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Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1961

Page

2

Rescue Workers Search Wreckage Of Burned Store

A Navy FJ3 Fury crashed while attempting to land at Willow Grove NAS and struck Bargain City U S A in Horsham Pennsylvania killing Lt Cmdr Robert Haven 36 of Columbus Ohio and injuring at least 30 shoppers and workers The one story store housed a 600 foot long building and panic spread through the clothing and grocery sections as debris smoke and flames trapped customers and employees

Horsham Navy UPI Horsham, Pa Willow Grove Naval Air Station Clothing Department Bargain City U.S.A Cmdr Robert Haven Columbus Ohio

Starved gunman surrenders to search team

William J. Welter Jr. a 23 year old gunman linked to a deputy sheriff’s killing surrendered to a search team in Lyndon Station Wisconsin. He was found near a village dump half conscious and unarmed. Welter is jailed with Lawrence Nutley 27 as a co conspirator. Richard Nicks 28 of Prospect Heights Illinois remains at large.

Lyndon Station Wis UPI Wisconsin William J. Welter Jr Lake Delton Welter Madison Lawrence Nutley Chicago Nutley Richard Nicks Prospect Heights Ill James Jantz Eugene Kohl Nickl

Fearful Phoenix sex killer may strike again

Investigators race to catch a killer rapist after 83 year old Mary Essa Boyer was found murdered near Lookout Mountain northeast of Phoenix. She was raped and stabbed more than 13 times. Three suspects were questioned and released. authorities warn the assailant could strike again.

Phoenix UPS Harvey Samuel Mary Essa Boyer Samuel Boyer Lookout Mountain Art Schuster

Berlin Crisis Faces Negotiations Across Divided Germany

The East German regime via Neues Deutschland urged that border closures require talks to craft a peace treaty for a divided Germany. It argued negotiations cannot proceed without the German Democratic Republic and East Germany, framing the Berlin issue as inseparable from the two German states.

Communist Party Neues Deutschland Berlin Germany German Democratic Republic East Germany

Kennedy to give Peace Corps sendoff for first volunteers

President Kennedy returns to Washington from Cape Cod to personally salute the initial 80 Peace Corps volunteers heading overseas. Some will teach in Ghana, others will plan farm-to-market roads in Tanganyika, with talks planned with inter-American affairs official Robert Woodward amid Brazil relations concerns.

Washington UPI Kennedy Cape Cod Peace Corps Ghana Tanganyika Robert Woodward inter-American Affairs Woodward Brazil Quadros

Preacher Attacks John Birch Society in Boston Sermon

Rev. Paul H. Bassett, guest at Copely Methodist Church, condemned the John Birch Society as a threat to intellectual freedom. He said the group uses anti communism to foster fear and conformity in churches, schools, government, and homes.

John Birch _ Society Boston UPS John Birch Society Paul H. Bassett Rossford Community Church Ohio Copely Methodist Church Bassett Birch Society America

Violence Flare in Monroe Amid Racial Tensions

In Monroe North Carolina a white policeman was shot amid clashes after police tried to stop white integrationists from joining Negro demonstrators. Police arrested more than 50 people as riots spread through the town of about 11 000 with hostages held briefly and state troopers called in.

Monroe N.C UPI Carolina A. A. Mauney Theouple Fred Wilson Conto Wilson Robert Kennedy FBI North Carolina Justice Department Washington Kennedy Hyannis Port Mass Robert Williams Williams NAACP South Carolina J. W. Rushing Constance Lever Durham England Miss Lever James Foreman National Freedom Council Rushing Albert Rorie Rolie

Roadblocks to Increase Roadblocks to Increase

PHOENIX UPI Driver License Director Earl O Clair announced stepped up roadblock campaigns over Labor Day to curb highway deaths. Roadblocks will run one or two daily within 35 miles of Phoenix with police sheriffs and highway patrols checking licenses and drunk drivers. The official cited this year’s toll of 328 deaths, fourteen more than last year.

Phoenix UPI Earl O’clair O’clair Salt River Valley Sheriff's Department Highway Patrol

Soviets Reject U S Proposals On Nuclear Ban

In Geneva the Soviet Union rejected two American proposals to speed a nuclear test ban treaty. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin called the plans unacceptable and said they would amount to espionage. American Ambassador Arthur Dean said he acted on President Kennedy's instructions to seek a more reasonable test ban despite the stalemate.

Geneva UPI Soviet Union Semyon K. Tsarapkin U.S Arthur H. Dean Kennedy Dean Tsarapkin Nikita Khrushchev Washington

Scottsdale Forecast Sees Fair Weather Through Tuesday

Continued fair today and Tuesday with increasing high clouds. Expect little temperature change with Phoenix around 104 today and a low near 74 Tuesday morning, then a high near 103 Tuesday.

Scottsdale Phoenix

Red China Could Produce Nuclear Bomb by 1964

UPI reports Arthur Dean, chief U S negotiator at Geneva talks, says Red China could likely make a nuclear bomb by 1964 or earlier using an atomic reactor. He warns the spread of nuclear weapons to China and others drives the push for a test ban.

Washington UPI China Russia Free World U.S Arthur Dean Geneva Dean Red China

Brazil Faces Democratic Struggle Over Goulart Return

UPI reports Denys urging Brazil to choose democracy over communism while Paris sources say Goulart plans a return to Brazil to try for the presidency, though timing remains unknown.

Denys UPI Brazil Paris Goulart

Boy Who Shot 2 Law Officers Faces Attempted Murder Count

Caldwell Idaho UP I reports 18 year old Robert Miller allegedly sniper who wounded Caldwell Police Chief Keith Judd and Ada County Deputy Sheriff Mel States after a Saturday night shooting. Miller was jailed on 25000 bond and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. He faces further court action Tuesday as investigators described a confession following evacuation of the family home. Judd and States remain in serious condition with paralysis from neck and back wounds.

Robert Miller Caldwell Idaho UPI Here Keith Judd Ada County Mel States Judd States Boise

Wall Street Name Origin Tied to 1653 Dutch Fort Wall

Wall Street in New York derives its name from a 1653 Dutch fortification built to protect Fort Amsterdam’s 800 inhabitants amid ongoing British and Indian raids.

Wall Street New York Fort Amsterdam

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