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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1961
Page
3
Scottsdale expands the driver examination office hours starting Tuesday with new daily hours from 2 30 a m to 4 30 p m and open Monday through Friday. The office in City Hall basement at 183 East Main Street offers tests for new drivers license renewalsLearners permits and chauffeurs licenses.
Ten Scottsdale members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce attend a goodwill conference of Arizona and Sonora Jaycees in Nogales Mexico. Delegates include Roy Ciappini president of the Scottsdale group Erv Hansen Paul Wheeler Andre Kennedy Hiram Kennedy Ronald Gregory Al Pena Dan McKineny Don Matlock and Micky McCarty. The conference ends Sunday evening.
Attorney Homer W. Forrester seeks damages from the City of Scottsdale for Bernice Hill 2820 N 1st St after a knee injury at the municipal pool in the community center last Wednesday. He offered to confer with city attorneys.
Liam Van Baer of Amsterdam wins Miss International Beauty 1962 at Long Beach after five finalists were narrowed to one. The 19 year old earns 10000 dollars prize and global charity appearances while Miss Brazil Vera Marie Brauner finishes as runner up in a week long contest judged on playsuits gowns and speeches.
UPI reports detectives received an anonymous tip about a downtown office with many telephones. Women placed calls to businessmen to buy tickets to an Aug 9 baseball game for Children’s Night at the Hornets stadium and a Pony raffle. Police Chief John Hord bought 12 tickets before officers departed.
Phoenix judge Laurens L. Henderson will sentence Charles Washa 52 for first degree murder in the March 2 fatal beating of Joseph Riley 71. Jury of eight women and four men recommended life imprisonment after finding Washa guilty. Body found in a desert grave near Casa Grande.
Washington officials outline a program to enlist Cuban refugees aged 18 to 26 through U S draft boards for two years in the Army Navy Marines or Air Force. The plan uses draft boards not service recruiting offices and will place volunteers in regular units with no special combat Cuban invasion force planned.
The Senate passed six of seven Kennedy proposals to fight organized crime. The measures include federal penalties for crossing state lines to distribute illegal gambling proceeds and shipping betting machines. Also approved are witness intimidation, witness immunity, and wire transmission bans. A seventh bill to shield cross state line avoidance of prosecution was not approved.
A Trans World Airlines Convair 880 with failed hydraulic systems landed safely in Los Angeles after the crew jury rigged the nose wheel hydraulics by injecting milk and water from baby bottles. Pilot Capt. H L Brubaker steered the four engine jet to refuel burn and complete a safe touchdown at International Airport.
Arizona Public Service Co common stock will debut on the New York Stock Exchange floor on August 23 under the ticker AP. President Walter Lucking said the company is the first Arizona headquartered firm listed on the NYSE.
President Kennedy proposed large spending plans boosting confidence in government policy and economic outlook. Strong volume pushed the market higher with about 11.5 billion added in value as investors favored stocks over cash amid inflation fears and a potential near term boom.
Justice of the Peace Ida Westfall remanded O D Walker a 41 year old Peoria bail bondsman to Superior Court for grand theft prosecution. He allegedly took bribe money to help a motorist keep a license after a drunken driving conviction. A preliminary hearing is set for Sept 14 on another case. Earlier, Walker was bound over on a third grand theft charge.
Bruce Ralph Pendergast, 22, of Tolleson died Friday night when his eastbound car failed to negotiate a curve and struck a bridge abutment six miles west of here on U S 80. He had been visiting a son who had surgery in a Phoenix hospital.
Washington (UPI) Television producers seek fresh angles amid recurring violence. Quinn Martin, famed Untouchables producer, memoized fatigue with car crushes and suggested off screen deaths to maintain shock, while senators probe the sex and violence trend in TV.
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