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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1961

Page

2

Navy Expands Emergency Military Buildup Amid Berlin Tensions

The Navy approves an extended active duty tour for 24 000 enlisted and 2 800 officers and keeps 270 B47 bombers in service as part of a broad U S mobilization. Air Force reserves are alerted, Army divisions ramp to full strength, and Fort Carson gears up with a new training center by September. Draft calls rise to 25 000 for September from 13 000 in August.

Washington UPI U. S Kennedy Berlin United States Air Force Army Europe Navy Leutenant Defense Department Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Fort Carson Colo

Giants Get Title

New York Giants acquire quarterback Y A Tittle from the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for guard Lou Cordileone in a mid season trade.

NEW York New York Giants Today Y. A. Tittle San Francisco Forty Niners Lou Cordileone

Freedom Riders Trial Sets In Jackson Mississippi

Attorney William A. Kunstler says a pool of top volunteer lawyers from across the nation will join the 192 freedom riders facing trials in Jackson through January 1962. About 2,400 jurors will be called for roughly 200 trials as 18 riders plead innocent.

United Press International Jackson Miss Hinds County William A. Kunstler New York Congress of Racial Equality CORE St. Louis San Francisco New Orleans Kunstler

Widening Scottsdale Road First Major Improvement

The city plans its first major Scottsdale street widening project on Scottsdale Road between the Arizona Canal and Osborn Road. Funding comes from 1956 general obligation bonds with fuel tax revenues through 1975. The article outlines citizen initiated improvement districts and the city’s evolving street standards from 1958 onward.

Katy Worth Scottsdale Scottsdale Road Arizona Canal Osborn Road Chamber of Commerce Civic Development Committee Ralph Healy Robert Knight and Associates

New Roadblocks Target License Violators In Arizona

PHOENIX ARIZONA roadblocks will be stepped up across the state to catch drivers license violators according to Earl O Clair state drivers license director He outlined a schedule for the next week with targeted locations and times and urged alertness to dangers of driving when not fully awake O Clair noted recent road checks and a drop in demerits have cut violations and praised Mesa Police for holding roadblocks

Phoenix UPS Arizona Earl O’clair Globe Snowflake Indian Gardens Helbrook

Loan Approved For Golf Course At Indian Bend

The Small Business Administration approved a $335,000 loan to Indian Bend Enterprises Inc for an 18 hole golf course in northeast Scottsdale. Senator Carl Hayden cited a public course with adjacent residential development on a 25 year lease. Owners named include Richard J. Watson Michael Pascal and William E. Smith.

Brazil Blocks Cuba Indictment at Punta del Este Talks

Brazil intends to block any move to indict Cuba in the Punta del Este Declaration draft. President Janio Quadros directed delegates to prevent an indictment while Peru and others pushed a tougher stance. The United States criticized the approach as misusing the Alliance for Progress.

Punta del Este Uruguay UPI Brazil Cuba United Press, International Janio Quadros Kennedy Alliance For Progress Peru Pedro Beltran U.S Ernesto Che) Guevara United States

Opinions on Russia and Moscow spark public doubt

The column notes American public ignorance on U S Russian affairs and recalls wartime secrecy about the atomic bomb project, reflecting on Washington Moscow tensions and the risk of escalation.

Russia Washington Moscow

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