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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1961
Page
3
An Air Force B52 bomber with eight crew members apparently exploded and burned after crashing on a flat area near Denton North Carolina. The incident occurred Thursday night and involved eight men aboard the aircraft.
The Arizona Bank announces four officer promotions led by Norman Creighton to assistant manager at the Scottsdale office. Also named are Timothy A Barrow and Frank C Williams as assistant trust officers in the Trust Department and Thomas F Buckman as assistant comptroller in the Home Office.
The Department of Justice began formal deportation against Frank Costello, jailed five years for income tax evasion at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, due for June release. He was ordered to register as an alien and face an April 10 show cause hearing. the action follows tax convictions and a Supreme Court ruling upholding his citizenship stripping.
Arizona Attorney General Robert Pickrell said the Legislature’s failure to fund the probe into the Savings and Loan association case ends any criminal investigation. He told County Attorney Charles Rowan that without staff and funds it is not feasible to pursue a matter of such magnitude and the criminal aspects are closed from his office.
Robert C. Kelso opens a Scottsdale branch of Lewis, Roca, Scoville, Beauchamp and Linton in the Oxford Life Insurance building on Marshall Ave. Kelso, a 1957 graduate of the American Institute for Foreign Trade, was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1948.
The International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers convention in Tucson approved raising per capita dues from 1.75 to 2.50 dollars per month. A constitutional change requires a May referendum alongside international officer elections. Twenty-five cents of the 75 percent raise funds a strike fund. current contributions to the fund are five cents. The union also urged jobless payments for striking workers and pushed for broader contract security. Delegates aim for a 32 hour four day week to offset automation effects.
Arizona labor official K S Brown notes extending unemployment benefits by 13 weeks could help unemployed if Arizona participates in the federal extension program. He cites a President signed bill increasing employer taxes and explains only 2 million of 7.4 million federal funds would benefit Arizona workers if state funds are exhausted. 5.4 million goes to the federal pool. He criticizes the state senate for not acting on House Bill 66 which would raise weekly benefits from 35 to 40 dollars and add nine weeks.
Louis Cassels argues that the disciples witnessed a literal resurrection, contrasting liberal theories of inward experience. He cites the New Testament records as evidence that the early followers insisted on a physical event, witnessed by many, which transformed terrified fugitives into steadfast witnesses of Jesus.
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The piece argues that the resurrection was not a myth but a historical event witnessed by hundreds, citing Paul's stance to the Corinthians. It contrasts Jewish monotheism with the belief in Jesus' divinity and notes the 500 eyewitness claim as pivotal support for the gospel.
The U S Government proposes a four cent per gallon special gasoline tax to finance the interstate highway program. If approved the federal tax would rise to nine cents with state taxes adding four cents. A county initiative could lift total gas taxes to sixteen cents near current market prices. Arizona’s highway department in Spotlight reports 1960 road work led five mountain states with $46.156 million in highway contracts, $2 million more than Colorado.
State offices closed today from noon to 3 p m in observance of Good Friday. Governor Fannin urged private firms to close as well. City county and federal offices stayed open.
Pilgrims from around the world travel the Way of Sorrow in Jerusalem along the Via Dolorosa to Calvary. Good Friday observances at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre feature prayers and ceremonies led by Msgr. Alberto Gori. The Cenacle remains in the Israeli-held sector, restricting pilgrimages.
The New York Mirror announced it paid a $5,000 reward to the person who identified Abraham Telvi and others linked to the acid attack that blinded columnist Victor Riesel on April 5, 1956. Telvi was later found shot dead. several conspirators were tried, with Leo Telvi receiving two years and Goldolfo Miranti and Nick Brando five years each.
Elmer Lou Main, 39, of 5641 W Roma Phoenix, died after a heavy fall of cottonseed buried him at the Western Products warehouse near 51st Ave and Buckeye Rd. He was using a pitch fork as seed loaded, coworkers freed him in about 20 minutes and resuscitation efforts at Good Samaritan Hospital were unsuccessful.
President Kennedy's special commission to study the flight engineers dispute will begin closed meetings April 11 to try to settle the engineers' dispute with airline pilots. Representatives of the Flight Engineers International Association the Air Line Pilots Association and seven airlines would be at the sessions.
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