Scottsdale executive runs for school board seat in October
Ear Sumrall a Hallcraft Homes executive announced his candidacy for one Scottsdale School District board of trustees seat in the October 1 election. He will circulate nominating petitions and seeks a platform to hold taxes steady while improving education standards and free enterprise understanding. Sumrall and his wife Lucille have three sons in local schools.
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Ear! Sumrall
Hallcraft Homes
Scottsdale
Sumrall
Lloyd Bimson
Lucille
Gary
Scottsdale High
Dale
Stephen
Mohave School
Area Power Fails In Storm Salt River Overflows Bank
A violent August storm drenched the Scottsdale Paradise Valley area with over 0.5 inch of rain. Power outages affected sectors from McDowell to Indian School, and Glendale-Maryville suffered flooding as Salt River rose. Red Cross Salvation Army and Civil Defense aided families. 100 homes reported with water.
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Scottsdale-Paradise Valley
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Indian School Road
Scottsdale Road
Arizona Public Service Company
Glendale
Maryville
Maricopa County
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Civil Defense
Severe Storm Drenches Salt River Valley. Maryvale Evacuations
A severe thunderstorm dumped nearly two inches of rain across the Salt River Valley causing thousands in damage and forcing about 100 Maryvale residents to flee as water backed up against canals. Rescue units, sheriff deputies, and Red Cross volunteers aided evacuations with help from Luke AFB helicopters. The storm also hit Prescott, San Manuel, Wickenburg, and Sunnyslope with heavy rainfall and widespread flooding along rivers and washes across central Arizona.
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Maryvale
Arizona
U.S. Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Prescott
San Manuel
Wickenburg
Sunnyslope
Phoenix
Grand Canals
Marvvale
Maricopa County
Cave Creek
Agua Fria River
New River
Labor Secretary Pushes Arbitration Pact in Rail Dispute
Labor Secretary Wirtz sought a tentative arbitration agreement on key railroad dispute issues. Officials signaled no relaxation until all matters are settled, as five rail unions pressed to resolve secondary issues before any ruling on firemen on diesels and crew size.
Boy Injured In Collision And Rail Labor Talks
An 11 year old, Robert A. Cook, suffered cuts and bruises in a minor accident at 4 15 p m Friday at 7th Street and Palm Lane when a car driven by his father, Bobby Lee Cook, 37, struck the rear of a stopped car driven by Joe R Ramirez of Tempe. The boy was taken home for treatment. A later two car crash on Thomas Road at Miller Road caused extensive property damage estimated at 1700 dollars after Mary Ann Butler crossed the center line and hit Charles L Herb. Railroads seek settlement of manning issues before addressing pay and equipment disputes with unions who threaten a nationwide rail strike if no agreement is reached by Aug 29. Unions and carriers differ on arbitration scope and essential conditions for resolving firemen crew size and secondary issues.
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B7th Street
Palm Lane
Bobby Lee Cook
E. Hubbell
Joe R. Ramirez
Tempe
Thomas Road
Miller Road
Mary Ann Butler
N. Hayden
Charles L. Herb
E. Chipman
Phoenix
J. E. Wolfe
Wirtz
FDA proposes ban on cold remedy prescriptions
FDA acts on a medical report finding no effect of certain prescriptions on the common cold and proposes banning many cold treatment drugs. The order would end antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents used with analgesics, antihistamines, decongestants, and caffeine, affecting 20 plus products from about 20 manufacturers.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Plane With 19 Missing Off Japan Coast
A chartered four engine Japanese airliner carrying 19 people vanished off central Japan after leaving Hachijo. The flight from Hachijo to Tokyo was due to land at Tokyo International Airport but disappeared with fuel for about three hours. Two other planes from the same group completed the trip safely.
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UPI
Hachijo
Isles
Honshu
Tokyo
Iokyvo’s
Ferry sinks near Okinawa. 58 missing with U.S. servicemen
A Japanese inter-island ferry carrying 209 people including four American servicemen capsized near Naha Okinawa. As of 8:30 p.m. 151 rescued with two later dead. Two Americans saved and two more among 58 missing.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S. Pacific Island
Berlin Guard Is Bolstered Against Riots
UPI reports U S Army reinforced checkpoint Charlie security at East Berlin guard post and tightened measures near the Wall to deter new riots on the anniversary of a fatal youth shooting a year earlier. An alert squad joined the existing 10 soldiers at the crossing.
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UPI
U. S
Charlie
East Berlin
Communist Wall
Goldwater Uses Truman Letter to Back Reserve Officers
Senator Barry Goldwater cited a Truman letter in the Congressional Record supporting reservists holding Congress seats. The former president asserted there is no reason members of Congress should give up reserve commissions, noting his own service as commander of a reserve regiment.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ari
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Goldwater
Congressional
Truman
Wallace hints at presidential bid in Southern Governors meet
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace plans to present five civil rights resolutions to the Southern Governors Conference in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. He intends to urge governors to go on record opposing federal civil rights actions moving ahead next year.
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White Suphur Springs
W. Va
UPS
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Southern Governors Conference
Montgomery
Hollywood
Fla
Weather and political notes mix with scattered figures
Variable cloudiness with showers and thunder showers tonight and tomorrow afternoon or evening. High near 96 today, low around 76 tomorrow. US Weather Observer Willard L. Greene notes today’s low. Fragmented political remarks reference Kennedy civil rights proposals and governors conference tensions, including a potential hornets nest over civil rights.
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Willard L. Greene
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