Scottsdale freeholders split on manager hiring authority
The Scottsdale city board of freeholders remains evenly divided over whether the city manager should have exclusive power to hire most municipal employees. Ten of fourteen members favored compromise and council control for certain posts while others push for manager sole hiring. Meetings continue as drafts are reviewed with a goal to present a charter blueprint by September.
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City Board of Freeholders
Scottsdale
Charles Christakis
Christakis
Freeholders
Resurfacing Planned for Camelback Estates Streets
City Manager Bob Mc Nutt announced next month’s resurfacing for Camelback Estates after a 40-household petition for street improvements. The project will seal coat asphalt and rock chips, with current surfacing torn up first as part of broader planned improvements.
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Camelback Estates
Bob McNutt
McNutt
Grissom's daring suborbital flight ends with capsule loss
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Grissom leaps 118 miles up in 16 minutes in Liberty Bell 7 mission. capsule sinks after splashdown he escapes by swimming 65 to 70 feet to rescue. Kennedy and family react while NASA notes satisfactory pilot performance despite loss of craft.
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Allies Called In To Hear Kennedy Military Build Up Plans
Secretary of State Dean Rusk convened British, French and West German ambassadors to present President Kennedy's plan to increase U S conventional forces and combat readiness. The package aims to bolster Western Europe against renewed Soviet Berlin pressure with higher draft levels, more alert aircraft and ships, and a defense budget near 3 billion dollars.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
U.S
Berlin
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United States
Europe
Harold Caccia
Britain
Herve Alphand
France
Wilhelm Grewer
West Germany
Refugee surge spurs Berlin police crack down
Western officials report 794 refugees sought asylum in Berlin as 19 000 flee East Germany this month. Police arrest two spies at Marienfelde center under the Freedom Protection Act, amid mass exodus and rising panic as Cold War tensions mount.
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East Berlin
West Berlin
Marienfelde Refggee Center
Last Concert Under Stars Closes Summer Series
The final Concert Under the Stars for the summer is set for 8 p.m. next Thursday at the community center. Nancy McCarthy says fall programs are planned. Eddie Fernandez's Phoenix students perform provincial dances in Spainish costumes while Pete Garcia and The Cabelleros provide swing and sway rhythm.
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Eddie Fernandez
Phoenix
Spain
Pete Garcia
Cabelleros
States Ordered To Increase Draft Pool To 100000
Washington reports that Selective Service orders states to raise their draft ready pool to 100000 as the army seeks 8000 draftees in August amid the Berlin crisis. The national pool has hovered between 70000 and 80000, with 2000 more draftees planned than in July. The aim is to have men examined months ahead to ensure timely induction.
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Berlin
Selective Service
Arizona Draft Set For Increase
Phoenix UPI Lt Gen Frank E Fraser state selective service director said the standby pool will rise from 400 to 500 in August. He estimated about 300 men will be called for examinations and around 160 will be classified as draft ready.
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UPI
Arizona
Frank E. Fraser
Selective Service
Capsule sinks after hatch blew on Liberty Bell 7 mission
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida April 12 1961 United Press Virgil Gus Grissom became Americas second space man after his capsule Liberty Bell 7 sank in 16800 feet of water 145 miles east northeast of Grand Bahama Island His hatch blew off unexpectedly water filled the capsule Grissom escaped minutes before the craft sank after a 16 minute Redstone rocket flight reaching 5280 mph and 118 miles high.
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UPI
Virgil I.gus
Grissom
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Air Force
Liberty Bell
Grand Bahama Island
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Redstone
Kennedy aide slashes 148 million from military construction request
The House Appropriations Committee cut 148 million from President Kennedy's military construction budget and urged immediate steps to curb Pentagon waste. A separate item reports a DC-Six-C cargo plane crash near the Aleutian Islands, killing all six aboard while en route from Travis AFB to near Tokyo. French paratroopers and artillery battle for Bizerte as fighting intensifies in Tunisia.
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