California fires threaten Sierra towns near Yosemite
Two wildfires roared through 65 000 acres of Sierra Nevada forest near Sonora and Oakhurst threatening Ahwahnee Nipinnawassee and Bass Lake camps. About 1 200 firefighters battled the second blaze as 60 homes burned and residents evacuated including 500 children.
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Calif
UPID
Sierra Nevada
Sonora
Quartz
Kent
Edmund G. Brown
Oakhurst
Madera County
George
Edna May Kipp
Ahwahnee
Santa Teresita
Bass Lake
Timberloft
Fish Camp
Rare Lightning Strikes Kill Two Fishermen in Los Angeles Area
A rare Los Angeles lightning storm killed 45 year old Michael Lindeburg of Redondo Beach while he fished in the surf. Two nearby women Chichi Scotton of Redondo Beach and Dorothy P Parks of Torrance suffered minor injuries. The storm also sparked about 13 forest fires in Southern California, eight in the Angeles National Forest, all small and contained by nightfall.
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UPI
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Redondo Beach
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Dorothy P. Parks
Torrance
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Angeles National Forest
Phoenix Property Tax Rate Stabilized for Fiscal Year
The Phoenix property tax rate remains at 1.75 dollars for the new budget year starting July 1. The City Council set the budget at 39.1 million dollars, up 15 percent, with Mayor Sam Mardian Jr praising tax stability amid city growth.
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UPS
Sam Mardian Jr
Weather Outlook For Valley With Warm Dry Spell
Mostly fair weather today and Friday with afternoon and night clouds in the north or east side of the valley. Little temperature change expected. Highs near 108 today and 106 to 108 Friday with lows around 82 Friday morning. Rain chances confined to isolated thunder showers in the indicated area.
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Nine Firms On Las Vegas Strip
A lightning started fire in Las Vegas gutted the Desert Spa Shopping Center across from the Stardust, destroying nine businesses including Bell’s western wear shop. Firemen in 93 degree heat fought the flames as onlookers watched flames reach 300 feet.
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Las Vegas
UPI
Stardust Hotel
Nevada
Rex Bell
Gold Key
Golden Spur
Alpine Village
Bell's
Desert Spa Shopping Center
Eichmann Admits Knowledge of Gassing and Deportations
Adolf Eichmann told the court he knew Nazis gassed Jews and that he organized deportations but denied personal responsibility for supplying gas. He insisted his Gestapo office had no duties in gas chamber matters under cross examination by Prosecutor Gideon Hausner.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Gideon Hausner
Yount Granted More Time On Taxation Affairs
Scottsdale attorney Robert E. Yount a former Superior Court judge received additional time to straighten out his Internal Revenue Service affairs. The federal court ordered him to submit information by July 17 as his accountant works to assemble material. If not completed by Monday the case may be moved to a federal judge for action. He reportedly failed to file tax returns for 1956 to 1959.
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Phoenix
White Says He Could Win If Recall Is Held
Florence based report notes Pinal County Sheriff Laurence White says he could defeat Coy DeArman if a recall election occurs. Debates over cost and party divisiveness surface as petitions circulate after DeArman, once White’s write in rival, gained the seat. the matter involves writes and a disputed ballot validity.
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Florence
UPI
Pinal County
Laurence White
Coy DeArman
DeArman
Arizona Supreme Court
House Expected To Pass Water Pollution Bill
The House was set to approve a measure empowering the federal government to sue cities or towns over pollution of lakes and streams. The bill would expand federal grants for sewage plants and eliminates need for state approval for federal action on all water bodies crossing borders within the United States.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
800 Workers Laid Off at Phoenix Metal Firm
In Phoenix, about 800 employees of International Metal Products face an indefinite layoff starting Friday night. Company officials cite material shortages and a regrouping of production schedules for the shutdown, with possible recall on Monday. The firm makes evaporative coolers and refrigeration units.
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Phoenix
UPI
International Metal Products
A.D. Goett
Lightning Kills Eight Persons in Tobacco Barn Shelter
A bolt of lightning struck the door of a Clinton North Carolina tobacco barn during a thunderstorm killing eight people who were taking shelter inside on metal curing equipment. Three others in a nearby shed and one person in the barn survived without serious injury.
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Clinton
N. C
UPD
Minors Face Challenge Over Liquor Sales In Phoenix
Arizona Restaurant Association officers announced minors attempting to buy liquor will be challenged. Phoenix venues faced criticism for serving underage patrons as the group urged stricter enforcement and noted the 21 age-card program. Title and penalties for owners include fines imprisonment and possible liquor license revocation.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona Restaurant Association
Restaurateurs
Midas Satellite Guards U S From Missile Threat
A Midas satellite lifted 1850 miles above Earth to act as a defense watchdog over the United States, tracing a polar path and scanning every region on Earth with its infrared payload. It followed the Tiros III weather satellite in a dual space success, marking a breakthrough after two failed Midas attempts.
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Calif
UPS
Midas
United States
Cape Canaveral
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Earth
Russia
GI Dividend Payments Start
The $1,298,400 special life insurance dividend to about 31,800 Arizona veterans has begun and should finish by early August. VA official Wayne A. Sanders said processing ends by July 31 with checks mailed in the first days of August. No application is needed as payments are automatic, and inquiries may slow delivery. The 1961 second dividend hinges on a lower death rate among policyholders.
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Arizona
Wayne A. Sanders
Sanders
Fannin urges citizen interest in government
Gov. Paul Fannin urged renewed public involvement at a Yuma County Republican rally. He warned that government with enough power to meet public demands can also strip away freedoms, stressing citizen responsibility across federal state and local leadership.
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Salome
UPI
Paul Fannin
Fannin
Yuma County
Plane's Landing Successful After Nose Wheel Burst
United Air Lines DC7 with 90 aboard made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport after a nose wheel tire burst on takeoff from Denver Stapleton. Captain Robert Langdon of Tarzana guided the four engine plane to a safe tail down landing while sparks flew from the nose strut.
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UPS
United Air Lines
International Airport
Denver
Stapleton Airfield
Stapleton
Robert Langdon
Tarzana
Calif
Youthful gunman hunts after officers slain in Colorado
A manhunt is underway near Kremmling for a young gunman who killed two officers and wounded two others after a traffic stop. A responding game warden and deputies were shot, with one undersheriff dying later. The suspect fled on foot into canyon country, leaving a recently bought car at a roadblock.
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Kremmling
Colo
UPI
U. S. Highway 40
Sioux City
Colorado River
Iowa
Delmar Dean Spooner
Storm Lake
Spooner
Bob Hoover
Hoover
State
Hiram Short
Grant County
Chancey van Pelt
Short
van Pelt
Eagle County
John Clark
Clark
Leadville
Bill to criminalize broadcast exploitation of sex crime horror
A congressional bill proposed by Rep. Harris B. McDowell Jr. would outlaw broadcasters exploiting sex crime horror or violence. Violators could face fines up to 10000 dollars and prison terms up to two years.
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Washington
UPI
Harris B. McDowell Jr
D-Del
Japan Studies Mongolia Ties May Open Diplomatic Channel
Tokyo reports informal talks on establishing diplomatic relations with Outer Mongolia. The Japan Times says Japan has approached Ulan Bator, noting an embassy there would provide a listening post near Red China, which currently has no ties with Tokyo.
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UPI
Japa
Outer Mongolia
Japan Times
Japan
United States
the Times
Ulan Bator
Red China
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