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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1961

Page

2

Search Continues For Victims Of Tucson Flood

In Tucson area flood searches for Tuesday night drownings persist as two missing: Mrs. Guy Sander son, 55, and Peter Vondergem, 58, join the recovered Carolyn Alice Grubbs, 19. Fire and police units scour arroyos and banks. damage estimates climb at Kay's Furniture and O'Reilly Motor Co. A city warning follows heavy saturating rains and a drainage lawsuit is filed by Sneller’s Draperies against the city.

Tucson VPI Guy Sanderson Peter Vondergem Carolyn Alice Grubbs

Riots Erupt After Anti Government March In Dominican City

Police clash with antigovernment demonstrators in Ciudad Trujillo after church services. Officers fire into air and use night sticks to disperse crowds injuring several. Thousands attend mass at Church of the Convent recalling deaths linked to the Trujillo assassination investigation.

Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic UPIX Rafael Trujillo Trujillo

City seeks permit for Scottsdale sewage plant in Tempe

Scottsdale applied to Tempe for a use permit to build a sewage treatment plant on Scottsdale land south of Princess Road inside Tempe. Tempe City Council will hold a special meeting Monday to consider the application. Tempe has consistently opposed placing the plant within its borders.

Scottsdale Tempe Princess Road Bob McNutt

Weather Outlook With Warm Temps And Small Chance Of Showers

Mostly fair today and Friday with afternoon or evening cloudiness and slight chances of thundershowers this evening and Friday. Temperatures reach near 100 today, around 75 at dawn Friday, and near 103 high Friday. 24 hour figures show temperatures and precipitation ending 4 a.m.

Ranger Satellite Delivers Questionable Data in Low Orbit

Ranger S text transmission revealed a near Earth orbit of 105 to 312 miles, far short of planned range. NASA said experiments operate but data are limited since configuration not designed for such a low orbit, though systems functioned and attitude device kept sun lock.

Cape Canaveral UPI America Ranger National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA

Rayburn Pushes New School Aid Package for House Action

Speaker Rayburn endorsed a 2.1 billion dollar school aid package and ordered two bills to revive parts of Kennedy’s plan. One bill funds 1.5 billion for college construction over five years. the other provides 600 million to extend existing aid and a new K-12 school program.

Washington UPI Sam Rayburn Rayburn Adam Clayton Powell D-N.y House Education Committee Kennedy House Rules Committee Rules Committee James J. Delaney

Showers Aid State Ranchers Despite Cotton Loss

Phoenix UP I reporting that last week’s showers aided grazing prospects for fall and winter cattle but damaged cotton. In Yuma one quarter of cotton was open, while other areas had under one percent. Insect controls helped though lugus bugs and bollworms affected central areas. range feed was spotty and water stocks remained short in Mohave and Gila counties. Cattle and calf condition ranged from poor to good.

Phoenix UPI Yuma Mohave Gila

Couple considers moving over rattlesnake problem near Safford

Mr and Mrs John Bibb of Hillcrest four miles north of Safford say they are seriously thinking of moving due to an ongoing rattlesnake nuisance They have killed five rattlers in five days the largest exceeding two feet They complain shovels and hoes should be for farming not for snake control

Safford UPS John Bibb Hillcrest Addition

Udall Moves to Add Parks in Four Corners Region

Interior Secretary Stewart Udall maps a Golden Circle around the Four Corners area joining Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico with 16 national parks and monuments inside and eight more nearby. He backs Kennedy’s aim for rapid park and recreation acquisitions to accommodate population growth and leisure time. The Arizona segment includes Grand Canyon Monument Valley Glen Canyon Can yon de Chelly Navajo Wupatki Pipe Springs and Sunset Crater.

Santa Fe, N.M UPI Stewart L. Udall United States Utah Colorado Arizona New Mexico Udall Kennedy U.S Grand Canyon National Park Monument Valley Glen Canyon Recreation Area Canyon de Chelly Pipe Springs Sunset Crater

Berlin Crisis Notes Signal Likely West Berlin Access Tension

Moscow issued a note warning that Western access to Berlin might be tightened or cut off for West German officials. Observers see the move as a tactic to gain leverage for future high level talks while accusing the West of breaching the 1945 air corridor agreement.

Berlin Kremlin West Comunist Kennedy

Doctor Behrendt Slain and Wife Wounded in Garden City Home

In Garden City an intruder fatally stabbed Dr. Paul Behrendt and seriously wounded his wife Mrs. Francis Behrendt during an early morning attack. The couple’s home showed a violent struggle with a knocked over refrigerator and scattered pans. Police found Mrs. Behrendt unconscious in the kitchen and later escaped intruder fled while she called for help.

Garden City N.Y UPI Francis Behrendt Paul Behrendt Behrendt

Bearded Groom Held Over Indian War Club Theft

Coolidge authorities investigate a Boston bridegroom Walter F. Spaulding 18 as he vanished an Indian war club from the Casa Grande National Monument Museum during his honeymoon trip with bride Dollie 22. Spaulding was arrested near Eloy after custody by museum chief Joseph Valearce.

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