Russia conducts third atmospheric nuclear test in Central Asia
UPI reports AEC confirms another Soviet nuclear device with low to intermediate yield. The explosion occurred in the Semipalatinsk region as in prior tests, in the atmosphere. Observers say the move aligns with a planned series despite Western appeals to halt atmospheric tests.
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Armed Robbery and Burglary Reported in Scottsdale Holiday
Police report a Labor Day weekend burglary at Anderson's Meat Market on McDowell at Miller with $183.12 stolen and $125 damage to the safe. Six masked men forced Kenneth Flower at gunpoint to surrender $161 from the cash drawer at Circle K Market on Hayden near McDowell. escape method unknown.
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Mowrey Seeks Re-Election To Scottsdale School Board
Scottsdale resident Lester Mowrey 53 announced his candidacy for re election to the Scottsdale School Board for the October 3 election. He has served since 1953 on a five man board and is current president. Petitions with 360 signatures must be filed by Sept 22 at the district office.
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Scottsdale School Board
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N. 44Th St
Daily Progress Adds Three Exclusive Features
Scottsdale Daily Progress announces new weekly features for Greater Scottsdale and Phoenix. Barry Goldwater and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt will write three columns weekly, plus Bill Mauldin editorial cartoons four times weekly. The paper will present all sides of issues. Page 12 has more details.
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Scottsdale School Board Talks Bonds for $3 Million Plan
The Scottsdale School Board meets at 7 30 p m to discuss a potential $3 million bond election next month. The plan would buy two school sites build two elementary schools refrigerate six elementary schools and Scottsdale High and add to several others. The full five member board will discuss with one member absent at the last meeting. The session is open to the public at the district education center.
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Scottsale High
Berlin border clash as U S troops fire tear gas grenades
U S soldiers on the Berlin border fired tear gas grenades at East German police after being sprayed by a water hose from across the border. A three man patrol tossed five or six grenades near Sinsheimer and Heidelberger Strasse at 1 30 am. The incident followed a prior warning line drawn inside West Berlin territory and a high level protest with Soviet officials.
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Albert Watson II
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Scottsdale waitress abducted by two hitchhikers
Betty Tucker 37 said two men picked up her car after she gave a ride to a hiker on Indian School Road near 24th Street. She drove about two and a half hours before escaping during a tire change. Warrants issued for auto theft aggravated assault and attempted rape. A separate incident at Busy Boy Burger on Scottsdale Road reported youths assaulting James Flowers and William Gibbs with no arrests.
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Indian School Road
24Th Street
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James Francis Flowers
N.74th Place
William G. Gibbs
E. Cambridge
Nonaligned Summit Ends With Urgent Peace Plea
Belgrade UPI report says the five day conference of nonaligned nations closed with an appeal to Soviet and American leaders for peace and a call to end colonialism.
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Conference of Nonaligned Nations
August Building Tops $1 Million
Scottsdale reported a million-plus construction month in August per City Building Inspector Mason Hewitt. Permits issued totaled $1,303,427 with 127 new residences valued at $1,076,100, including two apartment projects and a service station permit, plus pool and alteration work on homes and commercial structures.
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Mason Hewitt
Now or Never In The Big Progress Subscription Contest
The Scottsdale Daily Progress contest enters its fifth week with a September 27 close date. Top seven win prizes including two 1961 Oldsmobiles and four cash awards. Second period runs to September 18 with third period reducing vote value. Extensions of subscriptions by September 18 may count toward earlier period votes.
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Fannin Pushes Cigaret Tax Increase to Six Cents
Arizona Governor Paul Fannin proposed raising the cigarette tax from two to six cents per pack, citing education funding needs. He estimated over 7 million dollars in new revenue and noted current tobacco tax would lift to more than 10 million annually with the plan.
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UPI
Paul Fannin
Fannin
Arizona
Scottsdale Eastside Street Sweeping Schedule Announced
City Street Superintendent Euel McFarlin announced a three zone street sweeping plan for the newly annexed Scottsdale eastside. Residential areas will be swept every 10 days from north to south city limits.
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Euel McFarlin
Brazil crisis deepens as Goulart blocked from Brasilia arrival
In a tense move Brazil's air force locked down Brasilia Airport delaying Vice President Joao Goulart's entrance to the federal capital. Disruptions followed reports that military leaders promised to guarantee his safety in writing but Congress and acting President Ranieri Mazzilli moved to restrict his inauguration.
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Brazil airfield seizure raises crisis during Goulart visit
Brasilia closed its airport and threatened to shoot down any Goulart plane. An airstrip on a Goulart owned farm near Brasilia was seized to block its use as an emergency airport. Acting president met for 30 minutes with the three armed forces ministers after noon. An official communique on secret talks was expected later today. Deputy Anisio Rocha provided remarks.
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Anisio Rocha
Scottsdale Council to Convene After Eastside Annex Action
The Scottsdale City Council meets at 8 p.m. in the city court room for its first session since the eastside annexation. The freeholders in old city hall also meet at 8 to finalize the Scottsdale city charter. Tempe Board of Adjustment discusses the Scottsdale sewage plant use permit. Bids on two police motorcycles, refunding of community center bonds, engineer’s report on city master maps, and honoring volunteers for the Public Library are on the agenda.
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Board of Freeholders
Old City
Tempe Board of Adjustment
Scottsdale Public Library
Red Court Tags Tourist Guilty in Spying Case
A Fulbright scholar Marvin Makinen of the University of Pennsylvania was sentenced to eight years in a Kiev military court for spying in Russia. He was arrested July 27 while traveling as a tourist and accused of taking pictures of a military objective. Makinen, 23, from Chassel Michigan, family now in Ashburnham Massachusetts, studied at West Berlin's Free University on a U.S. government scholarship. The case follows the 1962 Pow ers 10 year sentence.
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UPI
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Izvestia
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Chassel
Mich
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Ukraine
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Makinen
West Berlin
Free University
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Europe
Poisoned Dogs Reported To Police In Scottsdale
Two dogs found dead near Scottsdale home were taken to a local veterinarian for autopsies after a 17 year old girl reported discovering them. Cyanide poisoning is suspected as investigators test the cause of death.
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Robin Griffith
Orange Blossom Lane
Arbitration Offer Rejected By GM Company
DETROIT UPI The United Auto Workers proposed final and binding arbitration to settle contract differences with General Motors but GM rejected the offer. A strike was set for 10 am Wednesday as the union seeks a settlement mirroring gains in its American Motors pact and GM salaried worker benefits.
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