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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1976
Page
2
Confusion and rumors hinder Arizona volunteers as fleets from Ninety-Nines Inc and Delta Air Lines move relief to Guatemala. Donors from several towns contributed clothing and cash for casts and infant supplies while questions linger on shipment reach and foreign aid procedures.
Amherst: Abraham Lincoln hated being called Abe and his log cabin beginnings. Stephen B. Oates, a UMASS historian, says Lincoln was an ambitious lawyer who avoided discussing his childhood and despised his father, while his image as a commoner remains in legend. Lincoln’s honesty remains his enduring trait.
The Phoenix Planning Commission approved an amendment to the 1990 plan reflecting the Desert Springs development near Scottsdale. The action requires a March City Council meeting to finalize approval or rejection. The project by Gary Herberger covers 1,082 acres with a 40 acre shopping center, offices, resort, garden industrial zoning and 3,500 homes.
About 100 volunteers, led by Sue Jenkins, will canvass Scottsdale Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. in support of Mayor William C. Jenkins and council members Richard V. Campana and Charles Smith. They will contact 50 households each and hand out brochures while inviting questions at the Citizens for Good Government office.
Independent city council candidate Americo Mac Carvalho Jr. urged Scottsdale officials to pair city recreation programs with the Scottsdale School District. He proposed opening schools to city activities and developing school grounds into weekend parks to provide more youth programs and shared funding. He also suggested regular meetings and joint efforts to light tennis courts and expand recreational options for residents.
Lincoln Thrift Association of Phoenix and U S Thrift of Tucson founder faces charges of fraudulent real estate transfers to create a secret trust fund. Continental Services Corp as receiver for Lincoln and U S Thrift seeks a court hearing to set aside the transfers and compel Robert H. Fendler to explain.
The Arizona Supreme Court reversed the 1974 first degree murder conviction of Jose J. Ceja for the killings of narcotics dealers Randy and Linda Leon. A new trial was ordered while the court will halt death-penalty appeals pending the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment constitutionality. The Leons were shot on June 30, 1974.
A Friday drawing in Phoenix will assign numbers to 356 applicants for 32 liquor licenses in Maricopa County. Of these, 188 seek bar licenses and 168 seek package store licenses with over 500000 dollars raised by participants.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sandra O'Connor denied a bid to drop Diamond Publications Inc. as a co-defendant alongside the Arizona Licensed Beverage Association in the state anti trust case against retail liquor dealers.
The State Transportation Department will install warning signs along 40 miles of Interstate 10 by April to flash dust warnings to motorists. Spokesman Jerry Eaton said current signs only flash warnings in the immediate dust storm area.
Ellis Jennings Butchart 79 a Minnesota native and former Duluth attorney died Tuesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital He had moved to Scottsdale in October 1975 and is survived by his wife Lois Services and interment will be in Duluth Minnesota with Messinger Mortuary arranging the details.
Mildred M Mansfield Wogan 83 of 7231 N Mockingbird Lane Paradise Valley died Wednesday at St Luke s Hospital Born in Johnson Creek Wisconsin she moved to the Valley three months ago from Bedford Massachusetts Survivors include her son Joseph M Wogan of Scottsdale and eight grandchildren Friends may call after 5 p m today at Messinger Mortuary 7601 E Indian School Road Services and interment will be in Massachusetts
Ruth E Stafford 57 dies in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Services set for 10 a m Friday at Messinger School Road with cremation to follow. Friends may call after 9 a m Friday. Wife of Melvin R Stafford she moved to the Valley in 1975 from Las Vegas New Sweden relatives in Sweden survive.
Jonathan Enas 50 awake service set for 6 30 pm Friday at Salt River Indian Reservation Assembly of God on Extension Road. Funeral to be held 1 pm Saturday at the church. He died Sunday at Phoenix Indian Medical Center. Survivors include wife Frances children Brenda Noreen Doreen Marilyn Burleigh father John Enas a brother and two grandchildren. Camelback Sunset Chapel arranged.
Reps. John Conlan and Sam Steiger both run as U S Senate candidates and will join a panel on Issues and Answers at the Arizona Federation of Republican Women Region VII seminar in Scottsdale. The program includes a 10 a.m. panel, 11 15 a.m. plan for winning in 76 discussion, a 12 30 luncheon with Sen Paul Fannin speaking on Solar Energy and a public admission of five dollars for the day.
A 16 year old Tempe girl was jailed on charges of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly pointing a fishing blade at Scottsdale Police Officer Diane M. Taylor and lunging for the officer's handgun during a confrontation at 815 North Hayden Road. The officer was uninjured. The youth remains in juvenile detention.
Scottsdale School District administrators and the Scottsdale Federation of Teachers postponed twice and rescheduled bargaining for 4 p.m. Administrators were to respond to a 1976-77 salary schedule increase proposed by the SFT, the bargaining agent for about 1,200 teachers. The School Board later called a private session for 5 p.m. to review the administration's proposal.
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