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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1961
Page
3
Joe Bearden of Denison Texas says after battle with a sudden storm on Lake Texoma a 24 pound catfish pulled his boat toward shallow water and helped him reach safety before fellow fishermen rescued them both. He refused to eat the fish as a result.
NATO group says Britain's move to join the European Common Market is an extremely fortunate development for the free world. The Citizens Commission on NATO notes the decision may influence U S trade and plans to study how to adapt ahead of the London meeting.
Clair Eugene Fulkerson 23 saved his son with mouth to mouth after a near drowning in a backyard pool. He died when his tractor-trailer collided with the Rock Island Imperial passenger train at a Liberal crossing. Police cannot explain the cause of the crash.
Detroit reports Chrysler rejected two UAW proposals to convert hourly workers to salaried status and to form a joint task force with Congress for legislative goals. GM and Ford are expected to mirror Chrysler before contracts expire August 31 as UAW conducts a strike vote among 500000 Big Three workers.
Police and FBI sought Bonnie Rose Barrington 25 for abducting 74 month old Donald Miehalke in Long Beach California. The child, asthmatic, was found unharmed in a nearby apartment and returned to his mother Edith Michalke 30.
A local guide lists TV programs with channels and times including The Pioneer family saga Focus on America The Tullahoma Story at Arnold Engineering Development Center Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Long Trek Rifleman Thriller Playhouse 90 The Arsonist Stagecoach West and late night movies Let's Be Happy So Little Time All Quiet On the Western Front with prime station details and air times
Airline passenger traffic at Sky Harbor Airport increased last month. Airport superintendent W. J. Ralston reported 35 615 enplaned and 34 214 deplaned, up from 32 939 and 2 306 in July 1960.
Washington reports that Kennedy seeks five year borrowing authority to fund foreign aid loans. Supporters call it vital to U S influence while opponents warn it could burden Congress with spending. The stance depends on who is speaking.
PHOENIX UPI Justice of the Peace Charles Coppock set a 3:30 p.m. preliminary hearing for 30 year old welder Robert Allen Lewis charged with voluntary manslaughter in the Aug. 1 stabbing of his wife Ala Mae 32. Police say he killed her after seeing her with another man outside their home.
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