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Newspaper

Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1975

Page

4

Abduction of Detroit bank manager with $250000 ransom report

FBI says James Crawford of Grosse Pointe remains missing after being kidnapped at a National Bank of Detroit branch. Reports say a $250000 ransom was made available to the abductors, with police and FBI waiting for word from two men who abducted him. Witness described a blue Monte Carlo and a man in a tan raincoat signaling Crawford.

Detroit FBI James Crawford Crawford Grosse Point National Bank of Detroit Detroit News Detroit Free Press Bates

Navajo Pima Project forms six student run companies

Sixth grade Project: Work groups at Navajo form five firms with officers including Formula A-1 and Creative Craftmakers. Students plan bazaar ads, posters, intercoms, and tape recordings for the Christmas Bazaar while art classes seek latex paint. Donations invited at the school office.

Navajo Lisa York Linda Hix Susan Holmes Christy Pekrus Patti Busch Kathy Phelan Michele Pyper Jim Unsworth Jeff Currie Jim Nielsen David Wells Mark Rasmussen Jim Hodge Tom Bowen Pat Powers Kids Incorporated Terri Chernov Tom Kelley Jane Spies Russ Prewitt John Sodermark Cory Phalen Tom Fee Betty Pronk Pima Marge Senior Parks and Recreation Department Chesnutt Park

France and United States clash in 1975 world bridge thriller

In the 1975 World Championship semi final France and the United States fought over a game. France bid wrong and lost 300 points to Swanson Soloway while Eddie Kantar opened spade leading to a 400 point swing for the Americans. The hand showed strong hearts and insufficient trump support.

France United States John Swanson Paul Soloway Henri Svare Jean Michel Boulenger East Swanson Soloway Eddie Kantar L.A North Cue South North West Declarer

Chaparral Earns Medalist Honor in Yearbook Critique

Chaparral The Chaparral Golden Embers 1975 received first place and a medalist rating in the 41st Columbia Scholastic Press Association critique with 907 of 1000 points. Band, humanities grant, and Arcadia and Scottsdale items noted.

Chaparral Golden Embers Columbia Scholastic Press Association Chaparral

Hoodwink Aims to Split Mafia and Communists

Newly released FBI files reveal Operation Hoodwink ran from October 1966 to July 1968 to provoke clashes between La Cosa Nostra and the Communist Party USA. The effort centered in New York with Philadelphia joining later and produced only four phony letters and no tangible results.

Washington FBI U.S New York Communist Party U Cointelpro Philadelphia Bureau San Francisco Communist Party The Worker Brooklyn N.Y la Cosa Nostra Organized Crime

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