18 Dec 1962
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1962
Page
1
Rudolph Flesch highlights a 40 cent Ace Books double volume containing Maigret Has Scruples and Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses. He praises Simenon as a world renowned writer with a prolific output and notes the short, rapid creation of his works.
A reviewer praises two Maigret mysteries in a 40 cent paperback, noting Maigret’s retirement nearing yet still patient and insightful. One tale pairs him with a young magistrate while another pits him against a homicidal suspect, with Maigret relying on intuition over theory to solve both cases. The piece extols Simenon’s Maigret as superior to his other novels.
A humorous list of toys reportedly unavailable this year includes Cadillacs for kids, Grumpo the Fierce robot, a coloring book without civics, an authentic cowboy set, twin electric train sets with ICC rules, a doctor kit, a repairman kit, a fully assembled doll house, a space capsule mock-up, a missile launcher game, and other competing items. The piece notes the catalogs studied and surveys the oddities and unrealized gifts for holiday shoppers.
UPI reports Senator Barry Goldwater will speak at the dedication of a saline water conversion plant in Buckeye. The facility will provide the town’s entire municipal water supply and remove salt from 650000 gallons daily.
Completes eight week officer orientation at The Infantry School Fort Benning Ga on November 30. Rodney B Lewis 21 son of Mr and Mrs Roe B Lewis 2541 N Eighty sixth St completed the training.
Police report two Scottsdale men say their pickups were deprived of spare tires and wheels while parked at home. Jack B. Pipla of 2312 North 84th Place and Emery G. Lariglie of 6938 East Virginia Avenue told officers the same tale. Pipla also reports loss of no hub caps.
Paradise Valley Planning and Zoning Commission faces opposition at a 7:30 p.m. meeting over Braiker Construction Co. plans for a 200 room resort hotel on the Racquet Club site at 570 E. McDonald Drive. Braiker seeks a special use permit to build a banquet hall for 1 000 guests. the commission has a track record of opposing commercial zoning in the 18 month town, and an exception is unlikely. Braiker had obtained a liquor license for private club use in October.
Temple Emanu El of Scottsdale hosts a Sunday morning Festival of Lights party for children at the temple on Indian School Road. Irwin Miller of Arizona State University will deliver the sermon at Friday services, led by Hy Eisenstein. Reservations advised for New Year’s Eve party. call Marilyn Zaslaw at 948-2818 for details.
The Hatari Safari Club of Scottsdale will tour a 90 year old gold mine 12 miles northeast of Congress Junction on December 29. Club president Russell O Langer says owners will guide the 20 member adventure group through the mine in Weaver's Canyon and explain its operation. Those interested should call Langer at 9468977.
Scottsdale Exchange Club hosts a ladies day luncheon at Black Angus Restaurant with speaker Dr. Mack Ralston. Ralston chairs Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library and is an ASU education professor who will discuss improving city library facilities and the library's role in the municipality.
Melvin Ken Etter reports burglars stole 840 dollars from the Coach House Tavern yesterday. They tore out a screen and broke the southeast window. cash was hidden in the ice box. Police noted 13 dollars remained in the cash register.
A Monday one-car crash 25 miles west of Flagstaff killed Nobel Roy Anders, 19, of Wickenburg and William Bradley Wilson Jr., 38, of Moab Utah. Investigators say the car overturned ejecting the victims about 150 feet. The 1962 toll reached 485, up from 481 a year earlier.
New York reports holiday safety push as the American Seat Belt Council promotes giving seat belts as Christmas gifts. Stores use special packaging and displays to urge shoppers to save lives by gifting seat belts this season.
Scottsdale School District board to consider a facility expansion plan at the 7:30 p.m. meeting. Dr Charles C Holt will propose a bond issue before June 1963, based on a census survey by Dr Clifford Smith and the PTA. Elementary schools currently operate 385 students over capacity.
The Boys' Club of Scottsdale will close four days over the holidays from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day. It will reopen December 26 at 1 p.m. Regular hours resume on Saturdays. A full-length movie is planned for Friday December 28 and teenage dances will run Fridays from 8:30 p.m. to midnight.
Maricopa County issues marriage licenses to Scottsdale residents and others. Richard Knowles 25 from Chesterland Ohio weds Judith Ann Garrison 21 of Scottsdale. Gerasimos Lixouriotatos 28 weds Jerreline Carr 29 of Scottsdale. Gerald Wells Pierson 24 of Phoenix weds Lynda Dianne Harris 19 of Scottsdale.
The geographic center of North America is found in Pierce County North Dakota about 45 miles from the Canadian border. The precise spot lies 10 miles south and 7 miles west of Rugby.
The North Phoenix High School class of 1952 holds its tenth year reunion Friday at the Safari Hotel banquet and convention center. A cocktail hour, barbecue dinner and dancing are offered for five dollars. guests without dinner pay one dollar fifty, said reunion chairman Dennis D. Hopper.
A 40 foot Douglas fir from the Mogollon Rim north of Payson was placed in the State Capitol rotunda on Monday, marking a ceremonial display for the season.
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Moore at Baptist Hospital of Scottsdale on December 17. The family resides at 7636 East Taylor.
A Safari magazine feature on Scottsdale recounts a state tour by the writer with stops at Oak Creek Canyon Tucson and the Phoenix area. The piece quips Scottsdale as a dandiest dude town and notes signs favoring horse and rider amid growing western architecture enforcement and booming development near Taliesen and Carefree.
A Mebane North Carolina bedding manufacturer promotes a miniature mattress to be placed under Christmas trees to signal that a full sized mattress has been ordered.
The city council will decide on rezoning the northeast corner of 63rd Street and Camelback Road from R-5 to C-3 to allow a Continental Hotel and convention center with possible use permit for bar, restaurant and shops. Residents opposed the plan at the planning commission where the request was rejected. The council may also file recommendations on four liquor licenses and related parcels along Continental Drive Scottsdale Road Osborn Road Miller Road and Camelback and Wilshire.
Donald Colapinto reports an intrusion at his residence at 8247 East Cypress. Police say a rear screen was removed from a basement window to gain entry, but the family arrived home at 1 20 AM and frightened the intruder away. Nothing was missing.
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