20 May 1964
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1964
Page
1
Dr. Walter C. Alvarez argues for more research on inhaled tobacco smoke and its health effects. He questions how heavy smoking shortens life, the role of nicotine versus habit, and the temperament of the chain smoker. He considers tobacco substitutes and public policy parallels with prohibition and crime.
Illinois teachers remain on strike in East St Louis as walkout affects virtually all classes. Students hold placards urging higher wages while other districts vote on union recommendations to extend walkouts. In Utah, 11,000 teachers return but refuse to sign contracts until funding increases are secured.
An 11 year old Yonkers youth died from kidney failure after his arm was reimplanted following a train strike at Greystone Station. The arm remained in good condition with all pulses present at death, per Yonkers General Hospital administrator Clarence W Curyea.
New York stock averages rose but largely only modestly. Bethlehem and Republic Steel held firm while U S Steel and Youngstown Sheet up. Chrysler edged up, GM gained four, Ford four. Kodak up four, DuPont steady, Allied down slightly. Peco and Occidental higher by one. IBM up two and a quarter, Motorola up three tenths, Honeywell up one eighth, Control Data up one fifth. Zenith plus a third, INCO up one, AS\u0026S Smelting up two. Jewel Tea up one, Western Air and Pan Am +one, Northwest down three tenths, American down one tenth.
Funeral services for Ralph E. Bigelow 74 of 7036 E Orange Blossom Lane will be at 1 pm tomorrow in the Messinger Mortuary Chapel. Interment will be in Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Survivors include wife Minnie M two sons Frank E Mesa and William F Fullerton Calif a daughter Verna Wallbaum Scottsdale a sister Sybil Ness Scottsdale and six grandchildren. Born in Chicago he owned a drug store in Batavia Illinois retiring in 1951. He studied at the Hines School of Pharmacy and was a Mason and member of the Arizona Retail Druggists Association and Methodist Church.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr addressed the American Baptist Convention in Atlantic City urging church leaders to oppose segregation. He said many prominent segregationists are good church people misinformed and urged a positive stand for integration through action legislation and direct steps. He spoke during the ABC session alongside the SBC gathering.
Paradise Valley chapter of the Order of De Molay will join the Scottsdale Shrine Club for a 7 pm banquet at the Executive House Arizonian. A electronics program will be presented and all Shriners and Masons in the area are invited per Vern Padgett, president of the Sedntsdale Shriners.
UPI reports six year old Caroline Kennedy will enter Stone Ridge School in Bethesda Maryland this fall. Pamela Turnure says she will start second grade at the Sacred Heart affiliated institution when the September term begins. The White House school now meets at the British Embassy and will close around June 3. Stone Ridge head mistress Mother Moran notes the family has Sacred Heart ties. Caroline’s relatives Maria Shriver Kathleen Kennedy and Courtney Kennedy also attend Stone Ridge in higher grades.
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