29 Dec 1962
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1962
Page
1
Charles McDowell Jr profiles Homer Virgil Coogle as the personal Man of the Year for 1962. Coogle is praised for self restraint, thrift, political engagement, and steady temperament, avoiding controversy and sensationalism while quietly valuing books, family, and civic duties.
Leo Slezak retired from opera at 60 after a celebrated Vienna singing career and launched a second act in German films and literature. His son Walter followed a similar pivot eight years later, shifting from romantic film roles to U S stage work includingMusic in the Air.
Walter Slezak faced career decline in 1941 but sought counsel from an astrologer who predicted a February 1942 job. He took a student production role in Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme at the University of Texas on February 13 1942 and soon moved into a Hollywood character acting career.
A French four engined Boeing air liner with 28 aboard disappeared over Corsica between Bastia and Ajaccio. Villagers near the central island heard a loud explosion. The Air Nautique Charter Company confirmed the loss with 25 passengers and three crew. Final destination listed as Nice, on the mainland.
Fidel Castro briefly allowed 1,000 Cuban prisoners’ families to depart for Florida as a Christmas bonus after freeing 1,113 inmates from the Bay of Pigs raid. He then halted further departures amid Cuban unrest and widespread criticism of Kennedy. Plans for a Miami address drew international attention as Cuba faced shortages and regional turmoil.
Temperatures and precipitation data collected over the last 24 hours ending at 4 am show regional variations. Rainfall amounts, high and low temperatures, and notable weather events are reported for multiple locations.
A compact list of crossword clues with several misprints and garbled entries including 9 Fell Into disuse 10 Be in debt 11 Marry 16 Aeriform fluid 18 Man's name 20 Part of horse's leg 21 Boook of mapa 22 Lift 23 Peliet 25 Challenges 26 Struck 28 Greek letter 23 Take one's part 32 Large spoon 33 Compass point 6 Concludes 88 Twire 40 Hose a Ugly old woman.
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle items include 44 coin 48 bird 45 Gaelic 49 ship clock 46 female 50 place eolian 58 Faros 47 Spanish for Islands river whirlwind.
Beverly Hills California photostat shows John Factor contributed 8 5 000 to the Nixon Lodge campaign to blunt criticism of Kennedy Christmas pardon. Factor faced deportation on a major fraud case. president pardoned him on Christmas Day. Congressman Miller demanded assurance the pardon was not campaign influenced. Factor and wife Bella gave 22 000 to three Democratic groups in 1960. Emanuel Celler dismissed Miller's accusation as cheap and snide. The check dated September 29, 1960 was to friends of the Nixon Lodge Committee and signed by Factor’s wife.
Stanford researchers report Venus may spin backward, with radar from Goldstone Station showing a slow rotation of about 250 Earth days. Dr. Richard M. Goldstein and R. Carpenter bounced radar waves to Venus between October and December, finding data consistent only with retrograde motion.
Shelby Smith, 22, a brown haired Albuquerque resident, was chosen Friday night as King Cotton's new first lady at the Memphis event.
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