Alligator Captured On Coronado High School Grounds
A four foot alligator was captured Sunday on Coronado High School grounds after neighbors reported children throwing rocks at it. Scottsdale police and Mesa officers traced the escape from a nearby alligator farm where hundreds of reptiles had been left without a keeper. The humane society assisted briefly before the animal was returned to the farm.
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Coronado High School
Mesa
Scottsdale
Arizona Humane Society
Mesa Farm
The
Humane Society
Arizona Canal
Granite Reef
McDonald Dr
Estes Sentenced To 15 Year Term For Mail Fraud Conspiracy
U S District Judge R E Thomason sentenced Billie Sol Estes to 15 years in prison on four counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy in El Paso Texas The case centers on a $24 million swindle involving nonexistent ammonia tanks and mortgage fraud Estes argued innocence and remains free on bond The judge called the fraud one of the nation’s largest and noted he faces a total 23 year federal and state penalties with related counts still to be tried
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
U.S
R. E. Thomason
Billie Sol Estes
Tyler
Estes
Thomason
Superior (Tank) Manufacturing Co
Amarillo
Superior
Coleman D. McSpadden
Ruel Alexander
Harold Orr
Arizona Reads Tight Car Inspection Deadline Near
Arizona registered vehicles face a May 31 deadline for inspections. Timmermans, administrator of the State Motor Vehicle Division, warns that missing the deadline will be a misdemeanor with a 300 dollar fine and up to six months in jail. Enforcement will intensify after July 1 with possible warnings or tickets.
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Phoenix
API
H.T. Timmermans
State
Timmermans
Mike Geary Takes 16th in State Spelling Bee
Mike Geary an 11 year old entrant from the Scottsdale School District finished 16th among the states top 23 elementary spellers in the contest held Saturday at the Hotel Valley Ho. He was the youngest entrant and exited in the seventh round on the word sheaf.
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Mike Geary
Scottsdale
Mike
Supai School
Hotel Valley Ho
Funds Deposited to Protect Scottsdale Directory Plans
Charles F. Boone, head of C. F. Boone Nationwide Publishing, Inc., says he deposited $2,000 in a Phoenix bank to cover local business ad payments if Mountain States Telephone Co. prevails in court against his Scottsdale directory project. Mountain States sues Boone for copyright violation and unfair competition with its Yellow Pages. Boone intends to publish a Scottsdale and Paradise Valley Yellow Pages.
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Charles F. Boone
Scottsdale
Mountain States Telephone Co
Boone
Paradise Valley
Object sighting near Thresher Grove discussed at naval inquiry
Lt Cmdr Stanley Hacker testified that an object seen hours after the Thresher sank off Cape Cod appeared to be a submarine sail or fin but disappeared after a closer approach. The Skylark was within six thousand yards of the object and did not pursue it. A separate legal notice mentions Boone and Flaxman denying copying telephone numbers in a directory and scheduling an injunction hearing for April 23.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Cape Cod
Cmdr
Stanley Hacker
Naval Court of Inquiry
Hecker
Skylark
Scottsdale School Board to Discuss Federal Aid and Local Issues
The Scottsdale district plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at 3811 North 44th Street to review federal impact aid for enrollment shifts, possible closed sessions, and topics including evolution in a biology book, housing enrollment, and negotiations for next year’s teacher salaries. If attendance is large, the session may move to Arcadia High School.
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Scottsdale School District
Education Center
N. 44Th St
Scottsdale Education Association
Charles Holt
Arcadia High School
W. W. Dick
Scottsdale
Arizona Group Forms For Goldwater 64 Support
A Phoenix based Goldwater for President group gathers 144000 names from bumper sticker requests to back Barry Goldwater. Led by Don Palmer the Arizona organization runs on donations from 2 to 250 dollars with plans to fund Goldwater’s campaign if he runs. Similar groups exist in 42 states.
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Ariz
UPI
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Arizona “Goldwater
Don’) Palmer
The
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Palmer
Schenectady
N.Y
Midland
Veteran’s Hospital
Batterton
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maine
Alaska
Hawaii
Weather brief with cloudiness and temperature shifts
Some cloudiness at times but mostly fair through tomorrow. Windy and cooler today and tonight. High today near 8. Low tomorrow about 48. High tomorrow near 83. High yesterday 93. Low this morning 63. Sunrise 5 53 n. MM. Sunset 6:09 p.m.
Scottsdale City Council sets hearings on employee rules and zoning
Scottsdale officials plan a public hearing on tomorrow's personnel ordinance and a regular council meeting at 8 p.m. to adopt rules. The agenda includes four zoning applications, final plats for Pointe Scottsdale Unit I and Park Scottsdale, and four resolutions on sewer, assessments, bonds, and street right of way. The council will also consider liquor licenses, an encroachment permit, street lighting petitions, and the appointment of an electrical advisory board.
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Villa Monterey
Civil Service Commission
Council Tomorrow
Citizens Advisory Committee
Guy Stillman
N. 70Th Street
Thomas and
Carnation Circle
Brown Avenue
Osborn Road
N. Scottsdale Road
Pointe Scottsdale Unit I
Indian School Road
86Th Street
Park Scottsdale
Granite Reef Road
McDonald Drive
Moore, Kempa and Galloway
Hayden Road
Fifth Avenue
Monte Vista
Camelback Road
70Th
71St Streets
Maine
S. Brown Avenue
Earls Drive
Scottsdale-Tempe
Belleview
66Th
68Th Streets
76Th Street
Rancho Vista Drive
Mariposa Drive
London anti bomb march erupts into chaos near Parliament
About 35 000 demonstrators clashed with police in central London. They stormed Buckingham Palace and Parliament routes, with 73 arrests reported and several injuries. Protesters unveiled pamphlets revealing secret war preparations, prompting PM Harold Macmillan to convene ministers.
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London
JPI
Buckingham Palace
Regent St
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Troops Work Free in Algeria Mine Clearance
The Soviet Union informed Algeria there will be no charge for the labor of Russian soldiers on a mine clearing mission in Algeria. The presence of Soviet personnel to defuse land mines was already known.
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Moscow
UVS
Soviet Union
Algeria
Scottsdale Library offers amnesty for overdue books
The Scottsdale Public Library announces an amnesty from April 21 to 27 allowing overdue borrowers to return books without fines. Acting Librarian Mrs. Clair Seger says 200 to 300 books are overdue, some two years old, with standard fines at five cents a day.
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Scottsdale Public Library
Clair Seger
U.S. Steel Prices Hover as Industry Watches
UPI reports U.S. Steel Corp may reveal its stance on rising prices as Lukens Steel Co and Wheeling Steel Corp have announced hikes from five to seven dollars a ton. U.S. Steel’s decision could trigger wage talks by the Steelworkers union starting May 1.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S. Steel Corp
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
Kennedy
Wheeling Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Steelworkers Union
Lukens
Wheeling
US. Steel
Stolen Car Safe Recovered North of Scottsdale
A stolen late model Pontiac and a safe taken from a Phoenix drug store were found deserted in the desert north of Scottsdale 144 miles north of Bell Road. Maria Thomas and picnickers spotted the scene off Pima Road. thieves had tried but failed to crack the safe. Scottsdale police link the safe to Ryan Evans Drug Store on West Van Buren Tempe thefts. Phoenix police to retrieve the safe.
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Phoenix
Desert
Scottsdale
Maria Thomas
N. Woodmere Fairway
Pima Rd
Bell Rd
Ryan Evans
West van Buren
Tempe
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