Scottsdale council weighs downgrade of 4.5 million Thomas Road apartment project
Protesting homeowners urge council to block rezoning for 28 acres at the old Arizona Downs site. The planning commission favors apartment zoning with conditions and the council plans further discussion next Tuesday. Residents fear privacy loss traffic, schools, and property devaluation while developers cite economic boosts and existing plans.
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Thomas Road
Arizona Downs
Melrose Meadows
Scottsdale
Don Puente
Melrose Park Home Owners Committee
Don Baumann
Ingleside Turf Club, Inc
Khrushchev Drives Purge Across Soviet Ranks
UPI reports a quiet purge under Premier Khrushchev sweeping through Russia and republics. Young loyalists replace officials, agriculture ministers shifted, and policy boards reshuffled as officials face reassignment rather than execution. The purge targets laxity and graft amid Khrushchev's post Stalin era reforms.
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London
UPI
Russia
Nikita
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Averki Aristov
Poland
G. I. Voronov
Vladimir Matskevitch
Kazakhstan
Nikifor Kalchenko
Ukraine
Vladimir Sherbitsky
Ukrainian Communist Party
Mikhail Roginets
V. N. Titov
Kharkov
Trial of Eichmann Opens as Child Shoes Shown in Court
In Jerusalem the court displayed a pair of children's shoes as Adolf Eichmann's defense described the externerm purge from the Warsaw ghetto. Dr. Adolf Herman testified the items were found in his briefcase, while witnesses recounted the 1943 Warsaw uprising as a Nazi assault. A witness, Mrs. Swha Lubotkin, testified to bombs thrown by her and 49 comrades as German troops moved, recalling streets described by blood shed in Warsaw.
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Jerusalem
UPA Jewish
Adolf: Eichmann
Warsaw
Swha Lubotkin
Supreme Court Hears Appeal in Paradise Valley Incorporation Case
The state supreme court was asked to stop the superior court from proceeding in an injunction suit aimed at blocking Paradise Valley's town incorporation. Hearing set for 11 a.m. next Tuesday before Judge Yale McFate as attorneys for the Committee for Incorporation argued a writ of prohibition. Earlier, Judge McFate ruled against injunctions in a separate suit by Mr and Mrs Mark Gruber of El Chorro Lodge. proceedings resume this afternoon.
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State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Paradise Valley
Yale McFate
Phil Messinger
Jack Madden
Committe For
Incorporation
High Court
Messinger
Ers
McFate
Mark Gruber
Lincoln Drive
John Hover Tops State Bar Exams in Arizona
John Charles Hover Jr., 26, of Scottsdale led the Arizona State Bar exam list for February 10 and 11. Five other Scottsdale residents among 50 to be admitted May 15 before the Arizona Supreme Court include Thomas Felke Gordon Giles Charles Stearns Edward Boyle and James Holman. Hover, a University of Colorado graduate, moved from Lamar to Phoenix in 1960 and later settled in Scottsdale with his wife and two sons.
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John Charles Hover Jr
West Palm Lane
Scottsdale
Arizona Supreme Court
Thomas G. Felke
West Sheridan
Gordon B. Giles
E. Roanoke
Charles Stearns
E. Coronado Dr
Edward L. Boyle
West Culver
James Ralph Holman
Annexation Petitions Circulated in Arcadia District
Pro Phoenix annexation petitions reportedly circulated today in the Arcadia district between 56th and 64th streets. The Phoenix city clerk’s office denied knowledge of the petitions. A Scottsdale annexation in the same area was dismissed in court Tuesday due to faulty legal descriptions and post circulation area inclusion.
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Arcadia
56Th
64Th
Phoenix
Scottsdale
City Appeals to Supreme Court on Charter Rule
Scottsdale votes to appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court a lower court ruling that the city charter is void and an annexation decision invalid. The appeals stem from Superior Court rulings by Judge Warren McCarthy last month. If retrial is denied the city will pursue Supreme Court review with hopes for a year end ruling.
