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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1966
Page
10
Hedda Hopper a famed Hollywood columnist dies at 75 from pneumonia after hospital stay with oxygen support. Buster Keaton, the Great Stone Face, dies at 70 from lung cancer at his Hollywood home. The news brief also notes Cold War tensions with UN accusations over Vietnam.
Detroit figures show General Motors earned 2 billion dollars in 1965, equating to about 4 000 dollars every minute of every day. The vast income was earned continuously including weekends and holidays.
State Liquor Chief John Duncan pleads innocent to two perjury counts from a grand jury probe into liquor license dealings. Trial set for March 24 before Judge William Frey. Duncan, 76, heads the liquor department since 1933, free on $2,000 bail. San Angelo also indicted. trial June 28.
President Johnson submits a 1967 foreign aid request totaling 3.4 billion dollars, focusing on Southeast Asia and aligned nations that can help themselves. The package includes 2.4 billion for economic assistance and 917 million for military aid, with Viet Nam receiving 550 million for village development and other funds for Laos Korea and Thailand.
Actor Peter Lawford was divorced today by Patricia Kennedy Lawford after a 12 minute in court proceeding. The Kennedy sister and first Kennedy family member to divorce, Mrs Lawford was whisked away from the Sun Valley courthouse in a waiting limousine.
Mesa City could join with the Salt River Indian Reservation tribal council to operate a joint sanitary landfill for municipal refuse. The council meets at 8 p.m. to discuss the plan and possible savings over the current private firm contract. The dump would be near the Scottsdale landfill west of Country Club Rd.
Democratic Gov. Edmund G. Brown announced in Sacramento his bid for a third term. At a news conference during a seven-stop, 1,500 mile barnstorming trip, Brown said the govern ment’s work is too important to hand over to radical groups.
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A Scottsdale YMCA building project is among two top goals in a Valley fund drive seeking 1.8 million for six new buildings or additions. The Scottsdale branch would receive about 375000, with a northwest branch similar support, as volunteers begin the campaign February 7 and run to March 4 under Chet Chappell.
Dr. Charles C. Holt, 45, superintendent of Scottsdale Schools since 1962, has returned from Indiana where he reportedly explored job options. He is expected to discuss his intentions with the School Board tonight and an announcement is anticipated tomorrow.
The Scottsdale School Board meets at Kaibab Elementary School at 7:30 p m to consider Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds for district library books and to revisit the planned shift from nine to six week report cards. The board will also review a proposal for student participation in a federally funded business vocational education program.
The Arizona Corporation Commission reviewed Rural Fire Protection Co request to raise rates citing operating losses. The hearing in the State Capitol Annex heard that homes valued 20 000 to 40 000 would rise from 19 to 28 annually and movable trailers from 6 to 13, with commercial rates changing from 15 per 400 feet plus one cent per extra foot to 20 per 400 feet and one cent thereafter. No decision date set.
Cloudy to day and Wednesday with a few light showers. Warmer temperatures with highs near 64 today and 66 on Wednesday, and lows around 38 tonight.
Scottsdale Daily Progress previews the Feb 2 Parada del Sol supplement for the 1966 event. With thousands visiting, the issue showcases Old West sparkle and color and outlines activities scheduled during Parada week.
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