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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1976
Page
2
Defense counsel for former state fair director James Jones asks a Superior Court judge to disqualify the county attorney's office as prosecutor. Judge Robert L. Myers set a hearing for August 23 on the motion.
Phoenix area carpenters and cement masons ratified a new three year deal concluding 1976 negotiations. The pact adds 1.70 dollars per hour in wages and fringe benefits. Carpenters earned 10.88 dollars per hour with fringes and cement masons 10.76 under contracts that expired June 1.
Robert Piceno of Phoenix named director of the new State Affirmative Action office created to counter discrimination. Gov. Raul Castro announced the appointment, Piceno aged 29 currently in Motorola personnel, starts August 23 with a salary of 20 500 dollars a year.
The drunken driving trial of City Councilman Rudy Castro was moved to Santa Cruz or Maricopa County today after Justice of the Peace Lawrence Condit granted a venue change due to a possible conflict of interest. Arizonans for Quality Environment urged signatures rescission affidavits in a recall push against four Tucson council members. A pilot and crewman ejected from an F4 Phantom before it crashed near Wickenburg, with no injuries reported.
The Phoenix area city council plans to direct the planning commission to start a rezoning case for part of the 64 acres around Indian Bend and Scottsdale Roads for resort use. The measure aims to attract bidders by creating a first class resort and golf course, with 17 acres in city limits and 47 in Paradise Valley.
Edward Hugh Kirkpatrick a fifth grade student at Kachina Elementary died Sunday from a traffic accident. Mass is at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Theresa Church in Phoenix. Survivors include parents a brother and several sisters. memorials to Shrine of St Jude are requested. Arcadia Funeral Home handled arrangements.
John Allen Leonard 37 a Minnesota native who moved to Scottsdale five years ago died Monday in Phoenix Veterans Hospital. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m tonight at Arcadia Funeral Home 4800 E Indian School Rd. Services will be in Minneapolis. He lived at 6726 E Almeria Rd and is survived by wife Janice daughter Jennifer mother Bertha Leonard a brother and three sisters all in Minnesota.
Environmental groups and New York state sought to block the Atlantic Ocean oil and gas lease sale, which was delayed four hours before U S Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall as bids were prepared for 876 750 acres 60 miles south of New York Long Island.
The Phoenix Solicitation Board refused a fundraising request by the Arizona Rehabilitation Center and its director William R. D Ambrosio. Board members cited lack of organizational stability for the $1.5 million drive and noted D Ambrosio's felony past while denying the permit amid liquor license ownership questions involving a Scottsdale bar.
North Korea's Premier Pak Sung Chul urged the nonaligned conference to demand the withdrawal of all U S troops from Korea claiming 1 000 nuclear warheads and 400 000 troops there. Tito backed the call and criticized Israel in the Middle East crisis as dangerous. Kaunda urged a new international economic order as developing nations protest terms of trade and prices.
A Scottsdale businessman and a disbarred Phoenix lawyer pleaded guilty in federal court to stock fraud related to the sale of securities in Techni Culture Inc. of Arizona. James W. White and John G. Brennan admitted fraudulent claims in investor letters sent in 1971. White faces up to two years and a 10000 dollar fine with sentencing set for Sept. 13. Brennan’s sentencing date was not set.
Paradise Valley delays McDonald Drive resurfacing and widening as town staff await Attorney General Bruce Babbitt approval of the intergovernmental pact with Maricopa County. Construction will start about one to two weeks after the opinion, with total project cost around 108,535 dollars and the town’s share near 94,830 dollars.
More than 3200 dollars of property was stolen from Larry D. Bell of 11420 N. 68th Place between Sunday and Monday, including a case with electronic equipment valued at 3000 dollars. Police found evidence of a break in to the auto parked in front of his residence.
Five city roads will be closed part of the day for slurry seal resurfacing this Wednesday. Streets affected include Palo Verde Lane Starlight Way Montebello Avenue Crestwood Way 83rd Place and 86th Street plus the Pima Road resurfacing ongoing to Via de Ventura. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane with normal flow resuming Thursday.
Kamal Jumblatt pledges relentless battle against Christian and Syrian forces as Christians press to oust Moslems and Palestinians from mountain towns near Beirut. Libyan official pledges unlimited support while clashes over supply routes continue amid competing claims of Syrian troop movements.
A fire at 8719 E Rancho Vista caused about 3400 dollars in damage to a residence and its contents. The blaze began in a bedroom and was confined, with RMFD reporting 700 gallons used. Owner Marilyn Stienecker. occupancy unknown. cause under investigation.
The final public hearing on a proposed comprehensive plan for 25 square miles in northeast Scottsdale is set for 8 tonight. The plan envisions low density housing plus higher density, commercial and employment centers, with a decision expected to be delayed to the Sept 7 meeting for review of testimony.
A Chicago advertisement promises a free non operating Bel tone aid for those who hear but cannot understand words. The minuscule ear level unit weighs under a third of an ounce and is mailed to recipients who write to Dept. 9073 Bel tone Electronics Corp. Illinois.
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