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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1963
Page
2
NASA official D Brainerd Holmes asserts the Apollo plan is within reach with contracts awarded for key hardware. The seven day mission envisions three days to the moon, a surface stay, and return, targetting a 1970 deadline.
A literary critic compares Lionel Davidson with W. H. Canaway, noting both writers deploy meek, ordinary heroes cast into extreme frontiers. Davidson’s Tibetan interior and Canaway’s Arabian empties become stages for peril, brutal rites, and exotic quests, highlighting a cycle of escalating sensationalism.
An adventurous prose fragment describes a voyage narrative where the hero battles fierce foes in remote regions. The text mentions Tibet Arabia New Guinea and Africa as settings with tribes and wild beasts, proposing perilous trials and dramatic waterfalls.
Puzzle lists numerous clues and paired answers across multiple numbers. Includes definitions for cryptic style hints such as exclamations, anatomy terms, languages, and various nouns. some entries reference wordplay like prefixes and suffixes. The page compiles a large crossword item with many intersecting entries and note annotations.
A Phoenix jury found 25 year old William Wayne LeVar guilty of second degree murder in the September 4 shooting of loan company executive Robert W. Loebbaka in his downtown office. Sentencing is set for March 21 before Superior Court Judge Thomas Tang.
Rumors of a naval move to counter a Peron comeback sparked heightened police activity across Argentine cities. An unscheduled meeting of military leaders and a simulated war game at Campo Mayo signaled a show of strength as Peronist forces seek legal reentry and potential influence on the June 23 election. Peron exiled in Madrid, excommunication reportedly lifted in church circles.
An estimated 200000 spectators crowded downtown Phoenix for a four day Jaycees Rodeo of Rodeos parade. The two hour procession featured 40 floats 30 bands hundreds of horsemen and many vehicles. Awards were given to Arizona Public Service Co Phoenix New Car Dealers Association Salt River Project KOOL TV and several civic groups.
Washington humor column lauds Rep. James Fulton as a witty defender of space ideas. It recalls his two dimensional tomato concept for moon voyages and a suggestion to launch from mountain summits with a sled propelled at high speed.
Gov. Ed Brown assailed Richard Nixon for second guessing Kennedy on Cuba and mocked Republican contenders at a Hollywood Palladium fundraiser. He ridiculed Romney Scranton Rockefeller and Goldwater, noting Nixon’s televise blame and predicting no second Nixon bid.
A UPI report states an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB California in a routine training mission. The missile was fired by members of the 565th Strategic Missile Squadron from Warren AFB Wyoming, with Capt. Weskel E. Johnson of Ada Oklahoma leading the launch crew.
The public hearing on proposed nursing and shelter care home regulations in Maricopa County is postponed until next Monday. The board of supervisors halted proceedings to allow more study of the regulations.
United Nations moves to withdraw combat units from the Congo with 13 000 troops by April as Katanga secession ends. About 5 600 Indian troops, 780 Malaya unit, and other contingents return home amid Thant's cautious pullout policy and a multi million dollar civilian reconstruction program. Finland leads donors to aid roads schools hospitals and governance training.
Willie Lee Sells twenty six of Phoenix dies when a 13 foot sewer ditch caves in trapping him. Elvenee Jackson colleagues is rescued after being partially buried as deputies report a 40 foot section collapsed and braces twisted.
Paris reports show French trains standing idle as 300000 railway workers strike for 24 hours in solidarity with coal miners. The stoppage disrupts travel and worsens a nationwide labor crisis under President de Gaulle since 1958.
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