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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1963
Page
3
Wall Street Journal page one highlights Rural Fire Protection, the Scottsdale contracted company praised for private fire protection. The article, titled Unusual Arizona Firm Fights Fires For Profit, Aids Cities, Companies, profiles the unique business model aiding municipalities.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced a judicial inquiry into the Profumo scandal. Lord Denning will head the inquiry while Labour leader Harold Wilson denounces the plan as inadequate. John Profumo resigned after admitting his liaison with Christine Keeler, a the affair linked to a Soviet contact.
The House approved an administration bill to keep the $100 duty-free limit on foreign goods for U S tourists for two more years. By voice vote lawmakers prevented raising the allowance to $500 on July 1 and sent the bill to the Senate for action before the deadline.
The city will interview more than 20 applicants Wednesday for the parks and recreation director post. Acting City Manager Tom Cochran expects a quick selection after the interviews. Panelists include Joe Salvado, John M Urie, and Henry Swann. Salary ranges from 576 to 690 dollars monthly.
Statisticians Michiko Tashiro and Dr. Wendell Lipscomb used records from California Alcoholic Rehabilitation Organization to compare 1692 patients with the general population. Five year data show alcoholics had a 26 per 1000 annual death rate versus 11 per 1000 for others, with violent deaths and heart disease as top causes. Autopsy rate among decedents was 73 percent, higher than the general 34 percent.
Former President Herbert C. Hoover, 88, showing an almost miraculous recovery from serious illness, has received hundreds of get well messages from three successors. Kennedy sent a note, Eisenhower called daily, and Truman asked to be kept informed. Doctors said improvement was remarkable and no new bulletins would be released unless needed.
Bernard Baruch 92, financier, was released from New York Hospital after a monthlong routine checkup and stay for what officials termed a clinical examination. He spent the period under medical supervision following his hospital admission.
Charles Wells, the English con man who famously banked at Monte Carlo in 1891, is profiled in The Big Wheel. He built a legend by winning big at roulette, then baccarat, before misfortune and prison ended his roar. The tale links Wells to century gossip and the casino’s dramatic cash reserves.
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Phoenix Union High School District plans a property tax rise of 17 to 18 cents per $100 assessed value next year raising the rate from $2.07 to about $2.24 or $2.25 for 1963-64. The board weighs an $16.7 million tentative budget up $1.4 million from 1962-63 to fund a cash balance of $800,009 to $1 million for 1964-65 and expects 1,700 more students in September with teacher hiring to follow.
In Savannah on Thursday night about 1,000 Negroes rallied and marched peacefully after accusing police of brutality in a prior riot suppression. Earlier 30 demonstrators were arrested in a downtown park. In Albany, 80 protesters were detained, including 16 of 24 SNCC staff members from southwest Georgia.
The body of 32 year old Rena Pauline Merayo, a former Grants police dispatcher, was found June 12 near Kayenta. Her husband Ed ward Merayo, 28, was jailed in Gallup and to be questioned. Identification came from fingerprints. autopsy pending.
A looming U.S. port clash risked a nationwide shipping tieup as NMU and MEBA feud over engine-room jobs on the Maximus delaying the 3600 ton Red Cross aid shipment to Cuba. Labor Secretary Wirtz brokered an armistice to enable the prisoner exchange delivery. Hoffa may intervene to end the stalemate.
Twelve Republican members of Congress pledge to attend the Draft Goldwater rally in Washington. Participants include Sen. Carl T. Curtis and Sen. John Tower plus Reps. Beermann Beery Short Belcher Betts Ashbrook Rhodes Michel Findley Battin.
Four shootings across Phoenix left two men dead and two others in critical condition. Shirley Ann Hayden 28 said she acted in self defense killing ex husband Lawrence L Hayden 30 after he allegedly threatened her with a knife and forced their two children to his mother’s house. Raymond Fierro 25 died after an argument over a collision with Richard Tiejo 19. Lawrence Guzman 27 allegedly fired from a screen door and was held on homicide suspicion. W C Eades 37 suffered critical wounds after a conflict with his wife who fired six shots. John Mitchell 59 was in serious condition after a holdup. Clifford Shaver 16 was arrested on robbery and assault charges.
The United States will lend Tunisia 15 million dollars under a loan agreement signed Thursday by U.S. Ambassador Francis Russell and Ahmed Ben Salah, Tunisian secretary of state for planning and finance.
In Phoenix,UPI reports three government officials were named to a special task force on Pacific Southwest regional water development. Clifford A. Pugh of the Reclamation Bureau, Robert H. Rupkey of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Dennis J. Illige of the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife will prepare a report on a regional project urged by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall.
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