White House speeds up post office construction plan
The White House announced a $270 million post office building program to start within 10 months, accelerating from 18 months. About $169 million will be privately funded and leased back to the government, with calendar year 1961 seeing nearly $270 million in new starts aimed at boosting private investment with minimal federal outlay.
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Eisenhower Autographs Angels Players At Spring Camp
Palm Springs California Dwight D Eisenhower visited the Los Angeles Angels training camp as a relaxed former president watched a five inning intra squad game He joked with Eddie Yost about walks and asked about the coming season The players lined up for his autograph in a casual scene from the camp.
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Death takes Mary Wilson 20 year old Scotts dale resident
Mary Dean Wilson 20 daughter of Scottsdale Postmaster Ollie C Wilson died yesterday at 237 Kachina Lane after an illness from childhood. Born May 14 1940 in Norfolk Virginia she moved to Globe then to Scottsdale. Survived by parents two sisters Joan and Nancy. Funeral by Rev Oliver J Werner at 2 pm tomorrow in Messinger Mortuary Chapel with interment at Green Acres Memorial Park.
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Kachina Lane
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Globe
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Nancy
Oliver J. Werner
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Messinger
Things To See And Do Calendar Listing
The Clearing House at 45 E Coronado, Phoenix lists arts events. Heard Museum Navajo Rug exhibit and weavers film Sunday 3 pm. Casa de Arte Galleries shows Reva Bean exhibit. Arizona Artists Guild exhibit open daily 1 to 5 except Mondays at 45 E Coronado Rd.
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Weather outlook and local arts listings tease
Mostly sunny weather continues with a slight rise in temperatures. Windy conditions expected Friday with highs near 78 today and 74 Friday. lows around 44 Friday morning. Arts items include Remington and Russell at the Phoenix Art Museum and a Nightingale show at Gateway Theater.
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Multiple Phoenix Cultural Events Tonight Across Clubs and Theatres
A dense list of events in Phoenix area venues includes Musicians Club and Orpheus Club concerts, a Puppetry workshop at Phoenix College, a Man Who Came To Dinner at Sombrero Playhouse, and a Green Grow the Lilacs at Phoenix Little Theater. Also on offer are lectures, book reviews, and recitals at libraries, colleges, and clubs, with activities ranging from puppetry to stamp collecting and a film-free schedule of performances.
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Thunderbird
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Blind Fund
John F. Prince
Phoenix Little Theater
Stagebrush Theater
Scottsdale
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Gym of College
Ariz
Music Teachers Assn
Harmony House
Philatelic Assn
Goettle
Desert Botanical Garden
Club Calendar of Evening Meetings in Scottsdale and Nearby
The calendar lists 8 p.m. gatherings at Lazy J's in Scottsdale and Jaycees at Pagapo Lanes, with a 7:30 a.m. Sertoma Club meeting at Valley Ho and an 8 p.m. affiliate session at Phoenecia Lodge AF and AM in the Masonic Hall. Legion Hall hosts an event at 8 p.m. Presented items include employment office notes and American Legion stopovers.
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Kennedy Aid Bill Draws Fire at House Hearing
President Kennedy's plan to aid distressed areas faces opposition from NAM and a utility executive who warn it may shift jobs rather than create them. A Senate subcommittee planned to approve a similar bill, while proponents urged thrift and investment to spur new plants.
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Scottsdalian Invents New Cactus Based Delicacies
Tom Chambers of 216 W. Almeria Scottsdale creates cactus based foods including cactus topping for ice cream prickly pear ice cream flavoring cactus marmalades cactus wine and orange butter. He and his wife Beth run Ranch Wagon Food Products Co from 4652 E. Van Buren Phoenix. A former navy researcher he moved from New York five years ago to Arizona and now sells jellies syrups butters and other cactus gifts locally and to New York.
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Phoenix
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Arizona
Phoenix Slum Clearance Begins Without Federal Aid
Phoenix launches private apartment project at 35 N 11th St marking the first slum clearance in the city without federal aid. The plan adds 15 residences, amid other local briefs on politics and civic issues.
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UPI
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11Th. St
Follies Casts Seeking Performers for Scottsdale Show
Scottsdale area auditions open for the first annual Scotts dale Follies to benefit the Scottsdale Girls Club. Casting began at a Casa Blanca Inn party honoring Peter Thomas of Jerome Carghill Theatrical agency and continues through Monday with rehearsals daily at 44 East Stetson Dr.
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Weirich and Feltman
East Stetson Dr
Dinah Shore to Co Star in Brief Encounter TV Drama
Hollywood notesSinger Dinah Shore to appear in her first full length dramatic TV show on March 26 beside Ralph Bellamy in Noel Coward's Brief Encounter. The program marks Shore's transition to dramatic acting and pairs her with Bellamy in a televised adaptation of the stage work.
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