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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1962
Page
1
President Kennedy outlined economic recovery steps including a tax credit for machinery investment and authority to cut personal taxes. He urged retraining for workers, youth workforce programs, and a balanced 1963 budget while pushing a five year trade expansion plan and NATO strength amid Cold War tensions.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield cited polls showing 79 percent public support for President Kennedy to argue a favorable climate for progressive bills. He said the Senate would begin work Monday on a tax impact bill tied to a court order requiring DuPont to dispose of its General Motors stock.
Scottsdale mayoral candidate Art Petersen clashes with Councilman Bill Flanigan over joining a four city sewage system. Petersen argues the plan would reduce Scottsdale to a suburb while Flanigan cautions bond funds and timing may delay a new plant for years.
A bill in the Arizona Senate proposes a driver license compact with other states to bar licenses for chronic violators. It requires reporting of convictions, lets home states set licensing rules, and denies renewal if a prior license was suspended. Arizona would join any state enacting similar provisions and apply liberal constitutional interpretations.
Temperatures range across the region with expected highs and lows. Rainfall accumulation noted with light to moderate showers, and a brief thunderstorm possible in the southern counties. Winds remain generally light to moderate from the west.
Earthquakes hit central and coastal Yugoslavia triggering landslides wrecking villages and cutting communications. At least one death reported with Makarska again heavily damaged and refugees fleeing toward Split as authorities called up aid and beds for the homeless.
The President outlined mass immunization funding and federal aid to education while signaling a shift toward rehabilitation and higher education support. He urged a five year trade plan to trim tariffs, warned of a Communist offensive, and stressed a strong military with missiles, new divisions, and upgraded defense systems.
The Senate majority expects House welfare bills to reach the floor first as 65 bills have been introduced in four days with hundreds more planned. One bill slated for Friday would limit Sunday retail sales of many goods including cars clothing and electronics. A subcommittee calls for form simplification more investigators affidavits from welfare recipients a special department for the blind and reducing welfare recipient banks.
A. O. Bruhn and Lois Bruhn dba The Shoe Box plan to sell all stock, equipment, fixtures, goodwill and lease at 4242 East Thomas Road Phoenix to Gladys Horton wife of Grant Horton. The sale takes effect January 2 1962 with completion January 15 1962. Creditors must file claims by 1 00 AM January 15 1962 with Bellamar and Zepp Scottsdale Arizona.
Mayoral candidate campaigns on sewer fixes plus water, traffic, zoning, garbage, library, street improvements and a fair tax structure. Opponent criticizes hydrants as window dressing while pledging a Better Administration with a professional city manager and traffic upgrades.
Eighteen Western travelers including four Americans and four crew members depart Moscow for Brussels aboard Kin-18s after being detained when their Belgian Sabena jet was forced down by Soviet fighters. Passengers praise Russian hospitality and recount meals, diapers for a baby, chess sets, and cigarettes during their three-day stay at Ostankino hotel.
In Phoenix two men face sentences Jan. 22 in federal court. One, T Sgt David B Hennessy Jr from Luke Air Force Base, pleaded nolo contendere to wilfully failing to register as engaged in wagering. The other, Michael Juan Arnold 21 of the Gila River Reservation near Laveen, was convicted by a jury of assault with a deadly weapon.
President Kennedy and Defense Secretary McNamara will be awarded honorary degrees in March by the University of California at Berkeley. Secretary Salinger said a specific date for the ceremony will be announced later as part of Charter Day events in the third week of March.
Report from Elisabethville says a joint drive by Katanga and UN forces aims to clear Baluba tribesmen from European-owned villas they occupy. Moshe Tehombe government warns eviction will be enforced by UN escorted police. Europeans risk looting and need Baluba passes to reenter homes in some zones. Also noted is the deadline for Antonie Gizenga to take a seat in Leopoldville parliament after Cyrille Adoula demands action within 48 hours.
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