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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1963
Page
3
The long running New York newspaper strike shifts into its 108th day as printers vote 2,562 to 1,763 to accept contract terms after rejecting a 12.63 weekly increase. Mailers approve by 466 to 256 while publishers push for a new round of talks at 10 a.m. EST.
Keith Brown of Pima County defeated Evan Mecham in a hard fought Arizona Republican Party chairmanship vote at the Westward Ho Hotel. The roll call vote followed a disputed secret ballot request with 352 for Brown and 174 for Mecham. Goldwater and Fannin endorsed Brown citing his prior party service. Mecham left the room after a later roll call vote. A separate note reports U.S. and Mexican legislators condemning armed aggression and subversive infiltration in Latin America.
The 161st Air Transport Group at Sky Harbor Phoenix opens a recruitment drive for prior service men. It seeks experienced vehicle operators, teletype and switchboard workers, air policemen, crash rescue and flight personnel, mechanics, nurses, pilots, navigators, and more. Enlistments offer varying terms with rank at discharge where possible, base office hours, and retirement benefits. The unit, a U.S. Air Force Reserve, trains crews for airlift overseas with routes including Hickam, Wake Island, Tachikawa, the Philippines, and Guam aboard the C 97 Stratocruiser with a 3,000 mile range.
Directors of the Phoenix Indian Center elected Donald B. Tostenrud of Scottsdale as their new president for 1963, replacing Lee Poe. Other officers reelected include Wayne Sekaquaptewa, Mrs. Charlotte Sutter, and Stanley R. Thomas. The Center, now at 706 W. Washington, serves as a meeting place and clearing house for Indian assistance and is funded entirely by private donations.
IN THE NAVY Barry M. Plott, son of Commander Roy M. Plott of Scottsdale, has been named to the Superintendent's List at the U S Naval Academy for the first half of the second term. Larry A Heppler, aviation fire control technician airman, son of Mr and Mrs L M Heppler of Scottsdale, graduated Feb 21 from Aviation Fire Control Technician School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center. The 12 week course covers basic theory of fire control systems including emergency procedures safety and admin work.
Arizona superintendent W. W. Dick says Scottsdale School District has passed up more than a million dollars in federal impact funds since 1959 and may approach two million. Funds under PL 815 and 874 target new buildings and operating costs as defense payrolls shift to the area. District faces space shortages with 70 fewer elementary classrooms planned and room for 2,302 more high school students by 1964.
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