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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1961

Page

3

Teenage Cave Rescue Brings Teen Out Unconscious

Ronnie Reese a 16 year old from Lookout Mountain Tenn fell 35 feet onto a ledge in a cave and remained unconscious for about eight hours of a nine hour rescue. Civil defense teams used a special hoist and stretcher to extract him after a narrow passage forced the team to drag the stretcher up a mountain side.

Trenton UPI Ronnie Reese Lookout Mountain Tenn Reese United Press International Chattanooga Cleron Kyzer

Sam Rayburn in Satisfactory Condition Says Hospital

In Dallas Texas UPI reports hospital officials say Speaker Sam Rayburn 79 remains in satisfactory condition after X ray and blood tests at Baylor University medical center. Tests continue through Thursday to determine cause of back pains and need for possible operation. The surgeon denies liver involvement and notes weight loss since leaving Congress.

Dallas, Tex UPI Sam Rayburn Rayburn Baylor University Medical Center Congress Bonham, Tex

Father Hopes For Visit Powers In Soviet Prison

Oliver Powers, father of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, said after meeting Russian officials he expected a visa allowing a visit to his son in a Soviet prison. He disclosed the embassy had forwarded the application to Moscow for action.

Richmond UPI Francis Gary Powers Oliver Powers Washington Moscow

Board Tries To Reopen Maritime Talks

In San Francisco two of three labor board members moved to resume six day West Coast maritime talks. They met with PMA and Wes Coast Masters executives as about 3 500 seamen and officers and 500 longshoremen idle amid the dispute over vacation relief and welfare benefits.

San Francisco UPI Arthur J. Goldberg Willard Wirtz William Simkin Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service James Healy Kennedy Maritime Labor Board of Inquiry Wirtz Paul St MMP PMA Durkin

Voters Shake Up Arizona School Boards Across Districts

Incumbents lost in multiple Arizona districts as 295 districts held elections. Bonds approved in Buckeye for 200000 and Florence for 250000. Notable results include Scottsdale upset by Dr Stuart Flaschen, Tempe high school wins for John W. Trimble, and Sunnyside approving a 1420000 bond for construction. Several districts elected new trustees or re-elected leaders amid record turnout.

United Press International Arizona Buckeye Florence Mesa E.C. Husey Donald H. Bahr Gilbert Kenyon Udall William Benedict Tucson Sunnyside H.W. Eytchison Eytchison Carl R. Stevenson Delbert Secrist Howard Gerson Catalina Foothills Overton Bennett Laguna Flowing Wells H. E Gene) Shannon Amphitheater George Morse Richard Moyle Tanque Verde Milton Malchow Robert Seiler

Military Board Blames Neglect In Titan Death

A military board found negligent conditions led to the death of construction worker Donald Sykes at the Tucson Titan missile base Site 11. Supervisors and workers who allowed the hazards were fired, though the names were not released. Sykes, 31, of Bismarck North Carolina, died from burns suffered Thursday after an injury on Saturday.

Military Board Titan Tucson UPI Col Clayton Rust Army Engineers Office Rust Donald Sykes Bismarck Sykes

EAJC To Join College System

Graham County citizens approved joining the state junior college system for Eastern Arizona Junior College. Votes: 1,228 to 29 against to join. 815 to 129 in favor of the $500,000 bond. 778 to 97 in favor for new building sites. Trustee Carl A. Reinemund reelected. Supervisors set Oct 16 to canvass bond results.

Thatcher UPI Graham County Eastern Arizona Junior College EAJC Graham County Board of Supervisors

Another Nuclear Blast By Reds

Stockholm reports another nuclear test by the Reds high in the atmosphere over Novaya Zemlja. The blast timed around 3 31 a m EDT with seismographs noting the event minutes later at 3 37 am EDT per Uppsala seismologic data.

Stockholm Sweden UPID Soviet Union Novaya Zemilja Seismologic Institution Uppsala

Ex Nogales Mayor Dies Unexpectedly

Former Nogales Mayor James V. Robins age 69 died in Tucson after an emergency operation. He served as Nogales mayor for six years and was a longtime Santa Cruz County attorney and Nogales lawyer since 1920.

Tucson UPI Nogales James V. Robins Robins Santa Cruz County

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