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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1961
Page
3
Cape Canaveral reports the Mercury capsule ready for mating with Atlas 109D on pad 14 as scientists push toward John Glenn orbital flight. After capsule-rocket connection, 110 days of checks remain before approval for the three orbit mission.
The sixteenth annual Mutt Dog Show at Harmon Park Phoenix gathers about 500 mutt lovers. Registration at 9 a.m. Prizes in ten classes include smallest mutt longest tail most spots and grand champion with ribbons and free refreshments. Dogs must be leashed and shown by owners.
A proposed act to reapp raise all property in the state could cut taxes for Scottsdale homeowners. The Arizona Home Owners Association hosts a 7 30 pm meeting in Coronado High School cafeteria with Tom Hunter the Scottsdale chairman presenting the plan for state legislative submission.
Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom thwarted an 18 year old with a sawed off shotgun at a downtown Hollywood hotel. He described the assailant shoving him and pressing the gun to his chest before Rosenbloom slapped the barrel away and the weapon discharged. No one was hurt.
The Internal Revenue Service considers jeopardy and other liens against Bernard Goldfine and his 14 corporations in five New England states amid a sprawling tax case. No amount has been released though officials expect a figure above a million dollars, with possible double or triple that. Goldfine, 71, serves a year in Danbury for evading 791000 in taxes. his secretary Miss Paperman received three years probation.
Slaton Texas mayor L C Lemon called a meeting with ranchers to oppose a Labor Department ultimatum ordering Mexicans to be allowed to use the municipal swimming pool. Officials frame the move as blackmail linked to bracero labor, and plan a mass meeting if needed. The order, signed by Tracy C Murrell regional director in Dallas, targets pool access for Latin Americans.
Six year old David Roberts placed a lost tooth under his pillow for the fairies to leave a sixpence. The next morning the tooth had vanished but no coin appeared. Doctors later removed the tooth, which had wriggled into his ear during the night.
Dr. Walter C. Alvarez discusses rising diabetes awareness, urging urine testing by a kit, noting 72,000 Americans diagnosed yearly and another 72,000 unaware. He warns of organ damage, stresses early treatment, family history prompts testing, and reviews Tolbutamide and Chlorpropamide as treatment options with safety notes.
Actress Natalie Wood, 23, cemented her footprints before Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The ceremony drew civic officials and film industry members as she became the 136th star honored at the downtown Hollywood venue.
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