Scottsdale Pushes Eastside Annexation Into Arcadia Area
Scottsdale moves to annex part of Arcadia while declaring virtual success on the Eastside. City Manager Bob McNutt says petitions will cover 56th to 64th streets north from the canal to Jackrabbit Road and could add 2000 people and 5 million in value if approved.
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Scottsdale
Arcadia
Phoenix
64Th
Arizona Canal
Jackrabbit Road
62Nd
Canal
Jackrabbit
62Nd Street
Paradise
Bob McNutt
NEW SITE CONSIDERED Council Rejects Thrift City Plan
Scottsdale voters reject rezoning for a Thrift City 11 acre site at McDowell and Scottsdale roads by a 5-1 vote. Council upholds planning panel in denying residential to commercial rezoning amid objections of traffic hazards, lowered property values, and over 100 residents cheering the decision.
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Scottsdale
McDowell and
Scottsdale Roads
Planning and Zoning Commission
McDowell Road
70Th
Art Petersen
Russell Riese
Granada Rd
Reise
Thrift City
Scottsdale School Board Plans New Projects And Special Education
The Scottsdale School Board approved full funding for transporting brain injured children to Perry Institute in Phoenix and hired two special education teachers for a local program. They also discussed an eighth bond issue in nine years to buy three sites, build two new elementary schools, refrigerate seven campuses, and add classrooms at Tavan Ingleside and Kaibab with a high school site eyed in northeast Scottsdale.
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Perry Institute
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Scottsdale High
Tavan
Soloma
Ingleside
Tonto
Kiva
Kachina
Kaibab
Arcadia High
Scottsdale withdraws street improvement district after owner opposition
The City of Scottsdale pulled its street improvement district around Indian School Road and adjacent areas following threats of legal action by property owners. A compromise project will be pursued after tourist season, as objections cited legal errors in the district description. Two of seven districts have already been scuttled.
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Scottsdale
Arizona Canal
Scottsdale Road
Fenton MaDonough
Scottsdale ‘Taxpayers Association
McDonough
Taxpayers Association
Indian School
Scottsdale Sued On Dump Site By Mrs. Nigh
Mrs Jewel Nigh sues Scottsdale in Superior Court seeking foreclosure on a proposed garbage dump site. The complaint asks 34184 52 plus eight percent interest 3500 in attorney fees and costs and title affirmation for the IGacre parcel. The city paid 10000 down and seeks repayment. The suit cites an unsigned council contract and cites mayor and city manager actions without council authorization.
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Scottsdale
Superior
Jewel Nigh
John Savoy
Nigh
McNutt Family To Separate For Short City-Manager Move
City Manager Bob McNutt will leave his wife Patricia and children Marcia and Jane 13 and 11 to move to a new home at 2507 N 81st Way while he remains at the old house until Scottsdale annexation of the Eastside area next Tuesday. The move follows a city law requiring the manager to live within corporate limits.
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Bob McNutt
Patricia
Marcia
Jane
McNutt
W. Bellvue
McNutts
Guaranty Bank Design Gains Approval in Scottsdale
The architect Ralph Wyatt designed the Guaranty Bank building in Scottsdale was approved after council concerns over its Southwestern motif. Construction is set to begin around October with completion planned for next April. The two story structure features a metal exterior stairway with large glass panes and brown precast stone aimed at a Southwestern look.
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Guaranty Bank
Scottsdale
Camelback Road
Scottsdale Road
John Marron
Ralph Wyatt
Brandt says paper protests not enough in Berlin rally
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt told 200,000 protesters that calm is needed but urged action beyond papers as East German border tensions rise. Soviets rejected Western protests while Bonn University students sent Kennedy an umbrella criticizing Western inaction.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Brandt
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Bonn University
Kennedy
Neville Chamberlain
People’s Army
Scottsdale Plans to Acquire Indian Bend Water Company
Mayor Mort Kimsey announced city council approval to offer Indian Bend Water Company 55000 dollars plus dollar for dollar compensation for new equipment since March 1. Scottsdale aims to use Indian Bend as a nucleus for its water system, expanding control of local Phoenix lines in the area.
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Mort Kimsey
Indian Bend Water Company
Scottsdale
Indian Bend
Phoenix Water Lines
Thief Monks Leaps Fence Then Falls in Hollywood
Hollywood police chased 21 year old Charles Monks after spotting him prowling a car. He vaulted a four foot fence but landed about 15 feet away in a parking lot, suffering a broken leg a concussion and bruises.
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Hollywood
UPI
Charles Monks
Monks
Conflict Of Interest Clause Adopted In City Charter
The board of freeholders unanimously inserted a conflict of interest clause prohibiting city officers and employees from influencing contracts or holding interests in firms serving the city. It also bars any officer or employee from land interests purchased by the city with dismissal as penalty for violations. A three‑man civil service board was added for city staff except department heads and elected officials. The East Scottsdale association urged ward elections, but the board kept at large voting.
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Board of Freeholders
Dan Weisberger
Freeholders
Board of Civil Service
The
East Scottsdale Citizen Association
U.S. Accuses Soviets of Propaganda in Berlin Crisis
U.S. officials charged Moscow with a major propaganda campaign to frighten allies and fracture Western unity over Berlin. President Kennedy held a breakfast strategy talk with Secretary of State Rusk as Western nations weigh potential economic moves and a possible future blockade of East Germany. West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt urged action, while West German officials expressed disappointment at slow Allied response.
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Berlin
UPD
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Kennedy
East Germany
A. S. Solovyev
Washington
UPI
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Dean Rusk
Bor
White House
Wilhelm Grewe
West Germany
Germany
New Scottsdale Sewer Plant Advances Despite Metropolitan Plan
Scottsdale moves toward a $913,485 contract with Fisher Construction for a new sewage plant on Princess Road and opts to bypass a four city Salt River interceptor link with Mesa Tempe and Phoenix. Tempe proposes interim dumping near its plant. Scottsdale officials dismiss the plan as poor and delay Hayden Road trunk line decisions.
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Scottsdale
Fisher Construction Company
Princess Road
Town
Mesa
Tempe
Phoenix
Salt
Cooper
Salt River
Bill Clayton
New C of C Chief John Wise Named Scottsdale Chamber Leader
John Wise, 34, current York Neb chamber manager, was named manager of the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce succeeding Dave Hallstrom who resigned last month. Wise will take duties about September 15. He has three years with the York chamber and four children. Selection committee chaired by Houseworth. others included Wasbotten Koppes Huntress and Chambers. Over 50 applicants. Wise attended University of Idaho and University of Nebraska.
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John Wise
Chamber of Commerce
York
Neb
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Dave Hallstrom
Wise
Chamber
Roland Feltman
York Chamber
Houseworth
Lute Wasbotten
Deke Koppes
Jack Huntress
Don Chambers
University of Idaho
University of Nebraska
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Valley Not Now Incorporated
Bob Rhoten
Calle Rosa
Council
Tonalea School
Ricky Blatcheley
Richard Blatcheley
Gay Hoffman
Pima
Charles Christakis
Was Association
John G. Thomas
Bob Conroy
Harold August
Eugene
Clark
Thomas
Eastside
State Health Department
Ross Rice
Louis Cooper
Clyde Gilliland
Ing
J. T. Knudsen
Knudsen
C of C
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