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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1961

Page

2

Five Deaths Recorded On State Roads

Five deaths raise Arizona's yearly road toll to 396 with multiple crashes across the state. A Phoenix man Leonard Washburn 61 dies after running a red light into a cement truck. Other fatalities include David Pope 58 of Grants New Mexico and Robert Gappiner 39 of Chandler in Ehrenberg area. Airman Michael Emde 22 of Ventura California dies when a sports car overturns near Nogales. William McCurdy 60 dies two miles east of Douglas after loss of control reportedly caused by a wasp. Three injured in various crashes.

United Press International Arizona Phoenix Nogales Douglas Leonard Thomas Washburn Washburn Bob Miller David Cullen Pope Grants N.M Robert Dale Gappiner Chandler Ehrenberg Michael Emde Ventura Calif William Lawrence McCurdy U.S Pope Gappinger Ray Walter Finnimor Oakland Finnimor Miller

Slayers Gun Given Tests

Pima County authorities run ballistics on a 22 caliber rifle tied to a prospector slaying near Patagonia and an earlier confession by Steve Jackson and Ronald Goodyear of cattle rustling. The gun may relate to the 8 year old Margarita Bejarno abduction and murder discovered near a bridge north of Tucson.

Tucson UPI Pima County Patagonia Little Marguerita Bejarno Steve Jackson Ronald Goodyear Maurice Powell Margarita Bejarno

Teamsters Union Rejected As Agent

In Muskegon Michigan workers at Brunswick Corp chose the International Association of Machinists over James R Hoffa’s Teamsters in an NLRB election. Out of about 1 600 eligible production workers 987 voted for the IAM and 385 for the Teamsters. About 225 did not vote.

Muskegon, Mich UPI Brunswick Corp James R. Hoffa Teamsters Union National Labor Relations Board International Association of Machinists Teamsters

Rayburn Surfaces From Pneumonia to Resume Cancer Treatment

Dallas doctors report House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 79, recovered from pneumonia enough to sit up and receive resumed cancer therapy after a period of coma and high fever. A Baylor physician said the recovery is unusual while noting Rayburn has not been told he has cancer.

Dallas, Tex UPI Sam Rayburn Rayburn Robert F. Short Jr Baylor University Medical Center Short Dallas

Boy Scout Troop Plans Camp Out To Snow Bowl

Scout leader Bill Norrid says Scout Troop 346 will depart for a three day camp-out at the snow bowl in the San Francisco Peaks. Two log book boxes prepared one at the pass for tomorrow night and another atop the peak Sunday morning. About 20 scouts and four adults expected.

Scottsdale Boy Scout San Francisco Peaks Bill Norrid

Realtors Seek Repeal Of Tax In Arizona

The Arizona Association of Realtors calls for repeal of the state inventory tax while preserving revenue from other sources. President Thomas W. Jessup says the policy favors repeal only if substitutes tax revenue from non real property gains. Merchants complain the tax is unfair and harms business by depleting inventories.

The Arizona Association of Realtors

Scottsdale Lions Plan Christmas Baskets Program

The Scottsdale Lions commit to provide Christmas baskets again. At the next meeting, directors vote to start collecting food cans or 25 cent contributions to fund the baskets for Yuletide.

Scottsdale Lions Yuletide

Hoffa Denies Communist Ties Before Senate Probe

UPI report states James R. Hoffa testified before the Senate internal security subcommittee denying links to Communists. He defended Teamster alliances with Bridges on the West Coast longshoremen and the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. He insisted he is not a Communist and rejected newspapers’ linking him to Communist enterprises.

Washington UPI James R. Hoffa Senate Hoffa Internal Security Subcommittee West Coast Longshoremen’s Union Harry Bridges International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers

Combat Ready U S Troops Disembarking at German Port

Nine hundred combat ready U S troops began disembarking in Bremerhaven to join units across West Germany as part of President Kennedy s orders to reinforce Western forces in Europe amid Cold War tensions. The Gen Gen Buckner transported them to the port, with 500 already landed in Cherbourg, France.

U.S Bremerhaven Germany UPI West Germany Kennedy West Berlin Simon B. Buckner Cherbourg France

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