Lehigh Valley Reacts To Loss Of '61s In Plane Crash
In early reports a group of 33 Army recruits from Allentown Bethlehem and Easton died on a training flight that crashed near Richmond Virginia. Only the pilot and flight engineer survived. Families learned of the tragedy late at night and faced slow official notification.
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Lehigh Valley
Betherhem
UPI
Lehigh River Valley
Allentown
Bethlehem
Eastin
Couny
Wilkes-Barre
Army
Jackson
S.C
Richmond, Va
Arizonan Pushes Mid-Decade Census Plan
Melvin R. Wise Arizona vital statistics director travels to Los Angeles to press for a nationwide mid-decade census in 1965. He testifies before a House subcommittee on Arizona needs and cites rapid population growth affecting Scottsdale taxes and community planning. Stewart Udall and Morris K. Udall are noted figures involved.
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Los Angeles
Scottsdale
Melvin R. Wise
House
Arizona
Teachers Set For Conventions In City School Board Action
Scottsdale School Board approved travel expenses for two district teachers. Eugene Hanson Coronado High band director will attend the American School Band Directors Association meeting in Cleveland December 27 to 30. Doris Vogel district teacher for blind children will attend the Council for Exceptional Children conference in Seattle November 15 to 18. Vogel serves as western region secretary for the CEC.
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Scottsdale
Eugene Hanson
Coronado High
American School Band Directors Association
Cleveland
Doris Vogel
The
Council for Exonal @hildren
Seattle
Novae Ae
Sages
Membergiup
Associatrs
Vogel
Council For Exceptional Children
Ritchey Rites Held for Hank Ritchey in Phoenix
Funeral services for Hank B Ritchey age 65 who died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital Phoenix will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Messinger Mortuary Chapel Rev Ruben Koehler to officiate Cremation to follow Ritchey formerly of Fort Wayne Ind was business manager of the Journal Gazette and active as an investment counselor He was a member of the Episcopal Church life senior member of Fort Wayne Rotary Club Scottish Rite Mizpah Shrine Lake Greenway American Legion Elks Lodge Phoenix Survived by wife Dorothy and two sisters Mrs Alfred D Harvey Phoenix and Mrs Robert L Holloway Delton Mo
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Hank B. Ritchey
Memorial Hospital
Phoenix
Messinger Mortuary Chapel
Ruben Koehler
Ritchey
Fort Wayne
Ind
N. S4th
Busineses
Journal- Gazette
Residents Plan Meeting After Warehouse Fire Damage
Halicraft and Butler residents will meet tomorrow night to discuss potential legal steps and the formation of a neighborhood improvement association following damage near the warehouse located directly south of the area.
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Halicraft
Butler
X-15 Reaches Record Speed Over Edwards AFB
Air Force Maj. Robert White piloted the X-15 to a record 4 070 miles per hour marking six times the speed of sound. After two weeks of delays due to mechanical issues and weather the 86 seconds of fuel were used to hit peak speed at 100 000 feet. The flight would allow rapid NYC to LA or world circumnavigation if sustained.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
U —Air Force
Robert White
White
New York
Los Angeles
Arosemena Selects New Cabinet as Ecuador Turmoil Eases
In Quito Ecuador ex extreme leftist leader Carlos J Arosemena took control after air attacks broke a siege on the national Capitol. The army installed Jose M Velasco Ibarra ally Camilo Gallegos Toledo as acting president but Arosemena's air force bombed tanks, forcing Gallegos to resign and paving Arosemena's return.
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Quito
Ecuador
UPI
Carlos J. Arosemena
Arosemena
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Camilo Gallegos Toledo
Velasco
Havana
Fidel Castro
Arosoa
Yankee 1
Yankee State Department
Guayaquil
Congress
Gallegos
Arizona Bank Opens New Branch in Scottsdale
The Arizona Bank opens its 34th branch in a contemporary building at 4231 E. Thomas in Greater Scottsdale with a public reception from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Visitors may win one of six transistor radio sets the following day. Manager is Robert Duckworth of Scottsdale.
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Arizona Bank
E. Thomas
Scottsdale
Robert Duckworth
Multimillion Dollar Los Angeles Fires Brought Under Control
Two massive fires in the Santa Monica Mountains, Topanga Canyon and Bel Air Brentwood, were contained as crews halted major spread. Bel Air losses estimated at 50 to 100 million with 447 homes destroyed. insured losses may reach 24 million. Hollywood figures including Lancaster Fontaine Gabor Brown Foss Libby owned homes burned. Firefighters battled hotspots with air drops and heavy equipment.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Santa Monica Mountains
Topanga Canyon
Bel Air-Brentwood
Topanga
Borate
Santa Ynez Canyon
Pacific Palisades
Bel Air
Burt Lancaster
Joan Fontaine
Zsa Gabor
Joe E. Brown
Composer Lukas Foss
Willard Libby
California
Public Service Suit May Provide Local Utility Fee Rebate
Arizona Public Service filed a 26 million antitrust suit in federal court claiming price fixing and bid rigging by Westinghouse General Electric and Allis-Chalmers. The suit seeks triple damages and may lead to rebates for Scottsdale customers if recovery occurs.
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Arizona Public Service Company
E. T
Eddie) Williams
State Corporation Commission
Stottsdale
Wwwssy
Wwssewegy
Business Places
Westinghouse
General Electric
Allis-Chalmers
Walter Lucking
Salt River
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