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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1962
Page
1
A Black father, Walter Speedy, hurled a live bomb from his porch into the street after finding it on the porch late at night. The device of dynamite sticks exploded as it hit the pavement, shattering nearby windows while the Speedy family planned to move to a new apartment amid threats in an all white neighborhood.
A historical dispatch notes recurring influenza outbreaks and safety actions as the U.S. Public Health Service warns of type B and type A flu. It mentions widespread closures, with Oregon schools and teachers affected, while Colorado and other areas report similar disruptions amid a deadly pandemic era.
Tropical Park paid $0,000 Friday in settlement of a Circuit Court damage suit by Mrs. Rose Wardy of Miami. She claimed a photofinish flash bulb the size of a basketball fell on her head at the finish of the Dec 23 1960 race in Miami.
Washington couple Blake and Deend Clark charged a Belgian NATO officer Lt Col Maurice Schwarz rammed their car twice and claims he was joking. The Belgian Embassy said adequate compensation would be paid though Schwarz enjoys diplomatic immunity from legal action.
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