Senate group balks at probe into military gagging
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to ask its watchdog panel to monitor whether military leaders are muzzled rather than pursuing Thurmond’s call for a $75,000 special investigation. The decision shifts the focus to the preparedness subcommittee led by Sen. Stennis to oversee related inquiries without hindering Defense Department operations amid crisis.
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Stennis
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Huge Texas Gulf Coast Hurricane Triggers Mass Exodus
The storm drives a modern day exodus with up to half a million fleeing residents. Texas towns including Port Arthur and Galveston face record flooding, with Galveston isolated by 16 foot seawalls as 40 foot waves crash and tides rise ten feet. Red Cross and state authorities report tens of thousands remain.
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Corpus Christi
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Matagorda Bay
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New Orleans
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Soviet Union tests six nuclear blasts amid peace talks hope
The Soviet Union announced a weekend shift toward peace negotiations with the West while two more nuclear explosions occurred near the Arc Island test area. U S officials said the fifth and sixth detonations reached multi‑megaton yields as Khrushchev reiterated readiness to negotiate on terms. A European visit by Nehru saw renewed talk of a Khrushchev Kennedy meeting.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Stalingrad
Lions Club Officers Meet Here Tonight
Papago Kachina and Northeast Phoenix Lions club officers gather with Scottsdale Lions Club for a zone meeting at Valley Ho following Scottsdale’s regular session. Bob Flores presides as Zone 2 chairman, with Dr. Gary Anderson speaking at the dinner. Four new members—Felix Bonnet Harry Walker Ed Devenney and Bob Dawson—will be inducted.
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Kachina
Northeast Phoenix Lions Club
Scottsdale Lions Club
Valley Ho
Scottsdale Club
Bob Flores
Gary Anderson
Arizona State University
J. W. McCune
Felix Bonnet
Harry Walker
Ed Devenney
Bob Dawson
Tornado and Flooding Rain Report Across Several States
A severe weather summary notes a tornado with heavy rain and widespread precipitation. Brookley Air Force Base recorded 1.70 inches in six hours, New Orleans 2.60 inches, and Galveston 2.68 inches ahead of Hurricane Carla. Temperatures and further rainfall marked the day from Wisconsin to New Mexico via the plains.
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Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Galveston
Tex
Plains States
Texas Panhandle
Wisconsin
New Mexico
Bismarck
N. D
Minneapolis
Lincoln
Neb
Russell
Kan
Fargo
Billings
Mont
Local Man Plans Radio Station Opens Stereophonic KEPI
Ward J. Atkinson of Scottsdale plans to launch Arizona's first stereophonic FM station KEPI at 96.9 MHz with studios in Phoenix and a South Mountain transmitter. Program director Herb Johnson will oversee fine arts programming and Barbara Melton joins as public relations director.
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Arizona
Ward J. Atkinson
Second St
KEPI
N. Central
Phoenix
South Mountain
Atkinson
Farmington, Mich
Detroit
Herb Johnson
Fine Arts
Barbara Melton
Veeran
United States
Local Boys Club Opens Season With 1203 Enrolled
The Scottsdale Boys Club started its 1961 fall season with 1,203 enrolled. Daily and Saturday hours are listed with age groups Midgets through Juniors and Seniors. Activities include trampoline, flag football, woodworking, crafts, square dancing, basketball, and various clubs. Special programs include swimming, bowling, horseback riding, rifle club, and Father and Son Night.
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Scottsdale Boys Club
Municipal
Leo Carrillo Dies Of Cancer in California
Santa Monica California actor Leo Carrillo 81 famed for Pancho in The Cisco Kid died of cancer Sunday His physician Dr Adolph Kosky said Carrillo passed away peacefully and had been unconscious since Thursday He had been bed bound since July
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Calif
UPID
Leo Carrillo
California
Pancho
Cisco Kid
Carrillo
Adolph Kosky
Grim search resumes for bodies after Shannon crash
Rescue crews restart at dawn to recover 83 victims from the United States bound President Airlines DC6 wreck in the Shannon River. Sixty three bodies were recovered Sunday night, survivors total only one who died later. The four engine plane departed from Dusseldorf bound for Chicago with European tourists. Airlines named four American crew members and two foreign born stewardesses among the dead.
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UPI
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Germany
Chicago
Midwest
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New York City
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Wales
U. S
Edward Tonnesen
Tonnesen
Guaranty Bank Rolls Out No Passbook Savings Plan
The Guaranty Bank Scottsdale Regional Home Office at 7111 E Camelback offers no passbook savings accounts. The plan is optional and provides a printed receipt with each transaction and quarterly account records. President James P. Simmons says the aim is to speed transactions and reduce trips to the bank and mail loss of a passbook.
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Scottsdale
E. Camelback
James P. Simmons
Guaranty
Weather snapshot for 24 hours to 4am
Temperatures and precipitation totals cover the last 24 hours ending at 4 am. The report notes temperature highs and lows and any rainfall or snowfall amounts recorded during the period.
Mrs Gallagher Rosary Tonight for Adelaide Gallagher
Rosary will be recited at 8 tonight at Messinger Mortuary Chapel for Adelaide Mary Gallagher 76 who died Saturday at her daughter's home. Requiem Mass at 9 tomorrow at St Theresa's Church East Thomas Phoenix Interment St Francis Cemetery. She was born December 9 1884 in Jackson Michigan and moved to Scottsdale with her daughter 242 months ago from Tampa. She is survived by two sons Judge Edward J Gallagher and Joseph W Gallagher both of Detroit six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Adelaide Mary Gallagher
Marjorie Meyers
Patricia Lane
St. Theresa’s Church of
East Thomas
Phoenix
St. Francis Cemetery
Gallagher
Jackson
Mich
Scottsdale
Tampa
Fla
Meyers
Edward J. Gallagher
Joseph W. Gallagher
Detroit, Mich
Kennedy's Bill Agenda Faces Delays In Congress
UPI reports action on President Kennedy's major requests, with foreign aid and education facing mixed progress. The House and Senate weigh bills on postal rates, health care, tax revisions, and defense, while several items await next year action or consensus.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Senate Extends Bracero Program to 1963
The Senate approved a two year extension of the Mexican bracero labor program after tightening wage and work rules. Passes 75 to 9 and returns to the House for approval of changes. The program, begun in 1951, runs through December 31 1963 for seasonal fruit and vegetable farm labor.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Udall Lands Plan Praised for Recreation and Grazing Change
In Phoenix UPI reports enthusiastic backing for Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall's new multiple use plan for Bureau of Land Management lands. Hugh Woodward of Albuquerque New Mexico, director of the National Wildlife Federation, praised Udall for courage and determination in recognizing recreation needs and ending grazing domination on BLM lands.
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Phoenix
UPI
Stewart L. Udall
Bureau of Land Management
Hugh Woodward
Albuquerque
N.M
National Wildlife Federation
Udall
Eisenhower Hosts Freshman GOP Congressmen at Gettysburg
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower guided a tour for new Republican House members at the Gettysburg battlefield near his farm. He later delivered a pep talk on next year's elections during an informal luncheon with a Q and A session.
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Gettysburg
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP House
Eisenhower
Robert E. Lee
Pickett
GOP
White House
Blue whale noted as largest animal on Earth
The blue whale is described as the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Records show specimens reaching 108 feet in length and 13114 tons in weight. Blue whales inhabit the world's colder seas.
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