probe focuses on several businessmen amid a broader inquiry. Details remain incomplete as investigators seek financial records and connections to potential illegal activity.
Harold N. Borger, 42, a U.S. citizen without a fixed address, will face trial in Karlsruhe before the West German Supreme Court starting May 7 on charges of maintaining treasonable relations with an eastern intelligence agency. He allegedly provided military information to East German agents and admits visiting Moscow and East Berlin, with authorities implying he supplied data to the East German ministry for state security. The case remains in German hands as Borger is a private citizen.
The Broadway hit How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying led the 1961 62 Tony Awards with seven wins out of 21. Robert Bolt received a Tony for A Man for All Seasons as part of the ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria.
Several openings remain in classes sponsored by the Recreation Department. Subjects include pastel sketching portraiture and theory in workshops led by Nancy McCarthy for Scotts Hill residents. No charges or fees.
President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy entertained a high profile group of intellectuals at a White House dinner described as the greatest collection of scientists and authors. Linus Pauling and J Robert Oppenheimer attended, with Pauling later joining in music despite nuclear test protests. Kennedy praised Pauling for continuing to express his opinions during the reception.
Armor supported French security forces sealed off parts of downtown Oran signaling an intensive campaign to crush the OAS. Generals ordered traffic bans on major arteries as Moslem local forces of about 500 men helped block streets and establish barricades along a dividing line through the city.
The Greater New Orleans Citizens Council dispatches freedom buses to New York Chicago and Los Angeles in a move to defend its claim of aiding northern relocation for African Americans. Five go to Chicago today and about 100 to New York by 12 45 p m. A Los Angeles train carries 25 including 15 children. Critics say the effort is a hoax and only 13 of the 116 claimed participants have been identified.
ASU Evening For Scottsdale is the second in the Town and Gown series by the ASU Faculty Club to foster closer ASU community ties. E J Denison says the program links the university with valley communities. Scottsdale leaders including Mayor Schrader will attend a barbecue at the new ASU farm near Elliott and Price Roads southeast of the campus.
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