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Arizona Supreme Court
Scottsdale
Arcadia
56Th
Superior Court
Warren McCarthy
Supreme Court
Bob McNutt
Space Shot Now Scheduled For Friday
Cape Canaveral announces America's top astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. will be launched Friday if weather cooperates. Walter Williams, Mercury program operations director, said the Redstone rocket is ready for a 15 minute ride with an excellent forecast for surface wind and sea. There is a 20 percent chance of broken clouds at high altitude, with careful monitoring planned.
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Fila
UPS
America
Walter Williams
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Blood For Burns To Be Collected
Phoenix will form a rare donor registry for burn recovery. The Maricopa County Medical Society backs Southwest Blood Banks Inc. in creating a registry of recovered burn patients. Donors will be interviewed and listed with their blood type for emergencies. Burn victims may register Wednesdays Thursdays or Fridays 1 4 p m at 10 S 12th Ave.
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Phoenix
UPI
Maricopa County Medical Society
Southwest Blood Banks, Inc
Doco
The
James D. Barger
S. 12Th Ave
City Council Okays Engineering To Price Paving Costs
The council last night authorized determining estimated costs for paving downtown streets and sidewalks. Four engineering firms including Collar Williams and White and Ferguson Engineers Inc. will prepare cost estimates as part of a planned upgrade within the one square mile western downtown zone.
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Bob. McNutt
Collar, Williams and White
Robert S. Knight and Associates
Coe &van Loo
Ferguson
Engineers, Inc
Scottsdale court blocks Phoenix water purchase bid
A Scottsdale Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order today blocking the City of Phoenix from acquiring a private water company serving 2,000 customers on Scottsdale's east side. The hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. next Wednesday before Judge Yale McFate.
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Scottsdale
Phoenix
E. R. ‘Thurman
Yale McFate
Udall Wins House Seat in Arizona After Kennedy Victory
Morris Udall, 38, in Tucson narrowly defeats Moe De Matheson in Arizona's Second District with about 53 precincts reporting. Udall campaigns as a moderate conservative aligned with the Kennedy administration, while Matheson, a Mormon and Air Force veteran, vows to uphold Goldwater conservative policy.
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Ariz
UPD
Morris
Moe
Udall
Kennedy
de Matheson
Interior
Stewart Udall
Mos
Matheson
Air. Force
Arizona
Sen
Barry
M. Goldwater
Cuban Invasion Leader Captured Near Zapata Swamps
Cuban authorities announce the capture of former Army Captain Manuel Artime, leader of the exile invasion’s revolutionary council. He was seized Tuesday in the Zapata Swamps after eluding authorities since the April defeat of his men. Eleven other unidentified individuals were captured with him.
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Havana
UPI
Manuel
Artime
Revolutionary “Council
Zapata
Arizona Retail Grocers Association opens 18th convention in Scottsdale
The 18th annual convention of the Arizona Retail Grocers Association begins Saturday at the Scottsdale Convention Center. Vicki Sawaya of Scottsdale presides as one of the first women presidents. registration starts at 1 p.m. A golf tournament, 25 directors election, breakfast by LeRoy King, and a western costume party with Dolan Ellis are planned. Monday features talks on foreign relations, store operation procedures, and remarks by Maricopa County Attorney Charles Ronan.
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The
Arizona Retail Grocers ‘Association
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Country Club
W. L. Vivian
National Biscuit
Dolan Ellis
Charles Ronan
Maricopa County
Body Recovered From Desert Grave Near Casa Grande
An elderly man's body was recovered from a desert grave near Casa Grande. Maricopa County sheriff's deputies were led to the scene by two men being questioned in connection with another slaying.
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Phoenix
UPI
Casa Grande
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputies
Protest over cutback in B-70 bomber program
Scottsdalian Motorola official Quent G Turner criticizes Kennedy era 138 million reduction to the B-70 project. He argues for maintaining manned bombers alongside missiles and highlights Motorola’s role in the program while detailing safety concerns and the need for a mixed defense approach. Al White, North American Aviation test pilot, to join Turner at a Phoenix Press Club forum with slides from two years of electronics work on the B-70.
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Scottsdalian
Phoenix
America
Quentin G. Turner
Motorola
Western Military Electronics Center
Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
Stallion
al White
Los Angeles
Turner
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Udalls
Carl
Roy R.petsch
Indian Bend
Granite Reef Road
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Josie Sawaia
LeRoy King
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