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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1973
Page
1
Paradise Valley officials debated steps to boost law enforcement including adding six deputies over five years and cutting response times to 15 minutes. A 7 minute 4 second average was noted with a five minute goal, plus a crime emergency line to involve residents.
Rep John J Rhodes urged a presidential commission to investigate Watergate bugging amid damage to Nixon and GOP images. He said he did not doubt congressional committees as fact finders. The Phoenix note reports Senate approval of 15 million for new university construction, to be voted on and returned to the House for potential conference.
A 48 year old Mesa man Alred Alroy Campbell was arrested in the First National Bank of Arizona branch parking lot on suspicion of bank robbery. Police recovered all money taken in the holdup and he was booked into the city jail.
The State Corporation Commission reports weather in Northern Arizona has caused a backlog of unfilled telephone orders. Mountain Bell says most pending orders are in Prescott Flagstaff Sedona and Cottonwood.
The National Weather Service warns blowing dust this afternoon with variable clouds. A 20 percent chance of measurable precipitation is forecast tonight and Saturday, with gusty winds easing by Saturday and highs near 80 after overnight lows around 50.
Maricopa County Recorder Paul N. Marston rejected responsibility for poll list mistakes in Scottsdale elections and accused Henry H. Haws of falsehoods. He claimed errors stemmed from programming and that override lists used a Phoenix company computer, while Tuesday lists came from county data processing. Rep. Ruth Peck criticized the office as a mess and cited $200,000 spent to fix problems.
Donald S. Spaulding 60 former ASU College of Business Administration instructor died Wednesday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Cremation follows a 11 a.m. Saturday service at Messinger Mortuary. Survivors include Wanda his wife two sons Lt Cmdr Robert Spaulding and William and three grandchildren. Memorials suggested to the American Heart Association. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary. He was born in Carrollton Tl and retired after World War II and Korea. He lived seven years in Scottsdale from Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana. He was a Duke and University of Maryland graduate and a Mason. His son Robert served with the Navy in Naples Italy.
Mrs. Alice A Ford 45 dies at Scotts dale Memorial Hospital. Services set for 1 p m Saturday at Green Acres Mortuary 401 N Hayden Rd. Interment Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Survivors include husband Richard daughter Sharilyn two sons Ricky Danny sister Kay Kinder all of Scottsdale mother Alice I Adams of Lake Havasu City and grandmothers Catherine Adams of South Gate and Ruby Lyon of Huntington Park Calif.
John O. Lynn 65 native of Taylor County Texas died Thursday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He came to Arizona in 1962 from Texas, was a retired farmer, and a member of Biltmore Church of the Nazarene. Survived by daughter Vernette Pemberton of Paradise Valley, two brothers, three sisters out of state, and two grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Green Acres Mortuary with interment in Green Acres Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Ted Warner makes final adjustments on daughter Wendy's dress ahead of a Wednesday night fashion show at Hopi School. All outfits worn in the event are handmade by the mothers or other relatives of the students.
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