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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1970
Page
3
Washington reports unemployment up 0.4 point from December to 3.9 percent, the highest since 1967. Adult men rise to 2.5 percent with notable increases among teens and blue-collar workers amid production cutbacks and anti inflation measures.
Stan Goldberg, SBA Arizona director, told Paradise Valley Kiwanis the Brock loan was a good deal and would be made again. He said Brock needed 340000 to buy an auto agency in a black area of St. Louis, with a 1 million policy backing the loan. Forty Negroes joined as partners and Brock would have no ownership when repaid.
A color TV caused a United Wednesday blaze at Ronald Stanger home 7807 N Calle Caballeros injuring walls and ceilings. A kids with matches started a fence fire at Spitz residence 6910 E Rancho Vista Dr causing 100 in damage. Firefighters also tackled a trash blaze in a ditch behind Transamerica Title Co office 7045 BE Camelback Rd and investigated another blaze at 1 53 p.m. with cause undetermined.
Rep. John Rhides nominated seven students for three available Naval Academy spots. Scottsdale contenders include James Harness, Charles Nixon III, William Billings, Philip Bird, Gary Graf, Donald Schneider, and James Thomas. Mesa and Phoenix participants fill out the twelve total nominees.
Unseasonably warm and clear weather spread across the nation while the Northeast faced light snow and temperatures near freezing. The Delaware River Valley faced flood threats from a 35 mile ice jam, with experts warning the ice dam could fail and trigger rapid flooding from Port Jervis to Trenton. Rain persisted in the Pacific Northwest as other regions stayed mostly clear to partly cloudy. Early temps ranged from 2 in Wisconsin to 65 in Texas and Florida.
Three persons were treated and released after separate traffic crashes investigated by sheriffs deputies and police. A 4 car collision at Hayden and McKillips Rd at 450 PM injures Dale Hause 49. Ruby 28 cited for speed. A second crash on Scottsdale Rd injures Lois Diddams 32 and Wiebke 35. Griffith 64 treated after attempting to pass a road scraper on East McDonald Dr. Police cited Griffith for unsafe speed.
Allied commanders order troops back to battle after a 24 hour Tet cease-fire marked by at least 120 Communist initiated incidents. The four day Viet Cong pause continues until Monday morning with violations recorded near the DMZ and at Ba Xoai near the Cambodian border.
Chip Yablonski testified before a Senate labor subcommittee alleging corruption reaches from a Washington bank to union payrolls used to back W. Boyle’s 1969 UMW presidency. He and dissidents claim intimidation in the Dec 9 election as his father Joseph A. Yablonski and his family were murdered. A Cleveland grand jury indicted Mrs. Paul E. Gilly in connection with the slayings.
Mrs. Todd H. Langley of 3232 N. 82nd St. is named Scottsdale Heart Sunday chairman. She will lead a Scottsdale volunteer door to door drive to seek contributions on Feb. 22. The Maricopa Heart Association estimates 6,200 of Arizona's 13,800 deaths last year were directly attributed to cardiovascular disease.
Brown University is considering renting 50 suites at the Biltmore Hotel to house about 200 students at dorm-like rates. Ronald Wolk, chair of the Brown Community Relations Committee, says the idea began as a joking suggestion and was taken seriously after a cogent argument. Biltmore manager R Tipton Chase called the plan feasible under certain conditions.
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