Scottsdale Delegates to Kiwanis International Confab
Scottsdale sends Art Torgerson Bill Cleverly and Mort Kimsey as delegates to the Southwest District Kiwanis International convention in Phoenix October 11 to 14. The club also arranges Kiwanis Ladies events and a luncheon style show at Safari Hotel.
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Scottsdale
Kiwanis International
Phoenix
Art Torgerson
Bill Cleverly
Mort Kimsey
Scottsdale Club
Kiwanis
Cleverly
Safari Hotel
Carl Plumb
Jack Contini
Bill Anderson
Westward Ho
Sequoia Fire Under Control
In Kernville California the Sequoia National Forest timber fire was contained after burning 1100 acres. 550 firefighters fought the blaze as dying winds aided containment efforts. No injuries or structural damage were reported and district ranger Jim Tolin noted the fire began Saturday and is one of the largest in the state this year.
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Kernville
Calif
Airborne Division Reunion Scheduled at Saguaro Lake
Scottsdalians who served in the 101st Airborne Division may attend a reunion at 10 a.m. Sunday at Saguaro Lake Ranch. The all day affair 114 miles southeast of the lake invites Screaming Eagles members and families to contact Gordon W. Yates or Richard Meason to reserve.
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101St Airborne Division
Saguaro Lake Ranch
Saguaro Lake
Screaming Eagles
Gordon W. Yates
Richard Meason
Army expands re enlistment policy at Mesa station
Sgt E L Edgar announced new policy allowing re enlistment within two years of discharge at the grade held on discharge. Re enlistment at grade was previously limited to immediate re enlistment or within 90 days. A separate note reports Indian Defense Minister V K Krishna Menon after brain surgery at Montefiore Hospital, 64, improving and expected discharge within a week.
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E. L. Edgar
Mesa Station
Scottsdale
Mesa
Mesa Post Office
New York
UPI
V. K. Krishna Menon
Montefiore Hospital
Designer Of Goldwater's One Of Foremost In Field
The piece profiles Paul Laszlo and his rise from obscurity to fame in Europe and the United States. It notes his work for Bullock's in Beverly Hills and clients like Sonja Henie Betty Hutton William Wyler and Will iam McGaha. It also mentions his exacting standards craftmanship and lavish designs at Goldwater's Fashion Square and elsewhere. It adds a brief health update on James Thurber following a stroke and brain surgery.
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Paul Laszlo
Stuttgart
Germany
Europe
United States
America
Beverly Hills
Calif
Sonja Henie
Betty Hutton
William Wyler
Hollywood
Nanes
William McGaha
New York
California
Palm Springs
Goldwater
Curtis-Wright Firm Union Reach Accord
About 5300 Wright Aeronautical Division employees approve a new contract averting a Wednesday strike. The agreement provides a five cent per hour raise for all, with skilled workers receiving increases up to nine cents per hour.
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Curtis-Wright Firm Union Reach Accord
Paterson, N.J
UPI
Wright Aeronautical Division
Curtiss- Wright Corp
Reds Claim They Won World War II
Moscow reports a new volume in the Soviet history of World War II credits the Russians with victory and says the Soviet Union saved mankind from fascist enslavement. Tass, the Soviet news agency, released the claim on Sunday as the third in its war series.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Soviet Union
Tolivers House of Carpets Promotes Safe Home Carpet Advice
A Tempe ad urges families to improve livability and safety with Tokivers carpeting services. It promotes consultation on form-fit carpeting at Tolivers 1926 Apache Blvd Tempe with staff experienced in installations.
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Tolivers House
Apache Blvd
Tempe
Five Crown Fishing Boat Partner Sinks Off Alaska
A 37 foot fishing vessel named Partner went down about 77 miles northwest of Juneau in a storm with five aboard. Victims include Don Moe and Shirley Moe, their sons Paul and David, and infant Donna from Tacoma Washington. Search efforts recovered Shirley Moe and the two boys. Coast Guard sent divers to retrieve remaining bodies. Four foot seas and possible collision with a rock are cited as factors.
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Juneau
Alaska
UPI
Partner
Here
Don Moe
Shirley
Paul
David
Donna
Tacoma
Wash
Pelican
Moe
Coast Guard
Icy Strait
Government May Supply Emergency Food Stockpile
A government advisory commission urges building a national emergency food stockpile. The National Agricultural Advisory Commission says a food reserve should be a top priority for next year, citing survival as a potential deterrent to nuclear war.
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Washington
UPS
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Congress
Commission
AFL-CIO Council Debates Hoffa Readmission Scenario
The AFL-CIO executive council meets amid Hoffa’s absence to decide on the Teamsters readmission. Debates center on chartering Teamsters locals or denying reintegration as supporters push for reunion and rivals plot a separate union. Michael Quill backs Hoffa, while Beirne lobbies against reintegration.
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New York
UPI
Afl-Cio
James L. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Teamsters
International Union
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Meany
Michael Quill
Transport Workers Union
America
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Sequoia
Airborne Division
Goldwater’s
Fashion Square
Milady
Bullock’s
Southwest
Thurber
James Thurber
Doctor’s Hospital
Reds
Robert L. Bohn
W. Sheridan
The
Phoenix Title and Trust Company
Wyth Scottsdale
Agriculture Department
National Agricultural Advisory Commission
Afl-Cio Council
James Hoffa
Congo
Paul Shank
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