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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1969
Page
7
In Palm Springs California police using tear gas riot guns and mounted officers cleared about 2500 campers from Tahquitz Canyon after warnings from a helicopter. Dozens arrested and 1000+ still holed up on upper slopes as authorities plan further action while enforcing a stricter policy toward minors and parents.
Rumors of a April 4 1969 quake alarm residents despite reassurances from USGS and seismologists. Experts led by Dr Charles Richter dismiss the claims as bunk while fear spreads among parents and children across the Los Angeles area.
Ralph Radcliffe of Scottsdale has been named chairman of the 1970 United Fund campaign to be conducted this fall in Greater Phoenix Glendale and Scottsdale. He will assist general chairman Karl Eller in organizing directing and working on the drive. Radcliffe is a Phoenix arts and civic leader with ties to the Valley of the Sun Convention Bureau Western Art Associates of Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Rotary Boy Scouts SEAL and Phi Delta Theta. He is a past president of Phoenix Rotary and past officer of the Sales Executive Club. The Radcliffe family resides at 7713 B Medlock.
The Union of Czech Journalists rejected Communist Party claims that mass media sparked anti Soviet outbreaks and said new censorship would weaken public confidence. The union supported the party leadership in its crisis with the Soviet Union but did not back the censorship program imposed on Wednesday.
Christians from the United States and many nations walked the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem while Jews prayed at the Wailing Wall. The 14 Stations of the Cross led to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Jesus is believed to have risen. Tensions lingered from the 1967 war as Arab shopkeepers noted fewer pilgrims and tourists amid regional strife and recent earthquakes. Vatican reports emphasize Pope Paul VI lamenting church discord and Jesus' death.
A dropped cigarette lighter blamed by firemen for a blaze that damaged a rented car in Scottsdale. R. V. Wilson, the driver, allegedly dropped the lighter, igniting the front seat at Scottsdale Road and 1st Avenue around 4 54 p.m. The incident caused about 700 in damage. Nearby hay stacks valued at 450 burned early today at 86th Street north of Van Buren, with firefighters saving adjacent piles. A brush fire at 76th Street and McDowell Road and a trash container fire behind 4845 North Granite Reef Road produced no injuries or damage.
UPI reports 23 South Vietnamese and 1 American killed with 53 injured in a CH47 Chinook crash in the far northwest of South Vietnam during a six week offensive. The incident marked the war's costliest helicopter disaster at the time.
Readers with the word free after their name in the classified section can claim two free tickets to Cinema 1 Theatre at Tower Plaza by visiting the Progress and proving the appearance date and location.
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