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EVERYBODY READS GRAND CANYON INFORMATION PAGE 4 Weather Report High 88 Low 60 Sunrise Tomorrow 5:24 No. 49 WILLIAMS, ARIZONA, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1960 VOLUME. FIVE ruin til Little League Champs BERLIN (UPI) The East German Communists increased their diplomatic pressure on West Berlin today in a new indication, of a possible Red move against the free city before the U.S. presidential elections. The West Berlin newspaper Tel-graf reported Sunday Communists planned to move against West Berlin and said it received reliable reports that East German.

Communist leader Walter Ul-bricht has organized storm troopers for an assault. Previous reports in Bonn have told of a major buildup of Communist armed forces circling Berlin and sources in Washington -have reports- that. Communists 'may against: the Western outpost. "-The situation was becoming so" tense that a government spokesman in the German" Parliament would not meet in West' Berlin 'this' fall, apparently because of Soviet threats to move against the city if it does. 1 West.

Berlin Willy Brandt, vacationing in Aus- tria, told the West Berlin newspaper B. Z. today, he would abandon his campaign to becoriie and remain in the city aa mayor if a new Berlin crisis The. new diplomatic pressure by the Communists came in the form of a memorandum to all the nations that took part in the war against Nazi Germany. It was issued mark, 15th anniversary tomorrow Potsdam (Continued on Page Eight) The first cargo of a purchase of one million gallons of water from the city of Williams was shipped to Grand Canyon today.

'Fifteen carloads, approximately 150,000 gallons of the precious commodity went out by train this morning to supplement a diminishing supply at Grand Canyon village. Grand. Canyon has depended on waterYrom. Indian Gardens springs a. source down in the and the water is pumped to the rim.

due to an' ever increase ing number visitors to the Canyon, and an increase in permanent residents there, the supply of w-ater no longer meets the demand. The. utilities' head -at the Cam-yon has asked to. buy one million-gallons of -water from Williams, whether they will require more after, this committment is filled was not. known by the Williams city officials.

The Santa Fe has disposed of an old water tank, a 2-4 foot in diameter, and 60. foot high, metal container, -to Mike Adams. The (Continued on-Page -Eight)- Camera Club Williams Camera Club members and guests spent. Sunday afternoon in a volcanic cone formation region north of Red Lake, taking pictures and enjoying a pot luck lunch. Attending were Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Mitten and two the Rev. and Mrs. Robert Pearson arid children, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Way, Mrs. Frankie Miller, Allyn Cureton, Frank Fuller and Art Bickford. Mr. Bickford is a millwright for Fisher Construction Company, currently employed at EPNG compressor station. This is the Winslow team that fought its way to the.

top of the little League tournament held here July 27 through 30. They will represent district' No. 1 at a state meet in Cool- idge August 4. Back row: coach Robert Hansen, Bill Cherry, Floyd Tay- lor Mike. Lopez; Artie Griffith, W.

O. Butch Hardy, Bill Luther, Emmett Ateyse, manager Archie F. Meikle. Front row, Ronnie Taylor, Jerry Peart, (bat boy) Larry Benham, Rusty Meikle, Keith Rhodes, Robert Short, John Garnett and Richard Smith. rl i EDITORIAL CHAT By Frank E.

Wells i Something To Think Over The Daily News is in. receipt of the following communication from the Maricopa County Taxpayers Association TO WHOM IT MAY CON-SERN: The distribution of sales tax revenues has been a bone of contention since Arizona enacted its first sales tax law. The Maricopa County Taxpayers Association has steadily maintained that the sales tax revenue should be traded to the state for its right to levy any property tax; but since this has not been done, allocation of the amount returned to the.coun-ties could be more properly made on the basis of amount collected in each county. (Continued on Page Eight) Revival Services Open At Calvary Baptist Church A foreign government, the governing body of a church and a Supreme Court decision, are all contrary to the best interests of the American people, Rev. Wes-( Continued on Page Eight) Nixon After One Days Rest Plunges Into Campaign WASHINGTON UPI Vice President Richard M.

Nixon, after only one days rest from his strenuous nomination week, today plunged into campaign strategy sessions before taking off Tuesday on his first stumping tour. The GOP presidential nominee scheduled a round of conferences with his vice presidential running Henry Cabot Lodge, Lodge, his campaign manager, former. GOP National chairman Leonard Hall, and aides. Nixons -press secretary, Herbert Klein, was expected to announce more details of the candi dates first campaign tour, a four-day swing through Hawaii, California, Nevada and Washington State. Tile vice president, his wife Pat', md their daughters Julie and Tri-(Continued on Page Four) I i 4 sWiV.

II tell yuh, I was the most woman last' Saturday morning! Here I Ihad' planned to advantage of a heap of those specials advertised toy Babbitts Safeway, and there I was one day late on account, of and I fl. gered to git to the stores that a. m. before everything dun got sold out. Sw there I' wuz at the crossing on Second street already to fill the old- bus wit eatables, and did cross ever in a hurry? Not so nobuddy kould noUce! The gates wuz down, although the tracks wuz clear.

