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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1966
Page
7
About 2,000 police and soldiers used clubs and tear gas to push anti American rioters back to Saigon’s main Buddhist pagoda, the violence focal point. rioters attacked several Americans during repeat charges.
The Miami bound cruiser Yarmouth Castle caught fire and sank about 125 miles northeast of Miami while en route to Nassau. Officials report 99 lives lost in the disaster, the worst in the area in years.
The Salt River Reservation Indians will operate a new sanitary landfill for Scottsdale and Mesa starting early next week after delivery of a $70,000 Caterpillar bulldozer. The tribal team will dig trenches, level trash, and reclaim land, with the cities leasing the site and realizing potential savings in dumping costs.
Courtney Boothe, chair, announces the annual Easter Egg Hunt for children up to 12 at Community Park corner Second St and Ball Park Plaza. Eggs have been boiled and dyed 300 dozen for Saturdays 10 a.m. start with prizes for top three in each size division.
Court sessions were postponed by mutual agreement as depositions proceed. Ki principal William Barton remains on sick leave since February 24 amid allegations of fund misuse, with board president Ly man Davidson confirming his status and salary.
IUE complaint states Motorola refused leafleting access on company property. John Haynes of IUE AFL-CIO says the case tests union access to private property for organizing and predicts no strikes in Valley recruitment drive. Motorola officials cite post ed property rules and safety concerns regarding traffic on McDowell Road.
Glendale resident David Lee Abbott 24 died at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital from head injuries after a fall while working on the roof of the Valley Presbyterian Church under construction at Quail Run Road and McDonald Drive Paradise Valley. Abbott, a carpenter for Redden Construction Co., slipped about 30 feet to a sand covered floor witnesses said. Funeral arrangements were pending at a Glendale mortuary.
Anthony Tomas appeared in court on a robbery charge and, during a continued hearing, attempted to visit his wife Anita and was held in contempt. Judge Herbert Friedlund sentenced him to a year in jail for the act, while Tomas argued kissing was not visiting.
Space scientists prepared the Star gazer satellite for a May moonshot after an Atlas Centaur rocket failed Thursday night. The troubled launch system had endured four prior test failures while officials hoped for a breakthrough with hydrogen fuel technology.
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