05 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
1
Racial tension flares in Chicago South Side as white youths clash with police after rumors of a Negro family moving in. Police arrest 35 for disorderly conduct while demonstrations persist in several communities including Indianapolis and Gadsden. Civil rights actions urged nationwide.
UPI reports top secret Communist Chinese army journals show severe shortages of food and essentials for army and public. Disturbances in Canton involved militia clashes with party members and defections, with X marks signaling likely thousands of defectors. Regular troops then moved in and militia control tightened.
Alma Allen remains in serious condition at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital after being dragged in a laundry room when a car rammed the building. Phoenix youth Charles K. Quick, 21, killed when his car struck a utility pole on East Indian School Road. Two Sunday accidents caused minor injuries to three people, including Erma Grizzle and Carl Corbin in a rear end collision on Scottsdale Road, with Frank Phillips cited for speeding. Brian Mason injured at 68th and Oak, with Fred Lary cited for running a stop sign. property damage estimated at 1550 dollars.
Scotland Yard probes further scandals tied to the late playboy Dr Stephen Ward amid disquiet over his trial. Inquiries target persons not named in the osteopath’s vice trial and may yield new disclosures and prosecutions. Reports say Ward associates procured girls for wealthy and influential men.
Partly cloudy through tomorrow with six chances in ten of afternoon or nighttime thunder showers over both days. Daytime temperatures rise to about 102 with a low near 76. Willard Greene reports Sunday high 94 and morning low 77. Weekend rainfall totaled 14 inches.
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas aged 64 wed government worker Joan C. Martin in a quiet Williamsville ceremony. The couple planned a monthlong Montana camping trip after the wedding. Douglas had a prior divorce from Mercedes Hester in 1954.
A 16 year old boy admitted redeeming 100 dollars worth of merchandise with trading stamps stolen from the Safeway at 2801 N Scottsdale Road. He says a former employee gave the stamps in exchange for a previous loan. Police arrested him after the redemption center contacted the station. It would take more than 4 000 dollars in merchandise to earn the redeemed stamps.
Scottsdale police reported two burglaries with total property loss between 1350 and 2050 dollars. Between 800 and 1500 dollars were stolen from the Pink Pony executive office at 600 N Old Scottsdale Road on Friday between 11:30 am and 7:15 pm. The money was taken from a filing cabinet pried open while owner Charley Briley was in Los Angeles. Don Pass of World of Color at 2200 N Old Scottsdale Road said a $550 typewriter was stolen last Wednesday and reported Saturday.
The Scottsdale city council plans to authorize the mayor and city clerk to execute an agreement joining Phoenix Mesa and Tempe in a proposed $90 million four city sewer plan. An addendum with Phoenix will be approved, and a Ferguson Brooks and Kelly report on sewer needs and bond amount is planned.
An application to rezone the southeast corner of Shea Boulevard and Scottsdale Road from one acre residential to apartment zoning faces council opposition. Malouf Enterprises proposes 200 apartments on 20 acres. opponents cite annexation promises against breaking one acre zoning on North Scottsdale Road.
UPI reports an American Army patrol exchanged fire with North Korean troops in the DMZ south of the central line near last week’s ambush site. No casualties occurred on either side, marking the first shooting since a trio of fatal skirmishes ended six days earlier. The incident involved the First Cavalry Division at 5 02 a.m. about 1000 yards east of the Ninth Cavalry jeep ambush location.
United States Britain and the Soviet Union sign a partial test ban treaty in Moscow marking a first major East West arms control pact since World War II. Rusk Gromyko and Home sign as Khrushchev toasts.
A sharp earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area at 10 35 a m PDT with no damage reported and one injury. William T Hickey, working on planter boxes in his basement, suffered a smashed thumb and was treated at Park Emergency Hospital. The quake was felt from Pacifica to San Rafael.
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