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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1974
Page
1
FHWA reports Americans drove more vehicles but fewer miles in 1974 with lower speeds. Travel dropped about 3 percent to 1,270 billion miles from 1,309 billion in 1973, while registered vehicles rose to 130,751,000. Road and street mileage edged up slightly to about 3,806,000 miles.
Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev postponed his January visit to Egypt Syria and Iraq shifting initiative in peace talks back to Henry Kissinger. Cairo sources cited Sadat’s refusal to allow Soviet advisers to return and Moscow demands for a broader Egyptian commitment. Diplomats in London Cairo warned the move could delay Geneva talks and affect arms delivery terms.
Margie Geist a County Hospital nurse woke to a Scottsdale morning described as almost like Kansas weather years ago Frosty mornings are forecast statewide for Tuesday and New Year’s Day but temperatures will not be extreme as yet
John Hatton, 30, sought in the November slayings of two 12-year-olds in Scottsdale and linked to a Florida abduction case, was arrested in Coconut Creek, Florida after a three week manhunt that included a Chicago detour. He faces extradition to Arizona.
City Manager Dale Carter says Scottsdale School District must give go ahead before four joint park school sites at McCormick Ranch proceed. Donated by Kaiser Aetna and Sands Scottsdale Development, the 26 acre plan allocates $100000 by the district for school areas and $228000 by the city for park areas with a Bureau grant covering park costs. Maintenance equipment costs of about $50000 will be shared, and labor by the city will offset district equipment purchases until costs match. District expects no schools for at least two years amid low local enrollment.
A local man, Charlie Hisel, files a Superior Court suit seeking a $1 million award against Scottsdale officials and Valley Towing Co. for towing his 1966 Ford, 45 days in storage, and subsequent scrapping without notice. The complaint lists former and current city leaders, police, and others as defendants, and cites police records about his other vehicle and alleged misstatements. The filing notes disputed impound records, miscommunications with the Motor Vehicle Division, and a jail incident involving contempt charges. Weather notes forecast mostly sunny days with highs in the upper 50s and chilly nights.
Norbert Bruemmer, executive dean of Maricopa Technical Community College, envisions an umbrella sixth college to serve neighborhood centers across Maricopa County. The plan would reuse existing buildings to deliver programs to high schools churches and communities, expanding access beyond MTCC’s 35 locations. MTCC serves about 7,600 students including 3,013 firsttime entrants with only 234 1974 high school graduates, signaling a shift to adult education and broader community outreach.
Guerrillas who had held 13 hostages at a Managua cocktail party boarded a government-supplied plane to Cuba after releasing the captives. Four volunteers accompanied them. The Nicaraguan government agreed to deliver $5 million in small bills and released 14 prisoners.
The Alaskan Pipeline project faces about a one year delay. The Federal Power Commission says the $5.6 billion pipeline may not be finished by 1979 as planned. The Alaska Arctic Gas Pipeline Company expects laying to start in 1979 and gas flow by mid-1980.
President Ford, while skiing in Vail Colorado, indicates he has vetoed a pair of bills but provides no specifics. News secretary Ron Nessen declined to disclose the measures and promised details at a later briefing.
Reports from senior army officers indicate about 4,700 deaths in a 24 hour quake across northern Pakistan with many more feared. Roughly 153,000 people were injured in Patan and eight nearby villages as contact is established with other affected areas.
U S District Judge John Sirica lectured the Watergate coverup jury on legal points in the case against five Nixon associates. He then sent the jurors to decide if the men conspired to hide Watergate facts.
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