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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1961

Page

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Man Rescued From Canal By Ditch Crew

An elderly man pulled from the Arizona Canal at North Miller Road by a ditch cleaning crew worker was revived by Rural Fire Department inhalator crews and taken to Maricopa County Hospital in good condition. Foreman Chet Rodgers and helpers Francisco Flores and Jesse Mendoza aided the rescue before EMS arrived.

Arizona Canal North Miller Road Maricopa County Chet Rodgers W. Palmaire Dr Francisco Flores Jesse Mendoza Rick Ryan Messinger Rodgers Rural Fire Department Hoalt River

College Bribe Scandal Grows

New York reports a fourth college basketball player has been questioned over a widening bribery scandal. The identity of the player and school is undisclosed. two men remain jailed for bribing Seton Hall and Connecticut players, with the case urged as possibly the worst in college basketball history.

New York UPI Dist. Atty Frank Hogan Seton Hall University University of Connecticut D.A

Arizona legislature enters second extra week of overtime

Phoenix UPI reports the Arizona Legislature remains in weekend recess and will begin a second overtime week to finish appropriations and capital outlay bills. The Senate must clear a record 104 million dollar appropriation bill while the House works on a 14 million dollar higher education outlay. A loyalty oath and anti Communist measures are in flux as conferences seek salvageable language.

Phoenix UPI Arizona Senate House Communist ‘Party

Mass DeMolay Initiation Planned in Phoenix

Eighteen youths will be initiated in a Scottsdale Chapter mass ceremony at Phoenix Masonic Temple. The Scottsdale DeMolay Ritual team, winner of a recent district meet at Coolidge, will officiate. Recipients include Brent Cogswell Charles Uhlig Don White Bill Yoder and others. The degree line includes Robert Crawford Lee Dapper Ken Etchells and more.

Scottsdale DeMolay Phoenix Masonic Temple Coolidge Cullen Hollister Gary Wasson Bill Lawren Bill Karr Wes Carter Les Kilpatrick Mike Zimmerman Steve Sawyer Hector Struckman Brent Cogswell Charles Uhlig Don White Bill Yoder Robert Crawford Lee Dapper Ken Etchells Robert Funk Robert Jennings Curt Larabell John Lichty Jay Mackey Charles Pyeatt Doug Ross Richard John Soderstrom Nick Spann Norman Storms

Albert M Crawford Former Arizona House Speaker Dies

Albert M Bumps Crawford former speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives died Friday after a heart attack at Good Samaritan Hospital He was 66 and funeral services are planned for Tuesday afternoon in Phoenix conducted for Crawford a noted state politician.

Phoenix UPI Albert M Bumps) Crawford Arizona House of Representatives Crawford Good Samaritan Hospital

Scottsdale may extend city services to Paradise Valley town

City Manager Bob McNutt estimated a tentative $20 000 yearly figure to provide police, maintenance, engineering and planning aid to a proposed new town in Paradise Valley. Committee chair Pat Downey aims to secure official town status and one acre lot zoning to prevent Phoenix annexation.

Scottsdale Paradise Valley Bob McNutt Phoenix Vannexation Pat Downey McNutt

MSU Geography Professor Resigns to Pursue Clown Career

East Lansing Michigan Dr Charles Boas assistant professor of geography at Michigan State University will resign effective Monday to pursue clown work full time He says he loves teaching but a hobby grew into a career plans to move with his family of six and has not set a definite departure date as their son recovers from tonsil surgery last week.

East Lansing Mich Charles Boas Michigan State ‘University Charlie the Clown Mrs. Boas Boas MSU

Firing Successful Space Capsule Gets New Test

NASA conducted a dramatic test of the Mercury capsule escape system from Wallops Island Virginia. The capsule climbed on a Little Joe rocket then separated, parachuted into the Atlantic about 12 11 p.m. landing apparently intact after drifting farther than planned.

Washington UPS Atlantic National Space Agency Wallops Island National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Cape Canaveral Fla

Rusk to pressed Gromyko on Laos meddling at UN talks

Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans to urge Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to curb Laos meddling, arguing it threatens East West disarmament and ban talks. Attendees include Adlai Stevenson and Arkady Sobolev at a UN General Assembly meeting in New York. Moscow aid to rebels prompts US to consider major aid to the royal Lao government.

Washington UPI Dean Rusk Andrei Gromyko Laos Rusk Gromyko New York United Nations General Assembly Russia Adlai Stevenson U.S United Nations Ark

Masked Man Robs Drive-In Theater for $320

A masked robber threatened Marian Cahn at the Round-Up Drive-In ticket booth and stole $320 in cash after arriving in a pickup with a companion. He pistol whined the demand and fled in the truck, also tearing a phone from the wall.

Marian Cahn

McNutt Talks About Taxes and Bond Issues

City Manager Bob McNutt explains how upcoming bond issues will serve residents without raising taxes. Assistant Schools Supervisor Ray J. Davis outlines steps to fit round pegs in round holes. Court Investigator Inez McLain shares a heart string case.

Bob McNutt Ray J. Davis

Arnaz backs Italian names in Untouchables reform

Desi Arnaz agreed not to drop Italian names for the Untouchables while meeting with leaders of the National Italian American League to Combat Defamation. He also said he would seek chances to deepen the role of Italian detective Nick Rossi, Ness's ally.

