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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1961
Page
5
UPI reports a nuclear scare and bargaining over Berlin as Khrushchev presses for concessions. Western leaders, led by Kennedy, seek a peaceful solution while building military strength and rallying NATO. Possible steps include a unified German treaty push, UN action, or a summit with Moscow, depending on talks.
President Kennedy signed a record peacetime 46.7 billion defense appropriation to bolster U S military strength for the Berlin crisis. The measure includes 3.5 billion extra for Berlin threats, 207.6 million for civil defense, and boosts bomber production with 525 million for B52 and B58 programs and 400 million for B70.
A UPI humor piece follows a wife at a paint store hearing a salesman warn that a single gallon won’t cover a house. The couple adopts a yearly one side painting plan, discovers the mix includes five colors with shortages, and learns three colors are out of production. The salesman quips that keeping one color long term may force buying more.
Comedian Bob Hope purchased about $1 million worth of property in Palm Desert California. Palm Desert motel owner Hank Gogerty reported that Hope bought 280 acres and will announce later how he plans to develop the land.
An explosion in Aversa Italy suspected to be from a World War II era shell killed at least seven children and a woman. One child is missing and three others are in serious condition in the hospital.
New York report says vacation relief suffers. Richard Reed of Statistical Tabulating Corp notes that leaving and returning work piles up, reducing vacation value. He cites a study across 200 firms outlining the net vacation days after prep and catch-up.
About 146 tons of molten glass flooded the floor of a Kingsport glass plant when a mechanical plug slipped from a large vat. Fire crews battled the flow as two workers collapsed from the extreme heat while bystanders attempted to contain the spill.
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