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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1974
Page
1
Ethiopian army units in Addis Ababa joined a pay mutiny and surrounded key installations while Emperor Haile Selassie appointed Endackachew Mokenon prime minister and offered pay raises. Loyal troops vowed support for the emperor as insurgents called for cabinet ministers' trial and wealth repatriation.
An analysis suggests Watergate may help political newcomers more than incumbents in recent campaigns. The study cites Brendan Byrne Vander Veen Henry Howell and John Murtha as examples, noting the morality issue boosted outsiders while seasoned officials faced mixed results. Ohio 1st District race tests the theory with Tom Luken versus Willis Gradison.
Edlein Lynn Barth a 17 year old resident of Scottsdale was injured in a traffic crash on Miller Road near McDowell Road Wednesday afternoon. Stephen Craig Palmer 24 was cited for running a red light after his car struck Barth’s vehicle. Palmer was treated and released at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.
Crown Zellerbach Corp says Western U S newsprint will jump from 185 62 to 198 02 per ton on March 1 as Canadian prices climb to 213 50 per ton. The rise follows an approved averaging system linking Canadian and U S prices by Canadian import share.
A jury of eight men and four women was chosen to try John N. Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans on obstruction of justice and lying to a grand jury. The selection completed at 1:30 p.m. with six alternates pending sworn status.
The county sheriff's department will close about eight miles of dangerous abandoned mine shafts north of Cave Creek starting today. Five shafts feeding one opening will be sealed this afternoon, with twenty vertical and seven horizontal tunnels to follow within a one square mile area four miles north of Carefree.
A 17 year old from Phoenix was arrested in Scottsdale for petty theft illegal possession of alcohol and carrying a concealed weapon. An officer stopped his truck near Maya Apartments 7625 E Camelback Rd at about 8 pm after a gas siphoning incident. Two knives a hunting knife and a 22 inch knife in a sheath were found along with a case of beer in the truck bed.
In Phoenix long lines formed at the county auto license department as the deadline approached for motor vehicle registration fees. After midnight an $8 penalty will be added to regular charges. Senate President William Jacquin of Re Tucson said he may seek the Republican nomination for governor this fall.
The House approved the Energy Emergency Act 258 to 151. Democratic Rep Morris Udall supported the measure while Republican colleagues John Rhodes John Conlan and Sam Steiger opposed it.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Phoenix bank robbery trial was not prejudiced by media coverage. The court affirmed the Superior Court conviction of John Ruffin, 25, of Chicago, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
Detective Elvert Howard reports items including camping gear and tennis racquets stolen from a storage room valued at over $880 between February 16 and Wednesday morning. Doors may have been pried and bicycle tracks were found nearby suggesting a possible link to the burglary. Norman Baverle reported $300 stolen from his Hilton Hotel room Wednesday afternoon while visiting from Michigan.
In Cordoba Argentina rebel police held the provincial governor the vice governor and other officials captive charging them with arming known Marxist civilians. One civilian was wounded by a stray bullet as bombs hit homes of the interior minister and a judge. Roads out of the city were crowded with residents fleeing to the hills.
Sen. Barry Goldwater denounces President Nixon's 1975 budget as a splurge of extravagance and warns it could hurt GOP prospects. He calls the $304 billion plan a political mistake with grave overtones and says it abandons austerity measures. The Arizona Republican criticizes Nixon for junking cuts to the federal establishment.
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