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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1961
Page
3
Former Vice President Richard Nixon begins a countrywide speaking tour denouncing the current administration as too slow to act. He hints at Kennedy seeking a recount and criticizes supporters of a group he views as a source of failure.
State Examiner Dan E Garvey charges allege that Crane and Yuma school officials misused school funds for personal loans from 1948 to 1959. Named are HL Suverkrup district superintendent and W R Sirrine former superintendent. Virg Eddings custodian admitted several loans. Florence Price former bookkeeper reportedly received 12 loans and owed 3855. Records cited missing for 1954 to 1957 and ledgers deemed false or forged.
Tucson police plan to extradite James Thomas Frazier from Jackson Tennessee for questioning in the fatal shooting of Wilfred Labrie a 52 year old gasoline service station attendant on March 20 A witness identified Frazier from a photo and his alibi for the date is being checked He is in custody on another charge
A 15 piece jazz band led by alto sax Tony Morell will play a free public concert at Encanto Bandshell July 5 at 7 30 p m The event is the fifth in a series of twelve summer jazz concerts sponsored by the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department Morell a Arizona State University senior has played with Hal McIntyre Charlie Spivak and Claude Thornhill and spent three years with the Second Army Band at Fort Meade Md
Registered delegates gather at the Hotel Westward in Phoenix for the American Legion convention. Lt Gen James E Briggs will address on Friday afternoon while Sen Barry Goldwater is set to speak Saturday afternoon. Drum and Bugle Corps contests, drill teams, and a banquet with Gen John G Shinkle are planned across Friday and Saturday.
Authorities plan a memorial for five area youngsters killed in a two car collision near Safford. The accident occurred May 25 and prompted calls for a lasting tribute from the community.
The fourth day of testimony opened in a Navy hearing for Willie L Williams a Phoenix Negro who alleges systematic discrimination in civilian hiring at the Litchfield Naval Air Facility Captain K E Hanson presided with a two civilian and one Navy lieutenant panel Williams claims exclusion from higher job classifications and promotion amid evidence NAACP considers the case a test Williams says he was fired for debt nonpayment but reinstated later and that he resigned Hanson denies discrimination stating 24 Negro employees among 600 workers and says an investigation found no basis for the accusation others were terminated for nonpayment and debt action per Navy policy
City Manager Porter W. Porter announced plans to streamline the tunnel in Tucson with a $1.5 million construction project. Preliminary work will begin soon, with a contractor retained to progress beyond the initial phase.
In a session at Arizona State University a discussion on delinquency titled in a university context is reported.
Fragmentary text references a state leaflet detailing revisions and how copies may be obtained. No clear names or dates are legible.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a platinum Blond person and a family at the White House, with garbled phrases about an arrangement. The readable content is insufficient for precise facts or context.
May sales of U.S. Savings Bonds in Arizona reached 1.92 million dollars, pushing the year’s total to 10.15 million or 46.3 percent of the state quota. The May figures exceed last year by 278,203 dollars, according to John H. Brahm, chairman of the state advisory committee.
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