It turned out they wuz a freight drawed up out of site, to the' east and it had -dun throwed down the gaits. Well I figered after that frait had stood a. gates wood raise (Continued on Page Four) Yavapai Officers Seek Identity Body of GM PRESCOTT UPI Yavapai county sheriffs officers are trying to identify the. body, of six height year old girl, found badly decomposed 30 miles from' Wick-enburg yesterday. An inquest was scheduled at 10 ra.m.

today. The body; was found by Russell Allen of Las Vegas, a tech-er. It was half buried in sand in Yavapai county, one-half mile west of Highway 93 on Alamo county road northwest of tick-enburg. (Continued on Page Eight) Locals Miss Fern Rigg, secretary of the Williams Public Schools returned -this weekend from a vacation trip which took her to Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and in general just here and there according to Miss Rigg. and Mrs.

Elmer Creviston and children arrived recently-from Kansas. Mr. Creviston is a member of the Williams High. School faculty. (Continued on Page.

Eight) Kennedy Plans Active Campaign Sees Party Heads HYANNIS Mas: UPI Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy scheduled meetings at his summer home here today iwith Rep. Chester A. Bowles Conn, one of his top foreign policy advisers, and with Bernard Boutin, a'" candidate for the Democratic gub'erhatorial nomination in New The meetings with Boutin and Bowles started a busy third and final week here for Kennedy, who had combined sun and sea work and rest in a vacation prior to the. August session of Congress and the fall campaign.

(Continued on Page Eight) Sultana Theater Benefit Show August 10 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones will be shown at The Sultana Theatre day, Aug. 10 for the benefit of the Swimming Pool Fund. There will be two shews, first at 7 and the last at 9. -Harry. L.

Nace. of. Phoenix is donating 'the film, also the use of the theatre and The Sultana employees are donating their services. (Continued on Page Eight) Winslow Wins Little League Tourney Spectators jammed the Little League ball field Saturday afternoon and saw Winslow hand defending champs Kingman a 5-1 defeat to win the district 1 championship. The new champions will compete- with other district winners from Arizona in a regional meet at Coolidge beginning August 4.

Roster for the winning Winslow team is manager, Archie F. Meikie; coach, Robert Hanson; players. Rusty Meikie, Larry Benham, John Garnett, Ronnie Taylor, Keith Rhodes, R. J. Short, Richard Smith, Butch Hardy, Lloyd Taylor, Bill -Luther, Bill Cherry, Arlie Griffith, Mike Lopez, Emmett AJyse, Ricky Donnelly, alternate, Walter Van, alternate, Jerry Peart, bat boy.

Kingman, David Hatton, Heber Nelson, Samuel. Bender, Caleb (Continued on Page Eight) Oscar Oppliger Champion Golfer Just lucky Oscar Oppliger modestly said of his skill on the links that won -him the Country Club mens championship Sunday. Jack Settles came out second best. In the first flight M. L.

Johnson was first with Paul Miller second. Second flight, Melvin Bed-do, first; George Curry, second, Third E. O. Messimer, first, Eddie Hoffmeyer, second. The womens final rounds are not yet completed and neither is the teen age championship round, but will be finished this week.

Dick, and Jim Bowie are contesting for first place -in the teen bracket. Bill Weigel on the consolation in this category. June Ely is defending Womens Champion. Jack Arnold Coming Tuesday To The Shalimar Jack Arnold and the Flames will be at. the Shalimar Ballroom, Tuesday, Aug.

2 for dancing from 8 to 1. This personable young Texan who learned to strum a guitar in France is booming totheYoref ront ai leader of a piping hot ri l-oll band. (Continued on Page-Eight) Fire Damages Trailer Fire belived to have started from a cooler, damaged the inte'-ior of a company trailer at the M-K court about Friday night. Williams Volunteer Fire Department answered the call and' extinguished the flames. There were unconfirmed reports that as many as 100 Africans had been killed in the fighting.

Report 300 Killed In London, the Daily Herald reported in a dispatch from Luluabourg that 300 had been killed and that 100,000 starving natives were fleeing villages and towns United Nations forces from Tunisia were sent into Kasai Province last week and it was feared they might have to start using force to put down the battling. (Continued on Page Eight) ASKS U. S. HELP Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba (left) is greeted by Secretary of State Christian Herter upon his arrival Washington. Lumumba scheduled talks with U.

S. officials on the future of his strife-torn young nation. In an airport asked for the U. S. to- help make the Congo a unified strong and democratic country.

TRIBAL WARFARE IN CONGO MAY INVOLVE UN TROOPS LOTS FOR SALE IN Beautijul Kaihcdi- Zitatei. LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo ITPI -Tribal warfare in Kasai Province threatened today to involve some of the 10.000 United Nations troops in the Congo inac-tiual combat. Reports from Luluabourg said members of the rival Lulua and Baluba had taken advantage of the general Congo chaos to reopen their ancient feuding. The battling was reported to be heaviest in the Tshikapa region where Belgian paratroopers intervened last week to relieve a group of menaced Europeans. Title Guaranteed by Northern Arizona Title $1995.00 75 ft.

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