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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1961
Page
3
The Verde Vaqueros raised 4450 through the annual trail ride with 89 Vaqueros and guests, with more expected to push the total above 5000. Funds will be split between the club building fund and operating budget. Mortgage payments total 30200 this year, with 2500 paid via pledge sources.
A Scottsdale resident, Donald L. Roberts, longtime designer of downtown gas street lights, is named Scottsdale APS Systems and Methods manager. He has led outdoor lighting design for Hotel Valley Ho and served as commercial and industrial representative since 1957. Roberts, married with three children, is active in the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce and March of Dimes drive.
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater urged teaching about Communism in colleges at Michigan State University in East Lansing. He framed exposure as needed alongside constitutional and civil rights instruction, saying young people must understand Communism to recognize its threat. He claimed no danger from party aligned professors and praised informed judgment.
Sir Thomas Beecham, 81, renowned conductor and baronet, died today in London of a stroke. The British musician, knighted for services to music, had suffered a second cerebral thrombosis after months of illness and confinement to bed following concert cancellations in Europe last year.
Detective Lieutenant Ken Lindley will become Prescott's chief of police on April 1 succeeding Merritt Chafey who resigns to become marshal at Scottsdale. Lindley, 35, has spent nearly 10 years with the department and has lived in Prescott 20 years. He will serve as assistant chief until Chafey leaves.
Fourteen Arizona Republican county committees launch a first annual fund drive on April 7 featuring dinners across the state. The highlight is a Barry Goldwater and Paul Fannin tribute dinner in Phoenix with G Robert Herberger of Scottsdale directing a closed circuit radio telephone link to all sites. Goldwater will speak at the Phoenix dinner and be heard at the other thirteen dinners.
Phoenix officials voted to suspend the urban renewal department after closing the 10 person unit. Mayor Sam Mardian said the council halted federally financed slum clearance and would reassign staff where possible while keeping the legal framework for blight remedies. He urged private financing for future projects.
Weather outlook reports sunny skies in Scottsdale with variable clouds and a warmup. Today’s high near 74 and Thursday’s high near 76 with Thursday morning low around 42. Also notes a massive Overcup Oak in Arkansas River bottoms, the largest of its kind in the United States.
The Grand Bethel of Job's Daughters officials from Arizona visited Beth el No. 7 Scottsdale. Mrs. Birdie Glenn and Mrs. Karl Krugen inspected initiation of six members Mary Elizabeth McKee Connie Weller Barbara Allyn Schmidt Kay Ellen Cook Sherry Taft and Mary Anne Schmidt. The group planned a Tucson trip to the Masonic clinic for crippled children and a Scottsdale visit to the OES Home for the Aged in Phoenix with a gifts program.
At Panmunjom Korea a brawl erupted during truce talks as U S Army Captain William C Lyons and four North Koreans clashed. Lyons suffered a cut lip while defending another officer and the struggle drew in UN and Communist security chiefs to separate the fighters.
Bike licenses, now required by the City of Scottsdale, are issued at The Wheelery on Second Street. Acting Marshal Dick Leidner urged youths, especially Soloma School attendees, to obtain licenses after school on weekdays. Clinics will be set up at other Scottsdale schools. License fee is 75 cents and covers the life of the bicycle.
Three Scottsdale students are named on the University of Arizona College of Liberal Arts dean's list for the past semester. Anne Bergstrom is a junior and Mohave Hall vice president. Thomas B. Grandin Jr. is a sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grandin, 6715 E Exeter Blvd. Harry D. Hoff man is a freshman, son of Mrs. Virginia Wade, 618 S Scottsdale Rd, affiliated with Sigma Chi.
Moose Lodge No. 1965 mobilizes to help H D Pursell family of ten in Cactus after their 20 by 35 foot frame home burned recently. Sunnyslope VFW and American Legion assist with moving plans. lodge members collect furniture, household items, and clothing. Donors should call Darryl Taylor at WO 7 4069 between 1 and 6 pm to arrange pickup.
The cougar known as the mountain lion shares many traits with the housecat and is described as exceptionally playful in the reading.
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