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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1976
Page
6
Washington AP reports the nations total output grew at a 3.9 percent annual rate in the fall quarter, a revision from earlier estimates. Inflation in the GNP stood at 4.4 percent for the period, with corporate profits raised to 85.1 billion for the year.
Rhodesia security sources say Mozambique based guerrillas lined up about 25 black laborers from a Melsetter tea plantation and massacred them with machinegun fire. The killings, possibly the worst against civilians in four years, prompted authorities to fly in reporters and deploy troops and trackers along the border.
Robert Wilkinson, 27, jailed 439 days for a firebomb murder, says I didn't do it as witnesses challenge. David McGinnis and Nelson Garcia flip accounts. DA expects clearance if hearings confirm innocence. Wilkinson told police he was home for anniversary when fire occurred. confession raised questions amid police coercion reports.
Yale senior Sue Halpern is among 13 women in the first female Rhodes Scholar group. She says she hopes to use Oxford study funds to address problems created by Cecil Rhodes while acknowledging his fortune came from South Africa's diamond mines.
Chaparral High School students will operate a preschool in February for 15 to 20 children ages three to five. About 50 students from the Child Life and Literature course will staff the program with Mardi Markwell and Pamela Griggs as instructors. Applications are from 8 am to noon in the home economics department. The program runs five weeks on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays, with arts, music, drama and physical education. Chaparral closes for Christmas vacation for two weeks.
The GOP searches for a new national chairman to replace Mary Louise Smith. Richard Richards, Utah GOP chair, is seen as a leading contender supported by Reagan allies, while others include Bill Brock, Ody Fish, Thomas Milligan, Kent McGough, William Simon, and James Baker III. Reagan reportedly does not want the job.
Players differ in ideal move speeds with grand masters needing minutes per move while beginners take less. The London Rules set 40 moves in 2.5 hours for internationals, but organizers push shorter times to fit more games, sparking debate on who should decide pace and whether pace boosts popularity.
SCOHA to view a slide presentation on Scottsdale's accomplishments using federal community development block grant funds. Mayor Jenkins invites SCOHA to recommend third year grant projects at the noon meeting at the Scottsdale Hilton.
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