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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1962
Page
6
John Cross independent candidate for Scottsdale City Council appeals for support. He is a Scottsdale resident since 1959 and a cost development analyst and project engineer for 15 years. Cross is active in local groups and teaches Red Cross first aid.
Teamsters Union officials say they were invited to send delegates to an AFL-CIO Building Trades Department conference opening March 5. The invitation signals strong support inside the labor federation despite the Teamsters being expelled in 1957. Meany declined comment as long as Hoffa heads the union, while the Western Conference notes the invitation as a provocation.
Communists in Moscow urge public support for a summit, as party leaders call for backing from allied groups. The appeal highlights anticipated talks and regional alignment amid Cold War tensions.
Mark Cockrill the Better Government candidate for mayor urges re evaluation of Scottsdale budget citing inequitable balance in spending. He notes Parks and Recreation has 96000 allocated versus 58000 for street repairs, arguing streets need more funds for adequate maintenance.
Lt. Col. Helen D. Stogner a 39 year old assistant army attache at the U S Embassy was shot through a window in his Leopoldville home and died at United Nations Hospital. A Congolese suspect, reportedly a chauffeur for the embassy, was arrested after a park lockdown and testimonies collected as UN and Congo authorities investigate.
A rural five room frame house in St Annie Woods near Kankakee burned late Wednesday killing Michael Mallory 12 Harold 8 Bruce 7 Claude 5 Robert 2 and Barbara Ewing 3. Police say faulty wiring started the blaze in a poor unincorporated area while Mrs Mallory cared for a cousin's child at a hospital. The father, also named Robert Mallory, died last year in a Chicago wreck.
In Rockford a man living as laborer Verne Hansen is identified by FBI as Dr. Carl Vernon Holmberg, a Syracuse University forestry chemist who vanished in 1955. He had a troubled marriage, multiple jobs, and a New York background before being exposed by police after fingerprints linked him to the former identity. Holmberg’s wife and other relatives react with mixed disbelief and relief.
Magma Copper Corp and five unions reach a two year pact covering 470 workers at San Manuel and Superior. Attorney Ralph Sievwright says the deal mirrors a January 30 agreement with the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and provides an immediate 8½ percent wage increase with a similar rise on July 1, 1963. The unions include Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, Electrical Workers, Boiler Makers, Painters and Allied, and Boilermakers at San Manuel and Superior.
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