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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1971
Page
1
Phoenix (UPI) The Arizona Court of Appeals rules a prisoner may receive workmen's compensation, conflicting with the state Industrial Commission policy that barred inmates from compensation. The ruling sets a precedent affecting how prison labor cases are handled.
Dale Carter incoming city manager announced the well serving the Indian Bend Water Company, about nine years old, was shut temporarily for flushing after sediment, mainly sand, appeared in pools and homes near 82nd Street and Camelback Road. Public Works Director Marc Stragier led the investigation.
An 18-year-old Scottsdale man was cited for possessing liquor and presenting a false identification at Meadow Bar on McDowell Road. John Asta of 72nd Place was found drinking in the bar after 8 p.m. Tuesday by Department of Public Safety agents.
Scottsdale police investigate two burglaries with total losses of 795 dollars. Gail Levinson home at 4701 N 68th St reported April 4 to Tuesday thefts including a television, two radios, stereo, tape player and tapes valued 695 dollars. Rosa Childress home at 6731 E 2nd St reported a 3 PM Monday to 4 PM Tuesday entry via forced sliding door theft of a 100 dollar television.
Scottsdale police investigated five accidents Tuesday with no injuries. Incidents included a three car crash at 7001 E Wilshire at 11 p m a two car crash at 11th Street and Indian School Road at 3 45 p m a one car crash in an alley behind 1208 N 66th St a two car collision at Scottsdale and McDonald Drive at 7 55 a m and a collision of two cars and a pickup at Indian School Road and Rose Circle Drive.
Rep Brock Adams of Washington will speak at the Towne House Friday at a luncheon hosted by the Nucleus Club the main fundraising arm of the Democratic Party in Maricopa County. Adams will discuss foreign policy to a guest audience of interested Democrats.
Five inmates were killed and nine wounded during an escape attempt and subsequent riot at the national penitentiary in Manila, according to prison officials.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at 4350 N 84th Pl Tuesday at 11 30 a m destroying a 30 ft fence valued 150. Scottsdale police partially extinguished the Homer Golden residence fire with the cause undetermined. A car owned by J G Steinbeck at 8309 E Indian School suffered 200 interior damage in a 5 21 p m blaze under investigation.
Scottsdale Planning Commission approved five items including a Village Inn use permit on Indian School Road and an educational space expansion at Glass and Garden Church. It denied two rezonings on McDonald Drive and Buckboard Trail and continued another to April 27.
Maricopa County deputies say a Brahma bull charged through a living room window at Edith Burger’s home on 7601 E Burger Lane north of Pinnacle Peak Road. Deputy Robert McCullom and Deputy Alan Weiss were forced to shoot the animal after it menaced them while awaiting a livestock inspector. The bull’s value and motive remain unclear.
Phoenix UPI reports undercover agents and 150 volunteer marshals will monitor a Chicago concert at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Coliseum officials threaten a rock ban if drugs appear, after last October incidents.
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