Farm receipts rise despite record 1961 output
The Agriculture Department reported 1961 farm cash receipts reached 31.3 billion dollars in the first 11 months, up 22 percent from a year earlier, with record livestock and livestock products boosting total output. Measured price levels edged lower for some livestock products, while November cash receipts surpassed the prior year. The report also notes a planned purchase of 117 thousand pounds of canned pork for trial use in the national school lunch program.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Jury Nears In Loan Case Against S L Officials
Phoenix UPI Selection of a jury neared completion in the embezzlement and conspiracy trial of James Heron and Chuck O Lee, former Arizona Savings and Loan officials. Twenty five veniremen qualified, forty must be chosen for a jury from them. Indictments allege activities at the defunct firm closed in 1959. Heron was president and Lee secretary.
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Phoenix
UPI
James Heron
Chuck O. Lee
Arizona Savings & Loan Association
Heron
Lee
Orton Wins National Sales Contest for Lincoln Life
D. L. Orton of Scottsdale, representative for The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co and Brant E. Smith Agency, is named a national winner in a one month sales contest announced by Henry W. Persons, vice president and director of agencies.
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D. L. Orton
Scottsdale
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Brant E. Smith Agency
Henry W. Persons
Dredge Cartagena Crew Rescued En Route To Boston Port
Coast Guard cutter Acushnet rescued dredge Cartagena and nine crewmen after 48 hours in hurricane seas 230 miles east of Nantucket. Skipper Adley Le Blanc and crew refused to abandon ship until aboard the cutter. One crewman, Merlin T. Cotton Robinson, was nearly dead but revived. Cargo valued at several million dollars. tug Foundation Vigilante stood by.
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Nantucket
Adley le Blanc
Memphis
Tenn
Cartagena
le Blanc
Foundation Vigilante
Halifax
N.S
Baltimore
LeBlanc
Coast Guard
Boston
Standard Dredging Corp
New York City
Elvn Tranham
Lafayette
John Sawyer
Chatham
Ont
Winfred Goforth
Lecells
Ala
L. Z. Goferth
John Phillip Smith
Wallaceburg
Vaughn V. Slack
Daniel Yelko
Taze
Old Tugbutton Upset Over White House Spending
Washington columnist recounts Hon. Timothy Tugbutton railing against the president and Congress over a $32,000 congressman salary, arguing incumbents are overpaid and that taxpayers will bear the cost. He cites historical figures and mocks fiscal policy, brandishing a cane in anger at the office.
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Tugbutton
White House
Washington
UPI
Timothy Tugbutton
Ron
Grover Cleveland
Roosevelt
Teddy
Cleveland
Tugburton
Miss Obliger
Arizona crop value up to 29 million in 1961
Arizona reports 1961 crop value at 29 million dollars, up 15 million from 1960. Cotton yields lead the nation at 1068 pounds per acre, with cotton and cotton seed totaling 162 million dollars of the statewide total, reflecting growth from 1950 figures.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona
Floyd E. Rolf
Department of Agriculture
Arizona Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Fire in Mayflower Hotel Kills Three in New York
A blaze at the 17 story Mayflower Hotel on Central Park West killed three people including a firefighter and an elderly resident. Nine others were injured, with more than 30 residents evacuated from 8th to 10th floors as smoke spread through the brick building housing about 400 guests.
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UPI
Central Park
Mayflower
Roosevelt Hospital
Murray Wyzell
Perry Como
Wyzell
Central Park West
John King
Charles Ross
Beatrice Cohen
Al Jennings Dies at 98 Last Of Great Outlaws
Al Jennings, once the head of the Jennings gang and the last surviving figure of a Wild West outlaw era, died at 98 in Tarzana California. He served a life sentence for train robbery in 1895 but was pardoned by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907. He later married Maude, practiced law, ran for Oklahoma governor, acted, wrote, evangelized, and spent his final years in modest retirement.
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Tarana
Calif
UPI
al Jennings
Alennings
Jennings
San Fernando Valley
T. W. Eggleston
Maude
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Leavenworth
Oklahoma
Tarzana
SP Questions Phoenix Acts SP Questions Phoenix Acts
Southern Pacific faces a delay in its 50 million Phoenix warehousing project as a spokesman cites a serious question about moving forward. The plan covers land from 43rd to 51st Avenues between Roosevelt and MacDowell with city demands for curbs gutters and street paving. City officials reportedly resist the widening plan and may clash over the project.
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Phoenix
UPI
Southern Pacific Co
Southern Pacific
43Rd
51St Avenues
Roosevelt
MacDowell
Guinea leader claims Marxist plot backed by Moscow
President Sekou Touré told Guinean Democratic party delegates that an alleged Communist attempt to overthrow his government aimed to spark a Marxist revolution in Africa. He cited Moscow Paris and Dakar links and cited subversive documents. he did not name the Soviet envoy in attendance.
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CONAR
Guinea
UPI
Sekou Toure
Russia
Africa
Toure
Daniel Solod
Moscow
Djinril Tamsir Niane
Niane
Temperature and Rain Report for 24 Hours Ending 4 AM
The 24 hour period ending at 4 am recorded temperatures ranging from the mid 50s to the mid 70s with scattered light showers. Officials note a brief warm spell and a near steady rainfall pattern across the coastal region.
Annexation Brief Filing Set for Mid January
In the North Scottsdale annexation dispute a brief will be filed no earlier than Jan 10 as Kelly Turner notes, with Charles Duccy away for holidays and Carl Roe's prior brief due in court. The case questions whether Scottsdale can legally annex north to Indian Bend after a petition withdrawal and potential jurisdiction issues. Clark Kennedy calls the matter a legal question not an administrative reflection.
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Charles Duccy
Kelly Turner
Carl Roe
Turner
Une
Shea Blvd
Arizona Canal
Scottsdale Road
Indian Bend
Board of Supervisors
North Scottsdale
Clark Kennedy
Boom to Hit Entire West Says Arizona Expert
UPI reports University of Arizona professor Andrew W. Wilson warns that Arizona’s population surge foreshadows similar growth across Western states. He cites urban expansion and decline of extractive industries as major economic shifts alongside a tenfold population rise from 123,000 to 1,300,000 over 60 years and a 5.4 percent yearly growth rate.
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Denver
Andrew W. Wilson
Arizona
Heroic Woman Fights For Life After Fontana Fire
In Fontana a woman, Rosemary Starry, 30, fought through flames to rescue her eight children and husband Elmer Starry, 30, as a furnace ignition fed a Christmas tree. She and fireman Fred West, with minor cuts, saved Donna 6 and Cynthia 8. all eight children survived though Mrs Starry is critically burned.
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UPID
County General Hospital
Donna
Cynthia
Elmer Starry
Fontana
Irs
Rosemary Starry
Fred West
West
Robert Szabo
Arry
Packer Construction Low Bidder in Scottsdale School Projects
Packer Construction Co. of Phoenix was the low bidder at 802 200 for a new Mohave Elementary School and additions to Yavapai Tavan and Ingleside Elementary Schools in the Scottsdale School District. Architect Mel Ensign estimated 738 000. Arcadia High School shop addition bids opened with Rod Evans 10 718 and Walt Halliday 11 890.
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Phoenix
County Board of Supervisors
Scottsdale
Mel Ensign
Mohave
Yavapai
Tavan
Ingleside
Arcadia High School
Rod Evans
Walt Halliday
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