08 Feb 1962
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1962
Page
1
Rescue workers broadened their search at the Luisenthal Mine near Saarbrucken Volklingen after a gas explosion turned the shaft into an incinerator. About 200 miners escaped, 85 injured, 13 died, as officials blamed an overheated engine sparking a gas-oxygen mix.
Dr. William P. McGriff II is named technical media editor and managing editor of Motorola’s Intelligential Engineering Bulletin in Scottsdale. The appointment was announced by E. E. McLellan, with McGriff previously leading technical publications at Stromberg-Carlson San Diego and holding posts at Boeing Wichita, Southwest Research Institute, General Dynamics Convair, and Remington Rand Univac.
The Scottsdale Players production The Corn Is Green opens tomorrow at Stagebrush Theater. Three of five nights are sold out with no tickets for arrow and Saturday February 17. Tickets listed at Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce or by calling WH 5-3066. Admission is 1 and curtain is 8:30 p.m. Dress rehearsal tonight free for Scottsdale high school speech and drama students. 80 reservations for opening night after party at Camelback Inn.
Boy Scout Troop 446 marked its 52nd anniversary of scouting with a full regalia flag raising at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. To honor Boy Scout Week a patrol raised the Breecas flag each morning. The troop formed in October last year and gained its charter recently, sponsored by the OLPH Men's Club. Scoutmaster is John Whiteker.
The Arizona House opened a second full debate calendar with 23 bills on tap led by a nighttime harness racing measure. Other proposals include added institutions for wayward youths and liquor code amendments amid ongoing Senate dissension and prior committee reshuffles.
Scottsdale begins a 4000 dollar revamp of its nearly inoperative sewage disposal plant. Work includes lifting the digester lid and cleaning, plus preparing the lower pond for oxidation to curb months of residents complaints. City council acts as a temporary fix while pursuing a four city disposal plant with Phoenix Mesa and Tempe. if talks fail, Tempe plant construction proceeds after a long court battle and a 1.4 million dollar bond issuance last April.
U.S. Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota will be honored by Scottsdale Dinners Club as guest speaker at the Hotel Safari dinner on February 16. Mundt, a veteran lawmaker noted for influence and knowledge in Congress, was praised for his National Freedom Foundation award winning article on Americanism and other acclaimed writings.
Scottsdale resident Rosanne Carter will perform a medley of western songs in the spirit of early West folk tunes. The 15th annual Forum, themed Arizona Jubilee, honors statehood anniversary and is co sponsored by the Phoenix Branch of the National League of American Pen Women and Phoenix College. It will be held Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Phoenix College Auditorium at 1262 West Thomas Road, Phoenix.
The 1962 Scottsdale All-Arabian Horse Show is planned as the largest in seven years with 319 horses entered for Feb 22 to 25. Show secretary Mrs Dorothy Weaver expects post entries to push the total beyond 330.
Scottsdale Miss Universe contestants visit Progress office listing Judy Hawley 21 a Greyhound Park title holder and model, Karen Lindstrom 18 a ASU freshman singer and actress, and Angel-Lynn Arra 18 a Phoenix College student aiming for a medical tech career. The pageant airs February 18 at 2 p.m. at Safari Hotel.
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