Health Department delays Scottsdale sewer plant approval
County health officials push for more details on the proposed 900000 dollar plant including disposal of effluent and emergency chlorination. Dr. Farnsworth opposes dumping into the Salt River, while McNutt defends river disposal and notes alternatives like steam plant ditch use and shallow-well dispersion.
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County Health Department
Scottsdale
S.F. Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Salt River
McNutt
Mesa
Tempe
Phoenix
Mecham accuses Senate leaders of placating liquor lobby
Arizona state senator Evan Mecham charges the Senate leadership plans to keep the liquor quota system to appease the liquor lobby. His motions to give local authorities control over licenses and end leases by 1961 failed 9 to 0 in the judiciary committee.
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Phoenix
UPI
Evan Mecham
Maricopa
Senate Ieadership
Criti
Cism
Judiciary Committee
Mecham
Harold C. Giss
D-Yuma
Senate
United Press International
Fannin
Scottsdale Daily Progress raises weekly subscription price
Notice to subscribers effective July 31 1961 confirms the Scottsdale Daily Progress price increase from 20c to 25c per week due to higher production costs and expanded coverage. The paper notes strong growth from 17th to sixth place among Arizona newspapers and projects advancing to fifth by year end.
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale
Daily Progress
West
Arizona
Paradise Valley Challenges Scottsdale Annexation
Paradise Valley yesterday challenged Scottsdale’s authority to annex four square miles on the north side. In Superior Court a temporary injunction sought to halt advertising of the disputed annexation as Alfred Acker, a bakery operator, sued Paradise Valley and won a restraining order. Attorneys argued over jurisdiction and petition signatures amid accusations of improper process and lacking town status.
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Paradise Valley
Scottsdale
Perior Court
Northside
Alfred Acker
Scottsdale Road
North Side
Indian Bend Road
Arizona Canal
Carl Roe
Acker
John E. Madden
John S. Chaper
Fear of War in East Germany Sparks Anti Communist Surge
East Germany frets over a possible war over Berlin as refugees flood toward West Berlin and the Communist regime struggles to counter rising anti Communist sentiment. Khrushchev’s peace treaty threat heightens fear and many seek Western safety. Volkszeitung editorial warns officials ignore antiwar sentiment.
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Berlin
UPI
East Germany
West Berlin
Sovie
Nikita
Khrushchev
Volkszeitung
Leipzig
Trebsen
German Democratic Republic
Leftists Win Most Posts In Congo Congress
In Leopoldville the Congo United Nations reports a leftist sweep in the first parliamentary officer elections since a year. Joseph Kasongo and Victor Komorike were elected presidents of the chamber of deputies and senate respectively with several MNC members securing secretary posts. Plans to integrate Katangese troops reportedly collapsed.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
UPI
United Nations
U.N
Patrice Lumumba
Lovanium University
Joseph Kasongo
National Congolesce Movement
MNC
Lumumba
Chamber ‘of
Deputies
Victor Komorike
National Progress Party
PNP
Jean Bolikango
Senate
Joseph Dee
Chamber of Deputies
Vandals Wreck Office at 37 W Indian School Road
Four teenagers allegedly ransacked a deserted office at 37 W Indian School Road yesterday. The building was splattered with red blue and cream paint and an axe was found in a wall painted with a swastika. Hubert Douglas reported seeing two boys and two girls nearby and said he could recognize them.
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W. Indian School Road
Hubert Douglas
28 000 Arizonans Are Without Jobs
In Arizona 28 000 people were unemployed in mid June 1960, up 2 600 from May. The unemployment rise is mainly due to more school youths entering the labor market, with total employment at 445 800, down 2 700 from mid May. non farm wages fell slightly while farm work held steady.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona
Arizona State Employment Service
House Panel Approves 12000 Member Youth Corps Plan
The House Education and Labor Committee voted to create a federal youth conservation corps of 12,000 members doubling Kennedy’s proposal. Dag Hammarskjold began a first hand tour of Bizerte after France accused Tunisia of building up forces in the Casbah.
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Washington
UPI
House Education and Labor Committee
Youth Conservation Corps
Kennedy
Tunis
Tunisia
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Bizerte
France
Casbah
Kennedy asks Congress to extend draft terms and call reserves
President Kennedy sought authority to call up to 250000 ready reserves for a year of active duty and extend enlistments by 12 months. He asked for July 1 active-duty extension and extra training periods, plus $3.5 billion to fund the build-up. McNamara said September draft calls and officer procurement would rise to at least 20000 and Europe forces would be strengthened. Congress was urged to accelerate approval and boost procurement of planes missiles and ships as part of a $958.57 million supplemental push.
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UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Berlin
Russia
U.S
McNamara
Europe
7Th Army
House
Senate
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services
Western Europe backs Kennedy Berlin speech as leadership
Western Europe lauds President Kennedy for a firm Berlin crisis speech and United States leadership. Soviet Tass assails the address as war hysteria. West Berlin Mayor Brandt, Bonn officials, and Britain endorse Kennedy’s tough stance and readiness to negotiate on a reasonable basis.
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London
UPI
Kennedy
Berlin
Europe
United States
Russia
Bonn
Britain
County weighs probe into street plat revision
County Attorney Bob McNutt says a review may determine if criminal acts occurred in revising a downtown street right of way. The 19 foot strip from Scottsdale Road to the high school blocked widening and prevented Brown Avenue expansion, delaying paving near Winfield Scott Plaza since 1955.
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Bob McNutt
McNutt
Indian School Road
Scottsdale Road
Winfield Scott Plaza
Fourth Avenue
Scottsdale
Brown Avenue
Fourth
Brown
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Roe
Congo Congress
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Tass
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