Fire Erupts at Army Arctic Research Center in Hanover
A fire at the Army Arctic Research Center near Dartmouth College caused extensive damage to the three story facility as a tar barrel exploded. No injuries were reported. Construction worker Leon Vilenti, 28, discovered the blaze and alerted crews from New Hampshire and Vermont who battled the flames for three hours.
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Waltham
Mass
Wilmette
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Army
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Leon Vilenti
Lehaste
White River Junction
Home Owners Meet Tonight in Valley Tax Fight
The Arizona Home Owners Association schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting at North Phoenix High School to discuss rising tax increases blamed for higher monthly mortgage payments. Mortgage firms and state legislators may attend as James DeWitt cites FHA evidence of excess impounds causing hardship.
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E. Thomas
Scottsdale
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Scottsdale Welcomes First Full-Time Librarian Nellene Smith
Scottsdale Public Library hires Nellene Smith of Beverly Hills as its first professional full-time librarian. She praises the adobe building as unique in America and a cultural center with a strong volunteer and donor base, while noting a tight budget but a rich materials collection. Smith holds a master's from Michigan and has taught fellowship experience at California, linking her to Greenwich Connecticut and broader media work.
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Nellene Smith
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Scottsdale Public Library
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Court Refuses Acquittal Move in Arizona Murder Trial
The murder trial of Barbara Baker resumed in Phoenix as the court rejected a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. The 22 year old defendant stands accused of fatally shooting Donald J Brown, 23, of Titchburg, Massachusetts. Brown was killed last August and his body dumped near Apache Junction. Two witnesses testified before Superior Court Judge Yale McFate.
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Barbara Baker
Donald J Brown
Titchburg
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Apache Junction
Superior Court
Yale McFate
Concert Group Schedules Meet
The first meeting of the Young People's Concert Committee of the Phoenix Symphony Guild will be at 10 30 a m January 9 at Mrs Bruce Irwin's home in Scottsdale. Conductor Guy Taylor will attend to plan school concerts for children.
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Casa Blanca Rd
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Shelter program discussion set with city officials
Scottsdale civil defense chief Herb Dixon will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow with May or Mort Kimsey and Acting City Manager Jim Smith to discuss a federally prompted shelter prototype. A U S Army Engineers representative is also to attend the meeting.
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Scottsdale
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Jim Smith
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Three Candidates For Scottsdale Council Unveil Platform
John LaSota Robert Gruntz and Charles Chris takis present a five point plan to protect residents health amid nearby hepatitis outbreaks. They call for rapid sewage disposal capacity expansion a long range regional solution stricter refuse collection and disposal regulations clean rights of way and a building code enforcing ventilation sewage handling and refuse areas.
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Scottsdale
John LaSota
Robert Gruntz
Charles Christakis
Cuba Announces First 1962 Execution in Havana
The government press said a counter revolutionary leader was executed several days earlier for killing three civilian militiamen. Margarito Lantz Flores known as Thorndyke and Chico led an anti Castro band in Las Villas Province. Fidel Castro’s firing squads killed many Cubans since 1959.
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Fidel Castro
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Chico
Fostler
Las Villas
British Response to Portugal Over Goa Air Support
London disputed Portugal's claim of British aid delay over Goa airbase use. The Foreign Office called the charge misleading and said Britain could not grant air access without host government consent. Reports note the bases in Gan, the Maldives, and Libya were under consideration, while British papers warned against severing ties with Portugal.
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Britain
India
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Lisbon
Goa
Indian Ocean
Gan
Maldive
Libya
Eanwhile
Portuga
Salazar
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Mirror
Africa
Asia
Damao
Trio of Boys Die Hiking Snow Mesa Near Baton New Mexico
Three boys ages 9 to 13 perished while hiking to a relative's cabin on Johnson Mesa in near blizzard conditions. The last body, Joe Darras, 13, was found beneath a spruce tree after a search by 20 police, deputies, National Guardsmen and volunteers. Billy Darras, 17, survived, describing the trek and missing food and clothing.
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Johnson Mesa
Morris Salazar
Carlos
Mesa
Darras
Billy
Bily Darras
Wazor
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