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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1963
Page
3
Floods and heavy rain devastated Kansas towns with swollen creeks and rivers. Gypsum Creek dumped five feet of water, and Durham and other Kansas streets flooded amid widespread highway closures. Guardsmen aided residents while rivers near flood stage threatened Towanda and Blackwell.
In Phoenix two individuals received $50 savings bonds and Honorary Arizona Bankers honors for stopping bank robberies. Sylvia Levendusky, 19, spotted a stolen car at a drive up window and alerted staff. Clark C. Manlove, 35, traced suspects and their license plate, aiding police who arrested the robbers two hours later.
Cuban exile leader Dr. Luis Conte Aguero says the Sno Boy carrying 40 aboard was intentionally sunk by Russian trawlers after encountering Soviet vessels off Jamaica. The U S Navy had halted search earlier, and a body was found west of Northeast Cay tying to the missing voyage from Kingston to Northeast Cay.
Yesterday's puzzle clues solved: 44 Tiberate? 49 At present 45 Bother 50 Command to 46 Drunkard horse 47 In favor of 53 Indefinite 48 Unusual article.
Eighty women pilots and copilots from across the nation prepared for the 17th annual air race in Bakersfield as organizers announced final arrangements and safety checks before the start.
The Powder Puff Derby begins at 8 a m Saturday with 45 planes in a 2400 mile race to Atlantic City New Jersey. The event ends officially at noon July 17 though most planes are expected to reach the Atlantic City air front and land at the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center before the deadline. Frances Bera of Long Beach California won last year. Betty Miller of Santa Monica California finished second after misjudging winds. The race is open to women flying stock aircraft single or multi engine 100 to 400 horsepower.
The Scottsdale Elks Lodge will host about 250 apprentice bricklayers at a dinner, honoring 10 men. The event starts 7 p.m. at the 64th and Oak Street lodge, with awards from 25 to 150 dollars and a state champion named at the dinner. The meal thanks bricklayers for constructing a block wall at the lodge June 8 9 as part of the apprenticeship program.
The body of Harley Lonnie of Mishongnovi was identified today as the wreck victim found in a wash near Keams Canyon. Lonnie had been missing since Oct 17 after his pickup plunged into flood Wepp Wash. his wife Sylvia and their nine month old daughter also drowned. The child's body remains missing.
Top secret Sino-Soviet talks continued into a second week in Moscow with a wide gulf over war or peace with the West. Chinese delegation seeks fresh instructions from Peking while Pravda notes solidarity with Romania and others as Moscow pushes peaceful competition and China demands armed rebellion.
Maricopa County Health Dept warns of a rabies epidemic threat as only half the county dogs are vaccinated and licensed. Two rabies cases have been diagnosed since January 22 in the county. Douglas imposes a dog quarantine with three rabid dogs found since July 1. Citations will issue immediately to owners of unlicensed or unvaccinated dogs, per Art 8 Sec 24 367.
Elizabeth Taylor films a landmark TV special in Bankside London, recording a mosaic of her birthplace with Richard Burton observing. The project, titled Elizabeth Taylor in London, aims for an autumn U.S. airing and commands a record fee of 250000 dollars to date.
Sen. Barry Goldwater declared President Kennedy determined to co exist with international communism wherever it thrives including the Western Hemisphere. He blasted liberals as fear ridden and argued the New Frontier favors appeasement, urging action against Soviet influence and warning Cuba remains a Soviet base near American shores.
Executive B B Bilbrey of Producers Life Insurance Co Phoenix returns from a customer executive seminar in data processing held at Endicott New York. He serves as secretary for Producers Life Insurance Co Phoenix.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told Sen. Barry Goldwater and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller there is no basis to a Philadelphia Inquirer story that he is not listing them as acceptable for the 1964 GOP nomination. He reportedly opposes the publication and relayed his denial to leaders and the two prospects. The Inquirer alleged four acceptable candidates: Gov. William Scranton, Gov. George Romney, Sen. Thruston B. Morton, and Gen. Lucius D. Clay.
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