19 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1969
Page
1
The Labor Department reports a 0.5 percent November jump in the consumer price index to 130.5 base 1957 59 with a 5.8 percent rise year over year. Food costs climbed 0.7 percent led by lettuce tomatoes and beans while clothing and home ownership costs increased, signaling inflation pressures.
Eight youngsters aged six to twelve on Oak Street raised over 26 dollars for UNICEF with a carnival and bottle drive. They collected 50 cent bets at beanbag games and bottles, then delivered the proceeds to Mrs Marilyn Dick who coordinates the annual UNICEF drive. Participants include Anita Whitlatch, Danny Whitlatch, Laura Seaman, Jimmy Seaman, David Reiling, Gayle Turner, Donnielle Reed, and Blake Dick, acting independently to help other children at Christmas.
In Izmir Turkey a mob of leftist students attacked and pummeled a U S Navy officer and seized several enlisted sailors as they tried to land from the guided missile cruiser Columbus and four other U S Navy ships. Police dispersed about 100 demonstrators outside NATO offices.
Attorney General John N. Mitchell announced a special team of federal attorneys and a grand jury will investigate the Dec. 4 Chicago shootout between police and Black Panther members. The inquiry aims to establish facts amid rumors and questions over whether rights were violated. Hampton and Clark were killed, with Panthers alleging Hampton was shot in his sleep.
U S sources say Hanoi rethinks strategy as 153000 Communist troops killed this year. Viet Cong shells Tan Son Nhut in Saigon for first time in six months amid Vietnamization pressures and U S troop withdrawals. A broadcast signals cease fires with units in three South Vietnamese divisions.
George Bruno was arrested here Thursday by Sheriff Deputy Robert Acosta on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He was taken at 5731 B Indian School while visiting a friend. He faces suspicion of grand theft in Santa Barbara County California per Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Police seek suspect who removed officer James Kershner’s safety helmet from a cigarette machine at Hobo Joe’s during a coffee break around 10 30 pm. Helmet valued at 35 dollars.
United Press International reports Israeli commandos crossed the Suez Canal and penetrated 30 miles into Egypt, shelling an army camp on the eve of a major Arab summit to discuss preparing for war.
A spokesman for the Israeli military command in Tel Aviv said raiders launched a number of rockets at the Egyptian army center at Salahiyah, about 30 miles west of the canal, then escaped safely.
James C. Hagan 72 died Wednesday in Scottsdale. Services Saturday at Green Acres Mortuary with interment at Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Margaret and son James plus two daughters and five grandchildren. Velma Evelyn Talbott died at Memorial Hospital Scottsdale. services Monday at Green Acres Chapel, interment Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Visitation Sunday. Also mentions Egyptian-Israeli fighting with no base damage details and Jordanian reports of cross-border actions with no casualties listed.
Scottsdale police investigate a reported fraud involving a counterfeit copper coin shaped like a quarter used to obtain cigarettes from a machine at 7555 E. Camelback Rd. The coin was first used by a customer. station owner David Schumacher later tried the coin in a pop machine and received a bottle of pop and change.
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