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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1970
Page
11
The 17.5 mile long causeway is a key link in a 1,000 mile traffic artery between New York and Jacksonville Florida.
In Salt Lake City the Mormon Church closes a week of mourning for President David O. McKay. The Council of Twelve Apostles attended funeral services in the Salt Lake Tabernacle and heard eulogies from the pulpit where McKay led church conferences since 1951.
Democratic state Chairman Herb Ely renews push for a bipartisan committee to draft a new Legislature reapportionment. Ely wrote to Republican Chair Harry Rosenzweig proposing six members from each party to start immediately. He calls the latest plan, signed by Gov Jack Williams, repugnant and based on a formula rejected by a federal three judge panel.
The United States may accept 31 C5A jet cargo planes even with wings showing cracked under stress tests. Tests will have planes strengthened later, while Air Force argues safety under load restrictions. Senator John C. Stennis questioned the plan and voiced cautious hope they prove safe.
Federal grand jury to convene in Cleveland next Tuesday to probe broader aspects of the New Year’s Eve murder of United Mine Workers official Joseph A. Yablonski and his wife and daughter. Three Cleveland men Claude Vealey Aubran Martin and Paul Gilly are jailed on bonds totaling 775000 with extradition to Pennsylvania planned.
Washington reports a planned Mt Lemmon Prison camp near Tucson repurposed as a campus like youth center. Indian development district of Arizona will run counseling and vocational guidance for first offender youths with federal and state coordination. Likely dedication in March.
An open forum at Pima School sponsored by the Pima PTA will feature all 10 city council candidates with a three minute talk and Q A in the multipurpose room. A second Saturday event at Navajo School offers "Pinocchio in Outer Space" with 25 cent donations and popcorn.
Raquel Welch was among 150 passengers who greeted Pan American World Airways new Boeing 747 on its Kennedy arrival from London. The seven hour delay marred the first leg and the jet faced head winds up to 150 miles an hour during the trip.
Police search for Thomas Robert Wilson 42 after Robert Kakan of Phoenix said Wilson, a handyman for Herbert Rosenthal Jewelry Corp., took a briefcase containing $150,000 worth of jewels from Sky Harbor airport and vanished. Wilson and Kakan had met at the airport before the disappearance.
UPI reports District Court Judge Walter E. Craigsday reduced Robert A. Frame Jr. bond from 100000 to 10000 after his Cave Creek arrest and seizure of meth manufacturing materials. Frame faced illegal possession and sale charges, then was rearrested for marijuana with bond set at 10000 and arraignment scheduled.
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