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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
4
The Agriculture Department reports over 14 million children will eat nutritionally balanced lunches this school year. This marks a 5 percent rise from last year and averages 27 cents per lunch. About 10 percent receive free or reduced meals.
A fire at the Maxwell House hotel left one guest unaccounted for early today. Property loss estimated at $2 million as flames spread slowly through the four story brick building, with a switchboard signaling guests to evacuate.
President Kennedy told West Berliners in a Christmas broadcast that their city would remain free and a beacon amid Communist encirclement. He reaffirmed U S support and stated the bonds of freedom have been tested but remain strong as East German border violations spark renewed tensions.
Dr. Bruce R. Taylor of the University of Arkansas animal science department announced that Hereford calves were donated for a Libbys sponsored project to improve beef production. The venture aims to study feeding and breeding strategies.
Welles 61 underwent treatment after a brain blood clot on Nov 4 left him fainting when upright. Doctors used an Air Force pressure suit to stabilize him and he walked out of Aurora hospital on Christmas Eve.
A reader praises the expansion of impartial medical witnesses in trials as a check on partisan testimony. The writer recalls past frustrations with limited testimony and argues states adopting physician friends of the court reduce the spectacle of conflicting expert opinions.
New York AP officials issued a formal apology to President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy after an erroneous dispatch claimed Mrs. Kennedy danced the twist in a Fort Lauderdale club. The White House sought a retraction, and AP president Benjamin M. McKelway sent a telegram to the President outlining the correction and apology.
Julius Thomas Pilgerton 13 died in Sylacauga when a newly received Christmas shotgun discharged as he crawled under a fence. He was identified as Sonny by family. Police reported the accidental shooting occurred Monday.
San Francisco report on Dr. Maurice J. Karpf arguing that extramarital affairs can help some marriages when handled without prejudice. He cites cases where affairs averted divorce and aided long term relationships despite ethical tensions for therapists.
New York report from UPI notes that 1961 saw widespread profit declines for retailers despite November sales rising to an annual rate of 19.3 billion dollars. Stores cut staff and invested in pre selling and automation to offset rising costs while discount and grocery chains expanded into new formats.
Mrs. Bessie Juanita Burch a 46 year old homemaker drowned in an irrigation canal Monday while walking to a grocery store to join her husband and four children. The incident occurred near Phoenix and she was pronounced dead on arrival at Northwest Hospital Glendale.
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