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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1968
Page
6
Claudia Petersen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Petersen, browses the annual Friends of the Library sale at Scottsdale and Indian School. The sale runs today and Sunday at the Valley Bank branch with crowds until 3 p.m. Sunday.
Scottsdale police cadets aided by a responding deputy halted Brian Matewish 16 Peter Hardison 14 and Gilbert Andrews 15 as they attempted to rob a sheriff's sergeant on E Osborn Rd Barlett disarmed Matewish after he drew a pistol and threatened to kill. Cadets later surrounded the suspect and Matewish surrendered without further violence.
Scottsdale will receive an honorable mention certificate at a Camelback Jaycees meeting tonight. Vice Mayor Ken Murray will accept the certificate at 8 p.m. at the Ember Glo Restaurant. Scottsdale was named a semi finalist last fall among 21 in the All American contest with 11 runners up earning honorable mention. Sunny and breezy today and Sunday with highs 88 to 93 and lows around 50 to 65.
A North Vietnamese diplomat denounces the U S mission in Laos after the first meeting was publicly disclosed. He says Vientiane is the only private venue and that news was released by the Americans, not them. Communist sources earlier noted a possible agenda for preliminary talks.
In New York City three Vietnam War demonstrations unfold with pro war veterans marching to St Patrick's Cathedral, anti war protesters heading to Central Park, and a Greenwich Village clash with police. Separate dispatch notes Laos bound Communist supplies and North Vietnamese truck convoys near the 18th parallel. Also Space Agency head James Webb advances Apollo mission plans using Saturn Five. White House pressuring cabinet members on Democratic race as UNC accuses North Korea of armistice violations. Arizona public notes show Gov. Williams urging party unity ahead of the Republican National Convention. Arizona high school tennis state finals see George Grange of Saguaro win boys singles. other finals in progress.
Police said three people were injured in two crashes Friday. Norman Wilton 46 of Phoeniz and Victor Hooper 32 of 58th Place were treated at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital and released after Wilton pulled into Hooper’s path at Scottsdale Road and Vista Drive. Wilton cited for failure to yield. Separate crash at Thomas Road and Granite Reef Road injured Bob Jones 31 but he was not hospitalized. Mary Jones 46 of Bonnie Rose Lane pulled from a stop sign and caused the collision. she was cited for failure to yield.
James Jackson, 18, of Sunnyvale, was arrested in Phoenix on illegal possession of marijuana after a minor traffic accident. A passerby saw him hide a bag of marijuana under a paper in his car and alerted police. Two juveniles in the vehicle were released to their parents.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey formally enters the Democratic contest with Kennedy and McCarthy. He pledges peace over politics, unity for the party and the nation, and a focus on issues over personalities, urging a new American patriotism and national dialogue.
Maricopa Junior College District officials circulate questionnaires in Scottsdale to gauge interest in a 1968 69 extension offering part time evening classes. Courses include typing accounting art government economics languages and more with potential site at Scottsdale High School or central city location.
A Scottsdale youth reports a large largemouth bass attacked his dog at Eldorado Park Lake while fishing at dawn. Police advise extra caution for youngsters near the water and potential access restrictions may follow. The city lines up a $1 million insurance policy from Lloyds of London via Caywood Soderquist Insurance Co.
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