Jail Contract On Council Agenda
Scottsdale City Council will discuss a proposed contract with Maricopa County to house prisoners at the Scottsdale jail. The county pulled out when a separate county building plan was included in a summer bond issue, and the $84 000 Scottsdale proposal was defeated by voters. Other items include street lighting paving Thomas road improvements Camelback Miller district contracts a growth committee and police car purchases.
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Scottsdale
Maricope
Fee County Int
Sheriff's Detachment
Thomas Road
5Éth Street
Camelback-Miller
Scottsdale Adds Four Employes
Scottsdale adds four city employees including two maintenance men for the street department, a sewage treatment plant operator, and a stenographer. Steve Martwijkow and Wayland Bartram are the new maintenance workers earning 276 dollars per month. Alfredo Mejia earns 288 dollars monthly at the plant. Fern Anderson fills the stenographer post in the city clerk’s department.
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Jim Smith
Steve Martwijkow
Wayland Bartram
City Street Department
Alfredo Mejia
Fern Anderson
Scottsdale Library Sees Major July Increase in Circulation
July checkouts totaled 11,001 doubling the 6,076 from a year earlier. New card holders rose to 511 from 335, and total card holders reached 8,914. Volunteers contributed 967 hours up from 606, with 451 new books added and 9,832 owned plus 3,000 on loan from Maricopa County Library.
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Scottsdale Public Library
Maricopa County
Minor Fires Don’t Use Water in Scottsdale Alarms
Three minor fires prompted Scottsdale firefighters across late Saturday to this morning with no water used. A 4:30 a.m. report cited smoke from an Anderson meat plant refrigerator motor. Wires were cut to prevent plant damage. A car fire caused minor damage at 7 p.m. Sunday, and a neon sign at Mountain Shadows resort smoked before fire crews cut wires. Local crews helped quell a major Gilbert fire yesterday evening.
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Scottsdale
Mountain Shadows Resort
Gilbert
Four More Traffic Deaths Boost Arizona Toll to 297
United Press International reports four more fatalities added to Arizona's traffic death toll over the weekend bringing the total to 297 from 288 a year earlier. Victims include Chester Kostrzewa aged 56 of Phoenix killed in a two car crash at 23rd Avenue and Indian School Road.
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Arizona
Chester Kostrzewa
Phoenix
23Rd Avenue
Indian School Road
Dale Shroyer
Mary Catherine Jones
Tucson
Edith Loraine Thieboff
New River
Black Canyon
Daniel Lee
Joseph
Keith K. Roether
Globe
Roether
Isbell Construction Co
County Supervisors Hold Tax Hearing
Phoenix UPI report says the Maricopa County board held a public hearing to approve the 1961 62 budget with a proposed tax rate increase from 90 cents to 1.40 per 100 of assessed value. The budget tops 27.2 million dollars, up from 24.7 million last year. County officials cite a voter approved shift in state sales tax shares to cities. city officials deny this.
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Phoenix
UPI
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Jim Hart Named City Editor of Arizona Daily Journal
Former Tuc son newspaperman Jim Hart will become city editor of the proposed Phoenix daily The Arizona Daily Journal starting Sept 1. Robert Morrison, founder backer, plans prototype editions next month printed in New York on special press gear to be used in Phoenix with a Feb 14, 1962 target for first publication.
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Phoenix
UPI
Tucson
Jim Hart
Arizona Daily Journal
Robert Morrison
Hart
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Arizona
Morrison
Journal
New York
Phoenix Daily
Tax Commission Opens Hearings On Property Valuations
The Arizona Tax Commission began hearings as a board of equalization to review complaints about assessed valuations. Utilities and rail interests pressured for a position while the commission prepared to set the state tax rate based on expected revenue and the prior year's cash surplus. An increase of $1.32 per $100 of assessed valuation for 1960-61 was anticipated.
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Phoenix
UPI
State Tax Commission
Board of Equalization
Teal Minne Utilities
Rail
Terget. Omcoidmssion
Actor Ben Gazzara Injured in Central Park Softball Game
Actor Ben Gazzara was reported in satisfactory condition after breaking his left ankle while playing softball in Central Park. The 31 year old star was admitted to Roosevelt Hospital.
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New York
APSD
Ben Gazzara
Central Park
Roosevelt Hospital
Local Youth Joins Navy Exercise Tail Wind Off California
Samuel H. Butler a fire control technician first class and son of Mrs. L M Fisher of Scottsdale participates in Exercise Tail Wind off the California coast aboard the destroyer USS John R Craig. The drill involves aircraft and 21 Navy ships.
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Navy
California
Samuel H. Butler
L. M .Fisher
E. Thomas
Scottsdale
Ossining Prison Mates Have Inside Fallout Shelter
Inmates at Sing Sing Prison already possess a built in fallout shelter within the facility so they will not need to leave the walls in case of a nuclear attack.
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Ossining, N.Y
UPS
Sing Sing Prison
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McDowell and Miller
PT Med
Reet
Etek
Uty, Ded
Kelvinator
West Adams St
Alpine
E. Fhomas Rd
Amherst
Carload
United Press International
Arizona Journal
Tax Commission
USS
John R. Craig
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