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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1977
Page
2
A fire at the U S Embassy in Moscow damaged the top three floors after an electrical fault. About 200 Soviet firefighters joined 25 Marines and guards in battling the blaze with no serious injuries reported. U S officials evaluated security and evacuated residents and embassy club patrons.
Fred Patrick Creley, an escaped mental patient, is holed up in a rural New Mexico ranch house with 84 year old Joe Abrahams hostage. Creley claims dynamite is wired to a stove timer and has given no demands as police including SAT team surround the scene. Authorities say the hostage's safety remains unconfirmed and Creley appears irrational.
Andalea Buzzard 50 of 8633 E Monterosa is feared drowned after being thrown from a boat on a Colorado River float trip. Funeral services are at Valley United Presbyterian Church with survivors including husband Forrest and three sons, plus relatives in Arizona and elsewhere. Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary.
Cindy Gatewood of Scottsdale arrived at 3 a.m. to secure the first spot for a Fleetwood Mac led benefit at the University of Arizona stadium in Tucson. The event for the American Heart Association aims to attract up to 50,000 fans with 47,000 tickets sold and predicts large crowds and highway congestion.
Members of the Swiss Aero Club will fly into Scottsdale Municipal Airport in two groups for flight instruction with Southwest Airlines Inc. A total of 120 pilots and instructors will study single and multiengine aircraft, night flying and retractable gear from Sept. 3 to Sept. 12 and Sept. 17 to Sept. 25. City officials note Switzerland’s flight restrictions and climate as factors, plus vacation options and a Southwest tour of the Southwest.
Former CIA agent Philip Agee asked the Aliens Department to allow his family to settle permanently in the Netherlands. A Justice Ministry spokesman said the request is under study. Agee, 41, is known for a critical CIA book and was expelled from Britain and France over security concerns.
Thomas Tang of Phoenix, president of the State Bar of Arizona and former Maricopa County Superior Court judge, is appointed by President Carter to the 9th U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Tang, 55, has been in private practice for seven years after serving as a state attorney general aide and as a superior court judge from 1963 to 1970.
The Better Business Bureau says the Phoenix spa owner behind abandoned memberships may run a new firm operating the facilities, a claim denied by John Hilton of Frontier Finance Co. The Spa World chain closed nine Phoenix area spas and one in Tucson in late July.
The Arizona Department of Economic Security said extended unemployment benefits will resume Monday for at least 13 weeks. About $925,000 will be paid monthly statewide to qualified jobless residents after federal curtailment paused the program last month.
Maricopa Pinal County sheriff deputies searched for a man linked to a robbery and fatal shooting of Barbara Woodall a feedstore clerk in her early thirties. She died hours after being shot in the head at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix.
Police and federal agents indicted 18 suspects by a federal grand jury on drug charges and sought six more as part of a sweeping operation. The 24 individuals face drug conspiracy charges tied to heroin shipments into Tucson and distribution reaching Oakland California.
Phoenix city clerk certifies labor leader Jim White for the November ballot after receiving enough valid nominating signatures. White, 42, serves as secretary-treasurer of the Central Arizona Labor Council.
Next week public meetings for the City of Scottsdale and Scottsdale School District are listed. No Town of Paradise Valley meetings. Scottsdale School Board meets Aug 30 at 7 30 p m District Education Center 3811 N 44th St. Book review committee Aug 31 at 7 30 p m same address. Airport Commission meets 7 p m to review bids for the 1980 fixed based operator lease at Scottsdale Municipal Airport 7500 E Butherus Dr.
Phoenix heart surgeon Edward Diethrich settles out of court for 600000 with the American Medical Association and others. The deal ends a federal suit alleging conspiracy, antitrust violations, invasion of privacy, slander and civil rights breaches. Several defendants opposed the settlement, calling it economically driven by insurance costs.
Indian parents will elect officers for the 1977 78 Scottsdale School District Indian parent committee at a meeting Monday. The gathering, hosted by the district’s Indian education program staff, offers information on activities and plans. Public invited to attend 7 30 p m in the Title IV portable building at Yavapai School 701 North Miller Road.
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