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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
3
Paris and Tunis reports say President Charles de Gaulle may secure a cease-fire in Algeria by year end as a base for a future peace a long way from a final accord. The plan hinges on Moslem and European settler votes in a potential plebiscite while the OAS shadow looms over how far military influence will bend toward talks.
A 26 year old man posing as a clergyman from Flagstaff Arizona and his 19 year old companion from Lynn Massachusetts were detained after 21 empty bank money bags labeled Security First National Bank Bank of America were found in their car during a routine traffic stop in North Scituate. The elder claimed travel to Boston for the holidays and denied knowledge of the bags. A check with authorities in Arizona and elsewhere is underway to locate the bags' source.
Girl Scout Troop 497 hosted its annual Christmas party this afternoon for Ward 1-7 at the Arizona State Hospital. Leaders Mrs Eugene Stephen and Mrs Beverly Van Buskirk organized the event and will be joined tonight by Troop 33 led by Mrs Kay Stressen Reuter for a downtown Scottsdale caroling procession.
Snow is plentiful in northern Arizona and high elevations with 2 inches reported at Tonto Fish Hatchery near Mogollon Rim. Flagstaff reached 56 degrees as fog affected the Little Colorado River Basin and Winslow Holbrook routes. Forecasters expect fair weather tonight with more snow possible in White Mountains and Snow Bowl area this weekend.
The Scottsdale Boys Club announces Christmas vacation hours from 1 to 5 and 6 30 to 9 weekdays. Saturday 10 to 4. The Osborn street club will close Christmas and New Year’s Days. Tonight’s 7 PM film is At War With The Army. District finals qualifiers from ping pong checkers battle royal and skill pool will go to Miller Unit Phoenix Dec 30. Dues stay $2 with accident insurance. Jan 1 payment due. Dad’s Club dues set at $5 yearly.
The Scottsdale United Fund office closes after today as the drive continues. Local totals reach $55,000 of a $75,000 goal, with records moved to the Community Service Building in Phoenix and inquiries directed to CR 7 5421.
A federal judge ruled that the Labor Department was within its rights to raise Mexican migrant workers’ pay in New Mexico from 60 to 70 cents an hour after a wage survey. Judge Leonard P. Walsh said the department has broad power and that the state’s exclusion from the survey does not invalidate the result. He urged better cooperation between federal and state agencies to reduce harm to farmers.
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov wished Americans a happy new year in a 15 minute call with Undersecretary George Ball. He urged a year of peace and the settlement of as many problems as possible, noting no Christmas remark.
A catalog-like listing of rose varieties with Plant Pat. numbers, bloom colors, growth habits, and plant classifications. Includes Kordes Perfecta Creamy white with pink edges, Climbing Crimson Glory in rich crimson, Show Girl long stems and strong tall canes, Goldilocks yellow blooms in compact form, Climbing Peace pale pink blooms, and Montezuma scarlet orange blend.
Robert James Hill, 50, arrested en route to Phoenix with 37 grams of heroin, pleaded guilty to unlawfully importing narcotics and faces a mandatory five year federal sentence when sentenced January 2 in a Phoenix federal court. Hill, described as a Negro American citizen, had been living in Nogales Sonora.
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