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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1976
Page
2
A commission formed by the Arizona legislature to study a possible westside ASU branch campus in northwest Phoenix will seek funding for a survey. Chairman Jack W. Whiteman said lawmakers gave authority but no money to conduct the study.
Culver City. Harris L. Katleman says MGM Television negotiates for a special film about Don Bolles, the slain Arizona Republic investigative reporter. Prescott. Cynthia Marie Denny, 29, wins a new trial in her husband Gary Denny’s 1974 shotgun death. Court of Appeals reverses conviction and orders new trial. She had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and given five to ten years.
Deputy attorneys in Maricopa County threaten to sue if supervisors remove attorneys from the merit system. County Attorney Donald Harris counters that some deputies are overreacting.
Two Glendale housing authority employees quit after a preliminary audit disclosed missing funds and a police inquiry. Executive director Christy Dick was suspended and resigned August 14, while occupancy aide Rosie Andrade resigned effective August 13 as the investigation proceeds.
The United States and North Korea raised combat readiness in Korea after the slaying of two American officers at Panmunjom. Pentagon officials said leave was canceled and a warning against North Korea, while Pyongyang claimed its forces were deployed in response to U S actions.
Legislative leaders said they will sponsor a bill to restore the Arizona Corporation Act requirement that corporations file annual financial reports with the State Corporation Commission. Critics say the repealer weakens crime probes. supporters call the change cosmetic.
Phoenix officials said two new water lines will serve 200 to 300 homes in Paradise Valley. The City Council awarded Swengel-Robbins Contracting Co. a 255,754 dollar bid to lay lines from 61st Street and Mockingbird Lane to 69th Place and hummingbird Lane. Construction starts soon and should finish in about 140 days.
Rioting, arson and looting continued for a third day outside Port Elizabeth. Police said 10 blacks were killed and 23 wounded on Wednesday. 31 blacks arrested. Property damage exceeded one million dollars as crowds burned schools, a hospital, and a shopping center.
Police cancel a dance hosted by Team III at the Chaparral branch of the Scottsdale Boys Club. Lt. John Pratt said the rock band Alabama canceled but agreed to return next Thursday for the final police teen dance of the summer at 8 p.m. Free admission and refreshments at 8102 E Jackrabbit Rd.
Police reported $1600 worth of fur stolen from Dorothy D. Peterson at 7625 E Camelback Rd Scottsdale. A $1000 mink stole and a $600 white fox fur disappeared over about three weeks with no sign of forced entry. Dorothy Peterson was away about three weeks and discovered the loss Wednesday.
Graveside services for John H. Nevin age 87 will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Green Acres Memorial Gardens in Tempe. Nevin a Wyoming native who moved to the Valley in 1957 died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was a retired superintendent of Wyoming State Prison Farm and a longtime member of Riverton Lodge No. 26 F and A M. He is survived by his wife Gladine a daughter Patricia Short of Tempe a brother and sister variosu grandchildren and a great grandchild. Arrangements by Green Acres Mortuary.
The Federal Reserve Board denied Bankers Trust New York Corp a proposed acquisition, citing financial difficulties. The six to zero decision urged the bank to strengthen its finances and focus on its existing operations. Deposits were reported at about 10.4 to 16.9 billion in different estimates.
Tempe to study the cost burden of a planned eastside veterinary facility set to be built next year with six other cities and Maricopa County. The Sept 7 vote was postponed to allow a full financial analysis including Scottsdale and Phoenix participation. The project would use revenue sharing funds and include an added building representative on the Development Review Board replacing the city engineer.
The American Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO affiliate Scottsdale Federation of Teachers endorses Carter Mondale. Ninety four percent of about 2,000 delegates approve at the national convention in Miami Florida. Leonard Barcelona represents Arizona affiliates with delegates John Paul Jones Larry Bell Jim Stephens Tom Salcito Bob Harris and Patty Bell.
AP report recounts Gerald Ford clinching the Republican nomination at the Kansas City convention. After a tense roll call and opposition from Reagan supporters, Ford secured 1,135 votes to 1,060, becoming the second Republican to win his party’s nomination in Kansas City. Nancy Reagan’s departure triggered loud reaction as Ford’s name was placed in nomination.
An Arizona real estate broker and a Chicago area man were indicted by a federal grand jury for planning a 100000 theft of paintings and jewelry from a Rio Verde home. William Rose of Des Plaines and Robert Grant Peterson of Scottsdale were charged with conspiring to transport stolen property across state lines with up to five years in prison and a 10000 fine.
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