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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1961
Page
4
Scottsdale Postmaster O. C. Wilson urged careful holiday mailing. He advised using four cent cards and placing an extra label with sender and recipient inside each package to ensure prompt delivery and avoid disappointments.
Clark R. Mollenhoff, longtime journalist, wins the University of Arizona John Peter Zenger Award for freedom of the press. He serves as Washington correspondent for Cowles Publications and has held coverage roles from police courts to labor relations. The award ceremony is Jan. 13 in Phoenix.
The Agriculture Department says farm prices fell about one percent in the month ended November 15, with declines in most animals citrus fruit corn cotton and eggs. Some vegetables poultry soybeans and milk rose slightly offsetting the drop. Parity and price indices are given with hogs at 15.70 per cwt and beef cattle at 19.90 per cwt.
Valley wide Goodwill project mobilizes 200 units under 400+ adults to distribute 60,000 bags in Scottsdale Paradise Valley and surrounding areas. Scout troops and Explorer posts organize routes to collect usable discards for free pickup and job training at Goodwill Industries Arizona.
A collage of brief notes on social titles and behavior in the United States and abroad. Jabs at inflated job labels from surface maintenance specialist to sanitation engineer. Mentions of toy bars, a police standoff with Oren Gamble, and remarks by Dr. Gerald Caplan at Harvard about fatherhood signals. Several social notes conclude with brief entertainment items about Wilma Rudolph Robert Bolt Blanche Thebom.
Dairy farmers from eight Arizona counties gather at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Sands Motel Tempe to discuss the United Dairymen of Arizona annual member meeting. Lynn Sharp of Mesa president reports officers and staff will present. Guest speakers Wilson Haverfield market administrator Central Arizona and a Berkeley Bank for Cooperatives representative will discuss milk marketing regulations financing. Maricopa County leads with about 730000 pounds milk produced.
Dollores Seidel and husband A Eric Seidel doing business as Kachina Pharmacy Phoenix Arizona plan to sell all assets stock in trade and goodwill in bulk to Gene and Sylvia Lazear on December 9 1961 at 10:00 AM Creditors and interested parties must file claims with Harold W Price Phoenix before 10:00 AM December 9 1961 Acknowledged before Harold W Price November 28 1961 in Maricopa County Arizona provisional commission expiry March 30 1965
McComb Mississippi police planned to enforce federal integration orders as expected new “freedom riders” arrived at the bus terminal after a white mob beat five Black riders earlier in the week. Mayor C H Douglas announced readiness to quell violence and uphold court injunctions, with four suspects arrested and bond set.
Phoenix and the state Highway Commission disagreed on a north south freeway on the east side of the Salt River Valley. The commission backed the 20th Street alignment while city leaders preferred a route along 12th Street to ease central Phoenix traffic. Highway director Justin Herman advised City Manager Samuel Vickers that the 20th Street path is practical.
A full grown raccoon averages 30 to 36 inches in length and weighs 15 to 25 pounds with a shoulder height around 12 inches, according to the guide.
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