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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1961
Page
3
MIDCO Real Estate Research and Development Corporation opens at 525 N. Brown Winfield Scott Plaza Scottsdale. Dorothy Miller and Ronald C. Darrow lead the venture offering land use surveys development and leasing services for Maricopa County with plans to expand statewide. Darrow brings 15 years in land research and aims to aid city and county agencies and planning officials.
Tree ring cores from juniper logs in a tomb believed to belong to King Midas in Turkey will be examined at the University of Arizona Tucson. Dr Bryant Bannister of the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research collected the samples from excavations in Turkey to determine the wood ages using university dating methods. Estimated age of the material is 700 to 800 B C.
AiResearch scientists announce a compact space power plant for missile launching described in Aviation Week. The device, about the size of a telephone booth, initially yields 300000 watts and can be expanded to one million watts, with operation planned for outer space.
Gus tav Smith Jr. 34 of Mountain View dug a more than six foot deep hole on Carmel Beach to change into his swimsuit. He began a side tunnel and was buried when sandy sides collapsed. wife Claire 31 and two children watched as rescuers tried for 15 minutes.
The University of Arizona renews a three year study into yerba del mansa a desert plant used by natives for centuries The project led by Dr Jack R Cole from the college of pharmacy receives a 6325 grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute to test the herb for anti tumor properties.
In Berlin East Germany the Communist regime urged 17 million people to halt Western broadcasts. FDJ members were ordered to patrol communities and report any antenna pointed at Western transmitters. The state erected a wall on Aug 13 isolating citizens from Western media amid persistent radio and TV access still allowed.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon recorded a 155 yard hole in one on the Bel-Air Country Club third hole using a five iron and joked it surpassed his election wins. He played with actor Randolph Scott, former California Rep Donald Jackson and C G Rebozo from Miami. The shot fell on National Hole in One Day and Nixon was to receive a medal from the PGA.
SAN FRANCISCO. Winds subsided as 5,400 firefighters pushed containment. Only seven of 171 fires remained uncontained, mostly in Northern California, with 150,000 acres burned and 150 structures destroyed. One borate bomber pilot killed. several injuries reported.
Scottsdale investigator Buster Shaver warns that bad checks and shoplifting rise as heat wanes. Merchants should report all incidents and follow four do nots and do’s to deter fraud and protect cash. He notes weekend and holiday fraud spikes and cautions on identification and out of state checks.
Billie Otis Harris a Scottsdale CPA with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. has been elected as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The announcement highlights his Phoenix office affiliation and professional standing.
The Agriculture Department reports a record 14 million of 46 million schoolchildren will receive lunches this year under the national program started in 1946. Federal contributions reach about 268 million dollars with 98.6 million in cash grants and 69.4 million in food purchases.
In Hawkesbury area near Cornwall Ontario a car from Utica New York collided with a truck killing three occupants Arthur Louis 64 his wife Louella 60 and Gladys Kilts 60.
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