21 Mar 1963
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1963
Page
1
Scottsdale School District does not take federal impact funds, despite eligibility. Board members express cautious support for limited aid or opposition, while voters may demand a district-wide stance. The 1959 application faced local tax opposition and was withdrawn.
The Scottsdale Daily will publish a ballot tomorrow to gauge community views on federal impact funds. Scottsdale school district citizens are asked to watch for the ballot, fill it in, and return it promptly. results will be published as they are received and compiled.
Senate investigators pressed Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric to name an unidentified Pentagon spokesman who belittled the TFX inquiry. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to testify on the decision to award the TFX contract to General Dynamics over Boeing, amid possible civilian official conflicts of interest. McClellan said McNamara would testify and may be recalled for further questioning. Boeing's Seattle plant is the losing bidder.
In Nice, 30 wives and concubines of King Saud visit luxury shops with 30 checkbooks to replace clothes lost in the king's private plane crash. A royal spokesman says the doomed aircraft carried men and women but no great valuables. 18 aboard, four Americans, officials fear no survivors.
Indonesia's Bali eruption of Gunung Agung devastates a 22 mile radius. Gov Sumarno reports 150 dead, 100 injured, and over 1,000 homes destroyed as relief and evacuation efforts expand. Crustal collapse near the crater contributes to casualties.
At 1 pm EST the Dow Jones averages drop with the 30 industrials at 675.61 down 1.51, the 20 rails at 151.19 down 0.27, utilities at 135.86 down 0.04, and the 65 stocks at 240.09 down 0.41. Sales reach 1,960,000 shares.
Scottsdale School Board will not seek voter approval for a new bond issue now. A board member indicated a bond proposal may be asked of property owners next fall after a $3.4 million bid to finance a two year building program was defeated. Lloyd Bimson stated the board plans to consider alternative proposals to address classroom space and maintain a quality educational program.
In Phoenix the Senate rejected major amendments to the tax equalization bill by 16 to 11 and endorsed the House bill largely as written. Leaders predict a floor test on the measure as divisions over homeowners relief fuel a sharp clash between the Judiciary Committee and Senate leadership.
President Kennedy capped a Costa Rica trip with a televised briefing on San Jose talks with Central American leaders and Panama. He faced a wild reception at the University of Costa Rica and a later chaotic moment as a protester reached him near the helicopter before his return to Washington.
NATO members including West Germany Italy Belgium The Netherlands Greece and Turkey expressed support or interest in Kennedy's multi nation nuclear defense plan at the NATO council meeting in Paris. Britain and the United States already pledged to push ahead as de Gaulle rejects the concept and pursues an independent French nuclear force.
An eight month old Navajo girl in Farmington New Mexico is kept in hospital isolation as two laboratories test skin lesions to confirm if she has smallpox. Authorities vaccinated about 200 contacts while awaiting lab results expected by Thursday, as this would be the first domestic smallpox case since the late 1940s.
Weather forecast shows fair conditions today and tomorrow with a breezy bite at times. Highs near 84 today and near 85 tomorrow, lows around 50 tomorrow morning, and mild overall temperatures with sunrise at 6 31 a m and sunset at 6 40 p m.
Two sisters Sharon Ken Ann Ripps 21 and Val Jo Rippl 14 of Phoe nix are listed in fair condition at Baptist Hospital of Scottsdale after their car collided with another at Scottsdale Road and McDonald Drive. They suffered lacera tions and bruises.
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