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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1963
Page
3
Entertainer Peter Pan will perform daily from 1 30 p m to 8 30 p m at the shopper mall through Christmas with a guitar act. He will also appear at children’s parties sponsored by civic groups during the holiday season.
A bridge column analyzes how a faulty diamond play and impatient spade defense cost a better contract. South pursues game despite hearts headed by K8, while West errs by racing diamonds. The discussion explains optimal timing to ruff and draw, highlighting tactics for making or defeating the contract.
William Brent Baughman, 19, of Phoenix, died after waterskiing into rocks along Canyon Lake shore while being towed by a boat operated by Phillip Stecker, 19. He suffered multiple head injuries and died on arrival at Mesa South hospital. Keating signs to extend WWII Allied veterans medical benefits to lawful U.S. residents with 10 years’ residence.
Davis of Loloma school clinched the top spinning championship after a playoff with Dennis Land of Supai school. They tied for first in regular play. Kent Auld of Hohokam took third, with Steve Greko of Pima and Mike Whitesell of Tonalea tied for fourth.
The Air Force says 500 operational ICBMs are on U S soil with nuclear warheads and aimed at a target. By year start the total climbs to 550 and to well over 600 by mid 1964. Minuteman missiles enter mass production and are placed in underground silos at a rate of one per day. Arthur Snowden notes the shift in the arms race in favor of the United States.
Scottsdale hosts the ninth annual Miracle of the Roses pageant with a 3 p.m. start in the Old Catholic Church plaza on Brown Ave. Father Novatus Council Knights of Columbus leads the program with mariachi and Indigenous dances. A 4:30 p.m. re-enactment at Scottsdale High School features Cruz Medina Jr. as Juan Diego and Patricia Thompson as the Madonna. A candlelit procession concludes the day with benediction by Rev. Eugene Maguire. A second show is at 7:30 p.m. at Scottsdale High School.
Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver Jr. announced the goal to deploy 1,300 additional volunteers to Latin America in 1964. He noted the corps already has about 2,700 volunteers serving in Latin America.
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