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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1963
Page
2
The Valley's new Theatre Group debuts with Kismet at Scottsdale High School directed by Joe Esile with Jim Shultz replacing Jerry Wells. Showtimes 8 15 p m tonight and additional performances tomorrow Sunday and next Friday and Saturday.
United Press International reports a fatal Halloween night as a speeding car in Chattanooga Tennessee kills two girls aged 6 and 14 and critically injures two others during trick or treat rounds. Additional children are struck and killed in Los Fresnos Texas Southampton Massachusetts Wadsworth Ohio and Broussard Louisiana. A 4 year old girl in Detroit wearing a scarry mask is critically injured after being struck by a passing car.
The Post Office Department told Congressman Rhodes it is reviewing the Scottsdale Road site for a new post office after Scottsdale residents opposed it. Officials cited accessibility, business growth, and proximity to the main center as factors and noted the land value as part of the inquiry.
An explosion at Athertons Drug Store on Marietta square during a children's Halloween parade killed seven people including a 7 year old boy and his father and injured scores. Rescue teams recovered the seventh body early today and 27 people were treated at Kenne Stone Hospital. Authorities say a gas leak from a heater in a basement near the front of the store caused the blast.
Mrs Susie Belle Williams 87 longtime Scottsdale resident died Thursday at Doctors Hospital She lived in Scottsdale since 1918 moving from Goldthwaite Texas She and her late husband Samuel T Williams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1946 Survivors include four daughters three brothers nine grandchildren and 23 great great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 1 pm tomorrow at Messinger Mortuary Chapel with interment at Camelback Cemetery.
The Record notes a birth for Mr and Mrs John Quinn at 7001 East San Miguel a girl born November first. The Ellington couple at 2006 North 69th Place welcomed a girl on October 29. The Maricopa County clerk issued a marriage license to James Thomas Lewallen twenty Tempe and Karol Sue Prisbrey nineteen Scottsdale.
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital has made the semi annual interest payments on its five per cent bonds. Administrator Talton L. Francis thanked the medical staff hospital staff and area residents for helping the hospital operate on a successful basis. He urged the community to take keen interest in and support the hospital addition on the drawing boards. Joe Walton of the New York Giants is expected to play next Sunday against the St Louis Cardinals despite a sore right knee from the previous game.
Dr. Robert W. Kistner of Harvard Medical School called for expanded scientific research in human fertility and its interplays of biological psychological and socio economic factors to influence population change during a speech prepared for delivery to the American College of Surgeons in San Francisco.
Emeritus Mayo Clinic consultant urges restraint in penicillin prescriptions for minor illnesses. He cites FDA actions removing many cold remedies, notes viruses cause colds, and warns about penicillin resistance from overuse. He recalls a near fatal reaction to a large injection and argues for oral or tiny dose testing.
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