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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1967
Page
1
Washington an aide says Harlem Democrat Adam Clayton Powell will hold a Bimini news conference Saturday to announce a few fantastic items. Speculation points to a possible settlement of the New York libel judgment with G in a fight affecting his Congress tenure.
In Phoenix the Senate Finance and Revenue Committee tentatively approved a 13 point program for the new property tax system. The points were accepted to draft legislation and will return to the committee for further work. A Phoenix subcommittee to the State House Education Committee was named to study the cost of state aid for kindergartens.
Both Houses plan Thursday floor action in Phoenix with the Senate to tackle a bribery and ethics bill tightening penalties for bribery of legislators and a separate measure for other public officials. The House aims to set up centralized state purchasing to end diversified buying across 100 agencies and support the prior fiscal reform. Senate also considers mortgage company tax breakdowns and measures to curb annexation disputes between cities.
An Arcadia High School youth, 17, was held on assault charges after allegedly grabbing a girl clerk at a Fifth Avenue shop. The clerk broke away and fled. Three men pursued and caught the suspect at a nearby service station.
Scottsdale teachers and the Scottsdale Education Association urged the school board to consider National Defense Education Act funding under Title VII as a source of up to 50 percent for materials and programs in reading science math history civics geography modern foreign languages and English. The district had until February 1 to indicate intent to participate and discussed the matter with Supt. John Tanner.
The Foundation for Blind Children in Scottsdale offers two small buggies for sale with one contingent bid. Donated by R R Rennie to raise funds for Braille texts summer recreation and counseling. Call 947-3744 to bid. delivery waits until Parada del Sol parade passes. The center serves sight impaired children in regular schools.
The Caballo Ranchos No 2 abandonment hearing was postponed as three additional protests were entered against Hallcraft Homes rep la t of the area for more housing. Hallcraft and neighboring residents held discussions as planning commission allowed oral protests and continued the matter. The commission also elected Gerald Ludbeck as chairman and Richard Thiel as vice chairman with a tentative Feb 16 meeting date to avoid Arizona Admission Day. Public hearings were set for four zoning amendments and a March 14 hearing on central business parking changes.
Police responded to a false alarm at the Valley main branch on Tuesday morning. A woman employee called the scene after an alarm triggered by accident. officers found no tampering or intruders and credited unknown cause.
The United States begins a major push as 1000 combat troops land in the Mekong Delta, marking the start of a large-scale operation. A helicopter and lane crash kill 5 Americans and injure 8 others. The 1st Infantry Division joins the effort to clear Viet Cong strongholds while engineers build a base nearby.
Hartford, Connecticut. Mrs. Robert Bills of Hartford, a part time concert violinist and brush saleswoman, arrived for a Hartford Symphony performance to find her violin case filled with brushes. She had mistaken the brush demonstration case for her instrument.
A tornadic storm system killed six people and injured hundreds as it moved north toward Canada. In Missouri near St. Louis two died and 213 were injured, with more than 200 homes destroyed and 1,200 damaged overall. A request for federal aid was made as a new wintry storm brought snow and hazardous travel to the West and Rockies.
The Scottsdale school board voted to extend the Navajo School attendance area to include the Granada Boat townhouses built by Hallcraft Homes. About 100 Navajo residents protested as the plan, which would add 500 anticipated students, was approved unanimously despite objections and questions about timing and capacity.
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