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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
2
Vatican diplomats report the pope warned leaders that peace must rest on justice and unity among Christians. He announced the first ecumenical council in 92 years to convene in 1962, inviting Protestant leaders as observers and stressing Christ as the cornerstone of any stable international order.
The Coast Guard rejects claims that Japanese crews illegally harvest salmon and halibut in U.S. waters. Officials cite 100000 patrol miles in the North Pacific with only seven suspected violations, none Japanese, and say boarding is allowed and crews are cooperative.
The death of Felice Chiodo aged 51 raised Italy’s fatal train derailment toll to 70. Doctors reported the remaining injured passengers in satisfactory condition after a mountain railroad coach fell into a ravine Saturday, marking the worst rail disaster since 1944 in Italy.
United Press identifies Michael Finney 19 of Phoenix as the truck driver killed when his Commonwealth Electric Co. truck overturned and burned near Brenda on Highway 70 Christmas Eve. Investigating officers delayed body removal for hours as three holiday deaths raise the year toll to 494.
Temperatures varied across the region with highs around mid 60s and lows in the upper 40s. Rainfall was light to moderate in several areas, totaling around a quarter to half an inch in the wetter spots.
Thomas Villegas, 72, reported a nest egg saved since 1918 was stolen from beneath floorboards of his Tempe residence between August and December 14. He discovered the loss when his wife tried to deposit it, later informing a grocer and police.
A West Virginia group of school principals reports improved pupil health and attendance since the Kennedy administration's experimental food stamp program began. Letters from McDowell County principals, forwarded to the Agriculture Department, praise better-fed children and fewer absences, with one pupil noting weight gain. Eight pilot sites nationwide include Illinois and Michigan, as the program aims to cover all needy in depressed areas by 1967.
A Christmas day blaze in 45 below weather ripped through Whitehorse destroying the Edgewater Hotel and several businesses. Thirty people fled the cold. no injuries were reported. Damages near 1 million dollars. Heat and power faltered as water froze off hoses. The fire, possibly from an overheated fan, left the area without heat for hours. The Capitol Hotel owner Cal Miller commented it was pretty chilly.
Storms halted the mail boat for Lundy Island residents off England, and about 1,000 islanders received Christmas mail by helicopter on Monday.
In CHOLET France two chimney sweepers found a child’s suitcase with about 300000 dollars in notes and bonds hidden in a chimney. The treasure is linked to Felix Levy a Nazi deportee who died in Dachau. Police await a legal settlement with the sweepers eligible for a reward under French law.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Mamie Eisenhower and their family planned a Disneyland visit near Anaheim California driving from their Palm Desert retreat. The trip includes Lt Col John Eisenhower’s children David Barbara Ann Suzie and Mary Jean. The family spent Christmas at Eldorado Country Club cottage enjoying mild weather and a round of golf with no photographers present.
The United States may announce a large surplus wheat sale to Yugoslavia and allies including Hungary Czechoslovakia and East Germany. The move is tied to Yugoslavia's nonaligned stance and aims to weaken Soviet influence while renewing debate over U S aid to Tito's regime and other Communist nations.
In Jerusalem the Mandelbaum Gate reopened for a 36 hour Christmas truce allowing 3000 Israeli Christians to return home from their Jordanian pilgrimage. Pilgrims crossed to visit Bethlehem sites and relatives, passing the Christmas Eve route to the Church of the Nativity and surrounding fields.
Police booked Lawrence Kemp Jr. 32 for rape and assault with a deadly weapon. Investigators linked him to raping a 15 year old girl and stabbing an Annapolis cadet who tried to stop the escape. Officers found a switchblade and an unloaded revolver in his car. The midshipman, 19, had superficial wounds outside the apartment.
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