Camp tragedy after couple befriends traveler at highway
Vacationing couple from Fontana, Joseph and Irene Vilek, were attacked at a road side camp near Bakersfield. Joseph was killed by a gunman while Irene fought off an attempted rape and was beaten. Neighbors had warned the couple about camping beside the highway. The weapon was a .22 pistol later traced to a 1958 robbery.
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Joseph
Irene Vilek
Fontana
Vilek
Yilek
California
Here
Memorial Hospital
Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies
Tommy
Roger
Scottsdale Youth On Naval Exercise
Seaman Calvin C. Greene son of Mr and Mrs W C Greene of Scottsdale is serving aboard the USS Northampton in training exercises in the Western Atlantic The Northampton took part in a major Caribbean amphibious exercise and visited St Thomas in the Virgin Islands
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E. Turney
Scottsdale
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Atlantic
Caribbean
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Indonesia Topic of Anti Red Talk
Charlie Willems former Dutch army paratrooper speaks on Communism in Indonesia at 8 p.m. in the Roundup Room YMCA Phoenix 350 N First Ave as part of the Anti Communism education movement. Willems sponsored by Crossroads Methodist Church served as a Japanese prisoner of war in World War I and was wounded five times during a Korean War parachute jump.
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Charlie Willems
YMCA
First Ave
Phoenix
Willems
Crossroads Methodist Church
Kennedy faces decisions after Hyannis Port trip
President Kennedy returned to Washington with major choices pending on bolstering defenses against the Soviet threat. He had consulted advisers by phone and prepared to swear in two Latin American appointees and meet Tanganyika's Julius Nyerere. He pressed Congress for a $7.3 billion five year aid loan program.
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UPI
Kennedy
White House
U.S
Cape Cod
Andrews
Julius Nyerere
Tanganyika
House
Senate
Congress Resumes Foreign Aid Study
Congress resumeed work on the $4.8 billion foreign aid program as President Kennedy campaigns to win support. Senator Fulbright warned the administration must present strong reasons to justify aid, especially for Asia.
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UPS
House
Senate
Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Asia
Scottsdalian 79 Dies After Day of Cabinet Installations
Charles Herman Greene of Scottsdale collapsed and died at Tempe Clinic Hospital after a day spent installing cabinets at the new police headquarters. He would have been 79 on Sept 27, 2017. Survivors include his wife Laura and two daughters, one in Scottsdale and another in Bingham, N Y. a son in El Paso, Texas. Services are pending.
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New York
Masonic Lodge
Episcopal Church
Laura
Leland Wright
Scottsdale
Carson
el Paso
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Five Die In Arizona Weekend Traffic Toll Rise
Traffic deaths across Arizona over the weekend bring the 1961 toll to 258, with five more fatalities reported. Victims include George Norman 67 of Tonopah struck by a car backed over near a tavern in Buckeye and James Berry 41 of Alanville killed at Cemetery Road and Broadway after a car struck him.
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Arizona
Maricopa County
George Norman
Tonopah
Harley Franklin
James Berry
Alanville
Cemetery Road
Broadway
Nancy Ann Moser
Buckeye
Fires and gusty winds sweep Arizona across Sunday
Wind and rain lashed Arizona as lightning sparked a $100000 blaze at the American Institute for Foreign Trade near Glendale. Dr. Carl Sauer reported power loss from a transformer hit as he alerted staff. no injuries were reported. Forest fires in the Tonto region required aerial drops to control five acre blazes near Barney Pasture. In Tucson a 60 foot theater screen at the Cactus Drive-In was toppled, causing about 10000 in damage. Forecast calls for more scattered showers and gusty winds through Tuesday with recorded rain in Cottonwood and other towns.
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Sauer
Tucson
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Cottonwood
Ft. Huachuca
Gila Bend
Payson
Prescott
Maverick
McNary
Casa Blanca Inn Plans To Change Status On Liquor
R. W. Treadway president and manager and officers J. B. Phillips and S. F. Kitchell filed a request to transfer the Casa Blanca Inn liquor license into individuals names. County supervisors recommended the transfer and sent it to the state superintendent for approval amid a state supreme court ruling that a corporation cannot hold a liquor license due to lack of capability and reliability.
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Scottsdale
State Supreme Court
R. W. Treadway
N. Casa Blanca
J. B. Phillips
S. F. Kitchell
Supreme Court
Governor seeks more local power over liquor policy
Fannin argues for expanded local authority and higher fees to cover state liquor department costs. He notes needed legal clarifications including allowing non drinkers to testify at license hearings and permitting corporations to hold licenses through a subsidiary. He rejects the idea that state government must guarantee profits to liquor license speculators.
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Arizona
Fannin
McNutt Seeks Quick Downtown Address System Change
McNutt aims to implement a new street numbering plan within two months to preserve the western area's integrity, with houses properly numbered by November 1 so new addresses can be used for Christmas mailings.
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McNutt
Three Drownings Reported In Arizona Weekend
In separate incidents over the weekend three people died by drowning. Paul Armenta Mendez, 44, of Phoenix, drowned in the Salt River near Saguaro Lake Dam. two swimmers recovered his body. Benjamin Richard Elder, 11, disappeared in the Verde River near Bartlett Dam after slipping from his mother’s grasp. his sister was saved. Angela Kinlicheeny, 16, of Poston, drowned in the Colorado River while picnicking with family north of Blythe. swift current hindered recovery efforts for the Kinlicheeny girl.
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Paul Armenta Mendez
Phoenix
Salt River
Saguaro Lake Dam
Benjamin Richard Elder
Verde River
Bartlett Dam
Richard
Elder
Angela Kinlicheeny
Poston
Colorado
Blythe
Calif
Richard Kinlicheeny
Disabling injuries in Maricopa County rise in 1960 report
J Scotty Wallace of the Mari copa Safety Council reports 1960 figures for Maricopa County noting 14 598 disabling injuries at home and 7 299 at work. Traffic crashes totaled 6 923 and 34 504 accidents included 7 299 from other and unknown causes.
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Scottsdalian J. Scotty Wallace
Maricopa
Robbery Suspect Shot By Police Recovers In Hospital
A robbery suspect shot by Scottsdale police after killing a hostage last Friday may be recovering. John W. Schroeder, 32, Phoenix, has improved enough to be moved to the county hospital though he may be paralyzed from the waist down. Coroner Ben E. Fox weighs an inquest into Schroeder’s shooting of Bob Anderson, 24, in front of Anderson’s home near 64th Street and Vernon. Anderson’s funeral is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Messinger Mortuary Chapel with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Schroeder, identified in a Phoenix service station stickup last Tuesday, and three men went to collect a supposed $20. Anderson called police. Schroeder shot Anderson and then wounded Patrolman Lee Young. other officers returned fire, wounding Schroeder. One accomplice, Roland A. Pearsall, was later captured. the remaining two were arrested.
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Harry
Walker
John W. Schroeder
Phoenix
Good Samaritan Hospital
Schroeder
Ben E. Fox
Bob Anderson
Anderson
64Th Street
Vernon
Messinger
Greenwood Memorial Park
Shirley
Loyde B. Jr
James Allen
Ten-year-old Jim Shaver Injured By Flying Glass
Ten-year-old Jim Shaver required 15 stitches for a cut on his right leg after broken pop bottles in a carton he carried home to 1036 E Glenrosa shattered. Police investigator Buster Shaver relayed the incident.
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Jim Shaver
Shaver
E. Glenrosa
Buster Shaver
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