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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1961
Page
5
Court records describe a group of 27 individuals linked to a protest in downtown, refusing to pay fines for breaking segregation laws. Some were jailed up to 60 days and others potentially moved to the Hinds County prison farm. a motion was denied and officials argued the group aimed to defy the laws.
Seoul UPI reports South Korea’s military junta shuffles its 32 member supreme council after the May 16 coup. Colonels and lieutenant colonels replace cabinet posts as observers cite aims to grant field grade officers stronger roles and ease colonel discontent while cabinet duties continue. The junta also curtails some martial law but keeps full control over government, press, and national security. The United States urges broader relaxation of restrictions through Marshall Green, the U.S. Charge dAffaires, amid fears of communist influence.
President Kennedy signed a $500 million aid bill to bolster Latin America as part of the alliance for progress. The measure includes $394 million in loans via the Inter American Development Bank and $100 million in grants, with $6 million for Organization of American States planning. Former President Truman and Latin American ambassadors witnessed the ceremony at the White House.
In San Francisco the American National Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banks began exchanging blood and donor replacement cards nationwide. Bernice Hemphill of Irwin Memorial Blood Bank helped create a central bookkeeping agency to link blood banks and enable credits for donor replacements, the first state blood clearing house in the nation.
Charles Joe Carter, 53, of Mesa, arrested in Yerington Nevada after 17 detainers tied to burglaries at the Sara Hotel Phoenix Safari Hotel Scottsdale Scottsdale Country Club Hotel Valley Ho and Superstition Hotel Apache Junction. $100,000 in loot found at his Mesa area apartment. a 17 year old guard helper jailed. Authorities believe 50 plus burglaries across Arizona and Nevada in the past year. Carter allegedly stole hotel keys and resp conducted further burglaries including Tempe and Chandler. He also sold items at a gift shop near Apache Junction.
Leopoldville observers link Dayal resignation as UN Congo representative to Rikye and Hammarskjold’s departure. Bomboko says sign of understanding with UN. Coquilhatville conference reportedly strained by plan to divide the Dwilu region, halted by a stern chair’s call.
In Flagstaff a family crash left 8 year old Bonnoie Sue Shoebrooks badly burned after a car chased by police collided with their vehicle on May 12. Patrolman Clinton DeArman freed the girl from the flaming wreckage as her mother Mrs Donald H Galloway 42 is hospitalized. the father and another daughter Karen 5 were unharmed. A fund was started to cover skin operations not provided by the father’s salary.
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