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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1972
Page
4
A powerful bomb exploded inside the 12th floor of the Cuban Trade Commission offices in northeast Montreal shortly after 12 30 a m EST killing a Cuban employee. Police evacuated the building and warned of possible additional devices as investigators assess the damage and security implications.
A Cessna 182 en route from Vail Colorado to Phoenix crashed on a knoll in Papago Park. Pilot William Lee Williams and three passengers Dr Leonard Knox Frank Higgen and Ron Wilhelm were injured. All four were treated at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Williams and a nearby passenger suffered cuts from flying glass. The plane was extensively damaged.
The 15th annual Fun Field and Carnival Day at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School on Miller Road runs Sunday from 1 to 5 30 p m. Cartoonist Bil Keane hosts as emcee. A Wheelery bicycle door prize is drawn from tickets for students in school or education classes. Proceeds support continuing education through junior high.
Kindergarten and first grade registration runs today through April 14 at Campo Bello Larkspur Desert Cove and Roadrunner schools. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parents must show proof of age for new enrollees.
Scottsdale Public Library will begin an expanded service for physically and visually handicapped readers next week. The Talking Books program provides long playing recordings and earphone controlled players to read books and magazines, including classics, fiction, current events and sports, through partners Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Arizona State Division of Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired and Arizona Easter Seal Society. The library also offers home delivery for the aged and a large type collection for impaired vision.
Curtis Nordwall the first Democrat to announce for the new Fourth Congressional District will address Scottsdale Community College’s Indian Community course Thursday at 7 p.m. in the drama room of the Student Center. Nordwall, Arizona’s first American Indian candidate for Congress, recently resigned as executive director of the Arizona Indian Centers and the Ira Hayes Memorial Foundation. Randy Eubanks, SCC sociology instructor, says the public is invited.
Dr. Michael Lane of Atlanta leads a six man American team that flew to Belgrade to aid Yugoslav authorities against a smallpox outbreak that has killed 22. The doctors brought 24 vaccine injector guns capable of inoculating 1,000 persons per hour.
Ferde Grofe longtime composer and arranger known for Grand Canyon Suite died at his Santa Monica home aged 80. His career shaped 20th century American music blending land and jazz idioms into concert works. Funeral services were planned for Wednesday.
Good News Paper publisher Bill Bailey announces the weekly will cease publication after 16 months of operation in Fair Oaks California. He cites inability to pay bills despite readers in all 50 states and nine foreign countries and a lack of national advertisers. Bailey says he may work on political campaigns this year.
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