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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1961
Page
5
A fourth floor Top Storey Club blaze in Bolton England killed 29 youths and injured 4 others. Witnesses describe terrified jumps from windows as flames raced up the building while fire crews took three hours to control the fire.
Light clouds and sun today with a windy spell. Temperatures peak near 96 degrees, with a low around 56 Wednesday morning. Wednesday also near 96 as the high with clear to partly cloudy skies and no significant precipitation reported.
About 5 000 NATAS members named 87 nominees in 24 categories for the 13th annual Emmy Awards to be presented May 16. Top categories include acting in Macbeth The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon The Man in the Funny Suit and Judith Anderson Ingrid Bergman Elizabeth Montgomery for drama and Candid Camera The Flintstones Bob Hope Andy Griffith Jack Benny for comedy.
Thousands of college students who rioted during Galveston's Splash Days Festival over the weekend returned to classes yesterday. Police with shotguns and reinforcements patrolled downtown and beach areas through Sunday as city officials breathed a sigh of relief after the climax of the festival which opened the Gulf Coast resort's beaches and summer tourist season.
Arizona State Board of Education regulators sent contracts to firms winning bids on history geography penmanship music and civics texts but later found postage was not included. Three bidders may lose bonds if they do not sign contracts as the AG considers the binding nature of bids. The board will reopen arithmetic textbook bids after two were late.
UPI reports Phoenix and Tucson will accept tax deductible donations to the anti smog crusade research program. Niblack Thorne, chair of the finance committee, said contributions will be deposited with the Community Councils of Tucson and Phoenix after questions over the Arizona Research Foundation’s tax status. Private industry, businesses and civic groups will be solicited for funds.
The 16 year old Ronnie St John faces a first degree murder trial in Chandler after 12 jurors were chosen. Prosecutor Alleman called first witnesses in the case against the Chandler youth who is charged with fatally shooting Porfirio Cassas and Manuel Zamudio as they irrigated a field near Chandler on March 11, 1960. Sheriff deputies arrested him soon after he attempted to trade a .22 rifle for gasoline. His mother attended the proceedings.
The 16-year-old James Scott Stephens remains at large as authorities widen the hunt to Illinois and Indiana. A hunch centers on the Macatawa Dunes area by Lake Michigan where Carol Gee 11 and Margaret Chambers 12 were found. Stephens left home Sunday and wrote to his mother apologizing for an accidental shooting. Authorities say the slayings were not accidental.
Will Dilg the founder of the Izaak Walton League of America spent the last years of his life at Mena Arkansas where he lived in retirement amid the league's postwar revival and conservation work.
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