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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1961
Page
3
AFL-CIO COPE plans a broad mobilization to back roughly twenty liberal candidates in Congress next year. Organized labor aims to register union members in key districts and boost turnout on election day while managing a lingering inter-union split over jurisdiction.
Flood-threatened Finley in Lake County could return residents to their homes after officials said the danger of a dam collapse had passed. Countermeasures included sandbags and a widened spillway, with army reservists on site as guards remained to prevent looting and ensure safety.
Ailing former Governor Goodwin J Knight planned to resume his full campaign for California governor in 1962 between January 15 and February 1. Press secretary Bob Voigt said Knight, 1, would leave Burbank hospital after Christmas as Dr Carl Land predicted a full recovery from hepatitis. The timing coincides with Richard Nixon’s announced start for the Republican nomination.
The jaguar is described as the largest and most powerful cat in America, occasionally approaching but rarely matching the size of an ordinary tiger.
The Federal Reserve and FDIC boosted the maximum interest on most commercial bank savings deposits from 3 percent to 4 percent, affecting about 13,400 banks and $80 billion in deposits. Savings and loan officials said the move was anticipated and could heighten bank competition and possibly lift mortgage rates.
U S Treasurer Elizabeth Rudel Smith plans to quit and return to California for next year's election campaign. She hopes to serve as Northern California campaign manager for Governor Edmund G. Brown if the White House agrees. Brown’s reelection plans were not official, Kennedy administration concerns noted.
John Joseph Gormley 22 of Los Angeles will be sentenced December 18 for car theft after a federal jury convicted him on the second trial. The case ties to a group of five inmates accused of beating a young prisoner last September. The maximum punishment is five years plus a $5,000 fine.
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