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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1961
Page
2
Premier Fidel Castro told prize winning Cuban sugar mill workers that U S attempts to starve Cuba failed due to communist help and revolutionary workers. He cited a large sugar harvest after nationalization and noted mills rose up to 30 percent despite U S sugar quotas.
Discussions on city governance lead to a civil service board creation and reduction of required publications from three to one. Arguments focus on residency rules for boards, the council, and city employees, with changes including extending service time for 1960 council members and clarifying payment of claims.
Funeral services for James N. Coffin, who died Saturday, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Messinger Mortuary chapel. The Rev. John Attwood of Scottsdale Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Green Acres Memorial Gardens.
President Kennedy refused a request to use the hijacked Bahia de Nipe to trade with Cuba for the safety of relatives of Cuban defectors. The ship, carrying sugar to the Soviet Union, remains at Lynnhaven Roads near Norfolk as federal marshals seek claims totaling about $1 million. Coast Guard boats block marshals from boarding while U.S. officials aim to return the vessel to Cuba.
Col William M Banks 46 faces military court on negligence and dereliction of duty in the deaths of 28 men when a Texas radar tower collapsed off New Jersey. Acting commander of the Boston Air Defense Sector, Banks was at Stewart AFB since Jan 15. The panel includes generals and colonels. verdict and sentence range left to board.
Washington lawmakers differ on precise penalties for hijacking and interference with flight crew. The House approved a death penalty option for air piracy, while the Senate retains the same ultimate penalty with varying language. Both seek to redefine crimes as federal offenses to cover acts aboard speeding aircraft across multiple states.
Mostly fair mornings and partly cloudy afternoons today and Wednesday. A 40 percent chance of late day or evening thunder showers in the Valley. Temperatures steady with highs around 105 today and 104 tomorrow, lows near 30 Wednesday morning.
Chancellor Adenauer, angered by jeers near Forsdammer Platz, ignores provocation and tells Deputy Mayor Fritz Amrehn to listen. Communist newsreel cameras film from walls as police peek over. He then inspects the Brandenburg Gate and vows West Berlin will hold to the Free World amid anticipated negotiations.
The Town of Scottsdale awarded Bentson Contracting Company the street improvement contract for Camelback Road and Miller Road sections after bidding on August 1 1961. Bonds will fund costs with assessments in ten annual installments and interest set at 4.5 percent. Any party with an interest in assessed lots may file a written protest within 15 days of first publication. Kenneth A. McDonald, Superintendent of Streets.
Authorities report the 18 by 24 inch Duke of Wellington portrait by Francisco Goya valued at 392000 dollars was taken from Britain's National Gallery in London during closing hours. Scotland Yard probes an art theft gang with possible three intruders. the work was not insured as part of national collections.
United Press International reports multiple Arizona traffic fatalities. Richard Ayala nine of Phoenix was killed riding a bicycle when struck from behind by Richard Mitchell 38 of Phoenix who said lights blinded him. Grant Reedhead of Oracle died after losing control near Mammoth on State Route 77. Mesa police cited Jeffery Miller 17 for jaywalking and Floyd Wilson 17 for failing to yield and faulty brakes while driving a sand buggy with oversized tires.
At London Airport Churchill lights a cigar near a no smoking notice and an overflow fuel pipe. Officials watch as he walks to a jet bound for Monte Carlo, and the cigar is extinguished after sparks shower the ground.
Fred W. Simpson of the Colorado River Board of California warned that adopting Special Master Simon Rifkind's recommendations to the U S Supreme Court could cost California more than 1,000,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water annually to Arizona. He cited drought and proposed Upper Basin irrigation projects as further threats. The Metropolitan Water District's aqueduct was at capacity, preventing economic disaster in Southern California without its water supply.
In Phoenix the Maricopa County supervisors approved quarterly payments exceeding 4000 to 19 mentally retarded indigents at the Arizona Children's Colony. Supervisor Ruth A. O'Neil said the county will spend about 400000 this year for these and other indigents, about 80000 more than last year.
General Motors Ford and Chrysler offer three year pacts with six cent hourly raises yearly or 2 percent, whichever higher, plus improved fringe benefits and a modified cost of living plan. A nine day window, ending Aug 31, to accept or rescind.
UPI reports a jet fighter crashed shortly after takeoff at Luke AFB. The pilot Lt. Col. Bruno J. Grabovksy of the Massachusetts Air National Guard ejected safely and was not believed seriously hurt.
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