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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1961

Page

3

SCOTTSDAINIANS IN UNIFORM IN SWIFT STRIKE MANEUVER

Scottsdale soldiers Paul Florio and Robert Smith serve in the 101st Airborne Division during Exercise Swift Strike, a large peacetime drill in North and South Carolina involving about 40 000 troops. Also listed are sailors and airmen from Scottsdale stationed in Japan, Hawaii, Maryland, and Florida with training updates and enlistment notes.

Fort Campbell Paul J. Florio Robert L. Smith Scottsdale 101St Airborne Division South Caro Lina U.S Florio Joseph Florio Virginia Ave 501St Infantry Scottsdale High School Smith Helen M. Smith E. Main 187Th Infantry Fort Sam Houston Tex Fort Ord Calif Yokosuka Japan Robert M. Burgien Amos W. Burgein

Thieves Busy In Scottsdale

Scottsdale police report thefts totaling over 300 this week. Earll Merritt lists $250 missing from a boat parked at his home yard with two gasoline tanks water skis a ski cushions ropes propellers and an ice box. Phil McCombs reports a blue English racer bicycle stolen from the Scottsdale Progress office valued at $85.

Earll Merritt E. Pierce Way Phil McCombs E. Calle Tuberia Scottsdale Progress Office Ball Park Plaza

UA Gets Grant To Study School Law Problems

The University of Arizona receives a 35636 grant from the U S Health Education and Welfare department to fund a two year study by Dr. Lloyd E McCann and assistants on legal problems affecting school districts in all 50 states. The project starts September 1 and covers building codes zoning rules school accounting administrative law safety health fire protection and other legal issues from non educational government actions.

University of Arizona U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Lloyd E. McCann

Goodwill Warns Public About Fake Charity Solicitors

Leonard Krahl of Goodwill Industries of Arizona warns Valley residents about door to door peddlers claiming to sell Goodwill merchandise for the handicapped. He says Goodwill does not solicit sales or donations and only picks up donations by invitation. Four calls have been received about the scam in two weeks. Goodwill operates six Valley stores and employs 150 handicapped workers in Phoenix.

Leonard Krahl Goodwill Industries of Arizona Valley Goodwill Krahl Goodwill Industries 16Th St Phoenix

Guard Ends Summer Drill at Fort Huachuca

Arizona National Guard concludes a two week summer encampment with 2,000 men finishing four nights and five days in field training. Brig. Gen. Frederick Stofft praises improving intent and notes readiness could be reached within months if mobilized.

Fort Huachuca UPS Arizona National Guard Frederick R. Stofft 258Th Infantry Guard

Continental seeks Phoenix to Tucson air service ruling

Continental Airlines asks a superior court to overturn the Arizona State Corporation Commission denial of a certificate of public necessity and convenience for the Phoenix to Tucson route. The suit notes the Civil Aeronautics Board granted flights Texas to California with Phoenix and Tucson stops. Continental applied March 13 and the commission denied June 7.

Phoenix APS Continental Airlines Tucson State Corporation Commission Continental Phoenix-Tucson Civil Aeronautics Board Texas California

Rebel Taxi Men Triumph Over Hoffa Union in St Louis

In a supervised NLRB election at Mound City Yellow Cab Co. 100 votes favored joining the Taxicab Drivers Independent Union of Greater St. Louis while 97 favored remaining with Hoffa’s Teamsters Local 405. One vote chose no union and six challenges will be decided in Washington. Independent leaders expect no change to the result and plan to align with AFL-CIO.

ST. Louis, Mo UPI St. Louis James R. Hoffa Teamsters Union Teamsters National Labor Relations Board Taxicab Drivers Independent Union of Greater St. Louis NLRB Washington, D.C Independent Mound City Yellow Cab Co E. B. Foerst Independent Union Foerst Afl-Cio Hoffa

Space Traveler Says Health Fine After Orbit Flight

Gherman Titov told a Soviet television audience that his 17 orbits did not affect him physically. He said examinations showed no change in his organism and the stay in space did not alter his body.

Moscow UPI Gherman Titov Cosmos

Contract talks stall between Auto Union and American Motors

In Detroit UPI reports three days of secret sessions between the United Auto Workers and American Motors showed no clear settlement. Walter Reuther and Edward Cushman led bargaining into the night as talks could extend into the weekend with a potential profit sharing plan on the line. If no deal by the Sept 6 deadline is near certain, the union may renew pressure on the Big Three.

Detroit UPI United Auto Workers-American Motors UAW Walter Reuther AMC Edward L. Cushman American Motors

Nearly Everybody Affected by 87th Congress Actions

Washington report notes a flurry of laws and programs touching most Americans as the 87th Congress nears adjournment. Social security boosts, tax changes, housing funds, pollution control, highway funding, and wage hikes reshape fiscal policy and daily life.

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