Neighbors battle hotel signs on Scottsdale Road
Homeowners opposed to neon displays at the Executive House win partial victory as the Scottsdale board allows one free standing sign and limits lighting. They plan to appeal a denied north entrance sign and may seek court action.
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City Board of Adjustments
Dan Weisberger
Scottsdale
Thornwood Acres
East Coronado
East van Buren
Motor Hotel Row
Phoenix
Milt Dean Hill
E. Coronado
Weisberger
Hill
Dick’s Firestone
Papago Plaza
Scottsdale Auction Center
Sunset
Monsoon-like flood devastates Charleston West Virginia
A cloudburst sent 15-foot floodwaters roaring through Charleston after a week of rain. At least 13 people were killed and more than a dozen missing as walls of water toppled homes and collapsed streets. Gov Barron considered a national disaster while rescue teams formed a morgue near the capitol.
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UPI
West Virginia
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Wally Barron
Kennedy
Kanawha
John Shanklin
Kanawha River
Capitol Building
William Blackhurst
Cities to share oak street improvements in joint effort
Scottsdale and Phoenix will jointly surface Oak Street from 56th to 64th with a double seal coat. Scottsdale contributes material valued at $1,000 while Phoenix provides manpower and equipment. The south half lies in Phoenix and the north in Scottsdale, work to start next week.
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Phoenix
Oak Street
Bob McNutt
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64Th
McNutt
Kennedy Space Aid Bill Advances In Senate Fight For Moon
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee overwhelmingly approved Kennedy’s five year foreign aid borrowing plan. Congress then approved and sent to the President a bill for the full 1.7 billion dollars to boost U S space programs and the moon race with the Soviet Union.
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Russia
Vandals Break Into YMCA Bus At Soloma School
Police report says vandals entered a YMCA bus parked at Soloma School damaged two windows cut seats and stole a small fire extinguisher. No injuries reported.
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YMCA
Soloma School
Substation Hidden Behind Desert Plants in Paradise Valley
Arizona Public Service plans to conceal its first Paradise Valley substation at Lincoln and White Wing with a wall and dense desert landscaping. The town commission endorses a special permit and a public hearing is set, noting Palo Verde trees will shield the fence and infrastructure.
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Paradise Valley
Bonnell
Lincoln Drive
Girls Club Seeks Larger Home In Scottsdale
The Scottsdale Girls Club seeks a bigger, rent free old house near downtown to accommodate its 300 members. Board members Mrs. Philip E. von Ammon and James R. Bowers appeal for donations to cover rent or purchase as the club plans expansion and hopes to raise funds for a future own building.
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Scottsdale Girls Club
First Ave
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James R. Bowers
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Bowers
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von Ammon
Swedish Miss Adapts To Scottsdale Home Abroad
Charlotte Rosendahl from Stockholm arrived in the United States three weeks ago and now lives with Steve and Pat Garn in Scottsdale. She aims to major in languages at Arizona State University after a half year to learn customs and language, while helping at the Scandinavian Shop.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Steve
Pat Garn
Garns
Agneta Victoria Manon
United States
Scottsdale
Steve and
Fifth Avenue
Charlotte
Arizona
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Garn
Mormon Church
Stacey C. Garns
la Jolla
Calif
Rosen
Dahls
Chalotte
Ingmar Bergman
Arizona State University
China Takeover Topic Of Talk
The Scottsdale Anti Communist Study Club will host a talk on how the communists took over the Chinese mainland. Speaker Father Dunker founder of the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation and longtime China missionary will address the public at 8 p.m. on the second floor of the Western Savings building.
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Scottsdale
Anti-Communist Study Club
Father Dunker
Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation
China
iWestern Savings Building
Baby elephant feeds schedule for Scottsdale zoo arrival
Instructions detail the feeding plan for a 400 pound baby elephant arriving from Los Angeles to the Papago Park zoo site. Meals include porridge with oats milk water salt iron and sugar, bread, boiled rice with bananas, eggs and glucose, and scheduled rest periods throughout the day.
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Scottsdale
India
Los Angeles
Papago Park
Robert Maytag
Scottsdale Zoo
Kennedy to Expand Draft Calls and Armies for Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy plans larger draft calls and recruiting to strengthen U S armed forces. Aims include adding three divisions and expanding others to 20 total Army and Marine divisions. Decision avoids emergency mobilization. may be reversed if conditions worsen. Plan could lift defense budget by 2 to 3 billion and expand bomber alert and sea activity.
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Berlin
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West Berlin speeds processing for East German refugees
West Berlin authorities cut red tape to quicken refugee processing as thousands stream in daily. Commercial planes supplement flights to move evacuees across East German territory toward West Germany, with processing aimed to drop from four days to two. A large rally of more than 20,000 Germans in Marienfelde and rival fears over a Soviet peace pact drive the surge.
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