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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1974
Page
2
UPI reports December U.S. auto sales fell to the weakest December since 1970 with a shift toward small gas saving models. The big three delay their year end totals as AMC posts a 28 percent December gain and total 1973 sales near 11.4 million, a record high despite a slump.
Linda Fay Ulrich a 28-year-old Vermont teacher was held at knifepoint by two men in an elevator area at the Ramada Inn 6833 East Main Street. They took a Kodak camera and case valued at 35 dollars. no injury reported.
Wendell Charles Manker 16 died in a Cabo San Lucas scuba accident while filming with his brother and father. A Chaparral High junior and Scottsdale High auto body class student, he lived in Paradise Valley and was born in Riverside. Survivors include his parents two sisters and two brothers. Memorial fund supports youth programs.
Norman S. Nelson 55 dies at St Josephs Hospital after a life of Arabian horse shows and local service. A charter Scottsdale Sheriff’s Posse member and former Scottsdale Planning Commissioner he born Cleveland and lived in Scottsdale since 1951. Memorial at Messinger Mortuary Monday. Interment Green Acres Cemetery. Survivors include wife Helen, daughter Phyllis Brown, his mother and two brothers and two grandchildren.
The Phoenix City Council intends a 15 acre split park along the Arizona Canal near 56th Street and Indian School Road costing 410500 due to high density land zoning. Federal funds of about 100000 will aid the purchase with the city funding the remainder.
San Francisco dealer Jon B. Campbell of Golden Gate Comic Art Shop plans to resale an April 1939 Detective Comics Batman issue in fine condition for about $2,000. The original owner, who wishes to remain unnamed, bought it at age eight and hid it in a New England attic with 30 other comics until found by his children. Campbell notes he has rarely seen an original Batman book in a decade of business.
Brian William Kardos, 14, eighth grade honor student and letterman at Navajo School, dies after a long illness. Services set for 4 p.m. Sunday at Valley Presbyterian Church. Burial private. Survivors include parents Bill and Nancy Kardos of Scottsdale, sisters Lynn and Lisa, grandmother Mrs James E Kardos and great grandmother Mrs Cena Berg. Memorials to Leukemia Society of America.
Robert John Herlihy 60 a World War II Naval supply corps specialist who rose to commander before retiring in 1952 died Wednesday on the way to John C Lincoln Hospital He lived at 8201 F Serene St Carefree after moving from Cleveland to Tempe and Phoenix He was born in Cazenovia Wisconsin attended University of Wisconsin and earned a BS in business administration from Arizona State University Services and burial will be in Cazenovia per Hansen Mortuary
Services for Jane V. Clark, 69, who died Friday at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, will be at 3 p.m. Monday on Indian School Rd. Cremation to follow. Clark lived at 7020 E Pasadena and was born in Amsterdam, New York. She moved to the Valley in 1956 from San Bernardino, California. visitation is until 9 p.m. Sunday at the Mortuary.
The design review board approved a major addition to the Scottsdale Country Club and a 270 unit condominium project on McCormick Ranch. Ramada Inns seeks 230 guest units on a 23 acre site at the country club with dining and pro shop facilities. A 38 acre Bakers Crow condo site near Hayden Road and McCormick Parkway was also approved for one and two story units. The board continued review of a cylindrical hotel at 2334 N Scottsdale Rd and a Bonanza Sirloin Pit restaurant at 7820 E McDowell Rd. Additional approvals include Vogel Construction Co retail building at 4151 N Marshall Way Conejos Jewelry Inc office and manufacturing at Thunderbird Industrial Air Park and a four-plex at 7224 E Palm Lake.
A 21 year old Scottsdale woman suffered a fractured nose after her compact car collided with a larger southbound vehicle at the Main Street and 70th Street intersection. The 79 year old driver Alma K Stephens of Moberly Missouri was cited for failing to yield from a stop sign. The Scottsdale woman was listed in satisfactory condition at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.
Former Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox said Nixon’s refusal to honor Senate subpoenas for White House documents and tapes complicates efforts for a fair trial. He noted the Oct 21 weekend events forced a reversal and highlighted Jaworski’s stronger position.
A U S Customs district director in Nogales Arizona received a confession letter from a Michigan man who, 15 years earlier in 1959, helped another declare whiskey as his own to avoid duties. The official stated no violation could be established and returned the $10 with thanks, noting statute of limitations.
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