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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1967
Page
2
Scottsdale police report a burglary at the home of William A. Melius on Cambridge Street. The break in occurred between 9:10 and 10 p.m. while the resident was away, with entry by prying a screen above a kitchen sink and valuables including jewelry missing.
Dr. Christian Barnard announced a second human heart transplant planned soon after Grocer Louis Washkansky’s successful operation. Washkansky, 55, is reported to be recovering, sipping soup and eating, while Barnard seeks a suitable donor for the next procedure potentially within weeks.
Arizona Public Service employees won the rotating team trophy for a third straight year at the Industrial Rodeo held across Saturday and Sunday at the Scottsdale Rodeo Grounds. Teams included Motorola, Salt River Project, and APS. Individual event winners: Gail Higgins barrel racing Montana, Nicki Lewis pole bending APS, John Sorenson and Joe Tedder APS, Bob Clare and Sandy Strong Motorola, Charlie Nelson and Ed Barnett APS, Ray Miner Motorola bull riding, Yom McIntogh APS calf roping. All Around Cowboy Rob Payne Salt River Project.
A Scottsdale woman suffered minor injuries when her car struck a parked vehicle at 1226 N 68th St. Both cars smashed through a fence and a palm tree into a gas line yard. Rose Marie Bernalowles, 43, of 70811 Latham, told police she swerved to avoid a buckhole in the road and hit Alma Stanford’s car at 1225 N 68th St. No serious injuries were reported.
Dr Benjamin Spock led a New York protest as more than two hundred antidraft demonstrators were arrested during Stop the Draft Week events. Across Ohio Indiana Wisconsin Oregon and Michigan demonstrators burned draft cards dropped cards into blood filled vessels and turned in cards to draft boards amid police interference and church led services.
Viet Cong defector Phang Van Thuong said captured Americans faced slow death from starvation and lack of medicine. He cited a policy to kill prisoners if freeing Allied troops seemed possible and described brutal conditions and failed escape attempts.
Kiet Miller of Phoenix, 2, underwent a groundbreaking implant at Children’s Hospital Medical Center. A less than an inch valve restored blood flow, with doctors estimating a future replacement in about ten years. The condition, aortic stenosis, first appeared in infancy. another Miller family child died from the defect.
Phil Drath of the crew will discuss the voyage of the Phoenix to Halphong organized by A Quaker Action Group. The event includes a one hour color film about taking medical supplies and food to Vietnam and will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Quaker Meeting House on 17th Street and Glendale in Phoenix.
Dozens of workers may have died when a 1000-foot bridge collapsed over a 54-foot gorge in a Mexico City suburb. Officials reported recovering two bodies and 14 missing as rescuers halted work amid fear of further collapse. One survivor was hospitalized in serious condition. army and Red Cross teams faced days of debris removal.
Dow Jones mixed with Industrials up 6.03 to 890.43 and rails down 0.26 as New York trading lists Alcoa American Can AT&T IBM Xerox and other leaders at noon. Volume totals 0,940,000 shares with broad movement across chemical steel and tech issues.
On Wednesday the Toastmasters gather at 6 1 am at the Executive House Paradise Valley Kiwanis hold a noon meeting at Jon Hunts Elk Club convenes at 8 pm near the 64th Street and Oak location.
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