New York UPI Desi Arnaz National

Arcadia Annexation Fight Sparks Petitions Drive

Arcadia residents launch a counter-attack to defend the annexation area between East 64th and East 56th Streets. Committee chairman Jack Evans cites legal action by Phoenix City Hall and Robert Williams as the trigger. Art Petersen leads the latest petition drive with backing from Scottsdale area residents.

Arcadia Citiens Committee Arcadia East 64Th East 56Th Streets Jack Evans Phoenix City Hall Robert Williams Williams Phoenix Glass Company Scottsdale Camelback Mountain Arizona Canal Art Petersen

Special Salute Tonight For Udall

Phoenix Democrats host a testimonial dinner for Interior Secretary Stewart Udall as his Arizona visit caps a busy weekend. Sen Gale McGee and local figures attend a Thunderbird Room banquet while Udall comments on Arizona Indian issues and Navajo schooling. Udall returns to Washington Sunday.

Phoenix UPS Stewart Udall Arizona Udall Theodore. Roosevelt Dam Thunderbird Room Westward Ho Gale ‘McGee Dwyo The John ‘Rhodes Mega Hadi Presideney Washington

Jobless Pay Shows Drop in Early March

The Labor Department reports insured unemployment fell by 62,300 for the week ending March 4, marking the second straight weekly decline but a new record high of 3,346,500 beneficiaries for early March. Initial claims also dropped by 42,000 as the program covers only a fraction of the workforce.

Washington UPI Labor Department

Family of Six Die in Blaze at Sandy Ridge NC

A mother Pauline Hawkins 36 and her five children Gallion 13 Larry 9 Teresa 6 Timmy 5 and Danny 3 perished when fire engulfed their six room home in Sandy Ridge North Carolina. Ed Hawkins husband arrived from Walnut Cove and Howard Hawkins grandfather escaped and both men were treated for burns.

Sandy Ridge N. C UPID Pauline Hawkins Gallion Larry Teresa Timmy Danny Ed Hawkins Walnut Cove Howard Hawkins Hawkins

Algerians Guard Algiers and Oran for Possible Violence

Paratroops and police stood guard today in Algiers and Oran ready to stop any Arab or European attempt to trigger renewed violence.

Algiers API Oran

Storms Rain, Wind, Tornadoes Hit Southern States

United Press International reports a 2000 mile storm system sweeping the South with tornado warnings in Alabama and Florida. Tornadoes damaged homes near Mobile, hail affected property, and Mobile logged 1.04 inches of rain in six hours. McComb Mississippi recorded 1.48 inches.

United Press International Alabama Florida Gulf Atmore Ala Mobile Mobile Municipal McComb Miss Mississippi

River veteran severs barges. $40,000 damage in Ohio River incident

52 year old Tug boat captain Sam Marunich, furious over job loss at Tron City Sand Gravel Co, cut moorings of three barges on the Ohio River. One sank after drifting eight miles. the other two reached East Liverpool, Ohio before recovery. FBI arrested him Friday in Industry, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh UPI Sam Marunich Tron FBI Industry Ohio River East Liverpool Ohio

Board approves Scottsdale sign variances for multiple firms

The Scottsdale Board of Adjustment granted sign variances to three oil companies a bank and a realty concern. Humble Oil stations at Continental and Scottsdale and 68th and Thomas face 7 by 11 foot limits and max 21 feet above ground. Mobil Oil at 145 W McDowell allowed height up to 21 feet with 65 feet from road center. Shell at Monte Vista and McDowell authorized a canopy sign. Bank of Scottsdale receives six month free standing site sign permit 9 to 15 feet high on North Scottsdale. OMalley Investment and Realty gains six month permit for a free standing sign at 6600 E Thomas.

Scottsdale Board of Adjustment Humble Oil Continental Scottsdale 68Th and Thomas Mobil Oil Company McDowell Monte Vista Bank of Scottsdale North Scottsdale O'Malley Investment and Realty Company FE. Thomas

Spain Charges Morocco in Sahara Kidnap Case

Spain formally charges Morocco with kidnapping 11 oil technicians from an American Spanish oil camp in the Spanish Sahara last Saturday. Madrid says Moroccan regular armed bands sought to attack the territory and cites one Moroccan in the assault. Morocco has not disclosed the hostages' whereabouts.

Madrid UPD Spanish Sahara Spanish Foreign Affairs Ministry Morocco

Leopards threaten to massacre Europeans in Kasongo area

United Nations reports a Leopard Men sect in Kasongo area threatens to kill Europeans, especially Belgians, while Malayan troops and Congolese National Army pursue terrorists. Spokesman notes hundreds of natives reportedly on a ram page and armed with bows and arrows. U N negotiations over return of supply bases at Matadi and Banana drag on without progress.

U.N Kasongo Matadi Banana

Congo Raiders Kill Portuguese Near Angola Border

Reports from Lisbon say Congolese terrorists attacked Europeans near the Angolan border killing men women and children. A Lisbon newspaper cited 28 European fatalities on a single farm amid fires and lootings. officials described dawn raids and later attacks on Carmona repelled by local forces with civilian aid.

Lisbon Portugal UPID Angola Diario Popular Portuguese Overseas Department Congo Carmona

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