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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1961
Page
5
An editorial overview explains how postwar decisions split Berlin into four sectors and set the stage for a Cold War crisis. It recalls Churchill and Eisenhower debates, predicts Khrushchev's moves, and notes past standoffs and the 1948 airlift as lessons in brinkmanship and power politics.
University of Arizona researchers attach a dime sized radio to bats to map home range and migration routes. Dr E Lendell Cockrum leads zoology with support from a $17,987 Navy contract. Dr Howard A Baldwin assists in designing the two to three gram transmitter. Signals from the bats are received by ground receivers.
In Maricopa County Superior Court jury selection began for Floyd D. Stilwell a 34 year old former government inspector accused of training youths to steal for him The county attorney said Stilwell induced two boys ages 17 and 18 to steal parachutes an airplane propeller a jeep and other auto and airplane parts He was arrested after a windshield stolen from a jeep traced to the seller.
The Senate prepared to pick up debate on President Kennedy's five year foreign aid package totaling 8.8 billion dollars. Proponents cited aims and borrowing authority while House critics warned the measure could be unconstitutional. Separately, a Senate aviation subcommittee was set to back hijacking crime legislation with life imprisonment penalties.
DuPont and Co argue profits drive recovery and that today’s rising earnings for 1961 second quarter may not reflect true margins. The firm notes after tax profits rose sharply in 1954 55 and 1958 59 and says later 1961 62 will test margins, with sales gains also lifting earnings.
The city council will study the comparative cost of the large economy size police car versus compact cars. Bids opened for the chief of police and investigator's office show $2,140.34 per Lark, while a Plymouth police special quotes $2,538.00. Both options include automatic transmission and refrigeration.
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