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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1975
Page
2
A baggage area explosion at IsaGuardia Airport kills 11 and injures more than 50. Police say the device was likely a time bomb with dynamite or plastic explosive. Flights are canceled or diverted as the airport closes for investigation and search for clues. Names of the dead include Bynum Patterson and Frank Musicaro.
Witnesses describe bodies and blood across the baggage room after a Monday night explosion at LaGuardia Airport. At least 11 killed and over 50 injured as crowds panic, with reports of chaos, shattered walls, and people fleeing toward gates and planes.
Weldon James 38 a longtime Rural Metro Fire Department employee in Scottsdale Fountain Hills and Cave Creek was found dead at his Phoenix home. A Valley resident 25 years he served in RMFD from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1975 full time from December 1. He spent six years in the Arizona National Guard and was a Scottsdale Jaycee life member with multiple offices. Memorial services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hansen Mortuary. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Orville D. Perkins and father Ferris James and three brothers Doyle Don and Ace.
Arthur William Kroeppler 66 died Sunday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Graveside services were held at 3 30 today at Paradise Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife Gladys, son Lloyd, and one grandchild. He lived at 5054 N 81st St and worked 16 years as an accountant for Vapor Corp. He was active in scouting and church roles at Galilee Baptist Chicago. Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary & Chapel.
Charles Harry Weakley 93 died Sunday at Sacred Heart Home in Phoenix. Rosary is at 4 30 p m today in Sacred Heart Home Chapel with mass at 11 a m Wednesday in the Chapel. Interment in Resthaven Memorial Park. He retired after 55 years as a dispatcher with Peoria and Pekin Union Railroad in Illinois. Survived by children Harry M Francis Mrs Starr Schlehuber and Mrs Enid Hagemann ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Lundberg's Golden Door Chapel handled arrangements.
Henry V Gill 69 will be remembered with a Scripture service at 7 30 p m today in Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary 333 W Adams St Phoenix Mass will be at 9 a m Wednesday at St Teresa s Catholic Church 5045 E Thomas Phoenix Mr Gill an employee of A L Moore and Sons died Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospital He was a New York native who moved to the Valley 12 years ago A foreman for a chemical company 33 years before relocating Survivors include wife Grace W son Richard of Phoenix daughter Mrs Joan Konrad of Scottsdale two sisters and five grandchildren
Refuse collection shifts to Wednesday for New Year’s Day. Residential pickups on Monday and Thursday routes will occur Wednesday this week, with Tuesday and Friday homes unaffected. Normal Monday and Thursday service resumes next week.
Scottsdale police will begin full enforcement of the two hour limit on Pima Plaza between Scottsdale Road and Brown Avenue next Monday. Previously officers cited only vehicles around the traffic island due to private property issues. after complaints from local businesses, all violators on the Plaza will be ticketed.
Investigators from San Diego Phoenix and Mexico converge on a Baja California campsite where bones found last week may identify the missing Seay family Frank 39 Sharon 34 and Sherri 17 disappeared after leaving Phoenix June 14 to climb Mt Diablo The camp is described as in shambles with torn birth certificates tooth marks on bones and no sign of the camper A coroner said cause of death remains undetermined and authorities weigh coyotes as a possible source of the marks
ARIZONA news from AP reports: Gov Raul Castro appoints retired Army Col George B Jordan of Douglas as director of State Emergency Services in Phoenix. The 57 year old succeeds Col Carl N Smith who recently retired, in a $23 000 per year post.
The Arizona Corporation Commission will hold public hearings next month on higher intrastate bus fares express rates and rail freight rates. Greyhound and Continental Trailways seek about 10 percent passenger fare hikes and roughly 15 percent express rate increases, a rates and tariffs division spokesman said.
Dozens of amateur prospectors armed with Geiger counters were seen in Lake Pleasant Regional Park during the Christmas weekend after an oil company reported finding uranium. Maricopa County parks director Bob Milne warned that a state permit is required to search for ore.
Phoenix area Cardon Oil Co. owner of Fast Gas stations filed a $1 million lawsuit against the state after 26 stations were shut down briefly before licensing fees were paid. Inspectors red tagged sites in metro Phoenix and Payson on December 1 for refusing to pay fees demanded by the State Weights and Measures Division.
A Phoenix lawyer hired by the legislature says the UA audit will take another three weeks due to the audit's magnitude and holidays. John Mangum noted the delay as the review continues. The audit was ordered after criticism of UA President John P. Schaefer and Dr. Merlin K. DuVal by Rep. Tony West and will be given to a six member legislative committee organized last month by House Speaker Stan Akers.
Sen. Henry Jackson condemned the Ford administration for supplying arms to factions in Angola after a Senate vote cutting aid. He predicted House backing and noted Ford cannot veto while defense funds cover the weapons. Jackson urged Democratic delegates to attend March precinct caucuses as Udall supporters launch a Washington campaign with a $10,000 fund.
President Ford's eight day ski holiday near Vail sparks questions over a farewell party in his honor. Aide cites initial plan as a $1,000 a couple fundraiser but says Ford wanted no fundraising label. Campaign officials say cards were mailed by a former Las Vegas showgirl who proposed the event and that taxpayer funded flight portions could affect funding status.
Ronald D. Sutter M D of Scottsdale was elected president of the medical staff at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital for 1976. A Nebraska native, he earned a B A from Nebraska Wesleyan and an M D from the University of Nebraska, with training at Mayo Clinic and Lincoln General before moving to Scottsdale in 1968. Also elected were Dr. Robert W. Brazie as president-elect and Dr. Richard L. Collins as secretary.
At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town transplant surgeon Christiaan Barnard and team linked a donor heart to a male patient. The patient remains in guarded condition. The third such procedure by Barnard, following the Dec 31 operation on Leonard Gross, who survives, while the other patient died after five months with two hearts.
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