18 Apr 1973
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Newspaper
Arizona Daily Sun
Location
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1973
Page
1
New York stocks drift lower at midday with the Dow down 1.13 to 992.29 as investors await potential government steps to curb inflation. Declines beat advances 6 to 5 on the NYSE while banks raise prime lending rates to 6 percent.
Susanna Fish aged 79 died in Prescott two years after moving to Mother Warfield's Nursing Home. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Flagstaff Mortuary Chapel with Bishop James Pendleton officiating. Burial in Peaceful Valley Memorial Park.
Flagstaff motorists face flooding from rapid snowmelt with many streets near the Rio de Flag closed due to high water. Water depths reach two to three feet and currents run fast. A woman narrowly escaped when her car stalled on Thorpe Road as the vehicle was swept downstream a short distance.
Local artist Dick Thibodeau will open a one man show at the Upstairs Art Gallery at 8 p.m. today and continue through May 1. The downtown venue at 6% N. San Francisco Street, above McGaugh's News Stand, invites the public to view paintings prints and watercolors at the opening and during the run.
THS Printing aims to expand its nest quality control program to ensure the next possible pore reproduction from The Daily Sun. The move underscores ongoing efforts to improve press standards and output quality across editions.
Coconino County supervisors asked County Attorney Flouroy to determine if EPA road regulations require paving an access road to Forest Service Tract 2. Discussion focused on dust limits and whether 25 cars per day or per hour trigger paving. Residents oppose higher cost estimates for bituminous surfacing around 3300 per lot, delaying an improvement district.
In Oakland Bobby Seale finished a distant second in the mayoral race while incumbent John Reading led unofficial totals but fell short of a majority. Reading won a runoff by four votes as Seale captured 19.25 percent of 110,851 ballots. In Berkeley a moderate liberal slate gained control of city government with three of its four candidates elected, while four radical candidates topped the Berkeley field early and then the liberal slate moved ahead as votes continued to be counted.
In his statement Aveley argues river travel in small boats on the Grand Canyon raises traveler danger and questions environmentalism as elitism. He contends that until thorough study is done river trips may be controlled by guesswork or magic numbers, risking restrictions on access.
An gelignite bomb planted in Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Sydney exploded during evening mass. Thirty worshippers were wounded while ten pews splintered six confessionals were damaged and stained glass windows cracked at the rear. A priest in a confessional suffered broken glass injuries.
The Scottsdale nightclub operator William Spero appealed a 30 day liquor suspension issued by the State Liquor Board. He claims the suspension is illegal unconstitutional and unsupported by evidence. The ruling set to begin May 4 follows hearings in which entertainers allegedly fraternized with patrons and served solid alcoholic beverages.
Farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez plans to appeal to George Meany for AFL-CIO support to stop the Teamsters from taking over field worker contracts in California. He accuses growers and the Teamsters of collusion to crush the United Farm Workers Union and says lettuce growers paid off the Teamsters from 1971 through early 1972 to fund harassment of organizers.
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