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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1975
Page
2
Citizens gather at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss task force duties for Scottsdale town hall. About 20 businessmen met at 7:30 a.m. and another planning session is set for next Thursday morning. Residents with interest urged to attend and help promote the event.
Dr. Virginia Keller Maresca 51 died at home and services set for Friday at 11 a.m. in Messinger Mortuary Chapel with cremation afterward. She lived at 6318 E LaFayette Blvd and moved to Arizona 29 years ago. A nurse and psychologist, she earned degrees from ASU and Ellis Hospital School of Nursing. She interned at the VA Hospital Phoenix and trained at Barrow Neurological Institute. She belonged to several psychology associations and worked with St. Luke's St. Joseph's and Arizona Children's Hospitals. Memorials to the American Cancer Society.
Grace Crum Woods 90 dies at Hayden Manor Nursing Home after moving to Scottsdale in 1970. Services at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Friday at 9 30 a.m. Arrangements by Arizona Cremation Service. Survived by four children. Volunteer gifts requested to her favorite charities.
The National Association of Letter Carriers filed a U.S. District Court suit in Phoenix seeking an injunction against 24 battery powered carts used by the Scottsdale Post Office. Judge Carl Muecke set a Friday hearing as a union attorney cited safety flaws including steering faults a single combined braking system and lack of torso protection for the driver. Tempe tests since May 1973 were excluded as no union members joined the action.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met Israeli leaders for nearly six hours as talks on the Sinai accord continued. Officials say a few clauses remain and a timetable for U S involvement includes multiple shuttles through Saturday with possible initiation Sunday or Monday. Disputed items include the number and placement of U S surveillances posts at the Gidi and Mitla passes and cooperation with Egyptian and Israeli personnel.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold up to 20 nonpartisan educational hearings on U S foreign policy options for the next decade. Topics include the nation image whether to act as policeman or civilian and whether to be merchant philanthropist or both. The first hearing Sept 10 will explore public perceptions with leading opinion researchers among witnesses.
Maricopa County Attorney Moise Berger is accused in a court motion by land fraud witness James Cornwall’s lawyers of trying to block crooked land dealers from prosecution. Cornwall’s attorney seeks a hearing to rescind a plea bargain in which Cornwall pleaded guilty to three securities fraud counts and agreed to testify for the county.
Victim Vidal L. Gomez III, wounded by a plainclothes officer in Phoenix, agrees to a lie detector test. Acting Police Chief Herb Neal says both Gomez and the department are under investigation for the Monday night shooting.
A Superior Court hearing on September 17 will determine if Netta DeMontaigu is competent to stand trial for four vehicular manslaughter counts after a February crash at Pima and Indian School. Separately, Michael E. McGuire and Johnnie E. McMahon are slated to stand trial the same day for a June 13 Safeway robbery and related charges.
State officials report higher food stamp issuance in July across Arizona than June, ending a two month decline and marking renewed household access to aid programs.
In a special meeting in Phoenix the Arizona Game and Fish Commission issued big game hunting permits to 193 individuals whose applications had remained unprocessed.
Prescott reports animals seized and impounded on a court order against Stan Tanner and three others. Auction set for Sept. 5. 18 burros among the seized stock, taken Aug. 22 in the Big Chino area and now in Camp Verde impound.
Lake Pleasant, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, has fallen 30 feet since last spring. If levels fall further, water releases at the dam could stop and farmers may be forced to rely on groundwater sources, says Maricopa County information officer Clyde Murray.
James Kohler and his wife Anna Kohler pleaded guilty to second degree burglary in Yavapai County Superior Court. The Willheit couple admitted breaking into a local service station on June 27 in an attempt to obtain food.
Jeffrey R. Timbanard, a Phoenix attorney, will be sworn in as Paradise Valley councilman at the 8 p.m. Town Hall meeting. He was appointed Aug. 20 to fill the vacancy after the deaths of Mayor E. Robert Tribken and council members last week. The council may act on final plat approval for Desert Arroyo, a 15-lot subdivision at Casa Blanca Road and Montebello.
Mayor William Jenkins urged future growth controls after Valley leaders met Gruen Associates. The growth management study warned unchecked expansion would harm lifestyle and environment, while Park and others urged accountable, moderate limits to curb air pollution and urban sprawl.
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