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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1973
Page
1
Scottsdale Police investigate a break-in at Mohave School 5520 N 86th St Tuesday night. A custodian told police a classroom window was broken and the room ransacked with cabinets and drawers opened and contents spilled. nothing appears stolen.
The Professionals starring Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster will open the second Teen Film Night at 7 30 p m Friday at Eldorado Recreation Center 2311 Miller Rd The free series for high school students is held the first Friday of each month sponsored by the Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Department Other titles include Charley Chaplin and W C Fields films Bullitt Sign of Zorro I Love You Alice B Toklas and more with dates through June and a lineup of Steve McQueen Guy Williams Peter Sellers among the cast.
UPI reports the arraignment of two off duty officers charged in a Tustin bar shooting was postponed to February 6. Cypress sergeant Sam Bardoldi is charged with fatally shooting Marine Randall Robinette, while Garden Grove narcotics officer Jerry Grey faces felonious assault charges for harming Sam Campise.
Prime Minister Edward Heath visits the White House for talks with President Nixon described as enormously important. The welcome includes a 19 gun salute and remarks on a shared pursuit of peace in Vietnam and broader Atlantic alliance. Heath and Nixon plan further discussions at Camp David after a luncheon at the British Embassy.
North Vietnamese forces wiped out an understrength South Vietnamese Marine battalion trapped at the old U S Navy base at Cua Viet near the DMZ. The five day battle left “more than 100” casualties and several tanks and APCs lost as North Vietnamese units pressed the attack after the truce.
In Vienna NATO nations propose a narrowed MBFR format to break deadlock. Only NATO and Warsaw Pact troops in Central Europe would have decision making power while other states could join without voting rights. Romania remains opposed to broader participation seeking full conference inclusion.
An overheated hot water heater caused a fire at Bev Wirth’s home located at 3231 N 66th Place. The Scottsdale Rural Fire Department said the blaze remained around the heater and was reported at 7 55 p m Wednesday causing 400 in damages.
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office probes the theft of a $1500 cement mixer from a storage yard at Scottsdale and Cave Creek Roads. The loss was reported by a security guard on Tuesday with no known time of occurrence. A Phoenix woman reported a purse theft, valued at $800 with a ring, from a golf cart at Valley Country Club on Invergordon Road.
Airman Ralph R Crockett, 20, stationed at Williams AFB, was treated and released after his motorcycle struck a car stopped at a signal on Scottsdale Road near Indian School Road. Kenneth A Kaiser, 24, of Glendale, drove the car. Crockett was cited for speed not reasonable and prudent.
Testimony was expected to begin in the Charles Schmid trial on charges of escape and kidnapping after jury selection in Pinal County. Schmid, 30, fled from Arizona State Prison on November 11 and was captured in Tucson three days later with accomplice Raymond Hudgens. They allegedly abducted a Florence rancher and three visitors, forcing them to Tempe, while Schmid previously was convicted in the 1960s killings of three Tucson girls. The death sentences were reduced to life terms after a Supreme Court ruling.
Newt Richards 68 a self employed architect who planned homes in Mountain Shadows and designed the Rawhide Restaurant died Tuesday at his home 3225 E Roma He was a Westmoreland Kansas native who moved to the Valley 35 years ago from Orange California He was a life member of Elks Lodge 335 Survivors include his wife Tea a son Richard of Scottsdale and a grandson
President Nixon, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, said peace in Indochina depends on all sides keeping the cease-fire terms. He announced Kissinger will visit Hanoi next week and outlined postwar reconstruction plans with Thieu, stressing both sides must honor the pact.
Police investigate a Scottsdale home burglary that stole a 12 gauge shotgun and a 30.06 rifle from Jim Chaney at 7110 E Continental Dr between 8 20 a m and 7 p m The entry used a forced front door knob and the residence was ransacked with only the guns missing valued at 610 dollars.
A Russian official, Vladimir Popov, will attend an ASU symposium on Taiwan. Jewish groups plan a peaceful 11:45 a.m. protest at the Memorial Union to call attention to Jewish persecution in the Soviet Union. Sponsored by Hillel and the Phoenix Jewish Federation.
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