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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1973
Page
1
Transcripts from the Libyan cockpit reveal a fighter attacked a civilian Boeing 727. Israeli officials defend the shot down, saying the plane was hostile and the pilot should have landed, with 106 aboard. Elazar notes no government consultation and cites short decision time.
A weather bulletin notes fair conditions across the nation with an approaching Pacific storm. Rain in southern Oregon and northern to central California accompanies gale warnings along the California coast. Arizona usually sees storms a day after California. Sparse snow appears from the Northern Rockies to the North Atlantic coast, with no area over an inch.
A 46 year old Scottsdale man Rodney J Daeffler was booked into city jail on public intoxication and disturbing the peace after police responded to gunshots in the 8300 block of East Orange Blossom Lane. Officer David Isom saw him carrying a rifle and ordered him to drop it. The rifle was impounded.
Viola M Johnson 39 a wife and mother who moved from Minnesota to Arizona 30 years ago and served as an officer in Lutheran Church Women and Merri Mates at Augustana Lutheran Phoenix She taught Sunday School and sat on Tonalea School PTA board Survivors include her husband Darrin daughter Vicki parents William and Ma Sarkela of Sebeka Minn one brother and two sisters Services Monday 1 pm at the church with interment in Sebeka Minn
Spokane burglars return to the Smith home to bribe the watchdog with raw meat then steal 3000 dollars worth of silverware and tea sets.
Edna Crittenden 59 an Army nurse with 20 years service retiree major died Friday in Lackland Air Force Base Hospital San Antonio Texas. She received a certificate of appreciation and a commendation medal from the Army. She served mainly in the Pacific at New Caledonia and Formosa. A native of Armour South Dakota she moved to Arizona in 1963 from Valley Forge Pennsylvania. Survived by three brothers Karl Stephen and Charles and a sister Grace of Scottsdale. Services 9 am Monday Green Acres Mortuary Phoenix. Burial Green Acres Cemetery.
Rogers flies from Andrews Air Force Base to Paris for a Vietnam peace conference. He expects a short, successful meeting with many foreign ministers and predicts it will last no more than a week. He notes Laos ceasefire violations but hopes for progress toward a negotiated cease-fire in Indochina.
Three Scottsdale and Paradise Valley residents join six other Arizonans nominated for the 1973 Three Outstanding Young Men honor. Winners will be announced at tonight’s banquet hosted by the Phoenix Jaycees at the Ramada Inn East. Nominees include J. Robert Hendricks, Robert L. Hungerford, and Thomas J. Morrow.
A search resumed for a Mooney Mark 21 light plane missing since Tuesday after flying from Springerville to Phoenix. Pilot Leland Badler 46 a Scottsdale resident and Arizona State University law professor was aboard with his son David 13. Weather hampered aerial search efforts.
Mrs. Carlotta Joseph of 7312 East Villa Way receives the Sertoma Club Service to Mankind Award at a banquet. Hohokam School principal Edward Keeley presents the plaque, praising her quiet work with Navajo youth, Camp Fire Girls, Cub Scouts, art demonstrations, and Sunday school on the Salt River Reservation.
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