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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1974
Page
1
Ten Russian built 122mm rockets struck central Phnom Penh today killing at least six and wounding forty five as artillery from a captured American howitzer killed one and injured nine. The barrage began at 3 p.m. and lasted about thirty minutes. Cries of rocket attack echoed in the city while fires burned. This marked the worst violence since December 23.
Western observers in Phnom Penh highlight the 105mm howitzer attack as proof rebels can roam east of the Mekong and strike Phnom Penh. Attaches note government troops struggle to eject gunmen while the artillery demonstrates greater effectiveness. An elderly woman died and nine were wounded in the shelling.
The council agreed to 90 zoning changes for the southern half of the city readiness for adoption at the January 15 meeting. The plan adds two green belt links from downtown to Indian Bend Wash with bicycle paths along Main Street and Osborn Road. It moves three schools Saloma and Our Lady of Perpetual Help elementary and Scottsdale High to their current downtown sites and buffers a parcel near 64th Street and McDowell Road from garden industry use. The plan increases open space and allows more shopping centers and offices than the existing five year plan. The zoning map will reflect the changes and be printed after final adoption.
Joseph Wolf 77 moved to Arizona in 1959 from Prairie View Illinois. Graveside services will be at 11 am Friday in St Francis Cemetery at 48th Street and Oak. Friends may call until 8 30 pm today at Messinger Mortuary. He was a stationary engineer retired from Civil Service in 1958 and a World War I veteran. Survivors include his wife Ruth a Scottsdale stepdaughter a brother and two sisters out of state and four grandchildren. Contributions may be made to the Cancer Fund Phoenix.
Clarence W. Brett 83 of Scottsdale died Wednesday at Scottsdale Community Hospital. He came to Scottsdale in 1968 from Teaneck New Jersey where he served as mayor. Born in Massachusetts he graduated MIT in 1913 and was a Kappa Sigma member. Survived by daughters Virginia Harriman and Marion Fleming a son William W five grandchildren. Services Monday in Teaneck with burial in Hackensack New Jersey. Green Acres Mortuary handled local arrangements.
Mrs Kathryn Kruft 75 died Friday at St Josephs Hospital in Phoenix Funeral will be 1130 Friday at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary Burial to Green Acres Cemetery She came 47 years ago from Parkersburg West Virginia with husband she founded Kruft Dairy in 1930 operated until 1965 Survived by son R E Kraft Jr brother William H Snider and several siblings and five grandchildren
Edmund F. Radowich 62 died Tuesday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Rosary at 8 p.m. Friday at Messinger School Road. Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Miller Road at Second Street. Burial in St. Francis Cemetery. Survived by Marian son Donald of Chicago two daughters Arlene Emrath Mount Prospect and Joyce Wilson Scottsdale a brother and sister out of state and three grandchildren. He was a retired machinist, came to Scottsdale three years ago from Chicago, born in Ringle Wisconsin.
Daniel Ragen, 73, died Tuesday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Private cremation followed at Carr Mortuary in Tempe. A machinist, he retired to Scottsdale ten years ago from Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co. Born in Erie, Pa., he came to Scottsdale from Northfield, Ohio. Survived by Dorothy H., son Daniel A. of Scottsdale, and two grandchildren.
Police detained 19 year old Donald L Whitney in a series of storage thefts targeting riding equipment valued around 3000 dollars. Whitney and 18 year old Silvia Center faced burglary charges after information linked Center to the crimes. About 2000 dollars worth of property was recovered. incidents stretched across Scottsdale Mesa Sunnyslope and county areas. Whitney previously linked to a prior school records breach at Scottsdale Community College.
The Paradise Valley School Board plans a 7 a.m. session to elect officers for 1974. Al Goodman, the current president and Arizona DPS patrolman, may succeed Blaine Cooper as board leader while James Pinney seeks the post. Mrs Muriel Rickard may become Desert Shadows Elementary principal for 1974-75 as Dr James Gleason shifts to a Desert Shadows Middle School post.
Scottsdale police investigate burglary at Stephen Foster home 8215 E Vista Rd. Between 1000 and 1500 dollars in coins missing. Theft occurred in past five days while Foster was away. Coins taken from a bedroom closet. entry gained by prying sliding glass door.
In Pinole California a family held hostage by an escaped convict will not pay a $315.87 bill billed as county repair costs for a sheriff patrol car damaged during the capture. Officials say the bill was an administrative error and the Hansens are not responsible. The incident occurred December 6 when the kidnapper’s stolen pickup rammed roadblocks before officers halted the escape.
Detectives probe break in at Frontier Trading Post on Cave Creek Road. A heavy safe containing about $25,000 in jewelry and cash was removed. The store owner Frank Bezmarten reported Indian jewelry inside the safe. Investigation continues to determine entry method.
UPI reports the U.S. attorney general's office to issue an opinion on whether service station operators can legally require an extra charge coupon to buy gasoline. The Internal Revenue Service has investigated coupon sales as a condition of purchase and reviewed reports of price gouging as stations reopened.
Phoenix and Maricopa County will hold hearings later this month on proposed floodplain construction rules. The bodies work to meet a state deadline requiring adoption of regulations by February 4 to prevent flood damage in new subdivisions.
Mayor Timothy Barrow led a new Phoenix city administration after a Wednesday swearing in of Barrow and six council members. Today work sessions were scheduled to map policy and city priorities.
William Mayo, head of the Department of Economic Security, says the probe into alleged food stamp distribution fraud is ongoing. An ex-employee who disclosed the conspiracy, and has since been fired, alleges threats to his life from one of three workers involved.
A superior court order overturns the dismissal of John Revello as business manager of the correctional school for boys at Fort Grant. Judge Lloyd Fernandez of Graham County rules Revello must be reinstated with back pay estimated at about $10,000 after deductions.
A class action filed in Maricopa County Superior Court seeks to force the City of Phoenix to pay police officers for accumulated sick leave at retirement. Named plaintiffs include Officer Robert Schirmang and retirees Clarence Meyers and Roy White on behalf of all officers and retired officers.
The city council unanimously approved three contracts totaling 564 552 for Chaparral Park aquatic facility work. J R Porter Co wins 286 157 bid for pool construction, Komer Construction Co gets 178 895 for bathhouse and 99 500 for landscaping, plus Ray Sutter and Son contracting 37 595 for water lines along Hayden and Scottsdale roads. An assessment plan for a McCormick Ranch water improvement district was approved with bond plans for 1 700 000 in district improvements, amid a dispute over who pays assessments between Suggs Homes and home buyers across lot sizes 258 to 425 each.
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