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Scottsdale Progress

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1967

Page

2

Protesters cancel Christmas protest at Induction center

In Oakland, antiwar demonstrators cancel a third planned protest due to dwindling volunteers to be arrested over Christmas. Nearly 300 arrested in two days, including Joan Baez and her mother, as nonviolent actions featured carols and flowers.

Oakland Calif UPI Armed Forces Induction Center Joan Baez Ail Joan Carmel Kay Boyle San Francisco Lawrence Ferlinghetti Miss Baez

Moss says Hershey unfit to head Selective Service

Rep. John Moss accuses Gen. Lewis Hershey of using the draft to blackmail college students and repeats his charge that Hershey is unfit to lead the Selective Service. Moss seeks written legal citations and may summon Hershey before the subcommittee to explain the legal basis for actions against antiwar demonstrators.

Washington UPI John Moss D-Calif Lewis B. Hershey Selective Service Moss House Government Information Subcommittee Hershey Haa Nolley Etter

Break in tax stalemate sought by Phoenix lawmakers

In Phoenix UPI reports closed meetings as House Republicans and Senate Democrats seek a path to fund a new education program. They weigh raising excise education tax to four or five cents and consider higher cigarette and liquor taxes. lawmakers hope to adjourn this week, though overtime talks may continue past Christmas.

Phoenix UPI House Senate

Foster Parents to Host Christmas Party for Valley Children

About 500 foster children from the Valley, including some from Scottsdale, will attend a Christmas party Saturday at 2 pm. The Foster Parents Organization hosts the event at the Woodsmen of the World hall in Phoenix with gifts donated by Scottsdale merchants and residents. Four jewelry prizes will be drawn, raising 150 dollars for the party. The foster child program operates under the state welfare department to provide homes for children across the state.

Miss Baez Hag School For the Study of Nonviolence Carmel War Resisters League Civil Action Day Committee Valley Scottsdale Foster Parents Organization Woodsmen of the World Hall State Welfare Department

Heart transplant patient Washkansky improving in battle over complications

CAPE TOWN South Africa UPI Surgeon Christian Barnard said Louis Washkansky the first human to receive a heart showed further improvement and his chances of recovery are good after transfusions of healthy white blood cells. Doctors attributed lung damage to the body's autoimmune response to the donor heart and noted double pneumonia despite antibiotics.

Cape Town South Africa UPI Louis Washkansky Christian Barnard Washkansky Barnard M.C. Botha Botha

Flood splits fire fighters over Indian Bend Wash

Rural Fire Department split forces to guard both sides of the flooded Indian Bend Wash with three trucks and a chief per side. A inspector said trucks can cross the flooded areas but traffic slows response. Earlier actions included a locked screen door entry, a trash container fire, and two first aid calls at Scottsdale Baptist Hospital with patients transported.

Indian Bend Wash Geary Roberts RFD William Flanigan E. Almeria E. Mercer Lane Scottsdale Rd George Smith Scottsdale Baptist Hospital 70Th St Cheney

Obituary for Herman Hennig of Lake Zurich and Scottsdale

Herman Hennig 49 of Lake Zurich and Scottsdale died yesterday in St Theresa Hospital Waukegan born Chicago and longtime Boy Scouts of America leader survived by wife Ruthjean two sons Stephen and Jeffrey and mother Edna Heldbrink services and burial planned in Barrington Illinois

Herman H. Hennig Lake Zurich Scottsdale St. Theresa Hospital Waukegan, Il Hennig Chicago Boy Scouts of America Ruthjean Stephen Jeffrey Edna Heldbrink Barrington, Til

City Council approves $1.165 million in new bids

The Scottsdale council authorized more than 1.165 million in bids including a second call for bids on a bridge over the Arizona Canal at Pima Road to create a major north south route. Other bids target financing for city fire station and Thunderbird Field hangar buildings through a lease purchase.

Arizona Canal Pima Rd Scottsdale Rd Salt River Thunderbird Field

New Sing Out to Perform Here This Week

The New Sing Out Phoenix group a nonprofit of about 30 students will present patriotic and Christmas songs Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. at the Western Savings building on 1st Street and Scottsdale Road The program lasts about an hour each evening and will be performed from the building balcony facing Scottsdale Road.

New Sing Out Phoenix Western Savings 1St St Scottsdale Rd

Wreck in rain injures two motorists on West Street

Two drivers were slightly hurt in a rain slicked two car crash on West Street at 5 45 pm. William George Poach 47 of Phoenix and James Allen Brown 19 of Phoenix were treated and released. Poach cited for failure to yield.

Ist St William George Poach E. Cholla Phoenix James Allen Brown Camelback Poach Scottsdale

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