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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1961
Page
4
in Fort Lauderdale a city sponsored beachside dance for vacationing college students drew about 3,000 attendees before thinning to 500 as officers watched a riot aftermath. 60 youths were jailed on public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges.
Three people died in two Maricopa County fires overnight. A Gila River Indian Reservation blaze killed two children, a two year old and a one year old, while a four year old escaped unharmed. The mother was away visiting neighbors. A separate Phoenix area fire claimed one victim, likely a man, found alone in the burning house.
In a Prudential survey of western states executives from Arizona Nevada and Southern California report optimism for the second half of the year with half expecting 1 to 40 percent growth versus last year. Twenty one percent see no change while 29 percent fear a 1 to 30 percent decline.
Arizona State University Tempe hosts a one day session for law agency heads mayors city managers and county supervisors. FBI inspector William C Sullivan opens at 9 a.m. discussing communism. Frank Popello outlines juvenile delinquency. Phoenix and Tucson officers cover organized crime. The University of Arizona event April 7 8 features police community relations in the Student Union Building with 50 plus endorsing groups and speakers including Tucson Police Chief Bernard L Garmire and Dallas Assistant Police Chief Charles Batchelor who will give the banquet address.
The fragment presents a fortune seek approach asking readers to cite the letters matching numerals tied to their astrological birth period to reveal today’s fortune. It repeats: write in the alphabet letters corresponding to numerals on the tie of the astrological period of birth to find the fortune.
In Quincy Florida judge Tracy Riddle fined Hazel Swints 41 dollars for stealing a jar of jelly and ordered her to pay 41 cents to the store. In Morgantown West Virginia coaches were noting West Virginia coach George King scored 63 points in a single game.
Harvard Lampoon annual poll names Butterfield 8 as the worst movie of 1960. Eddie Fisher earns worst supporting actor for his role, with Can Can star Sinatra voted worst actor and Eva Marie Saint worst actress for Exodus. Mitchum receives uncrossed heart award for least-improved performance.
Washington reports say Kennedy aides claimed votes to pass the administration aid bill amid a closely divided House debate. Republicans offered a $275 million substitute but conservatives showed little real choice between the proposals. Rep Daniel Flood denounced the measure as socialism and foreign aid for his people in a tense exchange.
A new Amusement Business Magazine market analysis shows total industry receipts at $2.8 billion when including fairs and venues. Permanently located sunspots attracted more than 2.077 billion attendees, aiding a $75 million rise in gross receipts. Revenues grew from higher per patron spending to $1.20, while larger facilities gained market share. Food and drink remained the main income source, with vending machines now in over half the centers.
Federal prison inspector says Maricopa County Jail was poor at build and is worse now. Philip R. Berger of the Federal Bureau of Prisons inspected the jail at sheriff Cal Boies and the board of supervisors request to study a planned new facility. He urges removal from the county courthouse or county office building.
The YMCA marks 100 years of service to the Armed Forces with commendations from Robert S. McNamara and General Lyman L. Lemniter. The organization began in 1861 as the United States Christian Commission, sending nearly 5 000 men to fields hospitals and camps to provide spiritual and physical comfort to soldiers.
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