Youths Rob Scottsdale Telephone Office for 160
Two masked robbers held up the Mountain States Telephone office at 25 West First, Scottsdale, taking about 160 dollars. Two female employees, Mrs. Ted Elliott and Miss Elizabeth Rogers, described the masked teen and the husky older man. Police issued a composite sketch and collected fingerprints. The incident occurred as the office opened.
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Scottsdale
Mountain States Telephone Company
West First
Ted Elliott
Elizabeth Rogers
Mrs. Elliott
Elliott
S. Miller Road
Rogers
E. Cactus Rd
Indian School Road
Buster Shaver
Ken Mann
H. H. Louthan
Grissom Set for Liberty Bell 7 Mercury Flight
NASA confirms Air Force Capt. Virgil L Grissom will pilot the Liberty Bell 7 capsule on the MR-4 Mercury mission set for Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Florida. Lt. Col. John H Glenn Jr will be backup. the mission aims for about 115 miles up and 300 miles out to sea.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Air Force
Virgil L Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Grissom
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Freedom
John A. Powers
Shepard
Mercury
Redstone
Pad No. 5
Space
Improvement Of Streets Moves Nearer Reality
Scottsdale advances a street upgrade with no protests on Camelback and Miller sections. The plan heads to the city council for final ratification and would repave and widen Camelback from the Arizona Canal bridge to Miller road and pave Miller to Indian School. The project starts by September at an estimated cost of 102 361 dollars and will take about 30 days within one of seven improvement districts.
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Scottsdale
Camelback
Miller Road
Ken McDonald
McDonald
Arizona Canal Bridge
Miller
Indian School
Scottsdale Library Opens Mystery Room with West and Southwest Works
Scottsdale Public Library at 315 E Second St rearranged shelves to add a mystery room featuring West and Southwest stories. Over 1200 books relocated into the converted work room, per library head Mrs. Ann Chapman. Senior high school books were integrated into the main collection.
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Scottsdale Public Library
E. Second St
Ann Chapman
Library Board
Second round of arms talks opened in Moscow
Moscow hosts a new phase of bilateral arms talks with McCloy and Zorin meeting at Spiridinovka Palace amid Soviet warnings that world disarmament hopes hang in the balance. In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee approves a revised Kennedy plan to cut taxes on business by over 1.2 billion dollars annually to spur growth.
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Moscow
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy
John J. McCloy
Valerian Zorin
Spiridinovka Palace
Washington
City proposes overhaul of street and house numbering
Scottsdale officials plan to revise street numbering within two months. City Manager Bob McNutt will ask the city council to authorize talks with the post office and fire department to adopt a metropolitan numbering system, reducing overlaps with county schemes and duplicate street names. The plan excludes downtown western Scottsdale and aims to ease locating numbers across the Phoenix metro area.
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Scottsdale
Bob McNutt
Post Office
Fire Department
McNutt
Park Scottsdale
Hallcraft
Granite Reef Road
Monte Vista
Granad
Granada
Coronado
Post Office Department
Phoenix
Western
78Th Street
Zoning Review Planned For Scottsdale Hotel and Stores
The city planning and zoning commission will review plans for a seven story hotel and 40 acre mixed use at Scottsdale and McDowell. A use permit to exceed height limits and a 40 acre site including Thrift City and department store is proposed. A citizens’ meeting follows for fact finding at Helsing's Papago Plaza.
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Scottsdale and
McDowell
City Planning and Zoning Commission
E. Main
Ers
Papago
Helsing
Papago Plaza
Commission
Citizens’ Meeting
Dave Rolland
Papago Plaza Merchants Association
Rayburn Says Berlin War Threat Serious
Speaker Sam Rayburn warns the Berlin threat is more serious than prior world wars and the United States must prepare to meet force with force. He predicts bipartisan support for Kennedy and says Congress may be asked for additional defense funds as a Pentagon review contemplates an extra two to five billion dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Berlin
House
United States
Rayburn
Congress
Kennedy
Pentagon
U.S
Kennedy Eyes Defense Department Advice on Mobilizing
Washington sources say President Kennedy may receive the Defense Department’s final plan on mobilizing part of the National Guard and reserves amid Berlin tensions. Proposals discuss adding two Army divisions, potentially 35 000 more combat troops, with total call ups possibly exceeding 100 000, under a national emergency. Roswell Gilpatric noted Berlin threats as the impetus and said Guard and reserves would be primary sources if enacted.
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Washington
API
Kennedy
Defense Department
National Guard
Berlin
Pentagon
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Khrushchev
Gilpatric
America
Kings River blaze swells to 13 000 acres in California
About 2 000 firefighters battled a 13 000 acre Kings River forest fire in northern California. The blaze jumped the river, split into two fronts, threatened commercial timber stands, and drew in more crews as officials warned of dangerous conditions and ongoing evacuations near Balch. Northern fires have scorched over 100 000 acres and new outbreaks emerged with high potential.
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San Francisco
UPI
Kings River
California
Dick Johnson
Forest Service
Balch
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Fresno
Burglary at Catholic Church on South Miller Road
Police report a break in at the Catholic Church on South Miller Road Sunday. Two typewriters a flashlight and $30 in cash were stolen after a locked side door was forced open. Equipment valued at $434.
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South Miller Road
Western allies refuse Berlin concessions in NATO note
The United States Britain and France sent notes to Moscow rejecting Moscow demands over Berlin. The three nations approved by NATO warn Berlin remains a four power responsibility and reject any unilateral Soviet note. A Western foreign ministers meeting in Paris early August is likely to coordinate policy ahead of a possible summit with Kennedy Macmillan and de Gaulle.
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London
UPID
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
NATO Council
Kremlin
U.S
Paris
Traffic flows on Camelback Road bridge in Phoenix area
Traffic has begun moving across the Camelback Road bridge over the Arizona Canal but the bridge remains officially closed until new signals are installed at Camelback and Scottsdale roads. Road markings and access from the east side must be completed after earlier right-of-way delays and removal of a service station sign.
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Arizona Canal
Camelback
Scottsdale
Camel Back
Scottsdale Road
Governor Urges Action on Liquor and Narcotics Laws
Arizona Governor Paul Fannin addresses a special three year session of the 25th legislature calling for immediate liquor license reform and narcotics control. He outlines four core principles to curb license speculation, require timely use of permits, and revise quota laws based on the 19 year census.
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Phoenix
UPI
Paul Fannin
Arizona
Fannin
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Scottsdale Library
Ways & Means
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Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
East Germany
Solons
Dennis Dobbins
Bob Lowery
E. Windsor
Dobbins
Dennis R. Dobbins
E. Osborn
Lowery
Akron
Ohio
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