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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1964
Page
5
In eastern Belgium during the doctors’ strike at day 11, chicken pox mumps measles and scarlet fever were reported among children. Parents are urged to keep children from schools as Easter vacation ends Monday. Government talks on a medical plan remain at a stalemate.
The Coast Guard reports locating two fliers from a plane ditched 105 miles northeast of Hilo Hawaii. J. B. Gardner of Manila and Victor Ross of Hayward California were in a life raft and appeared to be in good condition. A rescue craft is en route to pickup the pair.
About 150 prisoners rioted at the Dade County jail. Inmates damaged windows and furniture, flooded a cellblock, and assaulted several inmates before 70 extra deputies moved in to quell the disturbance.
President Johnson announced the Air Force A-11 flew at 2000 mph beating the Soviet record of 1675 mph. He added that about 75 percent opposed Alabama Governor George Wallace in Wisconsin and welcomed Khrushchev’s praise as an effort to seek world peace.
Washington GOP governors arrived for meetings and weighed presidential options with many staying noncommittal. Arizona's Paul Fanning and Oklahoma's Henry Belmon favored Goldwater, while New York's Nelson Rockefeller backed Rockefeller.
In Washington the five federal mediators named by President Johnson renewed efforts to avert a nationwide rail strike. They met with union representatives in the White House fish room while planning separate talks with railroad executives as a 15 day strike moratorium looms.
In Phoenix a public accommodations bill to ban racial discrimination failed in the state Senate after civil rights group demonstrations outside the Capitol. Sen. Glenn Blansett of Navajo County declared the measure dead and took responsibility, citing pressure from demonstrations that blocked access to the chambers.
Weather remains fair with high 88 today and 90 Sunday and a low of 52 tonight. U.S. Weather Observer Greene notes a 58 degree low while pressure group tactics loom. Senate majority leader Giss fails to win support for a state human relations commission substitute. The session reaches its 90th day and likely extends into next week with overtime.
The Scottsdale School District negotiates for 18 diesel buses to replace 23 gasoline ones, aiming for a September conversion. Flowers says the move could save about 500000 over 10 years, with 81000 annual operating savings and fuel efficiency gains.
In Norfolk Virginia a 61 year Army career ends as General Douglas MacArthur is buried after a 1 hour 20 minute ceremony. The service includes a 19 gun salute three rifle volleys and taps at 10 36 a.m. His widow Jean Faircloth MacArthur receives the folded flag as troops and a large crowd honor the late five star general. The procession moves to St Pauls Church for burial rites before returning to the memorial for final flag placement and military honors. The day marks the 13th anniversary of his relief from Far East commands in 1951.
Scottsdale property owners may file requests by May 15 for special consideration under the 1962 zoning ordinance. The council seeks to correct inequities by rezoning land to its pre ordinance status where appropriate. Other actions include sewering townhouses with non metal cables under firewalls, issuing bids for a police department addition, and hearings on West Main Street paving assessments.
Barnard Luce, 50, pleaded not guilty to interstate transportation of counterfeit securities in a $4 million alleged scheme. Indicted by a federal grand jury, he was freed on $15,000 bond, with trial to be set later. George Murray of Scottsdale Associates Realty Corp. said Luce resigned as an officer after arrest.
Eight hundred teens rioted for over an hour in Boston when a gang tried to crash a dance. Eleven teens were arrested for rioting. David Crichlow, 17, charged with assault and battery for biting an officer. Two officers treated at hospital.
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